Nov. 2, 1968 – Home – Fairgrounds Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 8,000
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 23 |
| Kent State | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Herbie Phelps 4-yard rush (Pete Compise kick) | |
| 2nd | Herbie Phelps 30-yard rush (Pete Compise kick) | |
| 4th | Lonny Gilbert 28-yard pass from Oscar Brohm (Pete Compise kick missed) | |
| 4th | Pete Compise 30-yard field goal |
| Louisville | Kent State | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 21 | 7 |
| Rushing | 11 | 3 |
| Passing | 8 | 2 |
| Penalty | 2 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 245 | 32 |
| Rushing Attempts | 52 | 44 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.7 | 0.7 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 256 | 87 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 11 | 55 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 193 | 47 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 13-26-2 | 5-12-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 7.4 | 3.9 |
| Average Per Completion | 14.8 | 9.4 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 438 | 79 |
| Total offense plays | 78 | 56 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.6 | 1.4 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 4-4 | 2-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 8-77 | 4-43 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 4-142 | 10-441 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 35.5 | 44.1 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 7-94-0 | 3-21-0 |
| Average Per Return | 13.4 | 7.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 1-31-0 | 5-57-0 |
| Average Per Return | 31.0 | 11.4 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 2-5-0 | 2-48-1 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 2-3 | 0-1 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-2 | 1-1 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Herbie Phelps | 17 | 95 | 2 | 93 | 2 | 5.5 | |
| Wally Oyler | 10 | 57 | 9 | 48 | 0 | 4.8 | |
| Jim Stallings | 13 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 3.4 | |
| Bill Gatti | 9 | 39 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 4.3 | |
| Johnnie Godbolt | 3 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 7.0 | |
| Totals | 52 | 256 | 11 | 245 | 2 | 0 | 4.7 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Wally Oyler | 9-20-2 | 113 | 0 | ||
| Oscar Brohm | 4-6-0 | 80 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 13-26-2 | 193 | 1 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Lonny Gilbert | 7 | 107 | 1 | |||
| Bill Gatti | 1 | 31 | 0 | 31 | ||
| Cookie Brinkman | 2 | 24 | 0 | |||
| Bob Vari | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Larry Hart | 2 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 13 | 193 | 1 | 31 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Cookie Brinkman | 4 | 142 | 35.5 | |||
| Totals | 4 | 142 | 35.5 | |||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Herbie Phelps | 5 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Watson | 2 | 29 | 1 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Amos Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Charles Collins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 7 | 94 | 1 | 31 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 4th | 30 | Good | |
| 48 | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Herbie Phelps | 93 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 158 |
| Lonny Gilbert | 0 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 |
| Bill Gatti | 39 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
| Richard Watson | 0 | 0 | 31 | 29 | 0 | 60 |
| Wally Oyler | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Jim Stallings | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| Cookie Brinkman | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Johnnie Godbolt | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Bob Vari | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Larry Hart | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Amos Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 4-4 Kent State – 2-1 |
Cookie Brinkman, Oscar Brohm, Charles Collins, Pete Compise, Bill Gatti, Lonny Gilbert, Johnnie Godbolt, Larry Hart, Amos Martin, Wally Oyler, Herbie Phelps, Jim Stallings, Bob Vari, Richard Watson