Sept. 16, 1972 – Home – Fairgrounds Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 20,122
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 34 |
| Kent State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 11:16 | Howard Stevens 1-yard rush (Wilbur Summers kick missed wide right) |
| 2nd | 10:46 | Joe Duganich 15-yard pass from John Madeya (Wilbur Summers kick) |
| 2nd | 06:26 | John Gorman 30-yard pass from John Madeya (Wilbur Summers kick) |
| 2nd | 00:58 | Reneau Simpson 10-yard rush (Wilbur Summers kick) |
| 4th | 13:26 | Gary Barnes 23-yard pass from John Madeya (Wilbur Summers kick) |
| Louisville | Kent State | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 23 | 13 |
| Rushing | 13 | 7 |
| Passing | 10 | 4 |
| Penalty | 0 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 274 | 164 |
| Rushing Attempts | 46 | 51 |
| Average Per Rush | 6.0 | 3.2 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 282 | 199 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 8 | 35 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 180 | 85 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 15-36-0 | 7-18-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 5.0 | 4.7 |
| Average Per Completion | 12.0 | 12.1 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 3 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 454 | 249 |
| Total offense plays | 82 | 69 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.5 | 3.6 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-1 | 8-3 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 6-71 | 3-42 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 5-208 | 7-247 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 41.6 | 35.3 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-10-0 | 3-39-0 |
| Average Per Return | 3.3 | 13.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 1-29-0 | 5-58-0 |
| Average Per Return | 29.0 | 11.6 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 2-28-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Howard Stevens | 20 | 115 | 0 | 115 | 1 | 25 | 5.8 |
| Larry Griffin | 11 | 91 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 24 | 8.2 |
| Reneau Simpson | 6 | 40 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 12 | 6.7 |
| Walter Peacock | 2 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 6.0 |
| Steve Jewell | 4 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2.5 |
| John Madeya | 3 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 2.3 |
| Totals | 46 | 282 | 8 | 274 | 2 | 25 | 6.0 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| John Madeya | 13-29-0 | 164 | 3 | 30 | 1 |
| Len DePaola | 2-7-0 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Totals | 15-36-0 | 180 | 3 | 30 | 1 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Gary Barnes | 5 | 74 | 1 | 23 | ||
| Dale Kaminski | 3 | 32 | 0 | 16 | ||
| John Gorman | 1 | 30 | 1 | 30 | ||
| Tony Burdock | 3 | 29 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Joe Duganich | 1 | 15 | 1 | 15 | ||
| Howard Stevens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 15 | 180 | 3 | 30 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Scott Marcus | 5 | 208 | 41.6 | 56 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 208 | 41.6 | 56 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Howard Stevens | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Young | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28 | ||
| Ed Long | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 29 | 29 | 2 | 28 | 28 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Howard Stevens | 115 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 154 |
| Larry Griffin | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| Gary Barnes | 0 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 |
| Reneau Simpson | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Dale Kaminski | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| John Gorman | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Tony Burdock | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Steve Young | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 28 |
| Joe Duganich | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Walter Peacock | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Steve Jewell | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| John Madeya | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Howard Stevens 1-1 Kent State – 8-3 |
Gary Barnes, Richard Bishop, Reggie Brown, Tony Burdock, Len DePaola, Joe Duganich, John Gorman, Larry Griffin, Larry Hrovat, Steve Jewell, Dale Kaminski, Ed Long, John Madeya, Scott Marcus, Walter Peacock, Joe Lee Phillips, Lonnie Schuler, Reneau Simpson, Marty Smith, Howard Stevens, Wilbur Summers, Harry Trimble, Joe Welch, Steve Young