Sept. 21, 1985 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 36,914
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 23 |
| Western Kentucky | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 07:08 | Danny Cerione 27-yard field goal, 19-74, 07:52 |
| 1st | 01:43 | Danny Cerione 32-yard field goal |
| 2nd | 00:57 | Craig Swabek 15-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Jay Gruden pass to Danny Thomas), 10-70, 04:45 |
| 3rd | 07:29 | Ernest Givins 94-yard kickoff return (Danny Cerione kick missed wide right) |
| 4th | 05:04 | Danny Cerione 31-yard field goal, 9-63, 03:37 |
| Louisville | Western Kentucky | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 18 | 10 |
| Rushing | 9 | 6 |
| Passing | 9 | 4 |
| Penalty | 0 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 134 | 85 |
| Rushing Attempts | 47 | 35 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 174 | 109 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 40 | 24 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 186 | 199 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 14-25-0 | 18-31-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 7.4 | 6.4 |
| Average Per Completion | 13.3 | 11.1 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 320 | 284 |
| Total offense plays | 72 | 66 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 5-3 | 5-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 8-59 | 7-68 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 5-197 | 7-282 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 39.4 | 40.3 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 4-39-0 | 3-4-0 |
| Average Per Return | 9.8 | 1.3 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 3-119-1 | 2-32-0 |
| Average Per Return | 39.7 | 16.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 34:32 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 5-16 | 6-17 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 2-18 | 1-9 |
| PAT Kicks | 0-1 | 2-2 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 3-3 | 0-2 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| John Adams | 16 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 14 | 3.6 |
| Craig Swabek | 14 | 45 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 17 | 2.9 |
| Larry Stricklin | 6 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 13 | 4.8 |
| Ernest Givins | 2 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 14 | 13.0 |
| Willie Shelby | 4 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 4.0 |
| Jay Gruden | 1 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 0 | 0 | -9.0 |
| Ed Rubbert | 4 | 1 | 26 | -25 | 0 | 1 | -6.3 |
| Totals | 47 | 174 | 40 | 134 | 0 | 17 | 2.9 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Ed Rubbert | 11-21-0 | 156 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Jay Gruden | 3-4-0 | 30 | 1 | 15 | 1 |
| Totals | 14-25-0 | 186 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Ernest Givins | 4 | 64 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Craig Swabek | 2 | 42 | 1 | 27 | ||
| Junior Jones | 3 | 38 | 0 | 17 | ||
| John Adams | 2 | 17 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Danny Thomas | 2 | 15 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Willie Shelby | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Totals | 14 | 186 | 1 | 27 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Kirk Kennedy | 5 | 197 | 39.4 | 47 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 197 | 39.4 | 47 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Ernest Givins | 4 | 39 | 22 | 2 | 110 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Stricklin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 39 | 22 | 3 | 119 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 1st | 07:08 | 27 | Good |
| 1st | 01:43 | 32 | Good |
| 4th | 05:04 | 31 | Good |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Ernest Givins | 26 | 64 | 110 | 39 | 0 | 239 |
| Craig Swabek | 40 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 |
| John Adams | 57 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 |
| Junior Jones | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Larry Stricklin | 29 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Willie Shelby | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Danny Thomas | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Jay Gruden | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -9 |
| Ed Rubbert | -25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -25 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Ernest Givins 2-1, Jay Gruden 1-1, Ed Rubbert 2-1 Western Kentucky – 5-2 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 44 | Matt Battaglia | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Anthony Moss | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Paul Schaller | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1.0-8 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Antonio Davis | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Don Cosby | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Mike Minogue | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1.0-10 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Phillip Green | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Bobby Jefferson | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Avery Marshall | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Calvert Cole | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Andrew Higgs | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Anthony Wiggins | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Roy Winningham | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Rick Shaw | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Gary Warren | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Ron Madrick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Sean Sinclair | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | David Williams | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | John Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Chris Sellars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 53 | 22 | 75 | 2.0-18 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
1-Gary Warren, 9-Roy Winningham, 17-Anthony Wiggins, 24-John Adams, 26-Don Cosby, 33-Rick Shaw, 35-Paul Schaller, 36-Sean Sinclair, 39-Calvert Cole, 40-Antonio Davis, 43-Avery Marshall, 44-Matt Battaglia, 56-Bobby Jefferson, 62-Chris Sellars, 75-Andrew Higgs, 80-Phillip Green, 82-Mike Minogue, 93-David Williams, 95-Ron Madrick, 99-Anthony Moss, Danny Cerione, Ernest Givins, Jay Gruden, Junior Jones, Kirk Kennedy, Greg Pianko, Ed Rubbert, Willie Shelby, Larry Stricklin, Craig Swabek, Danny Thomas