Nov. 15, 1986 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 21,834
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 |
| West Virginia | 0 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 42 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 04:10 | Deon Booker 1-yard rush (Danny Cerione kick), 13-67, 05:16 |
| 2nd | 00:59 | Danny Cerione 37-yard field goal, 10 plays, 01:47 |
| 3rd | 09:22 | Danny Cerione 20-yard field goal, 14-67, 05:34 |
| 4th | 14:42 | Eric Vaughn 68-yard pass from Ed Rubbert (Ed Rubbert pass to James Howard failed), 3-69, 00:40 |
| Louisville | West Virginia | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 23 | 26 |
| Rushing | 9 | 19 |
| Passing | 12 | 6 |
| Penalty | 2 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 65 | 346 |
| Rushing Attempts | 30 | 70 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.2 | 4.9 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 4 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 103 | 354 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 38 | 8 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 256 | 128 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 16-40-0 | 7-13-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 6.4 | 9.8 |
| Average Per Completion | 16.0 | 18.3 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 321 | 474 |
| Total offense plays | 70 | 83 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.6 | 5.7 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 10-60 | 9-80 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 5-172 | 2-64 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 34.4 | 32.0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-46-0 | 4-20-0 |
| Average Per Return | 23.0 | 5.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 3-49-0 | 5-88-0 |
| Average Per Return | 16.3 | 17.6 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 25:13 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 6-16 | 16-20 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 0-0 | 4-37 |
| PAT Kicks | 1-1 | 6-6 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 2-3 | 0-1 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Deon Booker | 14 | 49 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 10 | 3.4 |
| Larry Stricklin | 4 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 11 | 8.8 |
| Rodney Knighton | 6 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 3.0 |
| George Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Craig Swabek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ed Rubbert | 4 | 0 | 37 | -37 | 0 | -5 | -9.3 |
| Totals | 30 | 103 | 38 | 65 | 1 | 11 | 2.2 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Ed Rubbert | 16-40-0 | 256 | 1 | 68 | 4 |
| Totals | 16-40-0 | 256 | 1 | 68 | 4 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Eric Vaughn | 4 | 107 | 1 | 68 | ||
| Danny Thomas | 3 | 45 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Craig Swabek | 1 | 32 | 0 | 32 | ||
| Rodney Knighton | 4 | 22 | 0 | 9 | ||
| George Williams | 2 | 17 | 0 | 16 | ||
| James Howard | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Deon Booker | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Totals | 16 | 256 | 1 | 68 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Kirk Kennedy | 5 | 172 | 34.4 | 43 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 172 | 34.4 | 43 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Keith Stephens | 2 | 46 | 26 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Swabek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Raynard Sanders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 46 | 26 | 3 | 49 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 2nd | 00:59 | 37 | Good |
| 3rd | 09:22 | 20 | Good |
| 34 | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Eric Vaughn | 0 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 |
| Deon Booker | 48 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
| Keith Stephens | 0 | 0 | 18 | 46 | 0 | 64 |
| Craig Swabek | 0 | 32 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Danny Thomas | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| Rodney Knighton | 18 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Larry Stricklin | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| George Williams | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| James Howard | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Raynard Sanders | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Ed Rubbert | -37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -37 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 0-0 West Virginia – 3-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 44 | Matt Battaglia | 14 | 5 | 19 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Calvert Cole | 10 | 2 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Paul Schaller | 8 | 4 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Tod Smyrichinsky | 8 | 4 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Chris Sellars | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | James Young | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Anthony Wiggins | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Chris Thieneman | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Kevin Harvey | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Antonio Davis | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Frank Pierre-Louis | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Eric Lewis | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Robert Gibson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Tim Maxwell | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Phillip Green | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Andrew Higgs | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Neil Singleton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 82 | 36 | 118 | 0.0-0 | 3.0-6 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
17-Anthony Wiggins, 35-Paul Schaller, 36-Tim Maxwell, 39-Calvert Cole, 40-Antonio Davis, 41-James Young, 42-Frank Pierre-Louis, 44-Matt Battaglia, 46-Chris Sellars, 50-Phillip Green, 52-Neil Singleton, 75-Andrew Higgs, 80-Tod Smyrichinsky, 91-Kevin Harvey, 92-Eric Lewis, 94-Robert Gibson, 98-Chris Thieneman, Deon Booker, Danny Cerione, Joey Hamilton, James Howard, Kirk Kennedy, Rodney Knighton, Ed Rubbert, Raynard Sanders, Keith Stephens, Larry Stricklin, Craig Swabek, Danny Thomas, Eric Vaughn, George Williams