Oct. 10, 1981 – Away – Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium – Memphis, Tenn. – Attendance 24,286
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Memphis | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 06:35 | Keith Humphries 4-yard pass from Scott Gannon (Tony Blair kick), 3-11, 01:17 |
| 3rd | 14:44 | Don Craft 3-yard rush (Tony Blair kick), 1-3, 00:16 |
| Louisville | Memphis | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 12 | 11 |
| Rushing | 4 | 1 |
| Passing | 6 | 10 |
| Penalty | 2 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 197 | 156 |
| Rushing Attempts | 49 | 56 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.0 | 2.8 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 64 | 54 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 6-15-0 | 6-20-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 4.3 | 2.7 |
| Average Per Completion | 10.7 | 9.0 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 261 | 210 |
| Total offense plays | 64 | 76 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.1 | 2.8 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 3-2 | 2-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 8-55 | 4-35 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 10-403 | 11-420 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 40.3 | 38.2 |
| 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 | 1-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Don Craft | 16 | 62 | 3 | 59 | 1 | 18 | 3.7 |
| David Hatfield | 9 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 9 | 4.9 |
| Greg Hickman | 11 | 34 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 7 | 3.0 |
| Scedric Moss | 3 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 19 | 10.7 |
| Scott Gannon | 10 | 43 | 14 | 29 | 0 | 28 | 2.9 |
| Totals | 49 | 215 | 18 | 197 | 1 | 28 | 4.0 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Scott Gannon | 6-15-0 | 64 | 1 | 22 | |
| Totals | 6-15-0 | 64 | 1 | 22 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Mark Wilson | 2 | 28 | 0 | 22 | ||
| Mark Clayton | 2 | 22 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Dwayne Johnson | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Keith Humphries | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 64 | 1 | 22 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Mark Blasinsky | 10 | 403 | 40.3 | 50 | ||
| Totals | 10 | 403 | 40.3 | 50 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Frank Minnifield | 1 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 88 | 88 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Humphries | 6 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sebastian Curry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 7 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 88 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 24 | Blocked | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Frank Minnifield | 0 | 0 | 88 | 10 | 0 | 98 |
| Don Craft | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| David Hatfield | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| Greg Hickman | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Scedric Moss | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Keith Humphries | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 29 |
| Scott Gannon | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Mark Wilson | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Mark Clayton | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Dwayne Johnson | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Keith Humphries 2-1, Scedric Moss 1-1 Memphis – 2-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| Mike Trainor | 7 | 4 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Blackmon | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Hagan | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lamar Evans | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sebastian Curry | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 60 | Tom Blair | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Cruz | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Jones | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ellsworth Larkins | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 55 | Jay Trautwein | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1.0-6 | 1.0-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Minnifield | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerome McDade | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Anthony Williams / Carl Williams / Dan Williams / Leon Williams | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darrell Wimberly | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John DeMarco | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Wilson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 58 | 21 | 79 | 1.0-6 | 1.0-6 | 0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
55-Jay Trautwein, 60-Tom Blair, Fred Blackmon, Tony Blair, Mark Blasinsky, Mark Clayton, Don Craft, Mike Cruz, Sebastian Curry, John DeMarco, Phil Ellis, Lamar Evans, Scott Gannon, Gene Hagan, David Hatfield, Greg Hickman, Jeff Hortert, Keith Humphries, Dwayne Johnson, Greg Jones, Ellsworth Larkins, Jerome McDade, Frank Minnifield, Scedric Moss, Jeff Speedy, Mike Trainor, Anthony Williams / Carl Williams / Dan Williams / Leon Williams, Mark Wilson, Robert Wilson, Darrell Wimberly