Oct. 20, 1979 – Away – Memorial Stadium – Terre Haute, Ind. – Attendance 16,279
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 34 |
| Indiana State | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 08:09 | Ray Payton 26-yard interception return (Matt Mager kick) |
| 2nd | 07:20 | Billy Perrin 29-yard blocked punt return (Matt Mager kick) |
| 3rd | 09:49 | Bo Haden 9-yard rush (Matt Mager kick), 6-30, 02:21 |
| 3rd | 04:34 | Randy Butler 13-yard pass from Scott Gannon (Matt Mager kick missed), 11-69, 04:16 |
| 4th | 03:29 | Greg Miller 4-yard rush (Matt Mager kick), 10-50, 03:45 |
| Louisville | Indiana State | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 12 | 15 |
| Rushing | 9 | 10 |
| Passing | 1 | 4 |
| Penalty | 2 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 201 | 161 |
| Rushing Attempts | 58 | 45 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 232 | 196 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 31 | 35 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 34 | 103 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 3-7-1 | 16-34-3 |
| Average Per Attempt | 4.9 | 3.0 |
| Average Per Completion | 11.3 | 6.4 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 235 | 264 |
| Total offense plays | 65 | 79 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 3.6 | 3.3 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-2 | 2-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 11-76 | 5-55 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 6-242 | 6-156 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 40.3 | 26.0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-49-1 | 3-5-0 |
| Average Per Return | 24.5 | 1.7 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 2-36-0 | 5-64-0 |
| Average Per Return | 18.0 | 12.8 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 3-90-1 | 1-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 4-5 | 1-1 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Greg Hickman | 24 | 95 | 4 | 91 | 0 | 15 | 3.8 |
| Bo Haden | 14 | 64 | 14 | 50 | 1 | 15 | 3.6 |
| Greg Miller | 5 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 5.0 |
| Pat Patterson | 4 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 4.3 |
| Eric Rollins | 5 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2.4 |
| Scott Gannon | 6 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1.0 |
| Totals | 58 | 232 | 31 | 201 | 2 | 17 | 3.5 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Pat Patterson | 2-3-0 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Scott Gannon | 1-4-1 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| Totals | 3-7-1 | 34 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Randy Butler | 2 | 25 | 1 | 13 | ||
| Greg Miller | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Totals | 3 | 34 | 1 | 13 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Dave Betz | 6 | 242 | 40.3 | 72 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 242 | 40.3 | 72 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Jeff Henry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 40 |
| Kenny Robinson | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Perrin | 0 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Payton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26 |
| Roger Clay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24 |
| Otis Wilson | 1 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 49 | 29 | 2 | 36 | 21 | 3 | 90 | 40 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Greg Hickman | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 |
| Bo Haden | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Jeff Henry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 40 |
| Kenny Robinson | 0 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 39 |
| Greg Miller | 25 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Billy Perrin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 29 |
| Ray Payton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 26 |
| Randy Butler | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Roger Clay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| Otis Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| Pat Patterson | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Eric Rollins | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Scott Gannon | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Scott Gannon 1-1, Bo Haden 1-1 Indiana State – 2-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 50 | Otis Wilson | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Eddie Johnson | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Ricky Skiles | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Kevin Hill | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Dan Dihtzeruk | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Jeff Henry | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-40 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Gene Hagan | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | David Drachman | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0-16 | 1.0-16 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Zarko Ellis | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Lamar Evans | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Ray Payton | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-26 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | John Cuby | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Jack Pok | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Fred Blackmon | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Frank Minnifield | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | Mark Musgrave | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Jamie Perrin | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Leon Williams | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Roger Clay | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Kurt Knop | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Lamonte Mitchell | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Billy Perrin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 38 | 44 | 82 | 1.0-16 | 11.0-34 | 0 | 1-0 | 3-90 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
1-Frank Minnifield, 19-Kevin Hill, 20-Jamie Perrin, 22-Leon Williams, 28-Ray Payton, 30-Zarko Ellis, 34-Roger Clay, 41-Ricky Skiles, 42-Gene Hagan, 43-Jack Pok, 45-Billy Perrin, 46-Eddie Johnson, 50-Otis Wilson, 51-David Drachman, 53-Lamar Evans, 58-Jeff Henry, 59-Kurt Knop, 67-Mark Musgrave, 77-Dan Dihtzeruk, 91-John Cuby, 99-Fred Blackmon, 99-Lamonte Mitchell, Dave Betz, Randy Butler, Scott Gannon, Bo Haden, Greg Hickman, Matt Mager, Greg Miller, Pat Patterson, Kenny Robinson, Eric Rollins, Greg Searcy