Oct. 26, 1985 – Away – Orange Bowl – Miami, Fla. – Attendance 31,761
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Miami, Fla. | 14 | 3 | 21 | 7 | 45 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 4th | 13:22 | Eric Givens 39-yard rush (Danny Cerione kick), 2-32, 00:37 |
| Louisville | Miami, Fla. | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 9 | 21 |
| Rushing | 5 | 10 |
| Passing | 3 | 11 |
| Penalty | 1 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 81 | 131 |
| Rushing Attempts | 32 | 47 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 130 | 165 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 49 | 34 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 77 | 359 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 12-30-4 | 15-24-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 2.6 | 15.0 |
| Average Per Completion | 6.4 | 23.9 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 3 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 158 | 490 |
| Total offense plays | 62 | 71 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 2.5 | 6.9 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 3-2 | 5-5 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 6-39 | 6-60 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 8-268 | 2-100 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 33.5 | 50.0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 1-8-0 | 6-0-0 |
| Average Per Return | 8.0 | 0.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 3-52-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Average Per Return | 17.3 | |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 4-33-1 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 29:03 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 4-17 | 10-16 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 4-21 | 6-47 |
| PAT Kicks | 1-1 | 6-6 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| John Adams | 13 | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 10 | 3.8 |
| Ernest Givins | 2 | 47 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 39 | 23.5 |
| Larry Stricklin | 5 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 4.0 |
| Rodney Knighton | 4 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 2.8 |
| Jay Gruden | 3 | 2 | 15 | -13 | 0 | 2 | -4.3 |
| Ed Rubbert | 5 | 0 | 34 | -34 | 0 | -2 | -6.8 |
| Totals | 32 | 130 | 49 | 81 | 1 | 39 | 2.5 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Ed Rubbert | 7-19-2 | 52 | 0 | 12 | 4 |
| Jay Gruden | 5-10-2 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| Ernest Givins | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 12-30-4 | 77 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Larry Stricklin | 4 | 32 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Danny Thomas | 2 | 17 | 0 | 11 | ||
| George Williams | 2 | 15 | 0 | 8 | ||
| John Adams | 3 | 14 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ernest Givins | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||
| Totals | 12 | 77 | 0 | 12 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Kirk Kennedy | 8 | 268 | 33.5 | 43 | ||
| Totals | 8 | 268 | 33.5 | 43 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Ernest Givins | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 52 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 52 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 46 | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Ernest Givins | 47 | -1 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 106 |
| John Adams | 50 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
| Larry Stricklin | 20 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Danny Thomas | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| George Williams | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Rodney Knighton | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Jay Gruden | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -13 |
| Ed Rubbert | -34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -34 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Ernest Givins 1-1, Ed Rubbert 2-1 Miami, Fla. – 5-5 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 64 | Joe Jackson | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Wiggins | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Gary Warren | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1.0-10 | 1.0-10 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Paul Schaller | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | James Bell | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Mike Minogue | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Avery Marshall | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1.0-6 | 1.0-6 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Matt Battaglia | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Anthony Daniels | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Anthony Moss | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0-4 | 1.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Antonio Davis | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Phillip Green | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Bobby Jefferson | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Roy Winningham | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Cosby | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 95 | Ron Madrick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Sinclair | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 87 | George Williams | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Andrew Higgs | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Ed Rubbert | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Smith (2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 48 | 29 | 77 | 3.0-20 | 3.0-20 | 0 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
1-Gary Warren, 9-Roy Winningham, 10-Ed Rubbert, 25-James Bell, 35-Paul Schaller, 40-Antonio Davis, 43-Avery Marshall, 44-Matt Battaglia, 50-Phillip Green, 56-Bobby Jefferson, 64-Joe Jackson, 75-Andrew Higgs, 78-Anthony Daniels, 82-Mike Minogue, 87-George Williams, 95-Ron Madrick, 99-Anthony Moss, John Adams, Danny Cerione, Don Cosby, Eric Givens, Ernest Givins, Jay Gruden, Kirk Kennedy, Rodney Knighton, Sean Sinclair, Jeff Smith (2), Larry Stricklin, Danny Thomas, Anthony Wiggins