Sept. 27, 1986 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 30,801
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 34 |
| Memphis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 13:09 | Deon Booker 8-yard rush (Danny Cerione kick), 9-53, 03:37 |
| 2nd | 05:03 | Deon Booker 32-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Danny Cerione kick), 1-32, 00:08 |
| 2nd | 01:07 | Rodney Knighton 10-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Danny Cerione kick), 7-55, 02:10 |
| 2nd | 00:32 | James Howard 4-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Danny Cerione kick), 3-28, 00:22 |
| 2nd | 00:02 | Danny Cerione 35-yard field goal, 3-17, 00:16 |
| 4th | 09:48 | Danny Cerione 41-yard field goal, 7-72, 01:42 |
| Louisville | Memphis | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 27 | 17 |
| Rushing | 10 | 8 |
| Passing | 17 | 9 |
| Penalty | 0 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 142 | 102 |
| Rushing Attempts | 44 | 37 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 179 | 141 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 37 | 39 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 341 | 172 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 20-37-0 | 18-32-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 9.2 | 5.4 |
| Average Per Completion | 17.1 | 9.6 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 3 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 483 | 274 |
| Total offense plays | 81 | 69 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 6.0 | 4.0 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 5-2 | 4-3 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 7-37 | 6-45 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 7-234 | 8-283 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 33.4 | 35.4 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-14-0 | 1-5-0 |
| Average Per Return | 7.0 | 5.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 1-1-0 | 7-95-0 |
| Average Per Return | 1.0 | 13.6 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 33:09 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 7-16 | 2-13 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 3-18 | 2-22 |
| PAT Kicks | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Field Goals | 2-2 | 0-1 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Deon Booker | 11 | 60 | 1 | 59 | 1 | 12 | 5.4 |
| John Adams | 9 | 46 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 12 | 4.8 |
| Keith Stephens | 6 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 2.5 |
| Larry Stricklin | 4 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 3.0 |
| Craig Swabek | 4 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2.0 |
| James Howard | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Rodney Knighton | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 |
| Jay Gruden | 6 | 26 | 28 | -2 | 0 | 17 | -0.3 |
| Totals | 44 | 179 | 37 | 142 | 1 | 17 | 3.2 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Jay Gruden | 19-30-0 | 272 | 3 | 33 | 2 |
| Ed Rubbert | 1-6-0 | 69 | 0 | 69 | 0 |
| Keith Stephens | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-37-0 | 341 | 3 | 69 | 2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Eric Vaughn | 4 | 139 | 0 | 69 | ||
| James Howard | 4 | 53 | 1 | 22 | ||
| Deon Booker | 2 | 41 | 1 | 32 | ||
| Danny Thomas | 3 | 35 | 0 | 14 | ||
| John Adams | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Joey Hamilton | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Rodney Knighton | 2 | 15 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Calvin Dixson | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Larry Stricklin | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 20 | 341 | 3 | 69 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Kirk Kennedy | 7 | 234 | 33.4 | 38 | ||
| Totals | 7 | 234 | 33.4 | 38 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Keith Stephens | 2 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 2nd | 00:02 | 35 | Good |
| 4th | 09:48 | 41 | Good |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Eric Vaughn | 0 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 |
| Deon Booker | 59 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| John Adams | 43 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
| James Howard | 4 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
| Danny Thomas | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Keith Stephens | 15 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 30 |
| Larry Stricklin | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Rodney Knighton | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Joey Hamilton | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Calvin Dixson | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Craig Swabek | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Jay Gruden | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – John Adams 1-1, Jay Gruden 1-1, Larry Stricklin 1-0 Memphis – 4-3 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 44 | Matt Battaglia | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Antonio Davis | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Tod Smyrichinsky | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Mike Minogue | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Arthur Alexander | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Anthony Wiggins | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Chris Thieneman | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1.0-6 | 1.0-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Don Cosby | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Robert Gibson | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Don Johnson | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Eric Lewis | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0-7 | 2.0-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Chris Sellars | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Ron Madrick | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Paul Schaller | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | James Wilson | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Frank Pierre-Louis | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Gary Warren | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Andrew Higgs | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Kevin Harvey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0-5 | 1.0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Bobby Jefferson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Rick Shaw | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | James Young | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Larry Stricklin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 68 | 20 | 88 | 3.0-18 | 5.0-20 | 0 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
1-Gary Warren, 17-Anthony Wiggins, 22-Arthur Alexander, 26-Don Cosby, 28-Larry Stricklin, 33-Rick Shaw, 35-Paul Schaller, 40-Antonio Davis, 41-James Young, 42-Frank Pierre-Louis, 44-Matt Battaglia, 45-James Wilson, 46-Chris Sellars, 55-Don Johnson, 56-Bobby Jefferson, 75-Andrew Higgs, 80-Tod Smyrichinsky, 82-Mike Minogue, 91-Kevin Harvey, 92-Eric Lewis, 94-Robert Gibson, 95-Ron Madrick, 98-Chris Thieneman, John Adams, Deon Booker, Danny Cerione, Calvin Dixson, Jay Gruden, Joey Hamilton, James Howard, Kirk Kennedy, Rodney Knighton, Ed Rubbert, Keith Stephens, Craig Swabek, Danny Thomas, Eric Vaughn