Nov. 2, 1985 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 21,391
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 14 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 42 |
| Central Florida | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 09:04 | Ernest Givins 31-yard pass from Ed Rubbert (Danny Cerione kick), 2-47, 00:37 |
| 1st | 02:48 | Calvin Dixson 24-yard pass from Ed Rubbert (Danny Cerione kick), 7-84, 02:26 |
| 2nd | 10:32 | John Adams 4-yard rush (Danny Cerione kick), 7-49, 02:48 |
| 2nd | 09:22 | Ernest Givins 16-yard pass from Ed Rubbert (Danny Cerione kick), 3-16, 00:18 |
| 2nd | 08:01 | Rodney Knighton 4-yard rush (Danny Cerione kick), 3-28, 01:07 |
| 3rd | 10:57 | Jay Gruden 1-yard rush (Danny Cerione kick), 8-55, 03:08 |
| Louisville | Central Florida | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 24 | 18 |
| Rushing | 12 | 6 |
| Passing | 12 | 11 |
| Penalty | 0 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 223 | 117 |
| Rushing Attempts | 52 | 40 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.3 | 2.9 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 3 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 249 | 174 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 26 | 57 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 236 | 266 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 13-22-0 | 24-41-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 10.7 | 6.5 |
| Average Per Completion | 18.2 | 11.1 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 3 | 2 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 459 | 383 |
| Total offense plays | 74 | 81 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 6.2 | 4.7 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 3-3 | 6-4 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 4-30 | 5-30 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 6-267 | 7-258 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 44.5 | 36.9 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 4-9-0 | 3-8-0 |
| Average Per Return | 2.3 | 2.7 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 2-67-0 | 4-84-0 |
| Average Per Return | 33.5 | 21.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-27-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 29:49 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 6-14 | 4-18 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-1 | 3-3 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 6-40 | 3-21 |
| PAT Kicks | 6-6 | 1-2 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Deon Booker | 14 | 91 | 2 | 89 | 0 | 20 | 6.4 |
| John Adams | 10 | 52 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 17 | 5.2 |
| Rodney Knighton | 8 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 10 | 3.5 |
| Tim Maxwell | 2 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 12.5 |
| Larry Stricklin | 11 | 27 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 2.2 |
| Ernest Givins | 2 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 16 | 10.5 |
| David Miller | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Jay Gruden | 4 | 1 | 21 | -20 | 1 | 1 | -5.0 |
| Totals | 52 | 249 | 26 | 223 | 3 | 20 | 4.3 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Ed Rubbert | 8-14-0 | 155 | 3 | 31 | 0 |
| Jay Gruden | 5-8-0 | 81 | 0 | 42 | 3 |
| Totals | 13-22-0 | 236 | 3 | 42 | 3 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Ernest Givins | 4 | 80 | 2 | 31 | ||
| Joey Hamilton | 2 | 42 | 0 | 42 | ||
| George Williams | 2 | 37 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Danny Thomas | 2 | 27 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Calvin Dixson | 1 | 24 | 1 | 24 | ||
| Larry Stricklin | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Rodney Knighton | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Totals | 13 | 236 | 3 | 42 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Kirk Kennedy | 6 | 267 | 44.5 | 48 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 267 | 44.5 | 48 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Ernest Givins | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Stricklin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Bell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 27 |
| Joey Hamilton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 67 | 35 | 1 | 27 | 27 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Ernest Givins | 21 | 80 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 144 |
| Deon Booker | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 |
| Larry Stricklin | 24 | 16 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| John Adams | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Joey Hamilton | 0 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 |
| Rodney Knighton | 28 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| George Williams | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Danny Thomas | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| James Bell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27 |
| Tim Maxwell | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Calvin Dixson | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| David Miller | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jay Gruden | -20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -20 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Ernest Givins 1-1, Jay Gruden 1-1, Rodney Knighton 1-1 Central Florida – 6-4 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 82 | Mike Minogue | 7 | 2 | 9 | 3.0-20 | 3.0-20 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Paul Schaller | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | James Bell | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Joe Jackson | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Antonio Davis | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Matt Battaglia | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Gary Warren | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1.0-8 | 1.0-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Phillip Green | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Don Johnson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0-5 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Anthony Moss | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Chris Sellars | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Andrew Higgs | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.0-7 | 1.0-7 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Bobby Jefferson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Ron Madrick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Avery Marshall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | David Miller | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Anthony Wiggins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 52 | 5 | 57 | 6.0-40 | 8.0-47 | 0 | 4-0 | 1-27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
1-Gary Warren, 9-Roy Winningham, 17-Anthony Wiggins, 20-David Miller, 25-James Bell, 35-Paul Schaller, 40-Antonio Davis, 43-Avery Marshall, 44-Matt Battaglia, 50-Phillip Green, 55-Don Johnson, 56-Bobby Jefferson, 62-Chris Sellars, 64-Joe Jackson, 75-Andrew Higgs, 82-Mike Minogue, 95-Ron Madrick, 99-Anthony Moss, John Adams, Deon Booker, Danny Cerione, Calvin Dixson, Ernest Givins, Jay Gruden, Joey Hamilton, Kirk Kennedy, Rodney Knighton, Tim Maxwell, Ed Rubbert, Larry Stricklin, Danny Thomas, George Williams