Oct. 16, 1976 – Home – Fairgrounds Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 14,069
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 36 |
| Louisiana-Monroe | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Calvin Prince 2-yard rush (Pedro Posadas kick) | |
| 2nd | Ebb Williams 75-yard pass from Stu Stram (Pedro Posadas kick) | |
| 3rd | Calvin Prince 1-yard rush (Pedro Posadas kick) | |
| 4th | Jeff Henry 0-yard blocked punt return (Stu Stram pass to Marc Mitchell) | |
| 4th | Ron Moon 5-yard rush (Pedro Posadas kick) |
| Louisville | Louisiana-Monroe | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 18 | 10 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 315 | 95 |
| Rushing Attempts | 55 | 46 |
| Average Per Rush | 5.7 | 2.1 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 3 | 0 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 117 | 59 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 6-19-1 | 6-14-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 6.2 | 4.2 |
| Average Per Completion | 19.5 | 9.8 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 432 | 154 |
| Total offense plays | 74 | 60 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.8 | 2.6 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-2 | 4-3 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 8-91 | 3-37 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 5-178 | 8-237 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 35.6 | 29.6 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 0-0-1 | 0-0-0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-1 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-0-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Calvin Prince | 24 | 183 | 2 | 7.6 | |||
| Ron Moon | 11 | 69 | 1 | 6.3 | |||
| Nathan Poole | 11 | 55 | 0 | 5.0 | |||
| Stu Stram | 4 | 11 | 0 | 2.8 | |||
| Robert Harper | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4.5 | |||
| Larry Johnican | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.5 | ||
| Roy Steger | 1 | -13 | 0 | -13 | -13.0 | ||
| Totals | 55 | 315 | 3 | 4 | 5.7 | ||
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Stu Stram | 5-13-1 | 104 | 1 | 75 | |
| Roy Steger | 1-5-0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Calvin Prince | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 6-19-1 | 117 | 1 | 75 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Ebb Williams | 2 | 90 | 1 | |||
| Marc Mitchell | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Ron Moon | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Calvin Prince | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Nathan Poole | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 117 | 1 | 17 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Rich Pennella | 5 | 178 | 35.6 | |||
| Totals | 5 | 178 | 35.6 | |||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Kevin Miller | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Johnican | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Braxton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16 | ||
| Calvin Prince | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 27 | 1 | 16 | 16 | |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Calvin Prince | 183 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 186 |
| Ebb Williams | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| Ron Moon | 69 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 |
| Nathan Poole | 55 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| Kevin Miller | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Larry Johnican | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Marc Mitchell | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Joe Braxton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Stu Stram | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Robert Harper | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Roy Steger | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -13 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 2-2 Louisiana-Monroe – 4-3 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| Dan Cain | 9 | 12 | 21 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Abood | 8 | 10 | 18 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norman Heard | 8 | 10 | 18 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Gagel | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Hackett | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Harold | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Dickerson | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Henry | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Embry | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Pongonis | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Moll | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Bradshaw | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Brown | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Ellington | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Contento | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 69 | 79 | 148 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Abood, David Bradshaw, Joe Braxton, James Brown, Dan Cain, Mike Contento, Mike Dickerson, Ron Ellington, Jim Embry, Nick Gagel, Fred Hackett, Don Harold, Robert Harper, Norman Heard, Jeff Henry, Larry Johnican, Kevin Miller, Marc Mitchell, Ken Moll, Ron Moon, Rich Pennella, Mark Pongonis, Nathan Poole, Pedro Posadas, Calvin Prince, Roy Steger, Stu Stram, Ebb Williams