Oct. 29, 1977 – Away – Fairfield Stadium – Huntington, W.Va. – Attendance 10,232
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 56 |
| Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Nathan Poole 42-yard rush (Pedro Posadas kick) | |
| 2nd | Calvin Prince 3-yard rush (Pedro Posadas kick) | |
| 2nd | Marc Mitchell 16-yard pass from Stu Stram (Pedro Posadas kick) | |
| 3rd | Calvin Prince 3-yard rush (Pedro Posadas kick) | |
| 3rd | Stu Stram 13-yard rush (Pedro Posadas kick) | |
| 3rd | Calvin Prince 1-yard rush (Pedro Posadas kick) | |
| 4th | Mark Besanceney 49-yard pass from Randy Butler (Pedro Posadas kick) | |
| 4th | John Tillery 6-yard rush (Pedro Posadas kick) |
| Louisville | Marshall | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 20 | 19 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 296 | 166 |
| Rushing Attempts | 58 | 55 |
| Average Per Rush | 5.1 | 3.0 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 6 | 0 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 110 | 228 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 7-10-0 | 13-23-4 |
| Average Per Attempt | 11.0 | 9.9 |
| Average Per Completion | 15.7 | 17.5 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 406 | 394 |
| Total offense plays | 68 | 78 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 6.0 | 5.1 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-1 | 4-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 7-32 | 6-61 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 5-220 | 3-75 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 44.0 | 25.0 |
| 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 | 4-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 8-8 | 0-0 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Nathan Poole | 9 | 86 | 1 | 9.6 | |||
| Calvin Prince | 25 | 84 | 3 | 3.4 | |||
| Stu Stram | 11 | 59 | 1 | 21 | 5.4 | ||
| Randy Butler | 4 | 23 | 0 | 5.8 | |||
| John Tillery | 2 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 7.5 | ||
| Bo Haden | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | ||
| Larry Johnican | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4.0 | |||
| Ron Moon | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2.5 | |||
| Kevin Miller | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | ||
| Terry Mullins | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | ||
| Totals | 58 | 296 | 6 | 21 | 5.1 | ||
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Randy Butler | 2-4-0 | 54 | 1 | 49 | |
| Stu Stram | 3-4-0 | 35 | 1 | ||
| Rich Pennella | 1-1-0 | 16 | 0 | 16 | |
| Calvin Prince | 1-1-0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 7-10-0 | 110 | 2 | 49 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Mark Besanceney | 1 | 49 | 1 | 49 | ||
| Marc Mitchell | 2 | 21 | 1 | |||
| Dwayne Woodruff | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Gary Nord | 2 | 13 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Kevin Miller | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Totals | 7 | 110 | 2 | 49 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Rich Pennella | 5 | 220 | 44.0 | |||
| Totals | 5 | 220 | 44.0 | |||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Zarko Ellis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28 | ||
| Kevin Miller | 1 | -2 | -2 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1 | -2 | -2 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 28 | 28 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Nathan Poole | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 |
| Calvin Prince | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 |
| Stu Stram | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| Mark Besanceney | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Zarko Ellis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 28 |
| Kevin Miller | 2 | 11 | 12 | -2 | 0 | 23 |
| Randy Butler | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Marc Mitchell | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Dwayne Woodruff | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| John Tillery | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Gary Nord | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Bo Haden | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Larry Johnican | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Ron Moon | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Terry Mullins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 1-1 Marshall – 4-2 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| Otis Wilson | 9 | 11 | 20 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Harold | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Henry | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Johnson | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Knop | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Simpson | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Abood | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Gibson | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Pongonis | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Embry | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Melton | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zarko Ellis | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Purcell | 2 | 2 | 4 | 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 | |
| Nick Gagel | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Dickerson | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dwayne Woodruff | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gerald Saunders | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Drachman | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Byrd | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt Dickerson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 63 | 47 | 110 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Abood, Mark Besanceney, David Bradshaw, Randy Butler, Eddie Byrd, Mike Dickerson, Walt Dickerson, David Drachman, Zarko Ellis, Jim Embry, Nick Gagel, Greg Gibson, Bo Haden, Don Harold, Jeff Henry, Larry Johnican, Eddie Johnson, Brian Knop, Bill Melton, Kevin Miller, Marc Mitchell, Ron Moon, Terry Mullins, Gary Nord, Rich Pennella, Mark Pongonis, Nathan Poole, Pedro Posadas, Calvin Prince, Chris Purcell, Gerald Saunders, Dan Simpson, Stu Stram, John Tillery, Otis Wilson, Dwayne Woodruff