Oct. 30, 1976 – Home – Fairgrounds Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 8,068
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Tulsa | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Nathan Poole 2-yard rush (Pedro Posadas kick) | |
| 2nd | Pedro Posadas 31-yard field goal |
| Louisville | Tulsa | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 11 | 19 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 166 | 275 |
| Rushing Attempts | 51 | 54 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.3 | 5.1 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 62 | 92 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 6-13-1 | 9-19-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| Average Per Completion | 10.3 | 10.2 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 228 | 367 |
| Total offense plays | 64 | 73 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 3.6 | 5.0 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-1 | 7-4 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 6-48 | 7-57 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 8-296 | 5-190 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 37.0 | 38.0 |
| 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 | 0-0-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 1-1 | 2-2 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| Field Goals | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Nathan Poole | 15 | 110 | 1 | 65 | 7.3 | ||
| Calvin Prince | 21 | 47 | 0 | 2.2 | |||
| Stu Stram | 11 | 12 | 0 | 21 | 1.1 | ||
| Rick Kibbey | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | ||
| Ron Moon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | |||
| Roy Steger | 1 | -9 | 0 | -9 | -9.0 | ||
| Totals | 51 | 166 | 1 | 65 | 3.3 | ||
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Stu Stram | 4-9-0 | 55 | 0 | ||
| Roy Steger | 1-2-1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Calvin Prince | 1-2-0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 6-13-1 | 62 | 0 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Kevin Miller | 1 | 33 | 0 | 33 | ||
| Ebb Williams | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Marc Mitchell | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Robert Harper | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Nathan Poole | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Stu Stram | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 62 | 0 | 33 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Rich Pennella | 8 | 295 | 36.9 | |||
| Totals | 8 | 295 | 36.9 | |||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Calvin Prince | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kevin Miller | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nathan Poole | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 66 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 2nd | 31 | Good | |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Nathan Poole | 110 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 122 |
| Calvin Prince | 47 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 97 |
| Kevin Miller | 0 | 33 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 47 |
| Stu Stram | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Ebb Williams | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Marc Mitchell | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Robert Harper | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Rick Kibbey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ron Moon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Roy Steger | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -9 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 2-1 Tulsa – 7-4 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| Mark Pongonis | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ricky Skiles | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Autry | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Cain | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norman Heard | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie McBirth | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Abood | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Harold | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Henry | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Embry | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Hackett | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Bell | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Contento | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wilbur Boggs | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Ellington | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Anderson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Gagel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 53 | 44 | 97 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Abood, Mike Anderson, Keith Autry, Brian Bell, Wilbur Boggs, Dan Cain, Mike Contento, Ron Ellington, Jim Embry, Nick Gagel, Fred Hackett, Don Harold, Robert Harper, Norman Heard, Jeff Henry, Rick Kibbey, Willie McBirth, Kevin Miller, Marc Mitchell, Ron Moon, Rich Pennella, Mark Pongonis, Nathan Poole, Pedro Posadas, Calvin Prince, Ricky Skiles, Roy Steger, Stu Stram, Ebb Williams