Oct. 1, 1983 – Away – Lane Stadium – Blacksburg, Va. – Attendance 28,300
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Virginia Tech | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 31 |
| Louisville | Virginia Tech | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 15 | 21 |
| Rushing | 1 | 14 |
| Passing | 12 | 5 |
| Penalty | 2 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 1 | 298 |
| Rushing Attempts | 21 | 65 |
| Average Per Rush | 0.0 | 4.6 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 3 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 48 | 327 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 47 | 29 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 269 | 125 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 28-54-3 | 8-9-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 5.0 | 13.9 |
| Average Per Completion | 9.6 | 15.6 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 270 | 423 |
| Total offense plays | 75 | 74 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 3.6 | 5.7 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-1 | 2-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 7-60 | 10-81 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 6-195 | 5-199 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 32.5 | 39.8 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 1-6-0 | 2-19-0 |
| Average Per Return | 6.0 | 9.5 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 5-88-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Average Per Return | 17.6 | |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 3-13-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 26:01 | |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 4-16 | 6-39 |
| PAT Kicks | 0-0 | 4-4 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Ron Davenport | 9 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 2.9 |
| Leonard Sullivan | 3 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 4.3 |
| David Hatfield | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| Quincy McCray | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 |
| Jeff Doty | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 | -3 | -3.0 |
| Keith Humphries | 1 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 0 | -7 | -7.0 |
| Dean May | 5 | 0 | 36 | -36 | 0 | -2 | -7.2 |
| Totals | 21 | 48 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Dean May | 28-54-3 | 269 | 0 | 49 | 5 |
| Totals | 28-54-3 | 269 | 0 | 49 | 5 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| David Hatfield | 7 | 103 | 0 | 49 | ||
| Keith Humphries | 3 | 43 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Ron Davenport | 5 | 41 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Jeff Hortert | 3 | 25 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Lamar Cummings | 4 | 21 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Carl Williams | 2 | 21 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Bruce Armstrong | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Willie Shelby | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Leonard Sullivan | 2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 28 | 269 | 0 | 49 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Phil Ellis | 6 | 195 | 32.5 | 41 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 195 | 32.5 | 41 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Keith Humphries | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 71 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Shelby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 88 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Keith Humphries | -7 | 43 | 71 | 6 | 0 | 113 |
| David Hatfield | 9 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112 |
| Ron Davenport | 26 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
| Jeff Hortert | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Willie Shelby | 0 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Carl Williams | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Lamar Cummings | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Leonard Sullivan | 13 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Bruce Armstrong | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Quincy McCray | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Jeff Doty | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 |
| Dean May | -36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -36 |
| FUMBLES |
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| Louisville – Ron Davenport 1-1 Virginia Tech – 2-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 34 | Brian Miller | 12 | 2 | 14 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Pritchett | 12 | 1 | 13 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jon Cade | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 41 | Mike Trainor | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1.0-6 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John DeMarco | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marc Matthews | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Jefferson | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 48 | Mark Brown | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Avery Marshall | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Minogue | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 69 | Benny Painter | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Besong | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Todd Navarro | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Marney | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Botts | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rolland Dickerson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0-5 | 2.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Falleri | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leonard Sullivan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Donte Wheat | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Conway | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kirk Perry | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Battaglia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 66 | 31 | 97 | 2.0-11 | 5.0-11 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
34-Brian Miller, 41-Mike Trainor, 48-Mark Brown, 69-Benny Painter, Bruce Armstrong, Matt Battaglia, Jeff Besong, Mike Botts, Jon Cade, Doug Conway, Lamar Cummings, Ron Davenport, John DeMarco, Rolland Dickerson, Jeff Doty, Phil Ellis, Joe Falleri, David Hatfield, Jeff Hortert, Keith Humphries, Bobby Jefferson, Junior Jones, Ron Marney, Avery Marshall, Marc Matthews, Dean May, Quincy McCray, Mike Minogue, Todd Navarro, Kirk Perry, Doug Pritchett, Willie Shelby, Leonard Sullivan, Donte Wheat, Carl Williams