Sept. 9, 1978 – Home – Fairgrounds Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 21,109
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 19 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 54 |
| South Dakota State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ron Moon 5-yard rush (Matt Mager kick) | |
| 1st | Billy Perrin blocked punt return (Matt Mager kick) | |
| 1st | Safety | |
| 1st | Matt Mager 33-yard field goal | |
| 2nd | Bo Haden 1-yard rush (Matt Mager kick) | |
| 2nd | Terry Mullins 21-yard rush (Matt Mager kick) | |
| 3rd | Ron Moon 53-yard rush (Matt Mager kick) | |
| 3rd | Bo Haden 2-yard rush (Matt Mager kick) | |
| 4th | Greg Hickman 30-yard rush (Matt Mager kick) |
| Louisville | South Dakota State | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 27 | 17 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 472 | 118 |
| Rushing Attempts | 67 | 39 |
| Average Per Rush | 7.0 | 3.0 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 6 | 0 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 62 | 193 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 3-10-0 | 15-30-5 |
| Average Per Attempt | 6.2 | 6.4 |
| Average Per Completion | 20.7 | 12.9 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 534 | 311 |
| Total offense plays | 77 | 69 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 6.9 | 4.5 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 4-3 | 9-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 3-35 | 3-20 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 4-140 | 7-235 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 35.0 | 33.6 |
| 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 | 5-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 7-7 | 1-1 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Ron Moon | 13 | 122 | 2 | 9.4 | |||
| Nathan Poole | 12 | 81 | 0 | 6.8 | |||
| Bo Haden | 7 | 58 | 2 | 8.3 | |||
| Don Craft | 7 | 58 | 0 | 8.3 | |||
| Terry Mullins | 5 | 53 | 1 | 10.6 | |||
| Stu Stram | 8 | 25 | 0 | 3.1 | |||
| Vic Williams | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1.0 | |||
| TEAM | 10 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 |
| Totals | 67 | 472 | 6 | 0 | 7.0 | ||
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Stu Stram | 2-4-0 | 47 | 0 | ||
| Terry Mullins | 1-5-0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Jim Didier | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 3-10-0 | 62 | 0 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Randy Butler | 1 | 33 | 0 | 33 | ||
| Kenny Robinson | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Totals | 2 | 48 | 0 | 33 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Mark Blasinsky | 3 | 104 | 34.7 | |||
| Jim Didier | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | |||
| Totals | 4 | 140 | 35.0 | |||
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 1st | 33 | Good | |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Ron Moon | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 |
| Nathan Poole | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 |
| Bo Haden | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
| Don Craft | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
| Terry Mullins | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| Randy Butler | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Stu Stram | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Kenny Robinson | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Vic Williams | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| FUMBLES |
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| Louisville – 4-3 South Dakota State – 9-1 |
Mark Blasinsky, Randy Butler, Don Craft, Jim Didier, Bo Haden, Greg Hickman, Matt Mager, Ron Moon, Terry Mullins, Billy Perrin, Nathan Poole, Kenny Robinson, Stu Stram, Vic Williams