Sept. 24, 1983 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 23,992
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 31 |
| Cincinnati | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 10:36 | Dean May 4-yard rush (Phil Ellis kick), 3-25, 00:52 |
| 2nd | 07:41 | Ron Davenport 12-yard rush (Phil Ellis kick), 11-65, 04:17 |
| 2nd | 05:57 | Ron Davenport 1-yard rush (Phil Ellis kick), 6-21, 01:39 |
| 3rd | 07:58 | Carl Williams 24-yard pass from Dean May (Phil Ellis kick), 2-28, 01:06 |
| 4th | 07:34 | Phil Ellis 31-yard field goal, 6-30, 03:15 |
| Louisville | Cincinnati | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 15 | 22 |
| Rushing | 9 | 7 |
| Passing | 6 | 12 |
| Penalty | 0 | 3 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 179 | 132 |
| Rushing Attempts | 42 | 32 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 3 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 197 | 148 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 18 | 16 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 147 | 301 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 16-25-1 | 24-45-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 5.9 | 6.7 |
| Average Per Completion | 9.2 | 12.5 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 3 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 326 | 433 |
| Total offense plays | 67 | 77 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.9 | 5.6 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-1 | 6-4 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 10-69 | 7-55 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 6-205 | 4-115 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 34.2 | 28.8 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 1-18-0 | 2--7-0 |
| Average Per Return | 18.0 | -3.5 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 3-47-0 | 3-42-0 |
| Average Per Return | 15.7 | 14.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 2-23-0 | 1-5-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 31:02 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 5-13 | 9-15 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 1-8 | 1-9 |
| PAT Kicks | 4-4 | 2-2 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| Field Goals | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Ron Davenport | 19 | 111 | 0 | 111 | 2 | 18 | 5.8 |
| Leonard Sullivan | 5 | 28 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 17 | 5.0 |
| Willie Shelby | 5 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 3.6 |
| Quincy McCray | 6 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 2.0 |
| Lamar Cummings | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Dean May | 6 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 0.5 |
| Totals | 42 | 197 | 18 | 179 | 3 | 18 | 4.3 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Dean May | 16-25-1 | 147 | 1 | 24 | 1 |
| Totals | 16-25-1 | 147 | 1 | 24 | 1 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Carl Williams | 2 | 38 | 1 | 24 | ||
| David Hatfield | 4 | 36 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jeff Hortert | 2 | 28 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Ron Davenport | 3 | 21 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Willie Shelby | 4 | 15 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Junior Jones | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Totals | 16 | 147 | 1 | 24 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Phil Ellis | 6 | 205 | 34.2 | 50 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 205 | 34.2 | 50 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Kirk Perry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 20 |
| Jeff Hortert | 1 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Hatfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Humphries | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Shelby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 47 | 16 | 2 | 23 | 20 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 4th | 07:34 | 31 | Good |
| 26 | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Ron Davenport | 111 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 |
| David Hatfield | 0 | 36 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Willie Shelby | 18 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Jeff Hortert | 0 | 28 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 46 |
| Carl Williams | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Leonard Sullivan | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Kirk Perry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| Keith Humphries | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Quincy McCray | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Lamar Cummings | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Junior Jones | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Dean May | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Ron Davenport 1-1, Dean May 1-0 Cincinnati – 6-4 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 41 | Mike Trainor | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Ron Marney | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Brian Miller | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | John DeMarco | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Mike Minogue | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1.0-8 | 1.0-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Jeff Besong | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Benny Painter | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Todd Navarro | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kirk Perry | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2-23 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Eric Givens | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Jon Cade | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Don Cosby | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | David Winrich | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Jeff Agee | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Doug Pritchett | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Tom Andrews | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Matt Battaglia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Mark Brown | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Avery Marshall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Paul Schaller | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Donte Wheat | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | Bruce Armstrong | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Joe Falleri | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Dave Naimaister | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 57 | 14 | 71 | 1.0-8 | 4.0-8 | 0 | 4-0 | 2-23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
1-Kirk Perry, 17-Jeff Besong, 22-Eric Givens, 25-Doug Pritchett, 26-Don Cosby, 34-Brian Miller, 35-Paul Schaller, 39-Jeff Agee, 41-Mike Trainor, 43-Avery Marshall, 44-Matt Battaglia, 46-John DeMarco, 47-David Winrich, 48-Mark Brown, 50-Donte Wheat, 54-Joe Falleri, 69-Benny Painter, 76-Tom Andrews, 81-Bruce Armstrong, 82-Mike Minogue, 83-Dave Naimaister, 90-Ron Marney, 91-Todd Navarro, 98-Jon Cade, Lamar Cummings, Ron Davenport, Phil Ellis, David Hatfield, Jeff Hortert, Keith Humphries, Junior Jones, Dean May, Quincy McCray, Willie Shelby, Leonard Sullivan, Danny Thomas, Carl Williams