Sept. 28, 1985 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 30,334
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 27 |
| Houston | 14 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 49 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 11:52 | Ernest Givins 12-yard pass from Ed Rubbert (Danny Cerione kick), 7-72, 03:03 |
| 1st | 04:26 | Ed Rubbert 1-yard rush (Danny Cerione kick), 8-69, 03:59 |
| 3rd | 08:13 | Junior Jones 2-yard rush (Danny Cerione kick), 8-71, 03:15 |
| 3rd | 01:02 | John Adams 4-yard rush (Danny Cerione kick missed hit left upright), 12-84, 04:40 |
| Louisville | Houston | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 23 | 35 |
| Rushing | 6 | 26 |
| Passing | 15 | 8 |
| Penalty | 2 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 126 | 496 |
| Rushing Attempts | 33 | 68 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.8 | 7.3 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 3 | 6 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 167 | 509 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 41 | 13 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 275 | 175 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 19-37-0 | 11-20-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 7.4 | 8.8 |
| Average Per Completion | 14.5 | 15.9 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 401 | 671 |
| Total offense plays | 70 | 88 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.7 | 7.6 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-2 | 3-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 7-55 | 15-105 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 4-148 | 3-100 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 37.0 | 33.3 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 1-10-0 | 1-10-0 |
| Average Per Return | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 7-126-0 | 1-20-0 |
| Average Per Return | 18.0 | 20.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 27:04 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 8-14 | 7-11 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 0-0 | 6-41 |
| PAT Kicks | 3-4 | 7-7 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| John Adams | 19 | 74 | 0 | 74 | 1 | 8 | 3.9 |
| Ernest Givins | 2 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 20 | 16.5 |
| Willie Shelby | 1 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 33.0 |
| Larry Stricklin | 2 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 10.0 |
| Junior Jones | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Jay Gruden | 2 | 0 | 14 | -14 | 0 | -6 | -7.0 |
| Ed Rubbert | 6 | 5 | 27 | -22 | 1 | 4 | -3.7 |
| Totals | 33 | 167 | 41 | 126 | 3 | 33 | 3.8 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Ed Rubbert | 18-35-0 | 237 | 1 | 35 | 4 |
| Jay Gruden | 1-2-0 | 38 | 0 | 38 | 2 |
| Totals | 19-37-0 | 275 | 1 | 38 | 6 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Danny Thomas | 9 | 108 | 0 | 25 | ||
| Ernest Givins | 4 | 86 | 1 | 35 | ||
| Junior Jones | 1 | 38 | 0 | 38 | ||
| Larry Stricklin | 3 | 21 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Willie Shelby | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||
| John Adams | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Totals | 19 | 275 | 1 | 38 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Kirk Kennedy | 3 | 140 | 46.7 | 64 | ||
| Totals | 3 | 140 | 46.7 | 64 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Ernest Givins | 1 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 82 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Stricklin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 126 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Ernest Givins | 33 | 86 | 82 | 10 | 0 | 211 |
| Danny Thomas | 0 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 |
| John Adams | 74 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 |
| Larry Stricklin | 20 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
| Junior Jones | 2 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Willie Shelby | 33 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| Joey Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Jay Gruden | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -14 |
| Ed Rubbert | -22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -22 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Jay Gruden 1-1, Ed Rubbert 1-1 Houston – 3-2 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 44 | Matt Battaglia | 11 | 2 | 13 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Antonio Davis | 11 | 2 | 13 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Don Cosby | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Paul Schaller | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Anthony Wiggins | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Phillip Green | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Pete O'Neal | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Calvert Cole | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Bobby Jefferson | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-3 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Gary Warren | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Anthony Moss | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Frank Pierre-Louis | 2 | 0 | 2 | 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 |
| 93 | David Williams | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Anthony Daniels | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Avery Marshall | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Mike Minogue | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Anthony Trainor | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Andrew Higgs | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Joe Jackson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | Danny Thomas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Sean Sinclair | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 76 | 19 | 95 | 0.0-0 | 3.0-7 | 0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
1-Gary Warren, 2-Pete O'Neal, 17-Anthony Wiggins, 26-Don Cosby, 33-Rick Shaw, 35-Paul Schaller, 37-Sean Sinclair, 39-Calvert Cole, 40-Antonio Davis, 42-Frank Pierre-Louis, 43-Avery Marshall, 44-Matt Battaglia, 49-Anthony Trainor, 50-Phillip Green, 56-Bobby Jefferson, 64-Joe Jackson, 75-Andrew Higgs, 78-Anthony Daniels, 82-Mike Minogue, 89-Danny Thomas, 93-David Williams, 99-Anthony Moss, John Adams, Danny Cerione, Ernest Givins, Jay Gruden, Joey Hamilton, Junior Jones, Kirk Kennedy, Ed Rubbert, Willie Shelby, Larry Stricklin