Nov. 22, 1980 – Away – Hattiesburg, Miss. – Attendance 21,210
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Southern Mississippi | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 05:03 | Dave Betz 27-yard field goal, 8 plays, 04:20 |
| 4th | 01:54 | Dave Betz 38-yard field goal, 4 plays, 01:41 |
| Louisville | Southern Mississippi | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 6 | 13 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 128 | 68 |
| Rushing Attempts | 43 | 37 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.0 | 1.8 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 0 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 49 | 114 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 6-12-0 | 10-24-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 4.1 | 4.8 |
| Average Per Completion | 8.2 | 11.4 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 177 | 182 |
| Total offense plays | 55 | 61 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 3.2 | 3.0 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-0 | 3-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 10-80 | 5-62 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 10-412 | 9-351 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 41.2 | 39.0 |
| 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 | 1-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 2-0 | 1-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Don Craft | 10 | 47 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 10 | 4.7 |
| Bo Haden | 12 | 42 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 9 | 3.3 |
| Greg Hickman | 9 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 9 | 3.3 |
| Mike Bell | 7 | 20 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 2.6 |
| Kenny Robinson | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 |
| Pat Patterson | 4 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 0 | 0 | -1.5 |
| Totals | 43 | 139 | 11 | 128 | 0 | 11 | 3.0 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Pat Patterson | 6-12-0 | 49 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| Totals | 6-12-0 | 49 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Mark Wilson | 1 | 33 | 0 | 33 | ||
| Mark Clayton | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Greg Hickman | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Kenny Robinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Mike Bell | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 49 | 0 | 33 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Mark Blasinsky | 10 | 412 | 41.2 | 53 | ||
| Totals | 10 | 412 | 41.2 | 53 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Mike Bell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Minnifield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Jamie Perrin | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sebastian Curry | 3 | -6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | -4 | 6 | 2 | 42 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 1st | 05:03 | 27 | Good |
| 4th | 01:54 | 38 | Good |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Mike Bell | 18 | -1 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| Don Craft | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| Bo Haden | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Greg Hickman | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Mark Wilson | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Mark Clayton | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Frank Minnifield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Jamie Perrin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Kenny Robinson | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Pat Patterson | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 |
| Sebastian Curry | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 | -6 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Pat Patterson 1-0 Southern Mississippi – 3-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 65 | Richard Tharpe | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-4 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Eddie Johnson | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Jay Trautwein | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Ellsworth Larkins | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Sebastian Curry | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Leon Williams | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Gene Hagan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0-10 | 1.0-10 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Lamar Evans | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Mike Trainor | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Dan Dihtzeruk | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Greg Jones | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Jamie Perrin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | John Wall | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Jim Bosler | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Mike Cruz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Joe Kader | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Frank Minnifield | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Dave Arthur | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 50 | 12 | 62 | 1.0-10 | 5.0-22 | 0 | 1-0 | 1-8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
1-Frank Minnifield, 2-Greg Jones, 15-Sebastian Curry, 22-Leon Williams, 23-Jamie Perrin, 41-Mike Trainor, 42-Gene Hagan, 46-Eddie Johnson, 48-Mike Cruz, 49-Ellsworth Larkins, 51-John Wall, 52-Joe Kader, 55-Jay Trautwein, 57-Jim Bosler, 62-Lamar Evans, 65-Richard Tharpe, 77-Dan Dihtzeruk, 92-Dave Arthur, Mike Bell, Dave Betz, Mark Blasinsky, Mark Clayton, Don Craft, Bo Haden, Greg Hickman, Robert Mitchell, Pat Patterson, Kenny Robinson, Mark Wilson