Nov. 6, 1976 – Away – Piscataway, N.J. – Attendance 16,000
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rutgers | 0 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 34 |
| Louisville | Rutgers | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 3 | 32 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 60 | 311 |
| Rushing Attempts | 33 | 67 |
| Average Per Rush | 1.8 | 4.6 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 4 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 2 | 147 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 4-16-1 | 7-17-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 0.1 | 8.6 |
| Average Per Completion | 0.5 | 21.0 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 62 | 458 |
| Total offense plays | 49 | 84 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 1.3 | 5.5 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 3-0 | 5-4 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 4-32 | 6-64 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 10-370 | 5-210 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 37.0 | 42.0 |
| 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 | 0-0-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 0-0 | 4-5 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Calvin Prince | 16 | 48 | 0 | 3.0 | |||
| Robert Harper | 5 | 27 | 0 | 13 | 5.4 | ||
| Nathan Poole | 3 | 11 | 0 | 3.7 | |||
| Kevin Miller | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | ||
| Ron Moon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | |||
| Stu Stram | 3 | -8 | 0 | -2.7 | |||
| Randy Butler | 4 | -17 | 0 | 2 | -4.3 | ||
| Totals | 33 | 60 | 0 | 13 | 1.8 | ||
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Stu Stram | 4-10-0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Randy Butler | 0-5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Calvin Prince | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 4-16-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Marc Mitchell | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Ebb Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Nathan Poole | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Calvin Prince | 1 | -6 | 0 | -6 | ||
| Totals | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Rich Pennella | 10 | 370 | 37.0 | |||
| Totals | 10 | 370 | 37.0 | |||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Larry Johnican | 0 | 0 | 4 | 57 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Miller | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 57 | 28 | 0 | 0 | |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Larry Johnican | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
| Calvin Prince | 48 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| Robert Harper | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Kevin Miller | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| Nathan Poole | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Marc Mitchell | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Ebb Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ron Moon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Stu Stram | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8 |
| Randy Butler | -17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -17 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 3-0 Rutgers – 5-4 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| Mark Pongonis | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ricky Skiles | 8 | 8 | 16 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Embry | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Abood | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Gagel | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wilbur Boggs | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie McBirth | 4 | 3 | 7 | 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 | |
| Don Harold | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norman Heard | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Henry | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Moll | 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 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Bradshaw | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Anderson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Dickerson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Hackett | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Gibson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 66 | 60 | 126 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Abood, Mike Anderson, Keith Autry, Wilbur Boggs, David Bradshaw, Randy Butler, Dan Cain, Mike Contento, Mike Dickerson, Jim Embry, Nick Gagel, Greg Gibson, Fred Hackett, Don Harold, Robert Harper, Norman Heard, Jeff Henry, Larry Johnican, Willie McBirth, Kevin Miller, Marc Mitchell, Ken Moll, Ron Moon, Rich Pennella, Mark Pongonis, Nathan Poole, Calvin Prince, Ricky Skiles, Stu Stram, Ebb Williams