Sept. 22, 1979 – Home – Fairgrounds Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 20,174
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 8 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 22 |
| Cincinnati | 0 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 19 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 13:30 | Ricky Skiles 8-yard blocked punt return (Scott Gannon pass to Gary Nord) |
| 3rd | 03:54 | Randy Butler 18-yard pass from Stu Stram (Matt Mager kick), 3-31, 01:06 |
| 3rd | 02:14 | Greg Searcy 53-yard pass from Stu Stram (Matt Mager kick), 2-53, 00:45 |
| Louisville | Cincinnati | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 14 | 14 |
| Rushing | 9 | 9 |
| Passing | 5 | 5 |
| Penalty | 0 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 113 | 179 |
| Rushing Attempts | 50 | 56 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.3 | 3.2 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 2 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 158 | 208 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 45 | 29 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 142 | 71 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 9-16-0 | 5-16-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 8.9 | 4.4 |
| Average Per Completion | 15.8 | 14.2 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 255 | 250 |
| Total offense plays | 66 | 72 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 3.9 | 3.5 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 4-4 | 3-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 0-0 | 2-10 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 5-133 | 9-199 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 26.6 | 22.1 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 5-88-1 | 2-21-0 |
| Average Per Return | 17.6 | 10.5 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 3-66-0 | 4-66-0 |
| Average Per Return | 22.0 | 16.5 |
| 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 | 0-0 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 1-1 | 2-2 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Don Craft | 11 | 55 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 16 | 4.8 |
| Lawrence Mack | 8 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 15 | 4.3 |
| Bo Haden | 11 | 29 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 2.5 |
| Mike Sims | 2 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 6.5 |
| Kenny Robinson | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 |
| Scott Gannon | 3 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 0 | -1 | -2.7 |
| Stu Stram | 14 | 24 | 34 | -10 | 0 | 8 | -0.7 |
| Totals | 50 | 158 | 45 | 113 | 0 | 16 | 2.3 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Greg Searcy | 2 | 61 | 1 | 53 | ||
| Randy Butler | 3 | 50 | 1 | 18 | ||
| Kenny Robinson | 3 | 24 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Gary Nord | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Totals | 9 | 142 | 2 | 53 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Dave Betz | 5 | 133 | 26.6 | 57 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 133 | 26.6 | 57 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Kenny Robinson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jamie Perrin | 2 | 53 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lamar Evans | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ricky Skiles | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Otis Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Zarko Ellis | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Hill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 88 | 51 | 3 | 66 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 52 | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Kenny Robinson | 3 | 24 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 93 |
| Greg Searcy | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
| Don Craft | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| Jamie Perrin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 53 |
| Randy Butler | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Lawrence Mack | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Bo Haden | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Lamar Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| Mike Sims | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Ricky Skiles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Gary Nord | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Otis Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Zarko Ellis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Scott Gannon | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8 |
| Stu Stram | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -10 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Scott Gannon 1-1, Stu Stram 3-3 Cincinnati – 3-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 50 | Otis Wilson | 11 | 6 | 17 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Ricky Skiles | 9 | 3 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Jeff Henry | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1.0-12 | 1.0-12 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Dan Dihtzeruk | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Ray Payton | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Eddie Johnson | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Lamar Evans | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Jamie Perrin | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Hill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Perrin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 50 | 14 | 64 | 1.0-12 | 1.0-12 | 0 | 1-0 | 2-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
20-Jamie Perrin, 28-Ray Payton, 41-Ricky Skiles, 46-Eddie Johnson, 50-Otis Wilson, 53-Lamar Evans, 58-Jeff Henry, 77-Dan Dihtzeruk, Dave Betz, Randy Butler, Don Craft, Zarko Ellis, Scott Gannon, Bo Haden, Kevin Hill, Lawrence Mack, Matt Mager, Gary Nord, Billy Perrin, Kenny Robinson, Greg Searcy, Mike Sims, Stu Stram