Sept. 12, 1981 – Home – Fairgrounds Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 21,226
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
| Toledo | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 05:17 | Mark Clayton 74-yard pass from Pat Patterson (Tony Blair kick), 2-74, 00:17 |
| 2nd | 14:09 | Tony Blair 29-yard field goal, 4-8, 01:06 |
| 2nd | 12:28 | Mike Trainor 9-yard blocked punt return (Tony Blair kick) |
| 4th | 10:47 | Mark Clayton 13-yard pass from Pat Patterson (Tony Blair kick), 3-31, 01:31 |
| 4th | 01:18 | Ron Davenport 3-yard rush (Tony Blair kick), 9-56, 04:12 |
| Louisville | Toledo | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 13 | 12 |
| Rushing | 2 | 1 |
| Passing | 10 | 9 |
| Penalty | 1 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 59 | 214 |
| Rushing Attempts | 36 | 49 |
| Average Per Rush | 1.6 | 4.4 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 203 | 18 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 13-27-1 | 3-15-4 |
| Average Per Attempt | 7.5 | 1.2 |
| Average Per Completion | 15.6 | 6.0 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 262 | 232 |
| Total offense plays | 63 | 64 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 3-1 | 2-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 11-90 | 5-68 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 8-321 | 8-276 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 40.1 | 34.5 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 0-0-1 | 0-0-0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 4-0-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-0 | 2-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Don Craft | 11 | 46 | 7 | 39 | 0 | 22 | 3.5 |
| Greg Hickman | 5 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 3.4 |
| Nate Dozier | 3 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 3.0 |
| Ron Davenport | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2.7 |
| Dean May | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Mark Clayton | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 |
| David Hatfield | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Scedric Moss | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Pat Patterson | 9 | 14 | 39 | -25 | 0 | 11 | -2.8 |
| Totals | 36 | 106 | 47 | 59 | 1 | 22 | 1.6 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Pat Patterson | 9-20-0 | 162 | 2 | 74 | 5 |
| Dean May | 2-5-1 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Scott Gannon | 2-2-0 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Totals | 13-27-1 | 203 | 2 | 74 | 5 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Mark Clayton | 4 | 119 | 2 | 74 | ||
| Don Craft | 4 | 50 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Mark Wilson | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Dwayne Johnson | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Scedric Moss | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Ron Davenport | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Greg Hickman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 13 | 203 | 2 | 74 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Mark Blasinsky | 8 | 321 | 40.1 | 53 | ||
| Totals | 8 | 321 | 40.1 | 53 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Keith Humphries | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Minnifield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leon Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14 |
| Darrell Wimberly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Robert Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Sebastian Curry | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 73 | 51 | 3 | 22 | 14 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 2nd | 14:09 | 29 | Good |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Mark Clayton | 3 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 |
| Don Craft | 39 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 |
| Keith Humphries | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| Frank Minnifield | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Greg Hickman | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Leon Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Ron Davenport | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Mark Wilson | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Scedric Moss | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Nate Dozier | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Dwayne Johnson | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Darrell Wimberly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Dean May | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Robert Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| David Hatfield | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sebastian Curry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Pat Patterson | -25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -25 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Don Craft 1-1, Frank Minnifield 1-0 Toledo – 2-1 |
John Ayers, Tony Blair, Mark Blasinsky, Mark Clayton, Don Craft, Sebastian Curry, Ron Davenport, Nate Dozier, Scott Gannon, Gene Hagan, David Hatfield, Greg Hickman, Jeff Hortert, Keith Humphries, Dwayne Johnson, Ellsworth Larkins, Dean May, Frank Minnifield, Scedric Moss, Pat Patterson, Mike Trainor, Anthony Williams, Leon Williams, Mark Wilson, Robert Wilson, Darrell Wimberly