Oct. 3, 1987 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 20,647
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Southern Mississippi | 24 | 13 | 28 | 0 | 65 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 4th | 13:26 | Rodney Knighton 5-yard rush (two-point run failed) |
| Louisville | Southern Mississippi | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 9 | 25 |
| Rushing | 7 | 17 |
| Passing | 2 | 5 |
| Penalty | 0 | 3 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 153 | 402 |
| Rushing Attempts | 37 | 59 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.1 | 6.8 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 4 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 168 | 425 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 15 | 23 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 71 | 117 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 9-32-4 | 6-13-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 2.2 | 9.0 |
| Average Per Completion | 7.9 | 19.5 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 3 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 224 | 519 |
| Total offense plays | 69 | 72 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 3.2 | 7.2 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 0-0 | 4-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 8-94 | 7-61 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 10-285 | 5-166 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 28.5 | 33.2 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-23-0 | 7-69-2 |
| Average Per Return | 7.7 | 9.9 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 9-185-0 | 2-24-0 |
| Average Per Return | 20.6 | 12.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 4-80-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 23:37 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 3-17 | 7-13 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 0-0 | 1-11 |
| PAT Kicks | 0-0 | 8-9 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Deon Booker | 16 | 98 | 4 | 94 | 0 | 20 | 5.9 |
| Rodney Knighton | 7 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 13 | 4.6 |
| Craig Swabek | 2 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 6.0 |
| Latrell Ware | 5 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 2.0 |
| Pete Bynm | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 |
| Jay Gruden | 5 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 0 | 7 | -0.2 |
| Totals | 37 | 168 | 15 | 153 | 1 | 20 | 4.1 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Jay Gruden | 9-29-3 | 71 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| Eric Lawton | 0-2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Latrell Ware | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 9-32-4 | 71 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| George Williams | 3 | 39 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Rodney Knighton | 3 | 17 | 0 | 9 | ||
| John Tuyo | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Pete Bynm | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Totals | 9 | 71 | 0 | 20 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Kirk Kennedy | 8 | 285 | 35.6 | 41 | ||
| Totals | 8 | 285 | 35.6 | 41 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Deon Booker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 119 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Cummings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Hamilton | 3 | 23 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Broomfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Swabek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | 23 | 27 | 9 | 185 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 35 | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Deon Booker | 94 | 0 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 213 |
| Rodney Knighton | 32 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| George Williams | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Anthony Cummings | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Craig Swabek | 12 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Joey Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| Eric Broomfield | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Pete Bynm | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Latrell Ware | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| John Tuyo | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Jay Gruden | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 0-0 Southern Mississippi – 4-2 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 99 | Ted Washington | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Ed Reynolds | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Robert Gibson | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Terry Lantz | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Phillip Green | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Joey Smith | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Chris Sellars | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | David Miller | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Neil Singleton | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Bob Bare | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Ron Madrick | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Mark Sander | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Troy Mike | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Arthur Alexander | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Colburn Clark | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Kevin Harvey | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Chris Thieneman | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Pat Fitzgerald | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | John Gainey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Jay Gruden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 |
| 87 | George Williams | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 66 | 23 | 89 | 0.0-0 | 5.0-8 | 0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
4-Rodney Knighton, 12-Terry Lantz, 15-Jay Gruden, 20-David Miller, 22-Arthur Alexander, 25-John Gainey, 26-Troy Mike, 27-Bob Bare, 37-Joey Smith, 43-Ed Reynolds, 46-Chris Sellars, 47-Pat Fitzgerald, 48-Mark Sander, 50-Phillip Green, 52-Neil Singleton, 69-Colburn Clark, 87-George Williams, 91-Kevin Harvey, 94-Robert Gibson, 95-Ron Madrick, 98-Chris Thieneman, 99-Ted Washington, Ron Bell, Deon Booker, Eric Broomfield, Pete Bynm, Anthony Cummings, Calvin Dixson, Chad Fortune, Joey Hamilton, Kirk Kennedy, Eric Lawton, Kyle Long, Craig Swabek, John Tuyo, Latrell Ware