Oct. 26, 1968 – Away – Wichita, Kan. – Attendance 6,309
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Wichita State | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Herbie Phelps 5-yard pass from Wally Oyler (Pete Compise kick) | |
| 2nd | Cookie Brinkman 10-yard pass from Wally Oyler (Pete Compise kick) | |
| 3rd | Jim Stallings 2-yard rush (Pete Compise kick) |
| Louisville | Wichita State | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 27 | 17 |
| Rushing | 14 | 6 |
| Passing | 11 | 9 |
| Penalty | 2 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 174 | 81 |
| Rushing Attempts | 44 | 41 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.0 | 2.0 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 196 | 123 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 22 | 42 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 283 | 182 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 27-49-2 | 11-31-3 |
| Average Per Attempt | 5.8 | 5.9 |
| Average Per Completion | 10.5 | 16.5 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 2 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 457 | 263 |
| Total offense plays | 93 | 72 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.9 | 3.7 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 9-115 | 7-46 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 6-171 | 7-334 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 28.5 | 47.7 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-50-0 | 1-13-0 |
| Average Per Return | 16.7 | 13.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 2-101-0 | 4-79-0 |
| Average Per Return | 50.5 | 19.8 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 3-31-0 | 2-2-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 3-3 | 2-2 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Herbie Phelps | 17 | 98 | 0 | 98 | 0 | 5.8 | |
| Wally Oyler | 9 | 50 | 10 | 40 | 0 | 4.4 | |
| Jim Stallings | 8 | 22 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 2.3 | |
| Johnnie Godbolt | 8 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1.4 | |
| Bill Gatti | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| Pete Compise | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | -2 | -2.0 |
| Totals | 44 | 196 | 22 | 174 | 1 | 9 | 4.0 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Wally Oyler | 27-49-2 | 283 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 27-49-2 | 283 | 2 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Michael Marion | 6 | 70 | 0 | |||
| Herbie Phelps | 5 | 53 | 1 | |||
| John Copeland | 5 | 37 | 0 | |||
| Steve Dobbs | 3 | 35 | 0 | |||
| Lonny Gilbert | 2 | 35 | 0 | |||
| Pete Compise | 2 | 19 | 0 | |||
| Cookie Brinkman | 2 | 15 | 1 | |||
| Bill Gatti | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Jim Stallings | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 27 | 283 | 2 | 13 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Cookie Brinkman | 5 | 142 | 28.4 | |||
| Wally Oyler | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 171 | 28.5 | 29 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Herbie Phelps | 2 | 40 | 2 | 101 | 77 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16 | ||
| Richard Watson | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Winters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Mike Detenber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Totals | 3 | 50 | 10 | 2 | 101 | 77 | 3 | 31 | 16 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 34 | Missed | ||
| 43 | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Herbie Phelps | 98 | 53 | 101 | 40 | 0 | 292 |
| Michael Marion | 0 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
| Wally Oyler | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| John Copeland | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Lonny Gilbert | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Steve Dobbs | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Jim Stallings | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Bill Gatti | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Pete Compise | -2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Wayne Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Cookie Brinkman | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Johnnie Godbolt | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Richard Watson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Jim Winters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Mike Detenber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 2-1 Wichita State – 1-0 |
Cookie Brinkman, Pete Compise, John Copeland, Mike Detenber, Steve Dobbs, Bill Gatti, Lonny Gilbert, Johnnie Godbolt, Michael Marion, Wayne Martin, Wally Oyler, Herbie Phelps, Jim Stallings, Richard Watson, Jim Winters