Sept. 3, 1988 – Away – Byrd Stadium – College Park, Md. – Attendance 30,457
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| Maryland | 0 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 27 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 05:00 | Ron Bell 29-yard field goal, 14-61, 05:10 |
| 1st | 01:07 | Chad Fortune 40-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Ron Bell kick), 6-80, 02:18 |
| 4th | 07:44 | Chad Fortune 3-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Ron Bell kick missed wide left), 9-77, 02:32 |
| Louisville | Maryland | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 20 | 24 |
| Rushing | 5 | 7 |
| Passing | 12 | 14 |
| Penalty | 3 | 3 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 65 | 173 |
| Rushing Attempts | 24 | 48 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.7 | 3.6 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 88 | 202 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 23 | 29 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 319 | 239 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 28-45-2 | 22-33-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 7.1 | 7.2 |
| Average Per Completion | 11.4 | 10.9 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 2 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 384 | 412 |
| Total offense plays | 69 | 81 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.6 | 5.1 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 11-79 | 6-75 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 6-192 | 4-140 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 32.0 | 35.0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 0-0-0 | 2-28-0 |
| Average Per Return | 14.0 | |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 6-117-0 | 4-70-0 |
| Average Per Return | 19.5 | 17.5 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-0-0 | 2-22-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 25:02 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 5-14 | 7-17 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-1 | 2-3 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 1-3 | 1-10 |
| PAT Kicks | 1-2 | 3-3 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-1 | 2-3 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Deon Booker | 9 | 49 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 15 | 5.4 |
| Keith Stephens | 5 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 14 | 5.4 |
| Latrell Ware | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 |
| Craig Swabek | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 3 | -1.0 |
| Jay Gruden | 6 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 0 | 6 | -1.8 |
| Totals | 24 | 88 | 23 | 65 | 0 | 15 | 2.7 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Jay Gruden | 28-45-2 | 319 | 2 | 40 | 1 |
| Totals | 28-45-2 | 319 | 2 | 40 | 1 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Anthony Cummings | 5 | 73 | 0 | 32 | ||
| Chad Fortune | 3 | 49 | 2 | 40 | ||
| Keith Stephens | 4 | 43 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Eric Broomfield | 1 | 39 | 0 | 39 | ||
| Deon Booker | 6 | 35 | 0 | 14 | ||
| George Williams | 4 | 31 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Joey Hamilton | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Calvin Dixson | 2 | 12 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Craig Swabek | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Fred Jones | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Totals | 28 | 319 | 2 | 40 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 6 | 192 | 32.0 | 47 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 192 | 32.0 | 47 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Keith Stephens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 107 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walter Wise | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Hawthorne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 117 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 1st | 05:00 | 29 | Good |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Keith Stephens | 27 | 43 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 177 |
| Deon Booker | 49 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 |
| Anthony Cummings | 0 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 |
| Chad Fortune | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Eric Broomfield | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| George Williams | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Joey Hamilton | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Calvin Dixson | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Walter Wise | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Fred Jones | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Craig Swabek | -3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Latrell Ware | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jay Gruden | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -11 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Deon Booker 1-0 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 37 | Joey Smith | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 0.5-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Ted Washington | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Mark Sander | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Pat Fitzgerald | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Robert Gibson | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1.0-3 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Derek Hawthorne | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | John Gainey | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Bob Bare | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Jeff Pointer | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Arthur Alexander | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Mike Flores | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Dan Gangwer | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Andrew Higgs | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Mel Mills | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Deron Williams | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Terry Lantz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Larry Stricklin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | T.J. Poelking | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Ed Reynolds | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.5-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 50 | 40 | 90 | 1.0-3 | 4.0-18 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
12-Terry Lantz, 22-Arthur Alexander, 25-John Gainey, 27-Bob Bare, 28-Larry Stricklin, 37-Joey Smith, 43-Ed Reynolds, 45-Derek Hawthorne, 47-Pat Fitzgerald, 48-Mark Sander, 53-Deron Williams, 56-Mel Mills, 58-T.J. Poelking, 75-Andrew Higgs, 83-Jeff Pointer, 93-Dan Gangwer, 94-Robert Gibson, 96-Mike Flores, 99-Ted Washington, Ron Bell, Deon Booker, Eric Broomfield, Anthony Cummings, Calvin Dixson, Chad Fortune, Jay Gruden, Joey Hamilton, Fred Jones, Keith Stephens, Craig Swabek, Latrell Ware, George Williams, Klaus Wilmsmeyer, Walter Wise