Mississippi State 30, Louisville 21
Sept. 18, 1976 – Away – Starkville, Miss. – Attendance 27,000
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total |
|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Mississippi State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 30 |
Louisville Scoring Summary
Team Statistics
| Louisville | Mississippi State |
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| FIRST DOWNS | 9 | 21 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 93 | 442 |
| Rushing Attempts | 32 | 78 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.9 | 5.7 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 3 | 3 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 78 | 27 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 6-17-0 | 2-3-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 4.6 | 9.0 |
| Average Per Completion | 13.0 | 13.5 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 171 | 469 |
| Total offense plays | 49 | 81 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 3.5 | 5.8 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 3-1 | 4-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 2-20 | 8-94 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 10-375 | 5-233 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 37.5 | 46.6 |
| 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 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 3-3 | 3-3 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 3-0 |
| RUSHING |
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| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg |
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| Calvin Prince | 18 | | | 60 | 2 | | 3.3 |
| TEAM | 14 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 2.4 |
| Totals | 32 | | | 93 | 3 | 0 | 2.9 |
| FIELD GOALS |
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| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
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| FUMBLES |
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Louisville – 3-1
Mississippi State – 4-2 |
Louisville Participation
Kevin Miller, Pedro Posadas, Calvin Prince, Tony Smith, Roy Steger, Stu Stram