Oct. 31, 1987 – Away – Skelly Stadium – Tulsa, Okla. – Attendance 19,472
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 22 |
| Tulsa | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 07:11 | Anthony Cummings 29-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Ron Bell kick), 3-31, 00:35 |
| 2nd | 00:54 | Rodney Knighton 5-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Jay Gruden pass to Joey Hamilton), 9-80, 01:48 |
| 3rd | 07:50 | Anthony Cummings 10-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Ron Bell kick), 7-51, 01:56 |
| Louisville | Tulsa | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 15 | 20 |
| Rushing | 2 | 13 |
| Passing | 12 | 7 |
| Penalty | 1 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 18 | 324 |
| Rushing Attempts | 15 | 64 |
| Average Per Rush | 1.2 | 5.1 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 3 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 44 | 333 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 26 | 9 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 282 | 129 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 26-46-1 | 15-28-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 6.1 | 4.6 |
| Average Per Completion | 10.8 | 8.6 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 3 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 300 | 453 |
| Total offense plays | 61 | 92 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-2 | 3-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 11-78 | 7-65 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 8-299 | 3-116 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 37.4 | 38.7 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 0-0-0 | 2-7-0 |
| Average Per Return | 3.5 | |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 3-67-0 | 4-59-0 |
| Average Per Return | 22.3 | 14.8 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-0-0 | 1-47-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 21:35 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 6-15 | 11-19 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-1 | 1-3 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 1-7 | 1-22 |
| PAT Kicks | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Pete Bynm | 7 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 16 | 4.4 |
| Deon Booker | 4 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1.5 |
| Craig Swabek | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 |
| Rodney Knighton | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 |
| Jay Gruden | 2 | 0 | 24 | -24 | 0 | -2 | -12.0 |
| Totals | 15 | 44 | 26 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 1.2 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Jay Gruden | 26-46-1 | 282 | 3 | 29 | 1 |
| Totals | 26-46-1 | 282 | 3 | 29 | 1 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Joey Hamilton | 7 | 120 | 0 | 26 | ||
| Chad Fortune | 4 | 48 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Anthony Cummings | 2 | 39 | 2 | 29 | ||
| Craig Swabek | 3 | 35 | 0 | 22 | ||
| Pete Bynm | 6 | 31 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Rodney Knighton | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5 | ||
| George Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 26 | 282 | 3 | 29 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Kirk Kennedy | 8 | 299 | 37.4 | 46 | ||
| Totals | 8 | 299 | 37.4 | 46 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Keith Stephens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 67 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Bare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 67 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Joey Hamilton | 0 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 |
| Keith Stephens | 0 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
| Pete Bynm | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
| Chad Fortune | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Craig Swabek | 6 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| Anthony Cummings | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Rodney Knighton | -1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Deon Booker | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| George Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jay Gruden | -24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -24 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Joey Hamilton 1-1, Keith Stephens 1-1 Tulsa – 3-2 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 46 | Chris Sellars | 8 | 8 | 16 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Ted Washington | 3 | 13 | 16 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Gary Warren | 4 | 11 | 15 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Mark Sander | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Bob Bare | 2 | 10 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Pat Fitzgerald | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Arthur Alexander | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Dan Gangwer | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Ed Reynolds | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Robert Gibson | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1.0-7 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Neil Singleton | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Terry Lantz | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Kevin Harvey | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Joey Smith | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | David Miller | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Bernard Ziggler | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Colburn Clark | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Phillip Green | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Chris Thieneman | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 30 | 96 | 126 | 1.0-7 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
1-Gary Warren, 12-Terry Lantz, 20-David Miller, 22-Arthur Alexander, 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, 91-Kevin Harvey, 93-Dan Gangwer, 94-Robert Gibson, 97-Bernard Ziggler, 98-Chris Thieneman, 99-Ted Washington, Ron Bell, Deon Booker, Pete Bynm, Anthony Cummings, Chad Fortune, Jay Gruden, Joey Hamilton, Kirk Kennedy, Rodney Knighton, Keith Stephens, Craig Swabek, Deron Williams, George Williams