Oct. 22, 1977 – Away – Bryant-Denny Stadium – Tuscaloosa, Ala. – Attendance 60,210
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Alabama | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 55 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 3rd | Randy Butler 1-yard rush (kick missed) |
| Louisville | Alabama | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 15 | 25 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 241 | 417 |
| Rushing Attempts | 57 | 63 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.2 | 6.6 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 4 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 48 | 161 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 4-11-0 | 5-6-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 4.4 | 26.8 |
| Average Per Completion | 12.0 | 32.2 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 4 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 289 | 578 |
| Total offense plays | 68 | 69 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.3 | 8.4 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 7-4 | 1-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 2-10 | 7-46 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 6-304 | 4-152 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 50.7 | 38.0 |
| 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 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 0-1 | 5-7 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Calvin Prince | 15 | 100 | 0 | 6.7 | |||
| Nathan Poole | 10 | 36 | 0 | 3.6 | |||
| Randy Butler | 16 | 28 | 1 | 1.8 | |||
| Larry Johnican | 6 | 24 | 0 | 4.0 | |||
| Ron Moon | 5 | 21 | 0 | 4.2 | |||
| Bo Haden | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | ||
| Kevin Miller | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | ||
| Stu Stram | 2 | -3 | 0 | -1.5 | |||
| TEAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 |
| Totals | 57 | 241 | 1 | 3 | 4.2 | ||
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Randy Butler | 4-11-0 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 4-11-0 | 48 | 0 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Marc Mitchell | 3 | 31 | 0 | |||
| Kevin Miller | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Totals | 4 | 48 | 0 | 17 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Rich Pennella | 6 | 304 | 50.7 | 64 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 304 | 50.7 | 64 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Kevin Miller | 2 | 4 | 4 | 86 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Johnican | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Calvin Prince | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bo Haden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 2 | 4 | 7 | 143 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Calvin Prince | 100 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 120 |
| Kevin Miller | 1 | 17 | 86 | 4 | 0 | 108 |
| Larry Johnican | 24 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| Nathan Poole | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Marc Mitchell | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Randy Butler | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Ron Moon | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Bo Haden | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Stu Stram | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 7-4 Alabama – 1-0 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| Dwayne Woodruff | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Otis Wilson | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Simpson | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Pongonis | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Abood | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Harold | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Johnson | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Gibson | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ricky Skiles | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Bradshaw | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Byrd | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Embry | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Gagel | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Henry | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zarko Ellis | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Payton | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Purcell | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Drachman | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Knop | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Dickerson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 66 | 51 | 117 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Abood, David Bradshaw, Randy Butler, Eddie Byrd, Mike Dickerson, David Drachman, Zarko Ellis, Jim Embry, Nick Gagel, Greg Gibson, Bo Haden, Don Harold, Jeff Henry, Larry Johnican, Eddie Johnson, Brian Knop, Kevin Miller, Marc Mitchell, Ron Moon, Ray Payton, Rich Pennella, Mark Pongonis, Nathan Poole, Calvin Prince, Chris Purcell, Dan Simpson, Ricky Skiles, Stu Stram, Otis Wilson, Dwayne Woodruff