Louisville vs West Virginia
September 7, 1985 1:00pm at Milan Puskar Stadium, Morgantown, WV
Louisville
West Virginia
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 30 | 73 | 27 | 46 | 2 | 11 | 1.5 |
| John Adams | 12 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 11 | 2.8 |
| Craig Swabek | 5 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 2.6 |
| Willie Shelby | 4 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 3.0 |
| Jones | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 |
| Larry Stricklin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Ed Rubbert | 4 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 0 | 7 | -1.3 |
| Jay Gruden | 3 | 0 | 15 | -15 | 0 | -4 | -5.0 |
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 51 | 344 | 4 | 340 | 3 | 44 | 6.7 |
| John Holifield | 19 | 177 | 0 | 177 | 3 | 44 | 9.3 |
| Tom Gray | 11 | 74 | 1 | 73 | 0 | 14 | 6.6 |
| Robert White | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 |
| John Gay | 6 | 22 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 3.2 |
| Undra Johnson | 3 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 4.0 |
| Craig Taylor | 3 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 4.0 |
| John Talley | 3 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 3.7 |
| Bryant McAllister | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 3.5 |
| Chris Peccon | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.3 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 19 | 38 | 4 | 303 | 0 | 48 | 4 |
| Ed Rubbert | 12 | 30 | 4 | 212 | 0 | 48 | 2 |
| Jay Gruden | 7 | 8 | 0 | 91 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 15 | 24 | 0 | 203 | 4 | 45 | 0 |
| John Talley | 13 | 17 | 0 | 166 | 3 | 45 | 0 |
| Mike Timko | 2 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 24 | 0 |
| Tony Reda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 19 | 303 | 0 | 48 | 15.9 |
| James Jones | 4 | 127 | 0 | 48 | 31.8 |
| John Adams | 5 | 50 | 0 | 27 | 10.0 |
| Ernest Givens | 3 | 41 | 0 | 15 | 13.7 |
| Danny Thomas | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 |
| Jones | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 |
| Joey Hamilton | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 |
| Rodney Knighton | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| Jeff Pointer | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| Willie Shelby | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 |
| Larry Stricklin | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 15 | 203 | 4 | 45 | 13.5 |
| Calvin Phillips | 3 | 56 | 1 | 35 | 18.7 |
| Grantis Bell | 1 | 45 | 1 | 45 | 45.0 |
| Harvey Smith | 2 | 37 | 1 | 24 | 18.5 |
| Keith Winn | 2 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 11.0 |
| John Holifield | 2 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 7.5 |
| Gary Basil | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 |
| Robert White | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| John Gay | 2 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 3.0 |
| Phil Teknipp | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 5 | 230 | 46.0 | 68 |
| Kirk Kennedy | 5 | 230 | 46.0 | 68 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 6 | 259 | 43.2 | 49 |
| Steve Superick | 6 | 259 | 43.2 | 49 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 6 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 60 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernest Givens | 5 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 5 | |||
| Craig Swabek | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 53 | 23 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 39 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Johnson | 2 | 12 | 8 | ||||||
| Robert White | 2 | 39 | 24 | ||||||
| Andrew Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Matt Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Stacy Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 66 | 303 | 60 | 16 | 0 | 445 |
| James Jones | 127 | 127 | ||||
| John Adams | 34 | 50 | 84 | |||
| Craig Swabek | 13 | 53 | 2 | 68 | ||
| Ernest Givens | 41 | 7 | 14 | 62 | ||
| Danny Thomas | 27 | 27 | ||||
| Jones | 6 | 18 | 24 | |||
| Willie Shelby | 12 | 6 | 18 | |||
| Joey Hamilton | 15 | 15 | ||||
| Rodney Knighton | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Jeff Pointer | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Larry Stricklin | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 340 | 203 | 39 | 12 | 0 | 594 |
| John Holifield | 177 | 15 | 192 | |||
| Robert White | 25 | 9 | 39 | 73 | ||
| Tom Gray | 73 | 73 | ||||
| Calvin Phillips | 56 | 56 | ||||
| Grantis Bell | 45 | 45 | ||||
| Harvey Smith | 37 | 37 | ||||
| John Gay | 19 | 6 | 25 | |||
| Keith Winn | 22 | 22 | ||||
| Craig Taylor | 12 | 12 | ||||
| Undra Johnson | 12 | 12 | ||||
| Tony Johnson | 12 | 12 | ||||
| John Talley | 11 | 11 | ||||
| Gary Basil | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Bryant McAllister | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Chris Peccon | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Phil Teknipp | 4 | 4 |
| West Virginia | Louisville | |
|---|---|---|
| First Downs | 24 | 17 |
| Rushing | 15 | 4 |
| Passing | 6 | 12 |
| Penalty | 3 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 340 | 46 |
| Rushing Attempts | 51 | 30 |
| Average Per Rush | 6.7 | 1.5 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 3 | 2 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 344 | 73 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 4 | 27 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 203 | 303 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 15-24-0 | 19-38-4 |
| Average Per Attempt | 8.5 | 8.0 |
| Average Per Completion | 13.5 | 15.9 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 4 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 543 | 349 |
| Total Offense Plays | 75 | 68 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 7.2 | 5.1 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 9-73 | 9-73 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 6-259 | 5-230 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 43.2 | 46.0 |
| Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-12-0 | 6-16-0 |
| Average Per Return | 6.0 | 2.7 |
| Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-39-0 | 5-60-0 |
| Average Per Return | 19.5 | 12.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD | 4-0-0 | 0-0- |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 1-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 30:05 | 29:55 |
| Third Down Conversions | 5 of 15 | 4 of 13 |
| Fourth Down Conversions | of | of |
| Red Zone Scores-Chances | - | - |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 3-18 | 0-0 |
Louisville
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 59 | 4 | 63 | 0 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Matt Battaglia | 13 | 1 | 14 | 1.0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Don Cosby | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Anthony Moss | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Mike Minogue | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1.0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Calvert Cole | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Anthony Wiggins | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Phillip Green | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Chris Sellers | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| D. Minrich | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Bernard Ziggler | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Joe Jackson | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| James Bell | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Bobby Jefferson | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Antonio Davis | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Paul Schaller | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Avery Marshall | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Don Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| R. Marlett | 1 | 0 | 1 |
West Virginia
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 41 | 4 | 45 | 3.0 | 17 | 3.0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 50 | Matt Smith | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 37 | Van Richardson | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 45 | Robert Pickett | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 85 | Steve Holloway | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 9 | Larry Holley | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 97 | Jeff Casto | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Andrew Jones | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 16 | Tony Johnson | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 49 | Derek Christian | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Travis Curtis | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 86 | Bryan Dick | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 91 | West Turner | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 47 | Willie Edwards | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 98 | David Grant | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 30 | Fred Smalls | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 83 | Bryant McAllister | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 14 | Brad Metheny | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 4 | 1.0 | 4 | |||||||
| 95 | Pat Marlatt | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jim Duffield | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 8 | 1.0 | 8 | ||||||||
| 22 | Bo Orlando | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 94 | Chris Parker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 5 | 1.0 | 5 | |||||||
| 4 | Stacy Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Scoring Summary
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:52 | WVU - Gary Basil 9 yd TD pass from John Talley (Kick by Charlie Baumann Good), 9-64 4:07 | 0-7 |
| 2 | 14:04 | UL - John Adams 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Danny Cerione Good), 11-80 4:44 | 7-7 |
| 2 | 10:22 | WVU - John Holifield 18 yd rush TD (Kick by Charlie Baumann Good), 2-26 0:47 | 7-14 |
| 2 | 7:22 | WVU - Grantis Bell 45 yd TD pass from John Talley (Kick by Charlie Baumann Good), 7-80 1:25 | 7-21 |
| 2 | 5:15 | WVU - Calvin Phillips 35 yd TD pass from John Talley (Kick by Charlie Baumann Good), 1-35 0:07 | 7-28 |
| 2 | 0:41 | WVU - John Holifield 5 yd rush TD (Kick by Charlie Baumann Good), 8-85 2:05 | 7-35 |
| 3 | 9:44 | WVU - John Holifield 2 yd rush TD (Kick by Charlie Baumann Good), 10-62 3:50 | 7-42 |
| 3 | 1:10 | WVU - Charlie Baumann 30 yd FG, 6-45 2:28 | 7-45 |
| 4 | 8:15 | WVU - Harvey Smith 24 yd TD pass from Mike Timko (Kick by Charlie Baumann Good), 9-51 3:57 | 7-52 |
| 4 | 2:36 | UL - Larry Stricklin 1 yd rush TD (Pass by Jay Gruden Fail), 13-84 5:30 | 13-52 |
Attendance: 62,128
Score By Quarter
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| West Virginia | 7 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 52 |
Start Time: 1:00pm
Louisville
West Virginia
Anthony Wiggins, James Jones, Ernest Givens, Joey Hamilton, Jeff Pointer, Mike Minogue, Don Johnson, Bobby Jefferson, Anthony Moss, D. Minrich, Don Cosby, Joe Jackson, Bernard Ziggler, James Bell, R. Marlett, Jay Gruden, Jones, Willie Shelby, Paul Schaller, Calvert Cole, Matt Battaglia, Chris Sellers, Antonio Davis, Phillip Green, Rodney Knighton, Craig Swabek, Ed Rubbert, Larry Stricklin, Danny Thomas, Kirk Kennedy, Danny Cerione, John Adams, Avery Marshall
Jim Duffield, 1-Grantis Bell, 2-Robert White, 4-Stacy Smith, 5-Travis Curtis, 6-Andrew Jones, 7-John Talley, 8-Charlie Baumann, 9-Larry Holley, 10-Tony Reda, 11-Steve Superick, 14-Brad Metheny, 16-Tony Johnson, 17-Mike Timko, 20-John Holifield, 20-Craig Taylor, 22-Bo Orlando, 30-Fred Smalls, 32-Tom Gray, 34-Undra Johnson, 35-Gary Basil, 37-Van Richardson, 39-Chris Peccon, 45-Robert Pickett, 46-John Gay, 47-Willie Edwards, 49-Derek Christian, 50-Matt Smith, 81-Keith Winn, 82-Calvin Phillips, 83-Bryant McAllister, 85-Steve Holloway, 86-Bryan Dick, 88-Harvey Smith, 89-Phil Teknipp, 91-West Turner, 94-Chris Parker, 95-Pat Marlatt, 97-Jeff Casto, 98-David Grant