Oct. 19, 1985 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 21,383
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Cincinnati | 0 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 09:41 | Danny Cerione 20-yard field goal, 14-86, 05:19 |
| 2nd | 14:44 | Danny Cerione 32-yard field goal, 13-65, 05:04 |
| 2nd | 00:08 | Danny Cerione 33-yard field goal, 14-64, 02:03 |
| Louisville | Cincinnati | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 19 | 26 |
| Rushing | 6 | 15 |
| Passing | 11 | 10 |
| Penalty | 2 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 93 | 263 |
| Rushing Attempts | 26 | 56 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.6 | 4.7 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 2 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 117 | 290 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 24 | 27 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 216 | 250 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 23-44-1 | 14-27-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 4.9 | 9.3 |
| Average Per Completion | 9.4 | 17.9 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 309 | 513 |
| Total offense plays | 70 | 83 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.4 | 6.2 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 0-0 | 2-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 6-50 | 11-88 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 7-282 | 4-157 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 40.3 | 39.3 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 0-0-0 | 5-43-0 |
| Average Per Return | 8.6 | |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 4-69-0 | 1-23-0 |
| Average Per Return | 17.3 | 23.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 27:51 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 5-17 | 12-19 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 2-25 | 2-19 |
| PAT Kicks | 0-0 | 4-4 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 3-3 | 1-2 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Larry Stricklin | 9 | 48 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 16 | 5.1 |
| John Adams | 8 | 41 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 11 | 4.9 |
| Rodney Knighton | 2 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 5.5 |
| Ernest Givins | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Willie Shelby | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1.5 |
| Jay Gruden | 3 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 0 | 7 | -1.0 |
| Ed Rubbert | 1 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 0 | -7 | -7.0 |
| Totals | 26 | 117 | 24 | 93 | 0 | 16 | 3.6 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Ed Rubbert | 17-34-0 | 188 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| Jay Gruden | 6-10-1 | 28 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| Totals | 23-44-1 | 216 | 0 | 21 | 2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Danny Thomas | 4 | 53 | 0 | 21 | ||
| Calvin Dixson | 4 | 47 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Larry Stricklin | 6 | 41 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Ernest Givins | 4 | 36 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Rodney Knighton | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||
| John Adams | 2 | 11 | 0 | 7 | ||
| James Jones | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Joey Hamilton | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 23 | 216 | 0 | 21 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Kirk Kennedy | 7 | 282 | 40.3 | 50 | ||
| Totals | 7 | 282 | 40.3 | 50 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Ernest Givins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Stricklin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 69 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 1st | 09:41 | 20 | Good |
| 2nd | 14:44 | 32 | Good |
| 2nd | 00:08 | 33 | Good |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Larry Stricklin | 46 | 41 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 108 |
| Ernest Givins | 4 | 36 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 88 |
| Danny Thomas | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| John Adams | 39 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Calvin Dixson | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| Rodney Knighton | 11 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| James Jones | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Joey Hamilton | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Willie Shelby | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jay Gruden | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 |
| Ed Rubbert | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 0-0 Cincinnati – 2-0 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 44 | Matt Battaglia | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Joe Jackson | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Avery Marshall | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Gary Warren | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Higgs | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Cosby | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1.0-15 | 1.0-15 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Bell | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 82 | Mike Minogue | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Antonio Davis | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Daniels | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roy Winningham | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Anthony Moss | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 50 | Phillip Green | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Jefferson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0-10 | 1.0-10 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Madrick | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Torrence Dickens | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 36 | Tim Maxwell | 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 |
| 92 | Gerald Stephens | 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 |
| Rick Shaw | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Smith (2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Anthony Wiggins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 69 | 18 | 87 | 2.0-25 | 4.0-27 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
1-Gary Warren, 35-Paul Schaller, 36-Tim Maxwell, 40-Antonio Davis, 43-Avery Marshall, 44-Matt Battaglia, 50-Phillip Green, 64-Joe Jackson, 82-Mike Minogue, 92-Gerald Stephens, 93-David Williams, John Adams, James Bell, Danny Cerione, Don Cosby, Anthony Daniels, Torrence Dickens, Calvin Dixson, Ernest Givins, Jay Gruden, Joey Hamilton, Andrew Higgs, Bobby Jefferson, James Jones, Kirk Kennedy, Rodney Knighton, Ron Madrick, Anthony Moss, Ed Rubbert, Rick Shaw, Willie Shelby, Sean Sinclair, Jeff Smith (2), Larry Stricklin, Danny Thomas, Anthony Wiggins, Roy Winningham