Nov. 9, 1985 – Away – Lane Stadium – Blacksburg, Va. – Attendance 28,300
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| Virginia Tech | 21 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 41 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 10:18 | Danny Cerione 33-yard field goal, 12-61, 04:39 |
| 2nd | 03:58 | John Adams 1-yard rush (two-point conversion failed), 10-80, 03:12 |
| 4th | 10:16 | Danny Thomas 23-yard pass from Ernest Givins (Jay Gruden pass to Danny Thomas), 8-94, 02:37 |
| Louisville | Virginia Tech | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 19 | 20 |
| Rushing | 8 | 15 |
| Passing | 9 | 5 |
| Penalty | 2 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 98 | 257 |
| Rushing Attempts | 34 | 42 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.9 | 6.1 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 3 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 138 | 298 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 40 | 41 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 291 | 165 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 20-47-3 | 12-16-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 6.2 | 10.3 |
| Average Per Completion | 14.6 | 13.8 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 389 | 422 |
| Total offense plays | 81 | 58 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.8 | 7.3 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-0 | 4-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 5-42 | 6-76 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 7-209 | 5-157 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 29.9 | 31.4 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 0-0-0 | 4-17-1 |
| Average Per Return | 4.3 | |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 3-25-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Average Per Return | 8.3 | |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 3-115-1 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 32:56 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 7-20 | 2-8 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 5-39 | 3-19 |
| PAT Kicks | 0-0 | 5-6 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Deon Booker | 13 | 50 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 12 | 3.5 |
| Ernest Givins | 2 | 45 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 32 | 22.5 |
| John Adams | 6 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 2.3 |
| Larry Stricklin | 5 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 2.4 |
| Rodney Knighton | 4 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2.0 |
| Ed Rubbert | 1 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 0 | -8 | -8.0 |
| Jay Gruden | 3 | 0 | 19 | -19 | 0 | -3 | -6.3 |
| Totals | 34 | 138 | 40 | 98 | 1 | 32 | 2.9 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Jay Gruden | 13-32-2 | 222 | 0 | 49 | 3 |
| Ed Rubbert | 5-13-1 | 37 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ernest Givins | 2-2-0 | 32 | 1 | 23 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-47-3 | 291 | 1 | 49 | 3 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Ernest Givins | 3 | 111 | 0 | 49 | ||
| Danny Thomas | 6 | 81 | 1 | 29 | ||
| John Adams | 5 | 46 | 0 | 22 | ||
| Deon Booker | 4 | 39 | 0 | 16 | ||
| George Williams | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Larry Stricklin | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 20 | 291 | 1 | 49 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Kirk Kennedy | 6 | 209 | 34.8 | 44 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 209 | 34.8 | 44 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Ernest Givins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 2nd | 10:18 | 33 | Good |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Ernest Givins | 45 | 111 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 176 |
| Deon Booker | 46 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 |
| Danny Thomas | 0 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 |
| John Adams | 14 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
| Larry Stricklin | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| George Williams | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Rodney Knighton | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Ed Rubbert | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8 |
| Jay Gruden | -19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -19 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – John Adams 1-0 Virginia Tech – 4-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| Joe Jackson | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Schaller | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2.0-19 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean Sinclair | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Avery Marshall | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2.0-10 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Minogue | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1.0-10 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Bell | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roy Winningham | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Antonio Davis | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Anthony Wiggins | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Battaglia | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Warren | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Anthony Daniels | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Sellars | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 45 | 29 | 74 | 5.0-39 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Adams, Matt Battaglia, James Bell, Deon Booker, Danny Cerione, Don Cosby, Anthony Daniels, Antonio Davis, Ernest Givins, Jay Gruden, Joe Jackson, Bobby Jefferson, Don Johnson, Kirk Kennedy, Rodney Knighton, Avery Marshall, Tim Maxwell, Mike Minogue, Anthony Moss, Ed Rubbert, Paul Schaller, Chris Sellars, Sean Sinclair, Larry Stricklin, Danny Thomas, Gary Warren, Anthony Wiggins, George Williams, Roy Winningham, Antonio Young