Nov. 7, 1987 – Away – Neyland Stadium – Knoxville, Tenn. – Attendance 92,084
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Tennessee | 6 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 41 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 10:36 | Ron Bell 35-yard field goal, 13-53, 04:24 |
| 2nd | 02:56 | Chad Fortune 2-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Ron Bell kick), 16-75, 06:12 |
| Louisville | Tennessee | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 17 | 27 |
| Rushing | 6 | 19 |
| Passing | 10 | 8 |
| Penalty | 1 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 97 | 344 |
| Rushing Attempts | 31 | 59 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.1 | 5.8 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 5 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 104 | 349 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 7 | 5 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 188 | 149 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 20-38-2 | 12-20-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 4.9 | 7.5 |
| Average Per Completion | 9.4 | 12.4 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 285 | 493 |
| Total offense plays | 69 | 79 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.1 | 6.2 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 5-30 | 6-58 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 3-132 | 2-83 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 44.0 | 41.5 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-14-0 | 1-11-0 |
| Average Per Return | 7.0 | 11.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 6-98-0 | 3-61-0 |
| Average Per Return | 16.3 | 20.3 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-0-0 | 2-3-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 28:15 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 9-18 | 13-17 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 1-1 | 5-6 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Deon Booker | 15 | 71 | 1 | 70 | 0 | 14 | 4.7 |
| Craig Swabek | 5 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1.8 |
| Pete Bynm | 5 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1.4 |
| Rodney Knighton | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2.3 |
| Latrell Ware | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 3.5 |
| Jay Gruden | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 | -3 | -3.0 |
| Totals | 31 | 104 | 7 | 97 | 0 | 14 | 3.1 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Jay Gruden | 20-36-2 | 188 | 1 | 23 | 0 |
| Deon Booker | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Lawton | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-38-2 | 188 | 1 | 23 | 0 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Craig Swabek | 4 | 40 | 0 | 19 | ||
| George Williams | 3 | 38 | 0 | 23 | ||
| Pete Bynm | 4 | 33 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Chad Fortune | 3 | 26 | 1 | 13 | ||
| Rodney Knighton | 3 | 23 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Joey Hamilton | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Deon Booker | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Anthony Cummings | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 20 | 188 | 1 | 23 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Kirk Kennedy | 3 | 122 | 40.7 | 45 | ||
| Totals | 3 | 122 | 40.7 | 45 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Craig Swabek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Broomfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Hamilton | 2 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 98 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 1st | 10:36 | 35 | Good |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Craig Swabek | 9 | 40 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 115 |
| Deon Booker | 70 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 |
| Pete Bynm | 7 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| George Williams | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Eric Broomfield | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Rodney Knighton | 7 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Joey Hamilton | 0 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 27 |
| Chad Fortune | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Latrell Ware | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Anthony Cummings | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Jay Gruden | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 0-0 Tennessee – 1-0 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| Bob Bare | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Neil Singleton | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Reynolds | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Sellars | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Lantz | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Colburn Clark | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Gibson | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joey Smith | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Washington | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Harvey | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Gangwer | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 54 | Reggie Johnson | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Warren | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arthur Alexander | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Gainey | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phillip Green | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Sander | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Fitzgerald | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Thieneman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walter Wise | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Madrick | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 62 | 17 | 79 | 0.0-0 | 4.0-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
54-Reggie Johnson, Arthur Alexander, Bob Bare, Ron Bell, Deon Booker, Eric Broomfield, Pete Bynm, Colburn Clark, Anthony Cummings, Pat Fitzgerald, Chad Fortune, John Gainey, Dan Gangwer, Robert Gibson, Phillip Green, Jay Gruden, Joey Hamilton, Kevin Harvey, Kirk Kennedy, Rodney Knighton, Terry Lantz, Eric Lawton, Ron Madrick, David Miller, Ed Reynolds, Mark Sander, Chris Sellars, Neil Singleton, Joey Smith, Craig Swabek, Darryl Swafford, Chris Thieneman, Latrell Ware, Gary Warren, Ted Washington, George Williams, Walter Wise