Sept. 2, 1989 – Away – War Memorial Stadium – Laramie, Wyo. – Attendance 26,132
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Wyoming | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 13:56 | Anthony Cummings 5-yard pass from Browning Nagle (Ron Bell kick), 4-3, 00:41 |
| 1st | 10:17 | Carwell Gardner 52-yard pass from Browning Nagle (Ron Bell kick), 3-53, 01:59 |
| 3rd | 12:53 | Carwell Gardner 18-yard pass from Browning Nagle (Ron Bell kick), 7-80, 02:07 |
| 4th | 04:05 | David Moyler 34-yard pass from Browning Nagle (Ron Bell kick), 10-79, 05:28 |
| Louisville | Wyoming | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 17 | 13 |
| Rushing | 9 | 4 |
| Passing | 6 | 9 |
| Penalty | 2 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 172 | 79 |
| Rushing Attempts | 43 | 35 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.0 | 2.3 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 2 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 193 | 118 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 21 | 39 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 195 | 193 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 11-25-1 | 15-36-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 7.8 | 5.4 |
| Average Per Completion | 17.7 | 12.9 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 4 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 367 | 272 |
| Total offense plays | 68 | 71 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.4 | 3.8 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 3-25 | 10-69 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 9-439 | 9-423 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 48.8 | 47.0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 4-12-0 | 6-81-0 |
| Average Per Return | 3.0 | 13.5 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 2-36-0 | 5-104-0 |
| Average Per Return | 18.0 | 20.8 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-5-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 27:51 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 7-17 | 7-19 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 6-39 | 2-14 |
| PAT Kicks | 4-4 | 3-3 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Carwell Gardner | 13 | 59 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 17 | 4.5 |
| Curtis Lipsey | 10 | 49 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 29 | 4.9 |
| Browning Nagle | 8 | 44 | 15 | 29 | 0 | 31 | 3.6 |
| Latrell Ware | 7 | 28 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 17 | 3.4 |
| Craig Swabek | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1.5 |
| Eric Broomfield | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 |
| Totals | 43 | 193 | 21 | 172 | 0 | 31 | 4.0 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Browning Nagle | 11-25-1 | 195 | 4 | 52 | 2 |
| Totals | 11-25-1 | 195 | 4 | 52 | 2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Carwell Gardner | 5 | 87 | 2 | 52 | ||
| Fred Jones | 1 | 37 | 0 | 37 | ||
| David Moyler | 1 | 34 | 1 | 34 | ||
| Craig Swabek | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | ||
| Curtis Lipsey | 2 | 10 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Anthony Cummings | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 11 | 195 | 4 | 52 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 9 | 439 | 48.8 | 61 | ||
| Totals | 9 | 439 | 48.8 | 61 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Craig Swabek | 4 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 36 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Flores | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Totals | 4 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 36 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Carwell Gardner | 59 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146 |
| Craig Swabek | 6 | 22 | 36 | 12 | 0 | 76 |
| Curtis Lipsey | 49 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| Fred Jones | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| David Moyler | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Browning Nagle | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Latrell Ware | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Anthony Cummings | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Eric Broomfield | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Mike Flores | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 1-0 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 99 | Ted Washington | 9 | 1 | 10 | 4.0-25 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Pat Fitzgerald | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | John Gainey | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Mike Flores | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2.0-14 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Mark Sander | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Arthur Alexander | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Joey Smith | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Paul McDowell | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Reggie Johnson | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | William Blackford | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Brian Hayes | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | David Moyler | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Robert Gibson | 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 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Ricky McFadden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Mike McKinney | 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 |
| 58 | T.J. Poelking | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Ed Reynolds | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Dan Gangwer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Derek Hawthorne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 54 | 13 | 67 | 6.0-39 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
4-Klaus Wilmsmeyer, 22-Arthur Alexander, 24-William Blackford, 25-John Gainey, 30-David Moyler, 37-Joey Smith, 39-Ricky McFadden, 43-Ed Reynolds, 45-Derek Hawthorne, 47-Pat Fitzgerald, 48-Mark Sander, 54-Reggie Johnson, 55-Brian Hayes, 56-Mel Mills, 58-T.J. Poelking, 59-Mike McKinney, 63-Paul McDowell, 75-Andrew Higgs, 93-Dan Gangwer, 94-Robert Gibson, 96-Mike Flores, 99-Ted Washington, Ron Bell, Eric Broomfield, Anthony Cummings, Carwell Gardner, Fred Jones, Curtis Lipsey, Browning Nagle, Craig Swabek, Latrell Ware