Oct. 30, 1971 – Home – Fairgrounds Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 17,341
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Tampa | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 02:40 | Howard Stevens 1-yard rush (Scott Marcus kick) |
| 3rd | 00:08 | Howard Stevens 5-yard rush (Scott Marcus kick) |
| 4th | 00:06 | Greg Campbell 20-yard interception return (Scott Marcus kick) |
| Louisville | Tampa | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 14 | 17 |
| Rushing | 8 | 10 |
| Passing | 5 | 5 |
| Penalty | 1 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 234 | 203 |
| Rushing Attempts | 46 | 54 |
| Average Per Rush | 5.1 | 3.8 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 250 | 238 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 16 | 35 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 79 | 81 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 11-26-2 | 6-24-3 |
| Average Per Attempt | 3.0 | 3.4 |
| Average Per Completion | 7.2 | 13.5 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 313 | 284 |
| Total offense plays | 72 | 78 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.3 | 3.6 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 3-1 | 8-4 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 5-57 | 3-25 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 10-421 | 7-271 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 42.1 | 38.7 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 4-22-0 | 6-85-0 |
| Average Per Return | 5.5 | 14.2 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 3-71-0 | 4-44-0 |
| Average Per Return | 23.7 | 11.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 3-42-1 | 2-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 3-3 | 1-1 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Howard Stevens | 33 | 190 | 7 | 183 | 2 | 5.5 | |
| Mel Jones | 4 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 8.0 | |
| Mike Campbell | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 17.0 | |
| Larry Griffin | 6 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1.8 | |
| Tom Jesukaitis | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1.0 | |
| John Madeya | 1 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 0 | -8.0 | |
| Totals | 46 | 250 | 16 | 234 | 2 | 0 | 5.1 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| John Madeya | 7-15-1 | 41 | 0 | ||
| Mike Campbell | 4-10-0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Howard Stevens | 0-1-1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 11-26-2 | 79 | 0 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Gary Barnes | 4 | 51 | 0 | |||
| Tony Burdock | 3 | 18 | 0 | |||
| John Gorman | 1 | 14 | 0 | |||
| Larry Griffin | 1 | -1 | 0 | |||
| Howard Stevens | 2 | -3 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 11 | 79 | 0 | |||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Scott Marcus | 10 | 421 | 42.1 | |||
| Totals | 10 | 421 | 42.1 | |||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Greg Campbell | 3 | 13 | 3 | 71 | 1 | 20 | |||
| Tom Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | |||
| Ralph Calvin | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gary Inman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Totals | 4 | 22 | 3 | 71 | 3 | 42 | |||
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Howard Stevens | 183 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 180 |
| Greg Campbell | 0 | 0 | 71 | 13 | 20 | 104 |
| Gary Barnes | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| Mel Jones | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Tony Burdock | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Mike Campbell | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Tom Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| John Gorman | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Larry Griffin | 11 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Ralph Calvin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Gary Inman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Tom Jesukaitis | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| John Madeya | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 3-1 Tampa – 8-4 |
Gary Barnes, Tony Burdock, Ralph Calvin, Greg Campbell, Mike Campbell, John Gorman, Larry Griffin, Gary Inman, Tom Jackson, Tom Jesukaitis, Mel Jones, John Madeya, Scott Marcus, Howard Stevens