Nov. 14, 1987 – Away – Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium – Memphis, Tenn. – Attendance 20,418
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Memphis | 14 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 43 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 04:47 | Jay Gruden 1-yard rush (Jay Gruden pass to Joey Hamilton), 14-70, 06:58 |
| Louisville | Memphis | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 19 | 17 |
| Rushing | 7 | 12 |
| Passing | 8 | 5 |
| Penalty | 4 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 120 | 257 |
| Rushing Attempts | 39 | 50 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.1 | 5.1 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 4 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 167 | 274 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 47 | 17 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 152 | 170 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 16-33-3 | 10-19-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 4.6 | 8.9 |
| Average Per Completion | 9.5 | 17.0 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 272 | 427 |
| Total offense plays | 72 | 69 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 3.8 | 6.2 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 8-68 | 9-69 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 6-224 | 5-160 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 37.3 | 32.0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 1-1-0 | 1-1-0 |
| Average Per Return | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 8-99-0 | 2-40-0 |
| Average Per Return | 12.4 | 20.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-2-0 | 3-36-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 33:05 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 2-12 | 7-14 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 2-3 | 0-1 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 1-3 | 5-39 |
| PAT Kicks | 0-0 | 4-6 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Deon Booker | 17 | 91 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 18 | 5.3 |
| Rodney Knighton | 8 | 42 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 10 | 4.9 |
| Latrell Ware | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 |
| Craig Swabek | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 |
| Jay Gruden | 11 | 25 | 43 | -18 | 1 | 14 | -1.6 |
| Totals | 39 | 167 | 47 | 120 | 1 | 18 | 3.1 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Jay Gruden | 16-31-3 | 152 | 0 | 19 | 5 |
| Eric Lawton | 0-2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 16-33-3 | 152 | 0 | 19 | 5 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Anthony Cummings | 6 | 77 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Jeff Pointer | 2 | 26 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Rodney Knighton | 3 | 21 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Joey Hamilton | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Deon Booker | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Ken McKay | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Craig Swabek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 16 | 152 | 0 | 19 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Kirk Kennedy | 6 | 224 | 37.3 | 55 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 224 | 37.3 | 55 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Anthony Cummings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 53 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Stephens | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Swabek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Pointer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Gainey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 99 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Anthony Cummings | 0 | 77 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 130 |
| Deon Booker | 90 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 |
| Rodney Knighton | 39 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Jeff Pointer | 0 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Craig Swabek | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Keith Stephens | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| Joey Hamilton | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Ken McKay | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Latrell Ware | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| John Gainey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jay Gruden | -18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -18 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Anthony Cummings 1-0, Jay Gruden 3-3, Rodney Knighton 1-0, Keith Stephens 1-0 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 43 | Ed Reynolds | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Bob Bare | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Dan Gangwer | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Ted Washington | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Arthur Alexander | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | John Gainey | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Robert Gibson | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1.0-3 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Pat Fitzgerald | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Lonnie Oldham | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Terry Lantz | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Neil Singleton | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Gary Warren | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Colburn Clark | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Reggie Johnson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Chris Sellars | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | David Miller | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Rodney Knighton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Joey Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Chris Thieneman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 55 | 24 | 79 | 1.0-3 | 3.0-9 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
1-Gary Warren, 4-Rodney Knighton, 12-Terry Lantz, 20-David Miller, 22-Arthur Alexander, 25-John Gainey, 27-Bob Bare, 37-Lonnie Oldham, 37-Joey Smith, 43-Ed Reynolds, 46-Chris Sellars, 47-Pat Fitzgerald, 52-Neil Singleton, 54-Reggie Johnson, 69-Colburn Clark, 93-Dan Gangwer, 94-Robert Gibson, 98-Chris Thieneman, 99-Ted Washington, Ron Bell, Deon Booker, Anthony Cummings, Jay Gruden, Joey Hamilton, Kirk Kennedy, Eric Lawton, Ken McKay, Jeff Pointer, Keith Stephens, Craig Swabek, Latrell Ware