Sept. 5, 1981 – Away – Doak Campbell Stadium – Tallahassee, Fla. – Attendance 50,735
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Florida State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Louisville | Florida State | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 7 | 16 |
| Rushing | 5 | 6 |
| Passing | 2 | 10 |
| Penalty | 0 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 65 | 95 |
| Rushing Attempts | 29 | 48 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.2 | 2.0 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 68 | 188 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 11-30-0 | 16-27-3 |
| Average Per Attempt | 2.3 | 7.0 |
| Average Per Completion | 6.2 | 11.8 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 133 | 283 |
| Total offense plays | 59 | 75 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 2.3 | 3.8 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 4-30 | 1-5 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 10-377 | 8-343 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 37.7 | 42.9 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 4--5-0 | 7-5-0 |
| Average Per Return | -1.3 | 0.7 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 2-70-0 | 1-14-0 |
| Average Per Return | 35.0 | 14.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 3-13-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 25:30 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 3-20 | 8-19 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 6-0 | |
| PAT Kicks | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Don Craft | 8 | 46 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 22 | 5.4 |
| Greg Hickman | 3 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 5.0 |
| Nate Dozier | 2 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| Scedric Moss | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 4.0 |
| Mark Clayton | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 |
| Dean May | 4 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 0 | 5 | -0.8 |
| Pat Patterson | 9 | 18 | 35 | -17 | 0 | 9 | -1.9 |
| Totals | 29 | 113 | 48 | 65 | 0 | 22 | 2.2 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Pat Patterson | 9-19-0 | 54 | 0 | 15 | 5 |
| Dean May | 2-10-0 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Scott Gannon | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 11-30-0 | 68 | 0 | 15 | 6 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Scedric Moss | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Don Craft | 4 | 14 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Greg Hickman | 2 | 12 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Mark Wilson | 2 | 10 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Keith Humphries | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Mark Clayton | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Totals | 11 | 68 | 0 | 15 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Mark Blasinsky | 10 | 377 | 37.7 | 45 | ||
| Totals | 10 | 377 | 37.7 | 45 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Jeff Speedy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Ellis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Trainor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 |
| Sebastian Curry | 3 | -2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Frank Minnifield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Clayton | 1 | -3 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | -5 | 10 | 2 | 70 | 55 | 3 | 13 | 9 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 35 | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Don Craft | 43 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
| Jeff Speedy | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
| Greg Hickman | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Scedric Moss | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Phil Ellis | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Nate Dozier | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Keith Humphries | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Mark Wilson | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Mark Clayton | 5 | 7 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 9 |
| Mike Trainor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Sebastian Curry | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 2 |
| Dean May | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 |
| Pat Patterson | -17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -17 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Mark Clayton 1-1 Florida State – 1-0 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| Richard Tharpe | 9 | 7 | 16 | 4.0-38 | 4.0-38 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Trainor | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ellsworth Larkins | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jay Trautwein | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2.0-10 | 3.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leon Williams | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Hagan | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Blackmon | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Kader | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Cruz | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Clay | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Wilson | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lamar Evans | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Collage | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sebastian Curry | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darrell Wimberly | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Anthony Williams | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Minnifield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 34 | 49 | 83 | 6.0-48 | 9.0-38 | 0 | 0-0 | 3-13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
Fred Blackmon, Tony Blair, Mark Blasinsky, Roger Clay, Mark Clayton, Dick Collage, Don Craft, Mike Cruz, Sebastian Curry, Nate Dozier, Phil Ellis, Lamar Evans, Scott Gannon, Gene Hagan, David Hatfield, Greg Hickman, Jeff Hortert, Keith Humphries, Joe Kader, Ellsworth Larkins, Dean May, Frank Minnifield, Scedric Moss, Pat Patterson, Jeff Speedy, Richard Tharpe, Mike Trainor, Jay Trautwein, Anthony Williams, Leon Williams, Mark Wilson, Robert Wilson, Darrell Wimberly