Nov. 27, 1976 – Away – Nippert Stadium – Cincinnati, Ohio – Attendance 7,757
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Cincinnati | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Ebb Williams 9-yard pass from Calvin Prince (kick missed) |
| Louisville | Cincinnati | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 7 | 18 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 19 | 243 |
| Rushing Attempts | 36 | 63 |
| Average Per Rush | 0.5 | 3.9 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 51 | 131 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 9-18-0 | 5-14-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 2.8 | 9.4 |
| Average Per Completion | 5.7 | 26.2 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 70 | 374 |
| Total offense plays | 54 | 77 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 1.3 | 4.9 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 3-2 | 1-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 3-25 | 4-48 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 11-429 | 5-175 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 39.0 | 35.0 |
| 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 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 0-1 | 2-2 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 2-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Calvin Prince | 15 | 36 | 0 | 2.4 | |||
| Nathan Poole | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1.3 | |||
| Robert Harper | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | ||
| Stu Stram | 1 | -10 | 0 | -10 | -10.0 | ||
| Randy Butler | 13 | -16 | 0 | 22 | -1.2 | ||
| Totals | 36 | 19 | 0 | 22 | 0.5 | ||
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Randy Butler | 6-15-0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Calvin Prince | 1-1-0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Stu Stram | 2-2-0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 9-18-0 | 51 | 1 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Marc Mitchell | 4 | 25 | 0 | |||
| Rick Kibbey | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Kevin Miller | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Ebb Williams | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 9 | 51 | 1 | 13 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Rich Pennella | 11 | 429 | 39.0 | |||
| Totals | 11 | 429 | 39.0 | |||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Billy Perrin | 2 | 31 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 31 | ||
| Calvin Prince | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Johnican | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Miller | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 2 | 31 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 38 | 1 | 31 | 31 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Calvin Prince | 36 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| Billy Perrin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 31 |
| Mike Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 31 |
| Marc Mitchell | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Rick Kibbey | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Kevin Miller | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Nathan Poole | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Larry Johnican | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Ebb Williams | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Robert Harper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Stu Stram | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -10 |
| Randy Butler | -16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -16 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 3-2 Cincinnati – 1-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| Ricky Skiles | 12 | 3 | 15 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Harold | 7 | 4 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Pongonis | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Gibson | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Embry | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Anderson | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Henry | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Dickerson | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Autry | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Contento | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Braxton | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Bradshaw | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Cain | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norman Heard | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Abood | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Ellington | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Gagel | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Moll | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie McBirth | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 73 | 26 | 99 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Abood, Mike Anderson, Keith Autry, David Bradshaw, Joe Braxton, Randy Butler, Dan Cain, Mike Contento, Mike Dickerson, Ron Ellington, Jim Embry, Nick Gagel, Greg Gibson, Don Harold, Robert Harper, Norman Heard, Jeff Henry, Larry Johnican, Rick Kibbey, Willie McBirth, Kevin Miller, Marc Mitchell, Ken Moll, Rich Pennella, Billy Perrin, Mark Pongonis, Nathan Poole, Calvin Prince, Ricky Skiles, Stu Stram, Ebb Williams