Oct. 13, 1979 – Home – Fairgrounds Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 14,941
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
| Tulsa | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 00:57 | Greg Hickman 1-yard rush (Matt Mager kick), 10-75, 05:48 |
| 2nd | 01:44 | Bo Haden 3-yard rush (Matt Mager kick), 6-34, 02:15 |
| 4th | 04:45 | Matt Mager 27-yard field goal, 6-20, 02:11 |
| 4th | 02:03 | Lawrence Mack 1-yard rush (Matt Mager kick), 4-22, 01:52 |
| Louisville | Tulsa | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 15 | 7 |
| Rushing | 13 | 2 |
| Passing | 2 | 5 |
| Penalty | 0 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 219 | -12 |
| Rushing Attempts | 65 | 35 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.4 | -0.3 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 3 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 235 | 78 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 16 | 90 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 85 | 180 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 4-10-0 | 8-20-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 8.5 | 9.0 |
| Average Per Completion | 21.3 | 22.5 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 304 | 168 |
| Total offense plays | 75 | 55 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.1 | 3.1 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 5-4 | 5-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 6-32 | 4-77 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 5-189 | 7-199 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 37.8 | 28.4 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-27-0 | 3-8-0 |
| Average Per Return | 9.0 | 2.7 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 2-26-0 | 1-37-0 |
| Average Per Return | 13.0 | 37.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-25-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 3-3 | 1-1 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Greg Hickman | 26 | 102 | 1 | 101 | 1 | 18 | 3.9 |
| Bo Haden | 17 | 58 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 11 | 3.4 |
| Scott Gannon | 13 | 52 | 9 | 43 | 0 | 13 | 3.3 |
| Don Craft | 4 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 |
| Eric Rollins | 2 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 |
| Lawrence Mack | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Stu Stram | 2 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 0 | -3 | -3.0 |
| Totals | 65 | 235 | 16 | 219 | 3 | 18 | 3.4 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Scott Gannon | 4-10-0 | 85 | 0 | 54 | 2 |
| Totals | 4-10-0 | 85 | 0 | 54 | 2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Don Craft | 1 | 54 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Randy Butler | 2 | 22 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Kenny Robinson | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Totals | 4 | 85 | 0 | 54 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Dave Betz | 4 | 157 | 39.3 | 53 | ||
| Matt Mager | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 189 | 37.8 | 53 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Jamie Perrin | 2 | 27 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Payton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25 |
| Totals | 3 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 25 | 25 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 4th | 04:45 | 27 | Good |
| 23 | Blocked | ||
| 31 | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Greg Hickman | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 |
| Don Craft | 12 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
| Bo Haden | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
| Scott Gannon | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Kenny Robinson | 0 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Jamie Perrin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 27 |
| Ray Payton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| Randy Butler | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Eric Rollins | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Lawrence Mack | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Stu Stram | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Randy Butler 1-1, Bo Haden 1-1, Greg Hickman 1-1, Lawrence Mack 1-0, Stu Stram 1-1 Tulsa – 5-2 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 50 | Otis Wilson | 8 | 3 | 11 | 1.0-8 | 1.0-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Eddie Johnson | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Jeff Henry | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1.0-10 | 2.0-12 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Zarko Ellis | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Gene Hagan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0-12 | 1.0-12 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Billy Perrin | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Ricky Skiles | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Dan Dihtzeruk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | David Drachman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Kevin Hill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Frank Minnifield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Ray Payton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 31 | 5 | 36 | 3.0-30 | 5.0-36 | 0 | 2-0 | 1-25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
19-Kevin Hill, 23-Frank Minnifield, 28-Ray Payton, 30-Zarko Ellis, 41-Ricky Skiles, 42-Gene Hagan, 45-Billy Perrin, 46-Eddie Johnson, 50-Otis Wilson, 51-David Drachman, 58-Jeff Henry, 77-Dan Dihtzeruk, Dave Betz, Randy Butler, Don Craft, Lamar Evans, Scott Gannon, Bo Haden, Greg Hickman, Lawrence Mack, Matt Mager, Gary Nord, Pat Patterson, Jamie Perrin, Kenny Robinson, Eric Rollins, Greg Searcy, Stu Stram