Oct. 2, 1976 – Home – Fairgrounds Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 16,541
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| Wichita State | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Billy Perrin 0-yard fumble return (Pedro Posadas kick) | |
| 2nd | Calvin Prince 8-yard rush (Pedro Posadas kick) | |
| 2nd | Calvin Prince 3-yard rush (Pedro Posadas kick) | |
| 3rd | Calvin Prince 5-yard rush (Pedro Posadas kick) |
| Louisville | Wichita State | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 15 | 14 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 201 | 94 |
| Rushing Attempts | 56 | 45 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.6 | 2.1 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 3 | 1 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 102 | 156 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 6-11-2 | 12-24-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 9.3 | 6.5 |
| Average Per Completion | 17.0 | 13.0 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 303 | 250 |
| Total offense plays | 67 | 69 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 3-3 | 1-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 5-24 | 5-32 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 5-120 | 5-160 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 24.0 | 32.0 |
| 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 | 2-0-0 | 2-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 1-0-1 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 4-4 | 2-2 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Calvin Prince | 23 | 92 | 3 | 4.0 | |||
| Nathan Poole | 9 | 35 | 0 | 3.9 | |||
| Ron Moon | 6 | 30 | 0 | 5.0 | |||
| Robert Harper | 8 | 20 | 0 | 2.5 | |||
| Stu Stram | 8 | 19 | 0 | 20 | 2.4 | ||
| Kevin Miller | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | ||
| Nick Gagel | 1 | -13 | 0 | -13 | -13.0 | ||
| Totals | 56 | 201 | 3 | 20 | 3.6 | ||
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Stu Stram | 5-10-0 | 70 | 0 | ||
| Calvin Prince | 1-1-0 | 32 | 0 | 32 | |
| Totals | 6-11-0 | 102 | 0 | 32 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Kevin Miller | 3 | 56 | 0 | 32 | ||
| Marc Mitchell | 2 | 28 | 0 | |||
| Tony Smith | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 102 | 0 | 32 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Nick Gagel | 5 | 162 | 32.4 | 55 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 162 | 32.4 | 55 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Calvin Prince | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kevin Miller | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Calvin Prince | 92 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 119 |
| Kevin Miller | 18 | 56 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 93 |
| Nathan Poole | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Ron Moon | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Marc Mitchell | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Robert Harper | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Stu Stram | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Tony Smith | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Nick Gagel | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -13 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 3-3 Wichita State – 1-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| Wilbur Boggs | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Pongonis | 7 | 4 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ricky Skiles | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Cain | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Henry | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Embry | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Abood | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Ellington | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Harold | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Autry | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Anderson | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Bradshaw | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norman Heard | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Perrin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Dickerson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Gagel | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Gibson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Hackett | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Brown | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Moll | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 60 | 28 | 88 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Abood, Mike Anderson, Keith Autry, Wilbur Boggs, David Bradshaw, James Brown, Dan Cain, Mike Dickerson, Ron Ellington, Jim Embry, Nick Gagel, Greg Gibson, Fred Hackett, Don Harold, Robert Harper, Norman Heard, Jeff Henry, Kevin Miller, Marc Mitchell, Ken Moll, Ron Moon, Billy Perrin, Mark Pongonis, Nathan Poole, Pedro Posadas, Calvin Prince, Ricky Skiles, Tony Smith, Stu Stram