Oct. 22, 1988 – Away – Superdome – New Orleans, La. – Attendance 24,824
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 21 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 38 |
| Tulane | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 07:07 | Anthony Cummings 27-yard pass from Jay Gruden (kick missed), 8-63, 03:29 |
| 1st | 05:23 | Robert Gibson 47-yard field goal return (Jay Gruden pass to Eric Broomfield) |
| 1st | 01:01 | Eric Broomfield 6-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Ron Bell kick), 6-62, 02:26 |
| 2nd | 10:30 | Mark Sander 15-yard interception return (Ron Bell kick) |
| 2nd | 01:10 | Ron Bell 21-yard field goal, 15-62, 06:44 |
| 4th | 13:59 | Deon Booker 2-yard rush (Ron Bell kick), 7-44, 02:48 |
| Louisville | Tulane | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 23 | 27 |
| Rushing | 8 | 12 |
| Passing | 13 | 12 |
| Penalty | 2 | 3 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 116 | 179 |
| Rushing Attempts | 47 | 43 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.5 | 4.2 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 3 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 161 | 23 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 45 | 44 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 320 | 244 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 24-35-2 | 17-30-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 9.1 | 8.1 |
| Average Per Completion | 13.3 | 14.4 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 2 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 436 | 423 |
| Total offense plays | 82 | 73 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.3 | 5.8 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-1 | 3-3 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 10-75 | 3-26 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 5-205 | 4-155 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 41.0 | 38.8 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-9-0 | 2-29-0 |
| Average Per Return | 4.5 | 14.5 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 6-124-0 | 7-180-0 |
| Average Per Return | 20.7 | 25.7 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 2-15-1 | 2-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 34:41 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 8-16 | 5-13 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 3-14 | 2-32 |
| PAT Kicks | 3-4 | 5-5 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Deon Booker | 30 | 96 | 7 | 89 | 1 | 10 | 3.0 |
| Walter Wise | 2 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 20 | 14.0 |
| Keith Stephens | 3 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 5.7 |
| Latrell Ware | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1.0 |
| Craig Swabek | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 |
| Jay Gruden | 7 | 9 | 34 | -25 | 0 | 4 | -3.6 |
| Totals | 47 | 161 | 45 | 116 | 1 | 20 | 2.5 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Jay Gruden | 24-35-2 | 320 | 2 | 43 | 2 |
| Totals | 24-35-2 | 320 | 2 | 43 | 2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Keith Stephens | 5 | 115 | 0 | 43 | ||
| Eric Broomfield | 5 | 72 | 1 | 19 | ||
| Anthony Cummings | 4 | 49 | 1 | 27 | ||
| Fred Jones | 2 | 39 | 0 | 21 | ||
| Craig Swabek | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||
| George Williams | 2 | 16 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Deon Booker | 4 | 12 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Latrell Ware | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||
| Totals | 24 | 320 | 2 | 43 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 5 | 205 | 41.0 | 49 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 205 | 41.0 | 49 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Keith Stephens | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 102 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deon Booker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Sander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| John Gainey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 124 | 24 | 2 | 15 | 15 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 2nd | 01:10 | 21 | Good |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Keith Stephens | 17 | 115 | 102 | 9 | 0 | 243 |
| Deon Booker | 89 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 123 |
| Eric Broomfield | 0 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| Anthony Cummings | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Fred Jones | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Walter Wise | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Craig Swabek | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| George Williams | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Mark Sander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Latrell Ware | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jay Gruden | -25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -25 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Jay Gruden 1-1 Tulane – 3-3 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 48 | Mark Sander | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Bob Bare | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Pat Fitzgerald | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Ted Washington | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2.0-8 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Deron Williams | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1.0-6 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Arthur Alexander | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Reggie Johnson | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Derek Hawthorne | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Alvin Johnson | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Robert Gibson | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Mel Mills | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | T.J. Poelking | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Jeff Pointer | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Mike Flores | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Joey Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 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 |
| 23 | Craig Swabek | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Ron German | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Andrew Higgs | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 59 | 10 | 69 | 3.0-14 | 4.0-7 | 0 | 3-0 | 2-15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
22-Arthur Alexander, 23-Craig Swabek, 25-John Gainey, 26-Alvin Johnson, 27-Bob Bare, 28-Larry Stricklin, 34-Keith Stephens, 35-Tyrone Thomas, 37-Joey Smith, 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, 83-Jeff Pointer, 90-Fred Jones, 94-Robert Gibson, 96-Mike Flores, 98-Ron German, 99-Ted Washington, Ron Bell, Deon Booker, Eric Broomfield, Anthony Cummings, Calvin Dixson, Chad Fortune, Dan Gangwer, Jay Gruden, Latrell Ware, George Williams, Klaus Wilmsmeyer, Walter Wise