Nov. 5, 1977 – Home – Fairgrounds Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 12,031
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 14 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 51 |
| Wichita State | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Calvin Prince 47-yard rush (Pedro Posadas kick) | |
| 1st | Kevin Miller 23-yard pass from Stu Stram (Pedro Posadas kick) | |
| 2nd | Stu Stram 49-yard rush (kick missed) | |
| 2nd | Ron Moon 1-yard rush (Stu Stram pass to Marc Mitchell) | |
| 2nd | Zarko Ellis 24-yard blocked punt return (Pedro Posadas kick) | |
| 3rd | Calvin Prince 72-yard rush (kick missed) | |
| 3rd | Matt Mager 26-yard field goal | |
| 4th | Billy Perrin 33-yard interception return (Matt Mager kick) |
| Louisville | Wichita State | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 21 | 16 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 315 | 156 |
| Rushing Attempts | 71 | 36 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 3 | 2 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 113 | 248 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 6-15-0 | 12-27-5 |
| Average Per Attempt | 7.5 | 9.2 |
| Average Per Completion | 18.8 | 20.7 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 428 | 404 |
| Total offense plays | 86 | 63 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.0 | 6.4 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 3-2 | 4-3 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 4-30 | 10-99 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 2-104 | 3-66 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 52.0 | 22.0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 0-0-1 | 0-0-0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 5-0-1 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 4-6 | 3-3 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Calvin Prince | 16 | 163 | 2 | 10.2 | |||
| Ron Moon | 21 | 58 | 1 | 2.8 | |||
| Stu Stram | 7 | 57 | 1 | 8.1 | |||
| Nathan Poole | 11 | 31 | 0 | 2.8 | |||
| Bo Haden | 6 | 21 | 0 | 3.5 | |||
| John Tillery | 3 | 12 | 0 | 4.0 | |||
| Terry Mullins | 5 | 11 | 0 | 2.2 | |||
| TEAM | 2 | 0 | 0 | -38 | -1 | 0 | -19.0 |
| Totals | 71 | 315 | 3 | 0 | 4.4 | ||
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Stu Stram | 6-12-0 | 113 | 1 | ||
| Randy Butler | 0-2-0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Calvin Prince | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 6-15-0 | 113 | 1 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Kevin Miller | 4 | 60 | 1 | |||
| Marc Mitchell | 2 | 53 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 6 | 113 | 1 | |||
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 3rd | 26 | Good | |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Calvin Prince | 163 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163 |
| Kevin Miller | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Ron Moon | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
| Stu Stram | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
| Marc Mitchell | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| Nathan Poole | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Bo Haden | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| John Tillery | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Terry Mullins | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| FUMBLES |
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| Louisville – 3-2 Wichita State – 4-3 |
Randy Butler, Zarko Ellis, Bo Haden, Matt Mager, Kevin Miller, Marc Mitchell, Ron Moon, Terry Mullins, Billy Perrin, Nathan Poole, Pedro Posadas, Calvin Prince, Stu Stram, John Tillery