Nov. 10, 1984 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 23,821
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| Tennessee State | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 12:14 | James Jones 33-yard pass from Ed Rubbert (Phil Ellis kick), 8-79, 02:44 |
| 4th | 01:24 | Doug Pritchett 0-yard blocked punt return (Jeff Griffin pass to Danny Thomas) |
| Louisville | Tennessee State | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 13 | 8 |
| Rushing | 2 | 3 |
| Passing | 8 | 5 |
| Penalty | 3 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 93 | 107 |
| Rushing Attempts | 34 | 36 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.7 | 3.0 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 104 | 152 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 11 | 45 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 150 | 113 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 14-34-7 | 10-26-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| Average Per Completion | 10.7 | 11.3 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 243 | 220 |
| Total offense plays | 68 | 62 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 3.6 | 3.5 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 5-0 | 3-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 9-65 | 17-134 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 5-211 | 8-229 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 42.2 | 28.6 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 6-55-1 | 4-14-0 |
| Average Per Return | 9.2 | 3.5 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 6-80-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Average Per Return | 13.3 | |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 7-102-2 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 32:45 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 3-13 | 3-16 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 3-21 | 0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 1-1 | 3-3 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Ron Davenport | 19 | 64 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 9 | 3.2 |
| Ernest Givins | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| John Adams | 4 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2.0 |
| Jeff Griffin | 2 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 4.0 |
| Leonard Sullivan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Ed Rubbert | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rodney Knighton | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 |
| Andy Woodring | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | -2 | -2.0 |
| Totals | 34 | 104 | 11 | 93 | 0 | 17 | 2.7 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Ed Rubbert | 13-27-4 | 145 | 1 | 33 | 0 |
| Andy Woodring | 1-4-1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jeff Griffin | 0-3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 14-34-7 | 150 | 1 | 33 | 0 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| James Jones | 2 | 46 | 1 | 33 | ||
| Eric Vaughn | 1 | 28 | 0 | 28 | ||
| Junior Jones | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | ||
| Ernest Givins | 3 | 21 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Preston Gray | 3 | 16 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Ron Davenport | 3 | 10 | 0 | 5 | ||
| John Adams | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 14 | 150 | 1 | 33 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Danny Cerione | 5 | 211 | 42.2 | 47 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 211 | 42.2 | 47 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Eric Vaughn | 3 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 77 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Calvert Cole | 1 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Jones | 2 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rodney Knighton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 6 | 55 | 20 | 6 | 80 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 20 | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Eric Vaughn | 0 | 28 | 77 | 22 | 0 | 127 |
| Ron Davenport | 61 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 |
| James Jones | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| Junior Jones | 0 | 26 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 39 |
| Ernest Givins | 17 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Calvert Cole | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| Preston Gray | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| John Adams | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Jeff Griffin | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Leonard Sullivan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rodney Knighton | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Andy Woodring | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Ron Davenport 1-0, Jeff Griffin 1-0, Ed Rubbert 1-0 Tennessee State – 3-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 34 | Brian Miller | 9 | 2 | 11 | 1.0-9 | 2.0-10 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Anthony Copeland | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Don Cosby | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Benny Painter | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Donte Wheat | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Bobby Jefferson | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Mike Minogue | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kirk Perry | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Tim Chapman | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Torrence Dickens | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Mark Grandy | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Ron Marney | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Todd Navarro | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Doug Pritchett | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | Bruce Armstrong | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Calvert Cole | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | Preston Gray | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | Kirk Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Doug Lucas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Leonard Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Antonio Young | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 45 | 9 | 54 | 1.0-9 | 5.0-24 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1-Kirk Perry, 11-Doug Lucas, 25-Doug Pritchett, 26-Don Cosby, 32-Torrence Dickens, 34-Brian Miller, 39-Calvert Cole, 40-Leonard Sullivan, 41-Anthony Copeland, 50-Donte Wheat, 56-Bobby Jefferson, 69-Benny Painter, 70-Antonio Young, 81-Preston Gray, 82-Mike Minogue, 86-Kirk Kennedy, 87-Bruce Armstrong, 88-Tim Chapman, 90-Ron Marney, 91-Todd Navarro, 96-Mark Grandy, John Adams, Matt Battaglia, Danny Cerione, Ron Davenport, Phil Ellis, Ernest Givins, Jeff Griffin, James Jones, Junior Jones, Rodney Knighton, Ed Rubbert, Danny Thomas, Eric Vaughn, Andy Woodring