Sept. 8, 1979 – Home – Fairgrounds Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 29,436
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Virginia Tech | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 12:20 | Don Craft 40-yard rush (Matt Mager kick), 6-81, 02:36 |
| 3rd | 10:12 | Mike Sims 1-yard rush (Matt Mager kick), 5-17, 02:20 |
| Louisville | Virginia Tech | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 12 | 17 |
| Rushing | 7 | 11 |
| Passing | 5 | 6 |
| Penalty | 0 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 178 | 219 |
| Rushing Attempts | 48 | 56 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 185 | 274 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 7 | 55 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 79 | 146 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 7-14-0 | 9-16-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 5.6 | 9.1 |
| Average Per Completion | 11.3 | 16.2 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 257 | 365 |
| Total offense plays | 62 | 72 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 3-1 | 3-3 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 5-46 | 2-19 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 10-325 | 5-195 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 32.5 | 39.0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-10-0 | 4-27-0 |
| Average Per Return | 3.3 | 6.8 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 4-77-0 | 3-47-0 |
| Average Per Return | 19.3 | 15.7 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 2--4-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 2-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Don Craft | 16 | 82 | 2 | 80 | 1 | 40 | 5.0 |
| Mike Sims | 19 | 75 | 0 | 75 | 1 | 14 | 3.9 |
| Stu Stram | 8 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1.4 |
| Bo Haden | 4 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 2.8 |
| Kenny Robinson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Totals | 48 | 185 | 7 | 178 | 2 | 40 | 3.7 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Stu Stram | 7-14-0 | 79 | 0 | 20 | |
| Totals | 7-14-0 | 79 | 0 | 20 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Greg Searcy | 2 | 25 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Kenny Robinson | 2 | 23 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Randy Butler | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Gary Nord | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Don Craft | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 7 | 79 | 0 | 20 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Dave Betz | 9 | 325 | 36.1 | 44 | ||
| Totals | 9 | 325 | 36.1 | 44 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Kenny Robinson | 3 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 49 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Searcy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricky Skiles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Billy Perrin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -10 | -10 |
| Totals | 3 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 77 | 38 | 2 | -4 | 6 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Don Craft | 80 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
| Kenny Robinson | 1 | 23 | 49 | 10 | 0 | 83 |
| Mike Sims | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
| Greg Searcy | 0 | 25 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| Randy Butler | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Bo Haden | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Stu Stram | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Gary Nord | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Ricky Skiles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Billy Perrin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -10 | -10 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 50 | Otis Wilson | 7 | 7 | 14 | 1.0-4 | 1.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Jeff Henry | 10 | 2 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Ricky Skiles | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Eddie Johnson | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | David Drachman | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1.0-5 | 1.0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Gene Hagan | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Ray Payton | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Leon Williams | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Zarko Ellis | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kurt Knop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Perrin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1--10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jamie Perrin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 52 | 19 | 71 | 2.0-9 | 2.0-9 | 1 | 3-0 | 2--4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
22-Leon Williams, 28-Ray Payton, 30-Zarko Ellis, 41-Ricky Skiles, 42-Gene Hagan, 46-Eddie Johnson, 50-Otis Wilson, 51-David Drachman, 58-Jeff Henry, Dave Betz, Randy Butler, Don Craft, Bo Haden, Kurt Knop, Matt Mager, Gary Nord, Billy Perrin, Jamie Perrin, Kenny Robinson, Greg Searcy, Mike Sims, Stu Stram