Oct. 25, 1975 – Home – Fairgrounds Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 8,636
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Mississippi State | 0 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 28 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 11:27 | Walter Peacock 2-yard rush (Wilbur Summers kick) |
| 3rd | 00:58 | Tony Smith 19-yard pass from Jim Didier (Wilbur Summers kick) |
| Louisville | Mississippi State | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 14 | 23 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 170 | 337 |
| Rushing Attempts | 45 | 68 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.8 | 5.0 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 3 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 57 | 57 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 5-11-1 | 5-10-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 5.2 | 5.7 |
| Average Per Completion | 11.4 | 11.4 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 227 | 394 |
| Total offense plays | 56 | 78 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 0-0 | 2-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 3-31 | 5-45 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 4-210 | 4-130 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 52.5 | 32.5 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-0-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 2-2 | 2-3 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Walter Peacock | 27 | 106 | 2 | 104 | 1 | 13 | 3.9 |
| Larry Sales | 9 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 3.6 |
| Jim Didier | 2 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 16 | 9.5 |
| Robert Harper | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 |
| Joe Braxton | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1.3 |
| Kevin Miller | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| John Darling | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Totals | 45 | 173 | 3 | 170 | 1 | 16 | 3.8 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Jim Didier | 5-9-1 | 57 | 1 | 19 | 0 |
| Joe Braxton | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Darling | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 5-11-1 | 57 | 1 | 19 | 0 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Tony Smith | 2 | 24 | 1 | 19 | ||
| Marc Mitchell | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Rick Kibbey | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Walter Peacock | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 57 | 1 | 19 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Wilbur Summers | 4 | 210 | 52.5 | 67 | ||
| Totals | 4 | 210 | 52.5 | 67 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Kevin Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 97 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walter Peacock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 114 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 45 | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Walter Peacock | 104 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 124 |
| Kevin Miller | 4 | 0 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 101 |
| Larry Sales | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Tony Smith | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Jim Didier | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Marc Mitchell | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Rick Kibbey | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Robert Harper | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Joe Braxton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| John Darling | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 0-0 Mississippi State – 2-0 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| Larry Fluellen | 14 | 4 | 18 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Moll | 10 | 5 | 15 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Bradshaw | 7 | 4 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Ellington | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Lineberry | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Pongonis | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Abood | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Dickerson | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 57 | 23 | 80 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Abood, Wilbur Boggs, Chris Bouchee, David Bradshaw, Joe Braxton, John Darling, Mike Dickerson, Jim Didier, Ron Ellington, Larry Fluellen, Robert Harper, Rick Kibbey, Ted Lineberry, Kevin Miller, Marc Mitchell, Ken Moll, Walter Peacock, Mark Pongonis, Larry Sales, Dan Simpson, Tony Smith, Wilbur Summers