Nov. 25, 1972 – Home – Fairgrounds Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 14,012
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 27 |
| Drake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 02:32 | Howard Stevens 5-yard rush (Wilbur Summers kick) |
| 2nd | 12:09 | Howard Stevens 12-yard rush (Wilbur Summers kick) |
| 2nd | 06:12 | Tony Burdock 2-yard pass from John Madeya (Wilbur Summers kick) |
| 4th | 01:01 | Larry Griffin 55-yard pass from John Madeya (Wilbur Summers kick missed wide right) |
| Louisville | Drake | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 11 | 9 |
| Rushing | 5 | 4 |
| Passing | 6 | 3 |
| Penalty | 0 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 113 | 16 |
| Rushing Attempts | 47 | 42 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.4 | 0.4 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 146 | 88 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 33 | 72 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 129 | 56 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 11-23-1 | 7-27-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 5.6 | 2.1 |
| Average Per Completion | 11.7 | 8.0 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 242 | 72 |
| Total offense plays | 70 | 69 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 3.5 | 1.0 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-0 | 4-4 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 8-114 | 2-30 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 10-301 | 8-215 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 30.1 | 26.9 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 4-28-0 | 3-52-0 |
| Average Per Return | 7.0 | 17.3 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 2-23-0 | 4-63-0 |
| Average Per Return | 11.5 | 15.8 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-14-0 | 1-12-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Howard Stevens | 27 | 116 | 16 | 100 | 2 | 19 | 3.7 |
| Larry Griffin | 13 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0.8 |
| Reneau Simpson | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2.3 |
| John Madeya | 4 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 | 1 | -1.3 |
| Totals | 47 | 146 | 33 | 113 | 2 | 19 | 2.4 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| John Madeya | 11-23-1 | 129 | 2 | 55 | |
| Totals | 11-23-1 | 129 | 2 | 55 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Gary Barnes | 5 | 58 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Larry Griffin | 2 | 51 | 1 | 55 | ||
| Tony Burdock | 3 | 11 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Howard Stevens | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Totals | 11 | 129 | 2 | 55 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Scott Marcus | 10 | 301 | 30.1 | 42 | ||
| Totals | 10 | 301 | 30.1 | 42 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Howard Stevens | 3 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lonnie Schuler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14 | ||
| Walter Peacock | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Bishop | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 4 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 14 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Howard Stevens | 100 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 139 |
| Larry Griffin | 11 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
| Gary Barnes | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
| Lonnie Schuler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Tony Burdock | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Walter Peacock | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Richard Bishop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Reneau Simpson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| John Madeya | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Howard Stevens 1-0 Drake – 4-4 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 61 | Tom Martin | 10 | 6 | 16 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Tom Jackson | 10 | 2 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Bishop | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 40 | Joe Lee Phillips | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | Steve Young | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Lonnie Schuler | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Reggie Brown | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Marty Smith | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 48 | 16 | 64 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
30-Lonnie Schuler, 40-Joe Lee Phillips, 50-Tom Jackson, 61-Tom Martin, 71-Marty Smith, 77-Reggie Brown, 87-Steve Young, Gary Barnes, Richard Bishop, Tony Burdock, John Gorman, Larry Griffin, Tom Hickey, Dale Kaminski, John Madeya, Scott Marcus, Walter Peacock, Rick Peterson, Reneau Simpson, Howard Stevens, Wilbur Summers, Harry Trimble, Jim Wagoner, Joe Welch