Louisville 51, Northwest Louisiana 7
Oct. 14, 1978 – Home – Fairgrounds Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 13,372
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total |
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| Louisville | 16 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 51 |
| Northwest Louisiana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Louisville Scoring Summary
Team Statistics
| Louisville | Northwest Louisiana |
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| FIRST DOWNS | 23 | 16 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 387 | 121 |
| Rushing Attempts | 56 | |
| Average Per Rush | 6.9 | |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 6 | 1 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 61 | 252 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 4-8-0 | 21-41-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 7.6 | 6.1 |
| Average Per Completion | 15.3 | 12.0 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 448 | 373 |
| Total offense plays | 64 | |
| Average Gain Per Play | 7.0 | |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 8-4 | 5-3 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 7-58 | 13-149 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 3-103 | 7-172 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 34.3 | 24.6 |
| 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 | 7-7 | 1-1 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| PASSING |
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| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack |
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| Stu Stram | 4-7-0 | 61 | 1 | | |
| Totals | 4-7-0 | 61 | 1 | | |
| FIELD GOALS |
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| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
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| FUMBLES |
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Louisville – 8-4
Northwest Louisiana – 5-3 |
Louisville Participation
Don Craft, Jeff Henry, Matt Mager, Gary Nord, Nathan Poole, Kenny Robinson, Stu Stram, Mark Wilson