Nov. 20, 1976 – Home – Fairgrounds Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 7,713
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| Boston University | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Billy Perrin 13-yard blocked punt return (Pedro Posadas kick) | |
| 3rd | Pedro Posadas 26-yard field goal | |
| 4th | Calvin Prince 4-yard rush (kick missed) |
| Louisville | Boston University | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 18 | 16 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 259 | 169 |
| Rushing Attempts | 57 | 46 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.5 | 3.7 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 21 | 109 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 2-8-0 | 8-21-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 2.6 | 5.2 |
| Average Per Completion | 10.5 | 13.6 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 280 | 278 |
| Total offense plays | 65 | 67 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 3-0 | 4-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 6-45 | 9-78 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 6-258 | 9-253 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 43.0 | 28.1 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 0-0-1 | 0-0-0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 1-2 | 1-1 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Calvin Prince | 28 | 135 | 1 | 4.8 | |||
| Nathan Poole | 16 | 90 | 0 | 5.6 | |||
| Larry Johnican | 1 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 30.0 | ||
| Robert Harper | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2.0 | |||
| Kevin Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Randy Butler | 5 | -1 | 0 | 3 | -0.2 | ||
| Roy Steger | 3 | -6 | 0 | -2.0 | |||
| TEAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 |
| Totals | 57 | 259 | 1 | 30 | 4.5 | ||
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Calvin Prince | 2-1-0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Roy Steger | 0-3-0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Butler | 0-2-0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Miller | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Pennella | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 2-8-0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Randy Butler | 2 | 21 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Marc Mitchell | 0 | -2 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 2 | 19 | 0 | 13 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Rich Pennella | 6 | 258 | 43.0 | 59 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 258 | 43.0 | 59 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Fred Hackett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 3rd | 26 | Good | |
| ? | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Calvin Prince | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 |
| Nathan Poole | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| Larry Johnican | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Randy Butler | -1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Robert Harper | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Marc Mitchell | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| Roy Steger | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 3-0 Boston University – 4-0 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| Mark Pongonis | 5 | 15 | 20 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ricky Skiles | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Harold | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Abood | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Cain | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Embry | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Autry | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Gagel | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norman Heard | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Hackett | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wilbur Boggs | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Dickerson | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie McBirth | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Braxton | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Ellington | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Bradshaw | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Contento | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Moll | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 57 | 68 | 125 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Abood, Keith Autry, Wilbur Boggs, David Bradshaw, Joe Braxton, Randy Butler, Dan Cain, Mike Contento, Mike Dickerson, Ron Ellington, Jim Embry, Nick Gagel, Fred Hackett, Don Harold, Robert Harper, Norman Heard, Larry Johnican, Willie McBirth, Kevin Miller, Marc Mitchell, Ken Moll, Rich Pennella, Billy Perrin, Mark Pongonis, Nathan Poole, Pedro Posadas, Calvin Prince, Ricky Skiles, Roy Steger