Sept. 10, 1988 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 29,105
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Wyoming | 14 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 44 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 01:29 | Keith Stephens 17-yard rush (Rob Nutile pass to Keith Stephens failed, incomplete), 10-72, 03:33 |
| 4th | 02:17 | Ron Bell 24-yard field goal, 14-61, 05:27 |
| Louisville | Wyoming | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 21 | 28 |
| Rushing | 11 | 14 |
| Passing | 10 | 14 |
| Penalty | 0 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 126 | 290 |
| Rushing Attempts | 39 | 38 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.2 | 7.6 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 4 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 170 | 300 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 44 | 10 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 260 | 329 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 21-37-4 | 25-41-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 7.0 | 8.0 |
| Average Per Completion | 12.4 | 13.2 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 386 | 619 |
| Total offense plays | 76 | 79 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.1 | 7.8 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 7-40 | 4-40 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 4-145 | 2-65 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 36.3 | 32.5 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 0-0-0 | 2-11-0 |
| Average Per Return | 5.5 | |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 7-128-0 | 2-49-0 |
| Average Per Return | 18.3 | 24.5 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 2-5-0 | 4-60-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 28:23 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 4-14 | 4-14 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 1-1 | 3-3 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 3-10 | 3-36 |
| PAT Kicks | 0-0 | 5-5 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-1 | 3-4 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Keith Stephens | 10 | 80 | 0 | 80 | 1 | 17 | 8.0 |
| Deon Booker | 9 | 42 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 12 | 4.7 |
| Latrell Ware | 12 | 39 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 9 | 3.1 |
| Bobby Hall | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 |
| Craig Swabek | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 |
| Rob Nutile | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 | -3 | -3.0 |
| Jay Gruden | 4 | 0 | 39 | -39 | 0 | -3 | -9.8 |
| Totals | 39 | 170 | 44 | 126 | 1 | 17 | 3.2 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Jay Gruden | 18-29-3 | 207 | 0 | 34 | 3 |
| Rob Nutile | 3-8-1 | 53 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-37-4 | 260 | 0 | 34 | 3 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Deon Booker | 4 | 57 | 0 | 34 | ||
| Craig Swabek | 5 | 54 | 0 | 28 | ||
| Chad Fortune | 4 | 44 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Latrell Ware | 3 | 38 | 0 | 22 | ||
| George Williams | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Fred Jones | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Calvin Dixson | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Ken McKay | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Keith Stephens | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Totals | 21 | 260 | 0 | 34 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 4 | 145 | 36.3 | 53 | ||
| Totals | 4 | 145 | 36.3 | 53 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Keith Stephens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 78 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walter Wise | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Fitzgerald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Bob Bare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 128 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 4th | 02:17 | 24 | Good |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Keith Stephens | 80 | 10 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 168 |
| Deon Booker | 42 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 |
| Latrell Ware | 37 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
| Craig Swabek | 3 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
| Walter Wise | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Chad Fortune | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| George Williams | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Fred Jones | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Calvin Dixson | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Ken McKay | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Bobby Hall | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Pat Fitzgerald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Rob Nutile | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 |
| Jay Gruden | -39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -39 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Chad Fortune 1-1, Rob Nutile 1-0, Latrell Ware 1-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 99 | Ted Washington | 7 | 2 | 9 | 1.0-2 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Robert Gibson | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Reggie Johnson | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Mark Sander | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Pat Fitzgerald | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | John Gainey | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Jeff Pointer | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Dan Gangwer | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Deron Williams | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.0-6 | 1.0-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Bob Bare | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Ron Bell | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Arthur Alexander | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | T.J. Poelking | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Derek Hawthorne | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Ron German | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Joey Smith | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Ricky McFadden | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Ed Reynolds | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.0-2 | 1.0-2 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Ken McKay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Mel Mills | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Keith Stephens | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Tyrone Thomas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Andrew Higgs | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Latrell Ware | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 59 | 26 | 85 | 3.0-10 | 3.0-10 | 0 | 1-0 | 2-5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
12-Terry Lantz, 22-Arthur Alexander, 25-John Gainey, 27-Bob Bare, 33-Latrell Ware, 34-Keith Stephens, 35-Tyrone Thomas, 37-Joey Smith, 38-Ron Bell, 39-Ricky McFadden, 43-Ed Reynolds, 45-Derek Hawthorne, 47-Pat Fitzgerald, 48-Mark Sander, 53-Deron Williams, 54-Reggie Johnson, 56-Mel Mills, 58-T.J. Poelking, 75-Andrew Higgs, 80-Ken McKay, 83-Jeff Pointer, 93-Dan Gangwer, 94-Robert Gibson, 98-Ron German, 99-Ted Washington, Deon Booker, Calvin Dixson, Chad Fortune, Jay Gruden, Bobby Hall, Joey Hamilton, Fred Jones, Rob Nutile, Craig Swabek, George Williams, Klaus Wilmsmeyer, Walter Wise