Oct. 27, 1984 – Away – Riverfront Stadium – Cincinnati, Ohio – Attendance 15,767
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Cincinnati | 6 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 40 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 07:47 | John Adams 13-yard rush (Phil Ellis kick), 5-80, 01:17 |
| 2nd | 03:04 | Ron Davenport 12-yard pass from Ed Rubbert (Phil Ellis kick), 8-81, 03:18 |
| 4th | 02:03 | Preston Gray 65-yard pass from Ed Rubbert (Phil Ellis kick), 3-80, 01:11 |
| Louisville | Cincinnati | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 19 | 32 |
| Rushing | 12 | 16 |
| Passing | 6 | 14 |
| Penalty | 1 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 140 | 257 |
| Rushing Attempts | 32 | 50 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.4 | 5.1 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 175 | 287 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 35 | 30 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 205 | 236 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 13-23-3 | 20-33-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 8.9 | 7.2 |
| Average Per Completion | 15.8 | 11.8 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 3 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 345 | 493 |
| Total offense plays | 55 | 83 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 6.3 | 5.9 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 3-3 | 1-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 4-31 | 5-49 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 2-99 | 2-85 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 49.5 | 42.5 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 1-15-0 | 1-1-0 |
| Average Per Return | 15.0 | 1.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 5-105-0 | 3-53-0 |
| Average Per Return | 21.0 | 17.7 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-0-0 | 3-10-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 22:20 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 1-5 | 14-19 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 3-3 | 4-4 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 2-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Willie Shelby | 9 | 52 | 1 | 51 | 0 | 14 | 5.7 |
| Leonard Sullivan | 5 | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 12 | 8.0 |
| Rodney Knighton | 6 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 13 | 6.2 |
| Ron Davenport | 7 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 9 | 4.4 |
| John Adams | 2 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 7.5 |
| Ernest Givins | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | -2.0 |
| Ed Rubbert | 1 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 0 | 0 | -8.0 |
| TEAM | 1 | 0 | 24 | -24 | 0 | 0 | -24.0 |
| Totals | 32 | 175 | 35 | 140 | 1 | 14 | 4.4 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Ed Rubbert | 13-23-3 | 205 | 2 | 65 | 0 |
| Totals | 13-23-3 | 205 | 2 | 65 | 0 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Ron Davenport | 4 | 69 | 1 | 51 | ||
| Preston Gray | 1 | 65 | 1 | 65 | ||
| Junior Jones | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | ||
| Bruce Armstrong | 2 | 16 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Willie Shelby | 2 | 13 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Ernest Givins | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| James Jones | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Rodney Knighton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 13 | 205 | 2 | 65 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Danny Cerione | 2 | 99 | 49.5 | 51 | ||
| Totals | 2 | 99 | 49.5 | 51 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Eric Vaughn | 1 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 105 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Pritchett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 105 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Eric Vaughn | 0 | 0 | 105 | 15 | 0 | 120 |
| Ron Davenport | 31 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Preston Gray | 0 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
| Willie Shelby | 51 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
| Leonard Sullivan | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Rodney Knighton | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Junior Jones | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Bruce Armstrong | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| John Adams | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| James Jones | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Ernest Givins | -2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Ed Rubbert | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Danny Cerione 1-1, Ernest Givins 1-1, Willie Shelby 1-1 Cincinnati – 1-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 26 | Don Cosby | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Brian Miller | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kirk Perry | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | Larry Galcik | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Mike Minogue | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Torrence Dickens | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Doug Pritchett | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Anthony Moss | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Matt Battaglia | 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 | 1.0-9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Todd Navarro | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Bobby Jefferson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0-11 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Benny Painter | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Ron Marney | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Ray Bailey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Mark Grandy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Don Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Doug Lucas | 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 |
| Pete O'Neal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | Paul Schaller | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Rick Shaw | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Chris Thieneman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Donte Wheat | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 46 | 31 | 77 | 1.0-11 | 6.0-21 | 0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
1-Kirk Perry, 11-Doug Lucas, 20-Torrence Dickens, 25-Doug Pritchett, 26-Don Cosby, 33-Rick Shaw, 34-Brian Miller, 35-Paul Schaller, 39-Calvert Cole, 41-Anthony Copeland, 43-Avery Marshall, 44-Matt Battaglia, 50-Donte Wheat, 55-Don Johnson, 56-Bobby Jefferson, 58-Chris Thieneman, 68-Larry Galcik, 69-Benny Painter, 78-Ray Bailey, 82-Mike Minogue, 83-Dave Naimaister, 90-Ron Marney, 91-Todd Navarro, 96-Mark Grandy, 99-Anthony Moss, John Adams, Bruce Armstrong, Danny Cerione, Ron Davenport, Phil Ellis, Ernest Givins, Preston Gray, James Jones, Junior Jones, Rodney Knighton, Pete O'Neal, Ed Rubbert, Willie Shelby, Leonard Sullivan, Eric Vaughn