Sept. 23, 1978 – Away – Nippert Stadium – Cincinnati, Ohio – Attendance 21,709
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| Cincinnati | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greg Searcy 3-yard pass from Terry Mullins (Matt Mager kick) | |
| 2nd | Kenny Robinson 12-yard pass from Stu Stram (Matt Mager kick) | |
| 2nd | Greg Searcy 7-yard pass from Stu Stram (Matt Mager kick) | |
| 4th | Nathan Poole 67-yard rush (Matt Mager kick) |
| Louisville | Cincinnati | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 14 | 17 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 248 | 202 |
| Rushing Attempts | 51 | 46 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.9 | 4.4 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 96 | 113 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 8-23-1 | 11-25-4 |
| Average Per Attempt | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| Average Per Completion | 12.0 | 10.3 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 3 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 344 | 315 |
| Total offense plays | 74 | 71 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-1 | 4-3 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 8-64 | 4-22 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 6-228 | 5-157 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 38.0 | 31.4 |
| 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 | 4-0-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 4-4 | 2-2 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Nathan Poole | 22 | 149 | 1 | 67 | 6.8 | ||
| Ron Moon | 17 | 79 | 0 | 4.6 | |||
| Bo Haden | 5 | 20 | 0 | 4.0 | |||
| Terry Mullins | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | |||
| Stu Stram | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | |||
| Greg Searcy | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | -3.0 | ||
| Totals | 51 | 248 | 1 | 67 | 4.9 | ||
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Terry Mullins | 3-8-1 | 66 | 1 | ||
| Stu Stram | 4-14-0 | 31 | 2 | ||
| Nick Gagel | 1-1-0 | -1 | 0 | -1 | |
| Totals | 8-23-1 | 96 | 3 | -1 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Greg Searcy | 5 | 58 | 2 | 36 | ||
| Gary Nord | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | ||
| Kenny Robinson | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Zarko Ellis | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||
| Totals | 8 | 96 | 3 | 36 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Nick Gagel | 6 | 228 | 38.0 | 50 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 228 | 38.0 | 50 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Kenny Robinson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 106 | 83 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Searcy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ricky Skiles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13 | ||
| Kevin Hill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Otis Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Payton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 3 | 134 | 83 | 4 | 13 | 13 | |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Nathan Poole | 149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149 |
| Kenny Robinson | 0 | 12 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 118 |
| Greg Searcy | -3 | 58 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
| Ron Moon | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 |
| Gary Nord | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Bo Haden | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Ricky Skiles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| Terry Mullins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Stu Stram | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zarko Ellis | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 2-1 Cincinnati – 4-3 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| Otis Wilson | 11 | 10 | 21 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dwayne Woodruff | 9 | 7 | 16 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ricky Skiles | 8 | 6 | 14 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Johnson | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Drachman | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Payton | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Henry | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Pongonis | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Perrin | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Hill | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Embry | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Gagel | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zarko Ellis | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Knop / Kurt Knop | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leon Williams | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Gibson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marty Perry | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 60 | 55 | 115 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 4-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
David Drachman, Zarko Ellis, Jim Embry, Nick Gagel, Greg Gibson, Bo Haden, Jeff Henry, Kevin Hill, Eddie Johnson, Brian Knop / Kurt Knop, Matt Mager, Ron Moon, Terry Mullins, Gary Nord, Ray Payton, Billy Perrin, Marty Perry, Mark Pongonis, Nathan Poole, Kenny Robinson, Greg Searcy, Ricky Skiles, Stu Stram, Leon Williams, Otis Wilson, Dwayne Woodruff