Sept. 3, 1983 – Away – Texas Stadium – Irving, Texas – Attendance 23,750
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Southern Methodist | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 00:37 | Phil Ellis 32-yard field goal, 9-42, 03:46 |
| 2nd | 00:01 | Phil Ellis 37-yard field goal, 10-38, 01:37 |
| Louisville | Southern Methodist | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 16 | 18 |
| Rushing | 5 | 12 |
| Passing | 10 | 6 |
| Penalty | 1 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 54 | 197 |
| Rushing Attempts | 27 | 52 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.0 | 3.8 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 2 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 78 | 234 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 24 | 37 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 215 | 173 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 20-38-0 | 11-18-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 5.7 | 9.6 |
| Average Per Completion | 10.8 | 15.7 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 269 | 370 |
| Total offense plays | 65 | 70 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.1 | 5.3 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 5-2 | 3-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 5-29 | 10-71 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 6-244 | 5-197 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 40.7 | 39.4 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-11-0 | 1-11-0 |
| Average Per Return | 3.7 | 11.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 2-31-0 | 2-24-0 |
| Average Per Return | 15.5 | 12.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 26:04 | |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 2-21 | 1-14 |
| PAT Kicks | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 2-0 | 1-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Ron Davenport | 11 | 45 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 12 | 4.1 |
| Quincy McCray | 9 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 1.2 |
| Willie Shelby | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 |
| Tom Tasseff | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Dean May | 2 | 4 | 14 | -10 | 0 | 4 | -5.0 |
| Totals | 27 | 78 | 24 | 54 | 0 | 12 | 2.0 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Dean May | 20-38-0 | 215 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| Totals | 20-38-0 | 215 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| David Hatfield | 8 | 76 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Ron Davenport | 4 | 44 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Jeff Hortert | 2 | 30 | 0 | 21 | ||
| Willie Shelby | 3 | 28 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Carl Williams | 2 | 28 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Junior Jones | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Totals | 20 | 215 | 0 | 24 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Danny Cerione | 3 | 109 | 36.3 | 41 | ||
| Phil Ellis | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 43 | ||
| Dean May | 1 | 66 | 66.0 | 66 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 244 | 40.7 | 66 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Keith Humphries | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Shelby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Besong | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 1st | 00:37 | 32 | Good |
| 2nd | 00:01 | 37 | Good |
| 34 | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Ron Davenport | 45 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 |
| David Hatfield | 0 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 |
| Willie Shelby | 4 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Jeff Hortert | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Carl Williams | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Keith Humphries | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 20 |
| Quincy McCray | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Junior Jones | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Tom Tasseff | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jeff Besong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dean May | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -10 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Ron Davenport 2-1, David Hatfield 1-1, Dean May 1-0, Quincy McCray 1-0 Southern Methodist – 3-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| Mike Trainor | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | Brian Miller | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Pritchett | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jon Cade | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Naimaister | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-12 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Donte Wheat | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Benny Painter | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kirk Perry | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marc Matthews | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John DeMarco | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.0-8 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Avery Marshall | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Minogue | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1.0-13 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Marney | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Besong | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Taylor | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Jefferson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Falleri | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Winrich | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gerry Gonzalez | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 49 | 45 | 94 | 2.0-21 | 2.0-14 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
34-Brian Miller, Tom Andrews, Bruce Armstrong, Matt Battaglia, Jeff Besong, Keith Brown, Jon Cade, Danny Cerione, Don Cosby, Ron Davenport, John DeMarco, Phil Ellis, Joe Falleri, Gerry Gonzalez, David Hatfield, Jeff Hortert, Keith Humphries, Bobby Jefferson, Don Johnson, Junior Jones, Tom Long, Ron Marney, Avery Marshall, Marc Matthews, Dean May, Pete McCartney, Quincy McCray, Tom Mihaljevic, Mike Minogue, Tom Moore, Dave Naimaister, Todd Navarro, Jim Norris, Benny Painter, Jed Painter, Kirk Perry, Greg Pianko, Tom Powers, Keith Price, Doug Pritchett, Willie Shelby, Kelly Stickrod, Tom Tasseff, Rick Taylor, Danny Thomas, Mike Trainor, Donte Wheat, Carl Williams, David Winrich