Oct. 9, 1976 – Away – Pittsburgh, Pa. – Attendance 34,000
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Pittsburgh | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 4th | Tom Abood 0-yard fumble return (kick missed) |
| Louisville | Pittsburgh | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 4 | 14 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 68 | 244 |
| Rushing Attempts | 40 | 65 |
| Average Per Rush | 1.7 | 3.8 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 2 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 11 | 28 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 2-22-1 | 3-11-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| Average Per Completion | 5.5 | 9.3 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 79 | 272 |
| Total offense plays | 62 | 76 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 1.3 | 3.6 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 4-3 | 12-3 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 5-51 | 6-50 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 11-356 | 8-315 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 32.4 | 39.4 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 0-0-1 | 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 | 0-0-1 |
| PAT Kicks | 0-1 | 3-3 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 2-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Ron Moon | 13 | 43 | 0 | 3.3 | |||
| Calvin Prince | 11 | 23 | 0 | 2.1 | |||
| Nathan Poole | 10 | 17 | 0 | 1.7 | |||
| Kevin Miller | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1.3 | |||
| Roy Steger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Stu Stram | 2 | -19 | 0 | -9.5 | |||
| Totals | 40 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | ||
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Roy Steger | 1-12-0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Stu Stram | 2-9-1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nick Gagel | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 3-22-1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Marc Mitchell | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ron Moon | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Totals | 3 | 22 | 0 | 18 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Rich Pennella | 9 | 312 | 34.7 | |||
| Nick Gagel | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | |||
| Totals | 11 | 354 | 32.2 | |||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Kevin Miller | 0 | 0 | 5 | 77 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wilbur Boggs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 5 | 77 | 1 | 20 | 20 | ||
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Kevin Miller | 4 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 81 |
| Ron Moon | 43 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| Calvin Prince | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Wilbur Boggs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| Marc Mitchell | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Nathan Poole | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Stu Stram | -19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -19 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 4-3 Pittsburgh – 12-3 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| Don Harold | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Pongonis | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Embry | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Abood | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ricky Skiles | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Cain | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Autry | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Hackett | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norman Heard | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Ellington | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Moll | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Contento | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wilbur Boggs | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Knop | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Gagel | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Henry | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Bradshaw | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Anderson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Brown | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Braxton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 56 | 54 | 110 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Abood, Mike Anderson, Keith Autry, Wilbur Boggs, David Bradshaw, Joe Braxton, James Brown, Dan Cain, Mike Contento, Ron Ellington, Jim Embry, Nick Gagel, Fred Hackett, Don Harold, Norman Heard, Jeff Henry, Brian Knop, Kevin Miller, Marc Mitchell, Ken Moll, Ron Moon, Rich Pennella, Mark Pongonis, Nathan Poole, Calvin Prince, Ricky Skiles, Roy Steger, Stu Stram