Oct. 12, 1985 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 25,843
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| Southern Mississippi | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 10:14 | Danny Cerione 44-yard field goal, 11-34, 02:35 |
| 2nd | 05:01 | Danny Cerione 47-yard field goal, 5-43, 02:10 |
| 3rd | 07:27 | James Jones 42-yard pass from Ernest Givins (Ed Rubbert pass to John Adams failed, incomplete), 1-42, 00:09 |
| Louisville | Southern Mississippi | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 12 | 26 |
| Rushing | 2 | 19 |
| Passing | 9 | 7 |
| Penalty | 1 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 52 | 374 |
| Rushing Attempts | 22 | 74 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.4 | 5.1 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 4 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 70 | 396 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 18 | 22 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 227 | 188 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 19-32-1 | 14-22-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 7.1 | 8.5 |
| Average Per Completion | 11.9 | 13.4 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 279 | 562 |
| Total offense plays | 54 | 96 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.2 | 5.9 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 6-5 | 2-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 6-45 | 10-95 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 4-181 | 5-202 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 45.3 | 40.4 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-53-0 | 1-20-0 |
| Average Per Return | 17.7 | 20.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 4-85-0 | 1-17-0 |
| Average Per Return | 21.3 | 17.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 1-10-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 19:30 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 5-12 | 11-19 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 1-3 | 2-13 |
| PAT Kicks | 0-0 | 6-6 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 2-2 | 0-1 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| John Adams | 10 | 36 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 11 | 3.6 |
| Larry Stricklin | 6 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 3.3 |
| Ernest Givins | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| Deon Booker | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 |
| Jay Gruden | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 | -2 | -2.5 |
| Ed Rubbert | 2 | 0 | 13 | -13 | 0 | -4 | -6.5 |
| Totals | 22 | 70 | 18 | 52 | 0 | 11 | 2.4 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Ed Rubbert | 11-22-1 | 106 | 0 | 18 | 2 |
| Jay Gruden | 7-9-0 | 79 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| Ernest Givins | 1-1-0 | 42 | 1 | 42 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-32-1 | 227 | 1 | 42 | 2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Junior Jones | 3 | 88 | 1 | 42 | ||
| Ernest Givins | 5 | 61 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Larry Stricklin | 5 | 27 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Danny Thomas | 3 | 24 | 0 | 9 | ||
| John Adams | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Calvin Dixson | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Willie Shelby | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 19 | 227 | 1 | 42 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Kirk Kennedy | 4 | 181 | 45.3 | 54 | ||
| Totals | 4 | 181 | 45.3 | 54 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Ernest Givins | 3 | 53 | 40 | 2 | 42 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Stricklin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | 53 | 40 | 4 | 85 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 1st | 10:14 | 44 | Good |
| 2nd | 05:01 | 47 | Good |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Ernest Givins | 9 | 61 | 42 | 53 | 0 | 165 |
| Junior Jones | 0 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 |
| Larry Stricklin | 20 | 27 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 71 |
| John Adams | 36 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Danny Thomas | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Joey Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Calvin Dixson | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Deon Booker | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Willie Shelby | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jay Gruden | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 |
| Ed Rubbert | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -13 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – John Adams 2-2, Deon Booker 1-1, Ernest Givins 1-1, Jay Gruden 1-0, Larry Stricklin 1-1 Southern Mississippi – 2-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 64 | Joe Jackson | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Matt Battaglia | 11 | 1 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Don Cosby | 11 | 1 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Antonio Davis | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Calvert Cole | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Anthony Moss | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Phillip Green | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Avery Marshall | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1.0-3 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Mike Minogue | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Sean Sinclair | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Bobby Jefferson | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Tod Smyrichinsky | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Andrew Higgs | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Paul Schaller | 1 | 1 | 2 | 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 |
| 2 | Pete O'Neal | 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 |
| 65 | Jeff Smith (2) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 84 | 12 | 96 | 1.0-3 | 3.0-7 | 0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
2-Pete O'Neal, 26-Don Cosby, 33-Rick Shaw, 35-Paul Schaller, 37-Sean Sinclair, 39-Calvert Cole, 40-Antonio Davis, 43-Avery Marshall, 44-Matt Battaglia, 50-Phillip Green, 56-Bobby Jefferson, 64-Joe Jackson, 65-Jeff Smith (2), 75-Andrew Higgs, 78-Anthony Daniels, 80-Tod Smyrichinsky, 82-Mike Minogue, 99-Anthony Moss, John Adams, Deon Booker, Danny Cerione, Calvin Dixson, Ernest Givins, Jay Gruden, Joey Hamilton, James Jones, Junior Jones, Kirk Kennedy, Ed Rubbert, Willie Shelby, Larry Stricklin, Danny Thomas