Nov. 3, 1984 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 20,113
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 |
| Miami, Fla. | 0 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 09:26 | Phil Ellis 33-yard field goal, 8-46, 02:47 |
| 3rd | 13:08 | Ron Davenport 4-yard rush (Phil Ellis kick), 4-8, 00:54 |
| 4th | 07:36 | Preston Gray 6-yard pass from Ed Rubbert (Phil Ellis kick), 17-74, 07:15 |
| 4th | 00:31 | Rodney Knighton 2-yard rush (Andy Woodring pass failed, incomplete), 6-72, 02:47 |
| Louisville | Miami, Fla. | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 21 | 19 |
| Rushing | 12 | 9 |
| Passing | 9 | 9 |
| Penalty | 0 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 147 | 86 |
| Rushing Attempts | 47 | 27 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 2 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 179 | 112 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 32 | 26 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 235 | 330 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 14-29-2 | 22-38-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 8.1 | 8.7 |
| Average Per Completion | 16.8 | 15.0 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 3 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 382 | 416 |
| Total offense plays | 76 | 65 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.0 | 6.4 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 10-85 | 11-79 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 2-84 | 4-191 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 42.0 | 47.8 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 4-14-0 | 1-2-0 |
| Average Per Return | 3.5 | 2.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 4-16-0 | 3-61-0 |
| Average Per Return | 4.0 | 20.3 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-20-0 | 2-1-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 32:14 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 4-14 | 7-13 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 2-17 | 2-19 |
| PAT Kicks | 2-2 | 5-5 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Ron Davenport | 25 | 124 | 2 | 122 | 1 | 21 | 4.9 |
| John Adams | 7 | 35 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 15 | 4.6 |
| Willie Shelby | 3 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3.3 |
| Rodney Knighton | 7 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0.7 |
| Leonard Sullivan | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Ed Rubbert | 3 | 0 | 21 | -21 | 0 | -2 | -7.0 |
| Totals | 47 | 179 | 32 | 147 | 2 | 21 | 3.1 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Ed Rubbert | 12-27-2 | 172 | 1 | 42 | 2 |
| Andy Woodring | 2-2-0 | 63 | 0 | 50 | 0 |
| Totals | 14-29-2 | 235 | 1 | 50 | 2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Ernest Givins | 3 | 72 | 0 | 50 | ||
| Preston Gray | 3 | 55 | 1 | 37 | ||
| Ron Davenport | 1 | 42 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Carl Williams | 2 | 29 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Leonard Sullivan | 2 | 23 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Bruce Armstrong | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Willie Shelby | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 14 | 235 | 1 | 50 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Danny Cerione | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 51 | ||
| Totals | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 51 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Eric Vaughn | 3 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leonard Sullivan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirk Perry | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Totals | 4 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 62 | 18 | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 2nd | 09:26 | 33 | Good |
| ? | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Ron Davenport | 122 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164 |
| Ernest Givins | 0 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| Leonard Sullivan | -1 | 23 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
| Preston Gray | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
| Eric Vaughn | 0 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 37 |
| John Adams | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Carl Williams | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Kirk Perry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 23 |
| Willie Shelby | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Bruce Armstrong | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Rodney Knighton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Ed Rubbert | -21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -21 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Ed Rubbert 1-0 Miami, Fla. – 1-0 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 34 | Brian Miller | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Doug Pritchett | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kirk Perry | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Benny Painter | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1.0-9 | 1.0-9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Todd Navarro | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Anthony Copeland | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Anthony Moss | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Don Cosby | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Bobby Jefferson | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1.0-8 | 1.0-8 | 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Donte Wheat | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Calvert Cole | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Mike Minogue | 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 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Danny Cerione | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Tim Chapman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | Larry Galcik | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Ernest Givins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Mark Grandy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Pete O'Neal | 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 |
| 92 | Danny Thomas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | John Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 49 | 14 | 63 | 2.0-17 | 7.0-26 | 0 | 1-0 | 1-20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
1-Kirk Perry, 2-Pete O'Neal, 24-John Adams, 25-Doug Pritchett, 26-Don Cosby, 27-Ernest Givins, 32-Torrence Dickens, 34-Brian Miller, 38-Danny Cerione, 39-Calvert Cole, 40-Leonard Sullivan, 41-Anthony Copeland, 44-Matt Battaglia, 50-Donte Wheat, 56-Bobby Jefferson, 68-Larry Galcik, 69-Benny Painter, 82-Mike Minogue, 88-Tim Chapman, 91-Todd Navarro, 92-Danny Thomas, 96-Mark Grandy, 99-Anthony Moss, Bruce Armstrong, Ron Davenport, Phil Ellis, Preston Gray, Rodney Knighton, Ed Rubbert, Willie Shelby, Eric Vaughn, Carl Williams, Andy Woodring