Sept. 10, 1977 – Home – Fairgrounds Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 16,453
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 38 |
| Northern Illinois | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Calvin Prince 20-yard rush (Pedro Posadas kick) | |
| 2nd | Pedro Posadas 31-yard field goal | |
| 3rd | Marc Mitchell 11-yard pass from Randy Butler (Pedro Posadas kick) | |
| 3rd | Larry Johnican 1-yard rush (Pedro Posadas kick) | |
| 4th | Gary Nord 4-yard pass from Stu Stram (Pedro Posadas kick) | |
| 4th | Bo Haden 18-yard rush (Pedro Posadas kick) |
| Louisville | Northern Illinois | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 16 | 7 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 318 | 73 |
| Rushing Attempts | 65 | 38 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.9 | 1.9 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 3 | 0 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 138 | 114 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 11-17-0 | 12-25-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 8.1 | 4.6 |
| Average Per Completion | 12.5 | 9.5 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 456 | 187 |
| Total offense plays | 82 | 63 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.6 | 3.0 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 0-0 | 2-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 9-85 | 4-53 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 2-76 | 4-163 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 38.0 | 40.8 |
| 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 | 1-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 5-5 | 0-0 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Calvin Prince | 18 | 84 | 1 | 4.7 | |||
| Nathan Poole | 11 | 47 | 0 | 4.3 | |||
| Randy Butler | 7 | 37 | 0 | 5.3 | |||
| Stu Stram | 15 | 34 | 0 | 2.3 | |||
| Ron Moon | 9 | 33 | 0 | 3.7 | |||
| Kevin Miller | 2 | 30 | 0 | 15.0 | |||
| Bo Haden | 2 | 20 | 1 | 10.0 | |||
| TEAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 33.0 |
| Totals | 65 | 318 | 3 | 0 | 4.9 | ||
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Randy Butler | 9-13-0 | 122 | 1 | ||
| Stu Stram | 2-3-0 | 16 | 1 | ||
| Calvin Prince | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 11-17-0 | 138 | 2 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Marc Mitchell | 4 | 56 | 1 | |||
| Ebb Williams | 1 | 30 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Kevin Miller | 3 | 21 | 0 | |||
| Mark Besanceney | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Kenny Robinson | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Gary Nord | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 11 | 134 | 2 | 30 | ||
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 2nd | 31 | Good | |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Calvin Prince | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 |
| Marc Mitchell | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
| Kevin Miller | 30 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| Nathan Poole | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| Randy Butler | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Stu Stram | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Ron Moon | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Ebb Williams | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Bo Haden | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Mark Besanceney | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Kenny Robinson | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Gary Nord | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 0-0 Northern Illinois – 2-0 |
Mark Besanceney, Randy Butler, Bo Haden, Larry Johnican, Kevin Miller, Marc Mitchell, Ron Moon, Gary Nord, Nathan Poole, Pedro Posadas, Calvin Prince, Kenny Robinson, Stu Stram, Ebb Williams