Sept. 6, 1986 – Away – Memorial Stadium – Champaign, Ill. – Attendance 72,822
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Illinois | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 23 |
| Louisville | Illinois | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 9 | 18 |
| Rushing | 6 | 10 |
| Passing | 2 | 7 |
| Penalty | 1 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 38 | 164 |
| Rushing Attempts | 35 | 44 |
| Average Per Rush | 1.1 | 3.7 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 99 | 179 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 61 | 15 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 62 | 223 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 9-25-3 | 13-24-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 2.5 | 9.3 |
| Average Per Completion | 6.9 | 17.2 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 100 | 387 |
| Total offense plays | 60 | 68 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 1.7 | 5.7 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 7-43 | 14-93 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 6-230 | 5-168 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 38.3 | 33.6 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-35-0 | 2-7-0 |
| Average Per Return | 11.7 | 3.5 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 6-99-0 | 1-9-0 |
| Average Per Return | 16.5 | 9.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-2-0 | 3-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 25:54 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 4-14 | 8-18 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 2-11 | 5-40 |
| PAT Kicks | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-1 | 3-3 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Deon Booker | 9 | 39 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 9 | 4.3 |
| Larry Stricklin | 4 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 4.3 |
| John Adams | 5 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 3.2 |
| Rodney Knighton | 6 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1.3 |
| Keith Stephens | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 3.5 |
| Craig Swabek | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Jay Gruden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ed Rubbert | 7 | 0 | 53 | -53 | 0 | -3 | -7.6 |
| Totals | 35 | 99 | 61 | 38 | 0 | 9 | 1.1 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Ed Rubbert | 7-18-0 | 56 | 0 | 16 | 5 |
| Jay Gruden | 2-7-3 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 9-25-3 | 62 | 0 | 16 | 5 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Danny Thomas | 3 | 31 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Deon Booker | 2 | 13 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Keith Stephens | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||
| George Williams | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Rodney Knighton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 9 | 62 | 0 | 16 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Kirk Kennedy | 6 | 230 | 38.3 | 49 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 230 | 38.3 | 49 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Keith Stephens | 2 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 84 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken McKay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Wiggins | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals | 3 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 99 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 31 | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Keith Stephens | 7 | 9 | 84 | 19 | 0 | 119 |
| Deon Booker | 39 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Danny Thomas | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Larry Stricklin | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| John Adams | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Ken McKay | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Rodney Knighton | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| George Williams | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Anthony Wiggins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Craig Swabek | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ed Rubbert | -53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -53 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Keith Stephens 1-1 Illinois – 1-0 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| Matt Battaglia | 11 | 4 | 15 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Minogue | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1.0-3 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Pierre-Louis | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Cosby | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Sellars | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Harvey | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrew Higgs | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1.0-8 | 1.0-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Calvert Cole | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tod Smyrichinsky | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Anthony Wiggins | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Thieneman | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Madrick | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Warren | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Antonio Davis | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Gibson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Jefferson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Schaller | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Lewis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 58 | 18 | 76 | 2.0-11 | 2.0-11 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
John Adams, Arthur Alexander, Bruce Armstrong, Matt Battaglia, Deon Booker, Pete Bynm, Danny Cerione, Calvert Cole, Don Cosby, Antonio Davis, Calvin Dixson, Allen Douglas, Chad Fortune, Larry Galcik, Harry George, Robert Gibson, Phillip Green, Jay Gruden, Kevin Harvey, Andrew Higgs, James Howard, Bobby Jefferson, Don Johnson, Kirk Kennedy, Rodney Knighton, Eric Lewis, Ron Madrick, Mike Mauzy, Tim Maxwell, Ken McKay, David Miller, Mike Minogue, Anthony Moss, Mark Nardone, Jim Nauert, Frank Pierre-Louis, Jeff Pointer, Ed Reynolds, Ed Rubbert, Paul Schaller, Chris Sellars, Rick Shaw, Jeff Smith (2), Tod Smyrichinsky, Keith Stephens, Larry Stricklin, Craig Swabek, Chris Thieneman, Danny Thomas, Eric Tucker, Eric Vaughn, Mike Veto, Gary Warren, Anthony Wiggins, George Williams, James Wilson