Nov. 8, 1975 – Home – Fairgrounds Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 9,888
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| Dayton | 11 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 32 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 09:33 | Walter Peacock 2-yard rush (Wilbur Summers kick) |
| 4th | 10:27 | Jim Didier 1-yard rush (Jim Didier run failed, tackled) |
| Louisville | Dayton | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 24 | 17 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 224 | 268 |
| Rushing Attempts | 62 | 51 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.6 | 5.3 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 2 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 203 | 163 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 12-24-2 | 7-14-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 8.5 | 11.6 |
| Average Per Completion | 16.9 | 23.3 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 427 | 431 |
| Total offense plays | 86 | 65 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.0 | 6.6 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 4-4 | 1-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 2-30 | 2-30 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 4-165 | 5-202 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 41.3 | 40.4 |
| 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 | 2-0-0 | 2-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-1 |
| PAT Kicks | 1-1 | 3-3 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Walter Peacock | 29 | 153 | 3 | 150 | 1 | 20 | 5.2 |
| Larry Sales | 12 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 14 | 5.0 |
| John Darling | 10 | 40 | 14 | 26 | 0 | 13 | 2.6 |
| Joe Braxton | 5 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 3.6 |
| Nathan Poole | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1.7 |
| Jim Didier | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 | 1 | -1.0 |
| TEAM | 1 | -277 | -20 | -33 | 0 | 0 | -33.0 |
| Totals | 62 | 277 | 20 | 224 | 2 | 20 | 3.6 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Jim Didier | 5-10-2 | 112 | 0 | 35 | |
| John Darling | 7-14-0 | 91 | 0 | 22 | |
| Totals | 12-24-2 | 203 | 0 | 35 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Kevin Miller | 3 | 57 | 0 | 34 | ||
| Tony Smith | 4 | 53 | 0 | 22 | ||
| Rick Kibbey | 1 | 35 | 0 | 35 | ||
| Marc Mitchell | 2 | 30 | 0 | 22 | ||
| Chris Bouchee | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Rick Mancini | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Totals | 12 | 203 | 0 | 35 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Wilbur Summers | 4 | 165 | 41.3 | 49 | ||
| Totals | 4 | 165 | 41.3 | 49 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Walter Peacock | 1 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kevin Miller | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Raymond Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11 | ||
| Ron Ellington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Totals | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 67 | 16 | 2 | 21 | 11 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Walter Peacock | 150 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 201 |
| Kevin Miller | 0 | 57 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 76 |
| Larry Sales | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Tony Smith | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| Rick Kibbey | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Marc Mitchell | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| John Darling | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Joe Braxton | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Chris Bouchee | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Rick Mancini | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Raymond Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Ron Ellington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Nathan Poole | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Jim Didier | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Joe Braxton 1-1, John Darling 2-2 Dayton – 1-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 32 | Larry Fluellen | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | James Brown | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | Ron Ellington | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 1-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Don Harold | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Tim Burroughs | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Mike Contento | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Sherman Brown | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | David Bradshaw | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Wilbur Boggs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Raymond Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 34 | 24 | 58 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 2-21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
12-David Bradshaw, 32-Larry Fluellen, 33-Raymond Harris, 36-Wilbur Boggs, 46-Mike Contento, 48-Don Harold, 63-Sherman Brown, 71-James Brown, 75-Tim Burroughs, 86-Ron Ellington, Chris Bouchee, Joe Braxton, John Darling, Jim Didier, Rick Kibbey, Rick Mancini, Kevin Miller, Marc Mitchell, Walter Peacock, Nathan Poole, Larry Sales, Tony Smith, Wilbur Summers