Nov. 23, 1985 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 30,113
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| Eastern Kentucky | 14 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 45 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 10:25 | John Adams 1-yard rush (Danny Cerione kick), 6-69, 02:18 |
| 4th | 12:42 | Ernest Givins 21-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Danny Cerione kick), 11-71, 03:41 |
| 4th | 03:55 | Jay Gruden 9-yard rush (Danny Cerione kick), 8-82, 02:52 |
| Louisville | Eastern Kentucky | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 19 | 25 |
| Rushing | 11 | 17 |
| Passing | 7 | 7 |
| Penalty | 1 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 132 | 350 |
| Rushing Attempts | 33 | 61 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.0 | 5.7 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 4 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 143 | 362 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 11 | 12 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 233 | 205 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 17-33-2 | 9-10-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 7.1 | 20.5 |
| Average Per Completion | 13.7 | 22.8 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 365 | 555 |
| Total offense plays | 66 | 71 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.5 | 7.8 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-1 | 2-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 7-61 | 6-45 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 3-135 | 1-47 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 45.0 | 47.0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 8-139-0 | 4-83-0 |
| Average Per Return | 17.4 | 20.8 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 2-20-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 25:43 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 5-13 | 7-12 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 1-3 | 1-1 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 0-0 | 2-8 |
| PAT Kicks | 3-3 | 6-6 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Jay Gruden | 8 | 51 | 8 | 43 | 1 | 15 | 5.4 |
| Deon Booker | 4 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 5.8 |
| Larry Stricklin | 5 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 3.4 |
| John Adams | 9 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 1.8 |
| Rodney Knighton | 3 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 4.3 |
| Ernest Givins | 2 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 6.5 |
| Junior Jones | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 |
| Ed Rubbert | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Totals | 33 | 143 | 11 | 132 | 2 | 15 | 4.0 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Jay Gruden | 16-28-1 | 232 | 1 | 52 | 2 |
| Ed Rubbert | 1-5-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 17-33-2 | 233 | 1 | 52 | 2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Danny Thomas | 4 | 106 | 0 | 52 | ||
| George Williams | 4 | 36 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ernest Givins | 2 | 28 | 1 | 21 | ||
| Rodney Knighton | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | ||
| James Jones | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||
| John Adams | 3 | 14 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Deon Booker | 2 | 13 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Totals | 17 | 233 | 1 | 52 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Kirk Kennedy | 3 | 135 | 45.0 | 47 | ||
| Totals | 3 | 135 | 45.0 | 47 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Ernest Givins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 99 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Maxwell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Shelby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 139 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Ernest Givins | 13 | 28 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 140 |
| Danny Thomas | 0 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 |
| Jay Gruden | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Deon Booker | 23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| George Williams | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Rodney Knighton | 13 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| John Adams | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Tim Maxwell | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Larry Stricklin | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Willie Shelby | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| James Jones | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Junior Jones | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Ed Rubbert | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – John Adams 1-1 Eastern Kentucky – 2-2 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 40 | Antonio Davis | 11 | 3 | 14 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Matt Battaglia | 9 | 4 | 13 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Paul Schaller | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Pete O'Neal | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Mike Minogue | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Joe Jackson | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | James Bell | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Gary Warren | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Ron Madrick | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Bobby Jefferson | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Andrew Higgs | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Avery Marshall | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Deon Booker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Anthony Daniels | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Chris Sellars | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Tod Smyrichinsky | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Anthony Wiggins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Roy Winningham | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Phillip Green | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Larry Stricklin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 67 | 24 | 91 | 0.0-0 | 3.0-12 | 0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
1-Gary Warren, 2-Pete O'Neal, 9-Roy Winningham, 17-Anthony Wiggins, 25-James Bell, 28-Larry Stricklin, 31-Deon Booker, 35-Paul Schaller, 40-Antonio Davis, 42-Frank Pierre-Louis, 43-Avery Marshall, 44-Matt Battaglia, 50-Phillip Green, 56-Bobby Jefferson, 62-Chris Sellars, 64-Joe Jackson, 75-Andrew Higgs, 78-Anthony Daniels, 80-Tod Smyrichinsky, 82-Mike Minogue, 95-Ron Madrick, John Adams, Danny Cerione, Ernest Givins, Jay Gruden, Joey Hamilton, James Jones, Junior Jones, Kirk Kennedy, Rodney Knighton, Tim Maxwell, Ed Rubbert, Willie Shelby, Danny Thomas, George Williams