Oct. 1, 1988 – Away – M. M. Roberts Stadium – Hattiesburg, Miss. – Attendance 17,584
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 23 |
| Southern Mississippi | 0 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 30 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 10:57 | Ron Bell 46-yard field goal, 12 plays, 04:03 |
| 1st | 04:26 | Calvin Dixson 10-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Ron Bell kick), 11-79 |
| 2nd | 02:30 | Anthony Cummings 8-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Ron Bell kick), 10-84, 03:01 |
| 3rd | 11:13 | Anthony Cummings 9-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Ron Bell kick missed), 6-26, 02:24 |
| Louisville | Southern Mississippi | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 25 | 22 |
| Rushing | 12 | 9 |
| Passing | 12 | 11 |
| Penalty | 1 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 191 | 134 |
| Rushing Attempts | 45 | 42 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.2 | 3.2 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 3 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 205 | 163 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 14 | 29 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 234 | 275 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 16-31-2 | 20-32-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 7.5 | 8.6 |
| Average Per Completion | 14.6 | 13.8 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 3 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 425 | 409 |
| Total offense plays | 76 | 74 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.6 | 5.5 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 3-2 | 6-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 4-33 | 8-55 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 3-95 | 4-165 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 31.7 | 41.3 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 1-9-0 | 1-8-0 |
| Average Per Return | 9.0 | 8.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 5-74-0 | 4-70-0 |
| Average Per Return | 14.8 | 17.5 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-21-0 | 2-30-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 27:16 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 9-17 | 7-13 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 2-17 | 1-2 |
| PAT Kicks | 2-3 | 3-4 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-2 | 1-2 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Deon Booker | 17 | 107 | 1 | 106 | 0 | 14 | 6.2 |
| Latrell Ware | 10 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 3.1 |
| Keith Stephens | 10 | 39 | 10 | 29 | 0 | 9 | 2.9 |
| Jay Gruden | 5 | 21 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 3.6 |
| Craig Swabek | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2.3 |
| Totals | 45 | 205 | 14 | 191 | 0 | 14 | 4.2 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Jay Gruden | 16-31-2 | 234 | 3 | 33 | 1 |
| Totals | 16-31-2 | 234 | 3 | 33 | 1 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Eric Broomfield | 5 | 95 | 0 | 33 | ||
| Anthony Cummings | 3 | 28 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Fred Jones | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | ||
| George Williams | 2 | 23 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Keith Stephens | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | ||
| Latrell Ware | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Deon Booker | 2 | 15 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Calvin Dixson | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Totals | 16 | 234 | 3 | 33 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 3 | 95 | 31.7 | 39 | ||
| Totals | 3 | 95 | 31.7 | 39 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Keith Stephens | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 56 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Gainey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21 |
| Latrell Ware | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 74 | 26 | 1 | 21 | 21 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 1st | 10:57 | 46 | Good |
| 23 | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Deon Booker | 106 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121 |
| Keith Stephens | 29 | 22 | 56 | 9 | 0 | 116 |
| Eric Broomfield | 0 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 |
| Latrell Ware | 31 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
| Anthony Cummings | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Fred Jones | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| George Williams | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| John Gainey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| Jay Gruden | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Calvin Dixson | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Craig Swabek | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Deon Booker 1-1, Eric Broomfield 1-0, Latrell Ware 1-1 Southern Mississippi – 6-2 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 48 | Mark Sander | 6 | 8 | 14 | 1.0-10 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Robert Gibson | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Ted Washington | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0.5-3.5 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Joey Smith | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Bob Bare | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Pat Fitzgerald | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | John Gainey | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-21 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Deron Williams | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Mike Flores | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.5-3.5 | 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 |
| 22 | Arthur Alexander | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Mel Mills | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Ron Bell | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Reggie Johnson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Derek Hawthorne | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Andrew Higgs | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 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 |
| 98 | Ron German | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27 | 69 | 96 | 2.0-17 | 4.0-11 | 0 | 2-0 | 1-21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
22-Arthur Alexander, 25-John Gainey, 27-Bob Bare, 28-Larry Stricklin, 37-Joey Smith, 38-Ron Bell, 45-Derek Hawthorne, 47-Pat Fitzgerald, 48-Mark Sander, 53-Deron Williams, 54-Reggie Johnson, 56-Mel Mills, 75-Andrew Higgs, 93-Dan Gangwer, 94-Robert Gibson, 96-Mike Flores, 98-Ron German, 99-Ted Washington, Deon Booker, Eric Broomfield, Anthony Cummings, Calvin Dixson, Chad Fortune, Jay Gruden, Fred Jones, Keith Stephens, Craig Swabek, Latrell Ware, George Williams, Klaus Wilmsmeyer