Oct. 1, 1977 – Away – Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium – Memphis, Tenn. – Attendance 22,750
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Memphis | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Nathan Poole 4-yard rush (Pedro Posadas kick) | |
| 4th | 03:46 | Nathan Poole 5-yard rush (Pedro Posadas kick) |
| Louisville | Memphis | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 17 | 10 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 249 | 66 |
| Rushing Attempts | 65 | 31 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.8 | 2.1 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 38 | 187 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 6-15-1 | 10-29-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 2.5 | 6.4 |
| Average Per Completion | 6.3 | 18.7 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 287 | 253 |
| Total offense plays | 80 | 60 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 5-3 | 2-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 8-50 | 3-61 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 8-302 | 9-324 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 37.8 | 36.0 |
| 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 | 1-0-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Nathan Poole | 27 | 161 | 2 | 26 | 6.0 | ||
| Calvin Prince | 13 | 34 | 0 | 2.6 | |||
| Randy Butler | 16 | 26 | 0 | 1.6 | |||
| Ron Moon | 6 | 16 | 0 | 2.7 | |||
| Jim Didier | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | ||
| Kevin Miller | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2.0 | |||
| Totals | 65 | 249 | 2 | 26 | 3.8 | ||
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Randy Butler | 6-11-0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Calvin Prince | 0-1-1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 6-12-1 | 38 | 0 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Calvin Prince | 4 | 19 | 0 | |||
| Kevin Miller | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ron Moon | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Kenny Robinson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 42 | 0 | 12 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Rich Pennella | 8 | 303 | 37.9 | |||
| Totals | 8 | 303 | 37.9 | |||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Kevin Miller | 7 | 77 | 33 | 1 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Calvin Prince | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nick Gagel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 7 | 77 | 33 | 3 | 45 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Nathan Poole | 161 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161 |
| Kevin Miller | 4 | 12 | 22 | 77 | 0 | 115 |
| Calvin Prince | 34 | 19 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 76 |
| Randy Butler | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Ron Moon | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Jim Didier | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Kenny Robinson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 5-3 Memphis – 2-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| Jeff Henry | 10 | 6 | 16 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Otis Wilson | 10 | 3 | 13 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Abood | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Johnson | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Gagel | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ricky Skiles | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dwayne Woodruff | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Pongonis | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Harold | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Simpson | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Dickerson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 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 | |
| Eddie Byrd | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Payton | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 47 | 30 | 77 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Abood, David Bradshaw, Randy Butler, Eddie Byrd, Mike Dickerson, Jim Didier, Nick Gagel, Don Harold, Jeff Henry, Eddie Johnson, Kevin Miller, Ron Moon, Ray Payton, Rich Pennella, Mark Pongonis, Nathan Poole, Pedro Posadas, Calvin Prince, Kenny Robinson, Dan Simpson, Ricky Skiles, Otis Wilson, Dwayne Woodruff