Sept. 20, 1986 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 34,144
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 10 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 45 |
| Western Kentucky | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 09:31 | Danny Cerione 46-yard field goal, 11-27, 04:25 |
| 1st | 03:48 | Deon Booker 23-yard rush (Danny Cerione kick), 8-86, 03:42 |
| 2nd | 04:49 | Deon Booker 26-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Danny Cerione kick), 3-31, 01:13 |
| 2nd | 00:51 | Danny Thomas 12-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Danny Cerione kick), 7-85, 01:33 |
| 3rd | 01:15 | John Adams 1-yard rush (Danny Cerione kick), 10-69, 04:22 |
| 4th | 11:59 | Craig Swabek 14-yard rush (Danny Cerione kick), 5-42, 01:57 |
| 4th | 03:57 | Craig Swabek 9-yard rush (Danny Cerione kick), 4-40, 01:59 |
| Louisville | Western Kentucky | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 28 | 17 |
| Rushing | 15 | 8 |
| Passing | 12 | 6 |
| Penalty | 1 | 3 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 225 | 93 |
| Rushing Attempts | 46 | 33 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.9 | 2.8 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 4 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 254 | 130 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 29 | 37 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 296 | 135 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 15-31-0 | 21-43-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 9.5 | 3.1 |
| Average Per Completion | 19.7 | 6.4 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 521 | 228 |
| Total offense plays | 77 | 76 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 6.8 | 3.0 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 3-0 | 2-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 14-120 | 5-45 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 5-194 | 10-368 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 38.8 | 36.8 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 7-95-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Average Per Return | 13.6 | |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 3-87-0 | 8-144-0 |
| Average Per Return | 29.0 | 18.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 2-16-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 30:09 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 5-13 | 4-18 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 1-2 | 1-2 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 4-28 | 3-23 |
| PAT Kicks | 6-6 | 0-0 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-2 | 2-2 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Deon Booker | 13 | 116 | 0 | 116 | 1 | 26 | 8.9 |
| Larry Stricklin | 7 | 38 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 10 | 5.3 |
| Craig Swabek | 3 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 14 | 8.7 |
| John Adams | 9 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 2.1 |
| Jay Gruden | 7 | 37 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 22 | 1.9 |
| Rodney Knighton | 2 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 6.5 |
| Matt Battaglia | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Keith Stephens | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Eric Tucker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| David Miller | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | -4 | -4.0 |
| Totals | 46 | 254 | 29 | 225 | 4 | 26 | 4.9 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Jay Gruden | 14-29-0 | 257 | 2 | 41 | 3 |
| Keith Stephens | 1-1-0 | 39 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| James Howard | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 15-31-0 | 296 | 2 | 41 | 3 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Eric Vaughn | 2 | 81 | 0 | 41 | ||
| James Howard | 4 | 62 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Eric Tucker | 1 | 39 | 0 | 39 | ||
| Rodney Knighton | 2 | 36 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Danny Thomas | 3 | 35 | 1 | 20 | ||
| Deon Booker | 2 | 30 | 1 | 26 | ||
| Calvin Dixson | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Totals | 15 | 296 | 2 | 41 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Kirk Kennedy | 4 | 157 | 39.3 | 50 | ||
| Mark Nardone | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 194 | 38.8 | 50 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Keith Stephens | 6 | 86 | 19 | 2 | 69 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Swabek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Sellars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16 |
| Eric Vaughn | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Warren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 7 | 95 | 19 | 3 | 87 | 61 | 2 | 16 | 16 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 1st | 09:31 | 46 | Good |
| 41 | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Keith Stephens | 1 | 0 | 69 | 86 | 0 | 156 |
| Deon Booker | 116 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146 |
| Eric Vaughn | 0 | 81 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 90 |
| James Howard | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
| Rodney Knighton | 13 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Craig Swabek | 26 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| Eric Tucker | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Larry Stricklin | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Danny Thomas | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| John Adams | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Chris Sellars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Calvin Dixson | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Jay Gruden | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Matt Battaglia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| David Miller | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Deon Booker 1-0, David Miller 1-0 Western Kentucky – 2-0 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 44 | Matt Battaglia | 10 | 2 | 12 | 1.0-9 | 1.0-9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Chris Sellars | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1.0-6 | 1.0-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Arthur Alexander | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Calvert Cole | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Don Cosby | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Robert Gibson | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Anthony Wiggins | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Andrew Higgs | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Mike Minogue | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Gary Warren | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Antonio Davis | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Ron Madrick | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Tod Smyrichinsky | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Chris Thieneman | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.0-5 | 1.0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Tim Maxwell | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Phillip Green | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Eric Lewis | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Paul Schaller | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Rick Shaw | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Bobby Jefferson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.0-8 | 1.0-8 | 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 |
| 45 | James Wilson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Don Johnson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Frank Pierre-Louis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Deon Booker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 60 | 25 | 85 | 4.0-28 | 4.0-29 | 0 | 1-0 | 2-16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
1-Gary Warren, 17-Anthony Wiggins, 22-Arthur Alexander, 26-Don Cosby, 31-Deon Booker, 33-Rick Shaw, 35-Paul Schaller, 36-Tim Maxwell, 39-Calvert Cole, 40-Antonio Davis, 42-Frank Pierre-Louis, 44-Matt Battaglia, 45-James Wilson, 46-Chris Sellars, 50-Phillip Green, 52-Neil Singleton, 55-Don Johnson, 56-Bobby Jefferson, 75-Andrew Higgs, 80-Tod Smyrichinsky, 82-Mike Minogue, 92-Eric Lewis, 94-Robert Gibson, 95-Ron Madrick, 98-Chris Thieneman, John Adams, Danny Cerione, Calvin Dixson, Jay Gruden, Joey Hamilton, James Howard, Kirk Kennedy, Rodney Knighton, David Miller, Mark Nardone, Keith Stephens, Larry Stricklin, Craig Swabek, Danny Thomas, Eric Tucker, Eric Vaughn