Nov. 6, 1954 – Home – Parkway Field – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 1,600
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 6 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 24 |
| Morehead State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Caras touchdown (kick missed) | ||
| Lenny Lyles touchdown (kick missed) | ||
| John Sowa touchdown (kick missed) | ||
| Bill Layne touchdown (kick missed) |
| Louisville | Morehead State | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 16 | 4 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 141 | 23 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 3 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 181 | 61 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 40 | 38 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 148 | 47 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 10-24-2 | 6-18-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 6.2 | 2.6 |
| Average Per Completion | 14.8 | 7.8 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 289 | 70 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 0-25 | 0-57 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 2-0-0 | 2-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Fred Zangaro | 7 | 43 | 0 | 6.1 | |||
| Lenny Lyles | 9 | 37 | 0 | 4.1 | |||
| Tom Caras | 5 | 18 | 0 | 3.6 | |||
| Johnny Unitas | 3 | 18 | 0 | 6.0 | |||
| Bill Layne | 6 | 15 | 0 | 2.5 | |||
| John Sowa | 6 | 12 | 0 | 2.0 | |||
| Eurie Smith | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | ||
| Flavian Myers | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | ||
| Bill Parrish | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | |||
| Jim Houser | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | |||
| George Cain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Mike McDonald | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Pete Tomerlin | 3 | -13 | 0 | -4.3 | |||
| Totals | 46 | 181 | 40 | 141 | 3 | 5 | 3.1 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Johnny Unitas | 4-10-1 | 80 | 0 | ||
| Jim Houser | 6-13-1 | 68 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 10-23-2 | 148 | 0 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Gene Sartini | 4 | 54 | 0 | |||
| George Cain | 1 | 38 | 0 | 38 | ||
| John Becker | 1 | 28 | 0 | 28 | ||
| Mario Cheppo | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Bill Layne | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| John Sowa | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rex Slechter | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 9 | 149 | 0 | 38 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Gene Sartini | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | |||
| John Sowa | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | |||
| Totals | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | |||
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Gene Sartini | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| Fred Zangaro | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| George Cain | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Lenny Lyles | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| John Becker | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Bill Layne | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| John Sowa | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Johnny Unitas | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Tom Caras | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Mario Cheppo | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Eurie Smith | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Flavian Myers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Rex Slechter | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bill Parrish | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jim Houser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike McDonald | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Pete Tomerlin | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -13 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 0-1 |
Tom Armstrong, John Becker, Reggie Bethea, Don Boyd, George Cain, Tom Caras, Mario Cheppo, Max Clark, Tom Currin, Ronnie Delle Donne, Bob Donnelly, Bill Echols, Ray Farmer, Jim Houser, Dick Kovanda, Miles Kozubik, Bill Layne, Lenny Lyles, Mike McDonald, Jack Meade, Flavian Myers, Chuck Naber, Bill Olrich, Frank Otte, Bill Parrish, Charlie Phillips, Don Purcell, Rex Robinson, Gene Sartini, K. Schnarre, Rex Slechter, Bill Smith, Eurie Smith, John Sowa, Nunzio Tisci, Pete Tomerlin, Joe Unitas, Johnny Unitas, Andy Walker, Fred Zangaro