Sports Seasons Players Opponents

Eastern Kentucky 45, Louisville 21

Nov. 23, 1985 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 30,113

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
Louisville	0	7	0	14	21
Eastern Kentucky	14	14	14	3	45

Louisville Scoring Summary

Qtr	Time	Scoring Play
2nd	10:25	John Adams 1-yard rush (Danny Cerione kick), 6-69, 02:18
4th	12:42	Ernest Givins 21-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Danny Cerione kick), 11-71, 03:41
4th	03:55	Jay Gruden 9-yard rush (Danny Cerione kick), 8-82, 02:52

Team Statistics

	Louisville	Eastern Kentucky
FIRST DOWNS	19	25
Rushing	11	17
Passing	7	7
Penalty	1	1
NET YARDS RUSHING	132	350
Rushing Attempts	33	61
Average Per Rush	4.0	5.7
Rushing Touchdowns	2	4
Yards Gained Rushing	143	362
Yards Lost Rushing	11	12
NET YARDS PASSING	233	205
Completions-Attempts-Int	17-33-2	9-10-0
Average Per Attempt	7.1	20.5
Average Per Completion	13.7	22.8
Passing Touchdowns	1	2
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS	365	555
Total offense plays	66	71
Average Gain Per Play	5.5	7.8
Fumbles: Number-Lost	1-1	2-2
Penalties: Number-Yards	7-61	6-45
PUNTS-YARDS	3-135	1-47
Average Yards Per Punt	45.0	47.0
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD	0-0-0	0-0-0
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD	8-139-0	4-83-0
Average Per Return	17.4	20.8
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD	0-0-0	2-20-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD	0-0-0	0-0-0
Possession Time	25:43
Third-Down Conversions	5-13	7-12
Fourth-Down Conversions	1-3	1-1
Sacks By: Number-Yards	0-0	2-8
PAT Kicks	3-3	6-6
2Pts Conversions	0-0	0-0
Field Goals	0-0	1-2

RUSHING
	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Lg	Avg
Jay Gruden	8	51	8	43	1	15	5.4
Deon Booker	4	23	0	23	0	9	5.8
Larry Stricklin	5	17	0	17	0	7	3.4
John Adams	9	19	3	16	1	7	1.8
Rodney Knighton	3	13	0	13	0	5	4.3
Ernest Givins	2	13	0	13	0	12	6.5
Junior Jones	1	5	0	5	0	5	5.0
Ed Rubbert	1	2	0	2	0	2	2.0
Totals	33	143	11	132	2	15	4.0

PASSING
	C-A-I	Yds	TD	Long	Sack
Jay Gruden	16-28-1	232	1	52	2
Ed Rubbert	1-5-1	1	0	1	0
Totals	17-33-2	233	1	52	2

RECEIVING
	TAR	No.	Yards	YAC	TD	Long
Danny Thomas		4	106		0	52
George Williams		4	36		0	18
Ernest Givins		2	28		1	21
Rodney Knighton		1	21		0	21
James Jones		1	15		0	15
John Adams		3	14		0	11
Deon Booker		2	13		0	7
Totals		17	233		1	52

PUNTING
	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	In20	TB
Kirk Kennedy	3	135	45.0	47
Totals	3	135	45.0	47

RETURNS
	Punt No	Yds	Lg	Kick No	Yds	Lg	Int No	Yds	Lg
Ernest Givins	0	0	0	5	99	33	0	0	0
Tim Maxwell	0	0	0	2	24	13	0	0	0
Willie Shelby	0	0	0	1	16	16	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	0	8	139	33	0	0	0

FIELD GOALS
Qtr	Time	Dist	Result

ALL-PURPOSE
	Rush	Rcv	KR	PR	IR	Total
Ernest Givins	13	28	99	0	0	140
Danny Thomas	0	106	0	0	0	106
Jay Gruden	43	0	0	0	0	43
Deon Booker	23	13	0	0	0	36
George Williams	0	36	0	0	0	36
Rodney Knighton	13	21	0	0	0	34
John Adams	16	14	0	0	0	30
Tim Maxwell	0	0	24	0	0	24
Larry Stricklin	17	0	0	0	0	17
Willie Shelby	0	0	16	0	0	16
James Jones	0	15	0	0	0	15
Junior Jones	5	0	0	0	0	5
Ed Rubbert	2	0	0	0	0	2

FUMBLES
Louisville – John Adams 1-1 Eastern Kentucky – 2-2

Louisville Defense
#	Name	Solo	Ast	Total	Sacks-Yds	TFL-Yds	FF	FR-Yds	Int-Yds	BrUp	Blks	QBH
40	Antonio Davis	11	3	14	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
44	Matt Battaglia	9	4	13	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
35	Paul Schaller	8	3	11	0.0-0	2.0-5	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
2	Pete O'Neal	8	0	8	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
82	Mike Minogue	3	5	8	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
64	Joe Jackson	5	1	6	0.0-0	1.0-7	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
25	James Bell	4	1	5	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	1-0	0-0	0	0	0
1	Gary Warren	2	3	5	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
95	Ron Madrick	4	0	4	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	1-0	0-0	0	0	0
56	Bobby Jefferson	3	1	4	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
75	Andrew Higgs	2	1	3	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
43	Avery Marshall	2	0	2	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0
31	Deon Booker	1	0	1	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
78	Anthony Daniels	1	0	1	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
62	Chris Sellars	1	0	1	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
80	Tod Smyrichinsky	1	0	1	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
17	Anthony Wiggins	1	0	1	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
9	Roy Winningham	1	0	1	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
50	Phillip Green	0	1	1	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
28	Larry Stricklin	0	1	1	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
	Totals	67	24	91	0.0-0	3.0-12	0	2-0	0-0	1	0	0

Louisville Participation

1-Gary Warren, 2-Pete O'Neal, 9-Roy Winningham, 17-Anthony Wiggins, 25-James Bell, 28-Larry Stricklin, 31-Deon Booker, 35-Paul Schaller, 40-Antonio Davis, 42-Frank Pierre-Louis, 43-Avery Marshall, 44-Matt Battaglia, 50-Phillip Green, 56-Bobby Jefferson, 62-Chris Sellars, 64-Joe Jackson, 75-Andrew Higgs, 78-Anthony Daniels, 80-Tod Smyrichinsky, 82-Mike Minogue, 95-Ron Madrick, John Adams, Danny Cerione, Ernest Givins, Jay Gruden, Joey Hamilton, James Jones, Junior Jones, Kirk Kennedy, Rodney Knighton, Tim Maxwell, Ed Rubbert, Willie Shelby, Danny Thomas, George Williams