Oct. 4, 1986 – Away – Nippert Stadium – Cincinnati, Ohio – Attendance 16,317
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Cincinnati | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 11:06 | Danny Thomas 10-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Danny Cerione kick), 11-77, 04:29 |
| 2nd | 00:00 | Danny Cerione 37-yard field goal, 4-53, 01:03 |
| 3rd | 02:24 | John Adams 1-yard rush (Danny Cerione kick), 9-44, 04:07 |
| Louisville | Cincinnati | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 26 | 17 |
| Rushing | 10 | 7 |
| Passing | 14 | 9 |
| Penalty | 2 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 94 | 91 |
| Rushing Attempts | 40 | 49 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 162 | 142 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 68 | 51 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 229 | 172 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 17-35-3 | 14-24-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 6.5 | 7.2 |
| Average Per Completion | 13.5 | 12.3 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 323 | 263 |
| Total offense plays | 75 | 73 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.3 | 3.6 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 7-3 | 3-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 4-40 | 7-70 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 4-137 | 5-209 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 34.3 | 41.8 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 5-38-0 | 1-1-0 |
| Average Per Return | 7.6 | 1.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 5-96-0 | 2-27-0 |
| Average Per Return | 19.2 | 13.5 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 3-63-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-1 |
| Possession Time | 25:39 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 5-13 | 10-19 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 5-38 | 3-20 |
| PAT Kicks | 2-2 | 3-3 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-1 | 1-3 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Larry Stricklin | 7 | 52 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 15 | 7.0 |
| Deon Booker | 7 | 42 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 14 | 5.7 |
| John Adams | 8 | 26 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 3.1 |
| Rodney Knighton | 4 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 4.0 |
| Craig Swabek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jay Gruden | 12 | 25 | 29 | -4 | 0 | 13 | -0.3 |
| TEAM | 1 | 0 | 32 | -32 | 0 | 0 | -32.0 |
| Totals | 40 | 162 | 68 | 94 | 1 | 15 | 2.4 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Jay Gruden | 17-35-3 | 229 | 1 | 27 | 3 |
| Totals | 17-35-3 | 229 | 1 | 27 | 3 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Danny Thomas | 5 | 94 | 1 | 27 | ||
| James Howard | 3 | 47 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Eric Vaughn | 2 | 32 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Larry Stricklin | 3 | 19 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Deon Booker | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Joey Hamilton | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Rodney Knighton | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Adams | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 17 | 229 | 1 | 27 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Kirk Kennedy | 4 | 137 | 34.3 | 39 | ||
| Totals | 4 | 137 | 34.3 | 39 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Keith Stephens | 5 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 96 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 5 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 96 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 2nd | 00:00 | 37 | Good |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Keith Stephens | 0 | 0 | 96 | 38 | 0 | 134 |
| Danny Thomas | 0 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 |
| Larry Stricklin | 49 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| Deon Booker | 40 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
| James Howard | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| Eric Vaughn | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| John Adams | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Rodney Knighton | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Joey Hamilton | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Jay Gruden | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Jay Gruden 6-2 Cincinnati – 3-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 46 | Chris Sellars | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Matt Battaglia | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1.0-5 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Mike Minogue | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2.0-6 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Don Cosby | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Antonio Davis | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Gary Warren | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Andrew Higgs | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Tod Smyrichinsky | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Anthony Wiggins | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Eric Lewis | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1.0-13 | 1.0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Chris Thieneman | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1.0-12 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Robert Gibson | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Deon Booker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 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 |
| 95 | Ron Madrick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Frank Pierre-Louis | 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 |
| Totals | 50 | 16 | 66 | 5.0-36 | 6.0-15 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
1-Gary Warren, 17-Anthony Wiggins, 26-Don Cosby, 31-Deon Booker, 40-Antonio Davis, 42-Frank Pierre-Louis, 44-Matt Battaglia, 46-Chris Sellars, 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, Keith Stephens, Larry Stricklin, Craig Swabek, Danny Thomas, Eric Vaughn