Nov. 15, 1980 – Home – Fairgrounds Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 12,629
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 02:51 | Don Craft 11-yard rush (Dave Betz kick), 6-80, 02:22 |
| 3rd | 12:00 | Pat Patterson 1-yard fumble return (Dave Betz kick), 4-36, 01:24 |
| 4th | 14:47 | Mark Clayton 35-yard pass from Dean May (Dave Betz kick missed bad snap), 5-60, 02:36 |
| Louisville | Cincinnati | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 11 | 17 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 122 | 159 |
| Rushing Attempts | 38 | 41 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 0 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 121 | 163 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 8-18-0 | 16-30-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 6.7 | 5.4 |
| Average Per Completion | 15.1 | 10.2 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 243 | 322 |
| Total offense plays | 56 | 71 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 4-1 | 3-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 3-45 | 4-65 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 8-296 | 8-256 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 37.0 | 32.0 |
| 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 | 2-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Don Craft | 13 | 66 | 6 | 60 | 1 | 20 | 4.6 |
| Greg Hickman | 7 | 42 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 15 | 6.0 |
| Mike Bell | 5 | 23 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 4.2 |
| Marcus Handley | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2.7 |
| Bo Haden | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 |
| Glenn Hunter | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Pat Patterson | 4 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Nate Dozier | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 2 | -0.5 |
| Dean May | 1 | 0 | 15 | -15 | 0 | -15 | -15.0 |
| Totals | 38 | 164 | 42 | 122 | 2 | 20 | 3.2 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Pat Patterson | 5-13-0 | 71 | 0 | 40 | 2 |
| Dean May | 2-4-0 | 46 | 1 | 35 | 1 |
| Mark Blasinsky | 1-1-0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 8-18-0 | 121 | 1 | 40 | 3 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Don Craft | 2 | 44 | 0 | 40 | ||
| Mark Clayton | 2 | 42 | 1 | 35 | ||
| Mark Wilson | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Kenny Robinson | 2 | 15 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Frank Minnifield | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 8 | 121 | 1 | 40 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Mark Blasinsky | 7 | 295 | 42.1 | 65 | ||
| Totals | 7 | 295 | 42.1 | 65 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Ellsworth Larkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17 |
| Mike Bell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Perrin | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Minnifield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 17 | 17 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 43 | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Don Craft | 60 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 |
| Greg Hickman | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| Mark Clayton | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| Mike Bell | 21 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Ellsworth Larkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| Mark Wilson | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Kenny Robinson | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Marcus Handley | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Bo Haden | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Frank Minnifield | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jamie Perrin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Glenn Hunter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nate Dozier | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Dean May | -15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -15 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Nate Dozier 1-1, Bo Haden 1-0 Cincinnati – 3-2 |
Mike Bell, Dave Betz, Mark Blasinsky, Mark Clayton, Don Craft, Sebastian Curry, Nate Dozier, Bo Haden, Marcus Handley, Greg Hickman, Glenn Hunter, Ellsworth Larkins, Dean May, Frank Minnifield, Robert Mitchell, Pat Patterson, Jamie Perrin, Kenny Robinson, Kelly Stickrod, Richard Tharpe, Mark Wilson, Robert Wilson