Sept. 27, 1975 – Home – Fairgrounds Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 13,867
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 3 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 27 |
| Cincinnati | 7 | 0 | 17 | 22 | 46 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 02:45 | Wilbur Summers 39-yard field goal |
| 3rd | 02:43 | Don Harold 95-yard interception return (John Darling pass to Marc Mitchell) |
| 4th | 04:39 | Marc Mitchell 3-yard pass from John Darling (John Darling pass to Robert Harper) |
| 4th | 02:08 | Joe Braxton 51-yard pass from John Darling (John Darling pass to Larry Sales) |
| Louisville | Cincinnati | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 15 | 23 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 98 | 384 |
| Rushing Attempts | 40 | 67 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.5 | 5.7 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 5 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 184 | 101 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 11-27-1 | 7-14-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 6.8 | 7.2 |
| Average Per Completion | 16.7 | 14.4 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 282 | 485 |
| Total offense plays | 67 | 81 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.2 | 6.0 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 4-2 | 2-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 2-21 | 5-55 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 8-346 | 5-212 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 43.3 | 42.4 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 2-102-1 | 1-9-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 0-0 | 5-5 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 3-3 | 1-1 |
| Field Goals | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Larry Sales | 7 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 12 | 5.3 |
| Jim Wagoner | 9 | 37 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 10 | 3.4 |
| Walter Peacock | 12 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 1.3 |
| Joe Braxton | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2.7 |
| Robert Harper | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2.3 |
| Nathan Poole | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 |
| Kevin Miller | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.5 |
| John Darling | 3 | 1 | 9 | -8 | 0 | 1 | -2.7 |
| Totals | 40 | 122 | 24 | 98 | 0 | 12 | 2.5 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| John Darling | 7-11-0 | 141 | 2 | 51 | |
| Jim Wagoner | 4-16-1 | 43 | 0 | 23 | |
| Totals | 11-27-1 | 184 | 2 | 51 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Joe Braxton | 1 | 51 | 1 | 51 | ||
| Chris Bouchee | 2 | 36 | 0 | 38 | ||
| Tony Smith | 2 | 33 | 0 | 23 | ||
| Robert Harper | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Kevin Miller | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Marc Mitchell | 2 | 13 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Rick Mancini | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Allen Evans | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Totals | 11 | 184 | 2 | 51 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Wilbur Summers | 8 | 346 | 43.3 | 51 | ||
| Totals | 8 | 346 | 43.3 | 51 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Don Harold | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 95 | 95 | ||
| Kevin Miller | 3 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 67 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walter Peacock | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Totals | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 103 | 15 | 2 | 102 | 95 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 1st | 02:45 | 39 | Good |
| 37 | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Kevin Miller | 3 | 14 | 67 | 16 | 0 | 100 |
| Don Harold | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 95 |
| Joe Braxton | 8 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| Walter Peacock | 15 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| Larry Sales | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Chris Bouchee | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Tony Smith | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Jim Wagoner | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Robert Harper | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Marc Mitchell | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Rick Mancini | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Allen Evans | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Bobby Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Nathan Poole | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| John Darling | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – John Darling 1-1, Walter Peacock 2-0, Nathan Poole 1-1 Cincinnati – 2-2 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 34 | Fred Hackett | 12 | 1 | 13 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Tom Abood | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Larry Fluellen | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Don Harold | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-95 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | Ken Moll | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Bobby Green | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | James Brown | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Chris Purcell | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Rick Mancini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Don Pomeroy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 49 | 13 | 62 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-4 | 0 | 2-0 | 2-102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
30-Bobby Green, 32-Larry Fluellen, 34-Fred Hackett, 38-Don Pomeroy, 41-Rick Mancini, 48-Don Harold, 71-James Brown, 73-Tom Abood, 82-Chris Purcell, 87-Ken Moll, Chris Bouchee, Joe Braxton, Brian Carrick, John Darling, Allen Evans, Robert Harper, Norman Heard, Kevin Miller, Marc Mitchell, Walter Peacock, Nathan Poole, Larry Sales, Dan Simpson, Tony Smith, Wilbur Summers, Jim Wagoner