Sept. 1, 1984 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 24,557
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 23 |
| Murray State | 0 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 26 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 09:20 | Phil Ellis 30-yard field goal, 4--3, 00:48 |
| 2nd | 06:57 | Ron Davenport 2-yard rush (Phil Ellis kick), 4-17, 01:46 |
| 3rd | 01:06 | Phil Ellis 26-yard field goal, 12-69, 05:52 |
| 4th | 14:52 | Danny Cerione 23-yard field goal, 4-2, 00:57 |
| 4th | 00:57 | Bruce Armstrong 3-yard pass from Ed Rubbert (Phil Ellis kick), 8-71, 02:24 |
| Louisville | Murray State | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 22 | 13 |
| Rushing | 3 | 3 |
| Passing | 19 | 10 |
| Penalty | 0 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | -7 | 58 |
| Rushing Attempts | 34 | 28 |
| Average Per Rush | -0.2 | 2.1 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 79 | 101 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 86 | 43 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 393 | 269 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 29-55-2 | 14-24-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 7.1 | 11.2 |
| Average Per Completion | 13.6 | 19.2 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 386 | 327 |
| Total offense plays | 89 | 52 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.3 | 6.3 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 6-3 | 2-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 9-63 | 9-78 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 4-145 | 5-191 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 36.3 | 38.2 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-14-0 | 2-5-0 |
| Average Per Return | 7.0 | 2.5 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 5-101-0 | 6-141-0 |
| Average Per Return | 20.2 | 23.5 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 2-18-0 | 2-28-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 34:30 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 8-18 | 3-11 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 2-10 | 2-8 |
| PAT Kicks | 2-2 | 2-3 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 3-0 | 2-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Ron Davenport | 15 | 42 | 5 | 37 | 1 | 9 | 2.5 |
| John Adams | 6 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 3.0 |
| Rodney Knighton | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 3.0 |
| Willie Shelby | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1.0 |
| Leonard Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 |
| Ed Rubbert | 5 | 6 | 41 | -35 | 0 | 6 | -7.0 |
| TEAM | 1 | 0 | 36 | -36 | 0 | 0 | -36.0 |
| Totals | 34 | 79 | 86 | -7 | 1 | 9 | -0.2 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Ed Rubbert | 29-55-2 | 393 | 1 | 38 | 2 |
| Totals | 29-55-2 | 393 | 1 | 38 | 2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| David Hatfield | 9 | 116 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Ernest Givins | 4 | 100 | 0 | 38 | ||
| Junior Jones | 5 | 47 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Bruce Armstrong | 4 | 41 | 1 | 20 | ||
| Eric Vaughn | 2 | 33 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Willie Shelby | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | ||
| Leonard Sullivan | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||
| John Adams | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Danny Thomas | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 29 | 393 | 1 | 38 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Kirk Kennedy | 4 | 145 | 36.3 | 39 | ||
| Totals | 4 | 145 | 36.3 | 39 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Ernest Givins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 85 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Cosby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18 |
| Leonard Sullivan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Vaughn | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 101 | 26 | 2 | 18 | 18 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 2nd | 09:20 | 30 | Good |
| 3rd | 01:06 | 26 | Good |
| 4th | 14:52 | 23 | Good |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Ernest Givins | 0 | 100 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 185 |
| David Hatfield | 0 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116 |
| Eric Vaughn | 0 | 33 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 47 |
| Junior Jones | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| Bruce Armstrong | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| Ron Davenport | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Leonard Sullivan | -1 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Willie Shelby | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| John Adams | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Don Cosby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| Danny Thomas | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Rodney Knighton | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Ed Rubbert | -35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -35 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Ron Davenport 1-0, Ed Rubbert 1-1, Eric Vaughn 1-1 Murray State – 2-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 34 | Brian Miller | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Anthony Moss | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Don Cosby | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Doug Pritchett | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Tim Chapman | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1.0-3 | 2.0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Benny Painter | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Anthony Copeland | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Matt Battaglia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0-5 | 1.0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Torrence Dickens | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | Larry Galcik | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Eric Vaughn | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Donte Wheat | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Bobby Jefferson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | Bruce Armstrong | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Ron Davenport | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Ron Marney | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Mike Minogue | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Dave Naimaister | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Pete O'Neal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kirk Perry | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Leonard Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Mark Grandy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 50 | 11 | 61 | 2.0-8 | 6.0-19 | 0 | 1-0 | 2-18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
1-Kirk Perry, 2-Pete O'Neal, 18-Eric Vaughn, 25-Doug Pritchett, 26-Don Cosby, 31-Ron Davenport, 32-Torrence Dickens, 34-Brian Miller, 40-Leonard Sullivan, 41-Anthony Copeland, 44-Matt Battaglia, 50-Donte Wheat, 56-Bobby Jefferson, 68-Larry Galcik, 69-Benny Painter, 82-Mike Minogue, 83-Dave Naimaister, 87-Bruce Armstrong, 88-Tim Chapman, 90-Ron Marney, 96-Mark Grandy, 99-Anthony Moss, John Adams, Danny Cerione, Phil Ellis, Ernest Givins, David Hatfield, Junior Jones, Kirk Kennedy, Rodney Knighton, Ed Rubbert, Willie Shelby, Danny Thomas