Nov. 1, 1986 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 20,165
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rutgers | 0 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 41 |
| Louisville | Rutgers | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 13 | 29 |
| Rushing | 3 | 19 |
| Passing | 8 | 9 |
| Penalty | 2 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | -38 | 270 |
| Rushing Attempts | 27 | 60 |
| Average Per Rush | -1.4 | 4.5 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 41 | 285 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 79 | 15 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 202 | 223 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 17-35-0 | 18-28-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 5.8 | 8.0 |
| Average Per Completion | 11.9 | 12.4 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 4 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 164 | 493 |
| Total offense plays | 62 | 88 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 2.6 | 5.6 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 4-4 | 3-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 7-50 | 9-70 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 6-227 | 2-78 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 37.8 | 39.0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 1-6-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Average Per Return | 6.0 | |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 8-173-0 | 1-2-0 |
| Average Per Return | 21.6 | 2.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 23:04 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 6-17 | 14-19 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 0-0 | 5-57 |
| PAT Kicks | 0-0 | 5-5 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Keith Stephens | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 |
| David Miller | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| Raynard Sanders | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2.0 |
| Craig Swabek | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.4 |
| John Adams | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Tim Maxwell | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Rodney Knighton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Deon Booker | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 0 | 2 | -1.3 |
| Larry Stricklin | 3 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 0 | 0 | -2.0 |
| James Howard | 1 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 0 | -8 | -8.0 |
| Ed Rubbert | 6 | 5 | 57 | -52 | 0 | 5 | -8.7 |
| Totals | 27 | 41 | 79 | -38 | 0 | 12 | -1.4 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Ed Rubbert | 15-28-0 | 187 | 0 | 25 | 5 |
| David Miller | 2-6-0 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Keith Stephens | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 17-35-0 | 202 | 0 | 25 | 5 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Larry Stricklin | 3 | 44 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Eric Vaughn | 5 | 37 | 0 | 11 | ||
| James Howard | 2 | 36 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Deon Booker | 2 | 32 | 0 | 25 | ||
| John Adams | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | ||
| Craig Swabek | 3 | 22 | 0 | 13 | ||
| George Williams | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 17 | 202 | 0 | 25 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Kirk Kennedy | 6 | 227 | 37.8 | 50 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 227 | 37.8 | 50 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Keith Stephens | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 152 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Raynard Sanders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 173 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Keith Stephens | 12 | 0 | 152 | 6 | 0 | 170 |
| Larry Stricklin | -6 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Eric Vaughn | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Deon Booker | -4 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| James Howard | -8 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| John Adams | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Raynard Sanders | 6 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Craig Swabek | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| David Miller | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| George Williams | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Tim Maxwell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rodney Knighton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ed Rubbert | -52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -52 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Deon Booker 1-1, Ed Rubbert 2-2, Larry Stricklin 1-1 Rutgers – 3-2 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 44 | Matt Battaglia | 9 | 4 | 13 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Paul Schaller | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Don Cosby | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Rick Shaw | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Chris Sellars | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Mike Minogue | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Phillip Green | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Chris Thieneman | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Don Johnson | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Frank Pierre-Louis | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Eric Lewis | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Calvert Cole | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Kevin Harvey | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Neil Singleton | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Arthur Alexander | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Brian Moore | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Robert Gibson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Bobby Jefferson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 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 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Tod Smyrichinsky | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Gary Warren | 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 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Antonio Davis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Anthony Wiggins | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 68 | 21 | 89 | 0.0-0 | 3.0-10 | 0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
1-Gary Warren, 17-Anthony Wiggins, 22-Arthur Alexander, 26-Don Cosby, 33-Rick Shaw, 35-Paul Schaller, 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, 55-Don Johnson, 56-Bobby Jefferson, 80-Tod Smyrichinsky, 82-Mike Minogue, 91-Kevin Harvey, 92-Eric Lewis, 94-Robert Gibson, 95-Ron Madrick, 97-Brian Moore, 98-Chris Thieneman, John Adams, Deon Booker, Danny Cerione, Chad Fortune, Joey Hamilton, James Howard, Kirk Kennedy, Rodney Knighton, Tim Maxwell, David Miller, Ed Rubbert, Raynard Sanders, Keith Stephens, Larry Stricklin, Craig Swabek, Danny Thomas, Eric Vaughn, George Williams