Nov. 7, 1981 – Home – Fairgrounds Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 15,094
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Louisiana-Monroe | 7 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 40 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 06:20 | Don Craft 19-yard pass from Scott Gannon (Tony Blair kick), 7-56, 03:26 |
| Louisville | Louisiana-Monroe | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 15 | 25 |
| Rushing | 4 | 8 |
| Passing | 10 | 13 |
| Penalty | 1 | 4 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 68 | 169 |
| Rushing Attempts | 37 | 32 |
| Average Per Rush | 1.8 | 5.3 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 223 | 234 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 13-37-1 | 22-46-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 6.0 | 5.1 |
| Average Per Completion | 17.2 | 10.6 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 3 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 291 | 403 |
| Total offense plays | 74 | 78 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 3.9 | 5.2 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 5-2 | 1-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 9-106 | 8-81 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 8-350 | 8-280 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 43.8 | 35.0 |
| 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 | 0-0-0 | 1-39-1 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 1-1 | 5-5 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Scedric Moss | 3 | 51 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 29 | 17.0 |
| Lamar Cummings | 6 | 30 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 15 | 4.3 |
| Don Craft | 9 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1.1 |
| Eric Rollins | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| Ron Davenport | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3.5 |
| Scott Gannon | 6 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0.7 |
| Mark Clayton | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 |
| Greg Hickman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Dean May | 8 | 8 | 50 | -42 | 0 | 5 | -5.3 |
| Totals | 37 | 154 | 86 | 68 | 0 | 29 | 1.8 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Dean May | 10-27-1 | 124 | 0 | 25 | |
| Scott Gannon | 3-10-0 | 99 | 1 | 52 | |
| Totals | 13-37-1 | 223 | 1 | 52 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Mark Clayton | 3 | 88 | 0 | 52 | ||
| Don Craft | 4 | 69 | 1 | 25 | ||
| Greg Hickman | 2 | 25 | 0 | 28 | ||
| Mark Wilson | 2 | 25 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Scedric Moss | 2 | 16 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Totals | 13 | 223 | 1 | 52 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Mark Blasinsky | 8 | 351 | 43.9 | 52 | ||
| Totals | 8 | 351 | 43.9 | 52 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Keith Humphries | 2 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dwayne Johnson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Minnifield | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Clayton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Miller | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sebastian Curry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 2 | 47 | 7 | 83 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Mark Clayton | 3 | 88 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 107 |
| Don Craft | 10 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 |
| Scedric Moss | 51 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
| Keith Humphries | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 47 |
| Dwayne Johnson | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Frank Minnifield | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Lamar Cummings | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Greg Hickman | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Mark Wilson | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Eric Rollins | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Greg Miller | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Ron Davenport | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Scott Gannon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Dean May | -42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -42 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 5-2 Louisiana-Monroe – 1-0 |
Tony Blair, Mark Blasinsky, Roger Clay, Mark Clayton, Don Craft, Lamar Cummings, Sebastian Curry, Ron Davenport, Phil Ellis, Scott Gannon, Greg Hickman, Jeff Hortert, Keith Humphries, Dwayne Johnson, Dean May, Greg Miller, Frank Minnifield, Scedric Moss, Mark Musgrave, Eric Rollins, Tom Tasseff, Anthony Williams, Leon Williams, Mark Wilson, Darrell Wimberly