Nov. 8, 1980 – Away – Pittsburgh, Pa. – Attendance 47,280
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 23 |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 20 | 21 | 0 | 41 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 13:16 | Dave Betz 34-yard field goal, 8-38, 02:37 |
| 2nd | 11:39 | Robert Mitchell 6-yard pass from Dean May (Dave Betz kick missed), 2-6, 00:41 |
| 4th | 08:07 | Greg Hickman 3-yard rush (Dave Betz kick), 5-48, 02:46 |
| 4th | 04:24 | Robert Mitchell 15-yard pass from Scott Gannon (Dave Betz kick), 3-21, 00:21 |
| Louisville | Pittsburgh | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 11 | 15 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 132 | 173 |
| Rushing Attempts | 44 | 48 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.0 | 3.6 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 3 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 107 | 231 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 6-23-5 | 11-24-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 4.7 | 9.6 |
| Average Per Completion | 17.8 | 21.0 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 2 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 239 | 404 |
| Total offense plays | 67 | 72 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 3.6 | 5.6 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-0 | 6-3 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 7-68 | 12-108 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 8-352 | 6-222 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 44.0 | 37.0 |
| 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 | 2-0-0 | 5-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 2-3 | 5-5 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-0 | 2-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Don Craft | 14 | 46 | 4 | 42 | 0 | 15 | 3.0 |
| Mike Bell | 12 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 10 | 3.1 |
| Nate Dozier | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| Greg Hickman | 8 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 2.3 |
| Marcus Handley | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.5 |
| Scott Gannon | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 0 | 3 | -1.7 |
| Dean May | 3 | 0 | 27 | -27 | 0 | 0 | -9.0 |
| TEAM | 1 | -132 | -40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 |
| Totals | 44 | 132 | 40 | 132 | 1 | 24 | 3.0 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Dean May | 3-13-3 | 57 | 1 | 43 | 2 |
| Scott Gannon | 3-10-2 | 50 | 1 | 21 | 1 |
| Totals | 6-23-5 | 107 | 2 | 43 | 3 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Kenny Robinson | 3 | 72 | 0 | 43 | ||
| Robert Mitchell | 2 | 21 | 2 | 15 | ||
| Jeff Hortert | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 107 | 2 | 43 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Mark Blasinsky | 8 | 354 | 44.3 | 62 | ||
| Totals | 8 | 354 | 44.3 | 62 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Frank Minnifield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 42 |
| Sebastian Curry | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Wayne Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Perrin | 1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 72 | 42 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 2nd | 13:16 | 34 | Good |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Kenny Robinson | 0 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| Don Craft | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| Frank Minnifield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 42 |
| Sebastian Curry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 30 | 42 |
| Mike Bell | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Nate Dozier | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Robert Mitchell | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Greg Hickman | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Jeff Hortert | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Wayne Taylor | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Marcus Handley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jamie Perrin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | -1 |
| Scott Gannon | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 |
| Dean May | -27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -27 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Dean May 1-0 Pittsburgh – 6-3 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 99 | Fred Blackmon | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Frank Minnifield | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Joe Kader | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Ellsworth Larkins | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Lamar Evans | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Dan Dihtzeruk | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Gene Hagan | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Mike Trainor | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Sebastian Curry | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-30 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Eddie Johnson | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | Mark Musgrave | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Jay Trautwein | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Jamie Perrin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Mike Cruz | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Leon Williams | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Greg Jones | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | Richard Tharpe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0-11 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Robert Wilson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Darrell Wimberly | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 43 | 32 | 75 | 1.0-11 | 3.0-3 | 0 | 3-0 | 2-72 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
1-Frank Minnifield, 2-Greg Jones, 9-Robert Wilson, 15-Sebastian Curry, 22-Leon Williams, 23-Jamie Perrin, 41-Mike Trainor, 42-Gene Hagan, 46-Eddie Johnson, 48-Mike Cruz, 49-Ellsworth Larkins, 52-Joe Kader, 55-Jay Trautwein, 62-Lamar Evans, 65-Richard Tharpe, 77-Dan Dihtzeruk, 86-Mark Musgrave, 90-Darrell Wimberly, 99-Fred Blackmon, Mike Bell, Dave Betz, Mark Blasinsky, Jim Bosler, Pete Bowen, Mark Clayton, Don Craft, Nate Dozier, Scott Gannon, Marcus Handley, Greg Hickman, Jeff Hortert, Joe Jacoby, Courtney Jeter, Kurt Knop, Dean May, Todd McMahan, Jim Miller, Robert Mitchell, Robert Niece, Mike Nuzzolese, Kenny Robinson, Wayne Taylor, Bob Thiry, George Underwood, John Wall