Oct. 20, 1984 – Away – Rutgers Stadium – Piscataway, N.J. – Attendance 25,764
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Rutgers | 14 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 38 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 10:28 | Eric Givens 51-yard pass from Ed Rubbert (Phil Ellis kick), 5-75, 02:11 |
| 2nd | 06:07 | Preston Gray 9-yard pass from Ed Rubbert (Phil Ellis kick), 19-74, 05:13 |
| 3rd | 07:47 | James Jones / Junior Jones 40-yard pass from Ed Rubbert (Phil Ellis kick), 6-60, 02:05 |
| Louisville | Rutgers | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 25 | 29 |
| Rushing | 5 | 13 |
| Passing | 16 | 14 |
| Penalty | 4 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 57 | 186 |
| Rushing Attempts | 26 | 41 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.2 | 4.5 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 2 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 71 | 223 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 14 | 37 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 324 | 358 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 27-54-3 | 26-37-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 6.0 | 9.7 |
| Average Per Completion | 12.0 | 13.8 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 3 | 3 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 381 | 544 |
| Total offense plays | 80 | 78 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.8 | 7.0 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 0-0 | 4-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 10-80 | 9-65 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 6-199 | 3-101 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 33.2 | 33.7 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 1-2-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Average Per Return | 2.0 | |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 7-117-0 | 4-82-0 |
| Average Per Return | 16.7 | 20.5 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 3-22-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 26:56 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 9-18 | 10-15 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 2-17 | 2-3 |
| PAT Kicks | 3-3 | 5-5 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Willie Shelby | 7 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 3.3 |
| Ron Davenport | 7 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 2.6 |
| Rodney Knighton | 6 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 2.0 |
| Leonard Sullivan | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 3.5 |
| Ernest Givins | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 |
| Ed Rubbert | 3 | 0 | 13 | -13 | 0 | 0 | -4.3 |
| Totals | 26 | 71 | 14 | 57 | 0 | 6 | 2.2 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Ed Rubbert | 27-54-3 | 324 | 3 | 51 | 2 |
| Totals | 27-54-3 | 324 | 3 | 51 | 2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Ernest Givins | 7 | 102 | 1 | 51 | ||
| Ron Davenport | 4 | 46 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Junior Jones | 1 | 40 | 1 | 40 | ||
| James Jones | 2 | 24 | 0 | |||
| Danny Thomas | 2 | 23 | 0 | 12 | ||
| John Adams | 3 | 20 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Carl Williams | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Bruce Armstrong | 2 | 17 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Preston Gray | 2 | 14 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Eric Vaughn | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Willie Shelby | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rodney Knighton | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 27 | 324 | 3 | 51 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Danny Cerione | 6 | 199 | 33.2 | 51 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 199 | 33.2 | 51 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Eric Vaughn | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 70 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Junior Jones | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Adams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 117 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Ernest Givins | 5 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 |
| Eric Vaughn | 0 | 7 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 79 |
| Junior Jones | 0 | 40 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 79 |
| Ron Davenport | 18 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
| Willie Shelby | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| John Adams | 0 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| James Jones | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Danny Thomas | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Carl Williams | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Bruce Armstrong | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Rodney Knighton | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Preston Gray | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Leonard Sullivan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Ed Rubbert | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -13 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 0-0 Rutgers – 4-2 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 91 | Todd Navarro | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Don Cosby | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kirk Perry | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Calvert Cole | 5 | 1 | 6 | 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 |
| 82 | Mike Minogue | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Anthony Copeland | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | Larry Galcik | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Torrence Dickens | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 52 | Jeff Pointer | 1 | 1 | 2 | 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 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Mark Grandy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | Pete Jones | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Dave Naimaister | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete O'Neal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 69 | Benny Painter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Greg Pianko | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Chris Thieneman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0-8 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Donte Wheat | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Ray Bailey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 61 | 15 | 76 | 1.0-8 | 4.0-18 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
1-Kirk Perry, 11-Doug Lucas, 26-Don Cosby, 34-Brian Miller, 39-Calvert Cole, 41-Anthony Copeland, 44-Matt Battaglia, 50-Donte Wheat, 52-Jeff Pointer, 58-Chris Thieneman, 66-Pete Jones, 68-Larry Galcik, 69-Benny Painter, 71-Greg Pianko, 78-Ray Bailey, 82-Mike Minogue, 83-Dave Naimaister, 90-Ron Marney, 91-Todd Navarro, 96-Mark Grandy, John Adams, Bruce Armstrong, Danny Cerione, Ron Davenport, Torrence Dickens, Phil Ellis, Eric Givens, Ernest Givins, Preston Gray, Bobby Jefferson, James Jones, James Jones / Junior Jones, Junior Jones, Rodney Knighton, Pete O'Neal, Ed Rubbert, Rick Shaw, Willie Shelby, Leonard Sullivan, Danny Thomas, Eric Vaughn, Carl Williams