Nov. 5, 1983 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 17,064
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Southern Mississippi | 6 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 27 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 08:11 | Phil Ellis 29-yard field goal, 9-38, 03:43 |
| Louisville | Southern Mississippi | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 13 | 17 |
| Rushing | 8 | 14 |
| Passing | 3 | 3 |
| Penalty | 2 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 143 | 254 |
| Rushing Attempts | 49 | 54 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.9 | 4.7 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 182 | 279 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 39 | 25 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 51 | 115 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 7-21-2 | 3-10-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 2.4 | 11.5 |
| Average Per Completion | 7.3 | 38.3 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 194 | 369 |
| Total offense plays | 70 | 64 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 2.8 | 5.8 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-1 | 4-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 4-20 | 6-50 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 9-360 | 6-248 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 40.0 | 41.3 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 4-28-0 | 5-31-0 |
| Average Per Return | 7.0 | 6.2 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 2-16-0 | 2-47-0 |
| Average Per Return | 8.0 | 23.5 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 2-50-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 31:35 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 7-18 | 4-13 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 2-14 | 3-21 |
| PAT Kicks | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-0 | 2-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Willie Shelby | 27 | 119 | 9 | 110 | 0 | 23 | 4.1 |
| Leonard Sullivan | 8 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 6 | 4.1 |
| Ron Davenport | 5 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 2.8 |
| Lamar Cummings | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 |
| Keith Humphries | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Jeff Doty | 6 | 11 | 29 | -18 | 0 | 11 | -3.0 |
| Totals | 49 | 182 | 39 | 143 | 0 | 23 | 2.9 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Jeff Doty | 7-21-2 | 51 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
| Totals | 7-21-2 | 51 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Willie Shelby | 5 | 34 | 0 | 11 | ||
| David Hatfield | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Carl Williams | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 7 | 51 | 0 | 12 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Phil Ellis | 9 | 360 | 40.0 | 53 | ||
| Totals | 9 | 360 | 40.0 | 53 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Keith Humphries | 3 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Besong | 1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 28 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 3rd | 08:11 | 29 | Good |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Willie Shelby | 110 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144 |
| Keith Humphries | 2 | 0 | 16 | 29 | 0 | 47 |
| Leonard Sullivan | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Ron Davenport | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| David Hatfield | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Carl Williams | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Lamar Cummings | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jeff Besong | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | -1 |
| Jeff Doty | -18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -18 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Jeff Doty 2-1 Southern Mississippi – 4-0 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 34 | Brian Miller | 8 | 4 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Mike Trainor | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kirk Perry | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Mike Minogue | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Ron Marney | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Mark Brown | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Joe Falleri | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Rolland Dickerson | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Marc Matthews | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Doug Pritchett | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Avery Marshall | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Eric Givens | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Bobby Jefferson | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Benny Painter | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2.0-14 | 2.0-14 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | John Adams | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Chip Backauskas | 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 |
| 85 | Keith Brown | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | John DeMarco | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Willie Shelby | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Chris Thieneman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Jeff Warren | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 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 |
| Totals | 69 | 14 | 83 | 2.0-14 | 5.0-17 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
1-Kirk Perry, 22-Eric Givens, 24-John Adams, 25-Doug Pritchett, 30-Willie Shelby, 34-Brian Miller, 36-Marc Matthews, 41-Mike Trainor, 43-Avery Marshall, 44-Matt Battaglia, 46-John DeMarco, 48-Mark Brown, 51-Chip Backauskas, 54-Joe Falleri, 56-Bobby Jefferson, 58-Chris Thieneman, 59-Jeff Warren, 69-Benny Painter, 81-Bruce Armstrong, 82-Mike Minogue, 85-Keith Brown, 90-Ron Marney, 97-Rolland Dickerson, Jeff Besong, Sam Brown, Lamar Cummings, Ron Davenport, Jeff Doty, Phil Ellis, David Hatfield, Keith Humphries, Leonard Sullivan, Carl Williams