Sept. 23, 1989 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 39,132
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| West Virginia | 0 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 30 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 07:49 | Fred Jones 34-yard pass from Browning Nagle (Ron Bell kick), 3-49, 01:19 |
| 2nd | 05:50 | Carwell Gardner 1-yard rush (Ron Bell kick), 12-80, 05:49 |
| 3rd | 13:11 | Anthony Cummings 16-yard pass from Browning Nagle (Ron Bell kick), 6-77, 01:49 |
| Louisville | West Virginia | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 19 | 24 |
| Rushing | 5 | 13 |
| Passing | 13 | 10 |
| Penalty | 1 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 34 | 226 |
| Rushing Attempts | 30 | 53 |
| Average Per Rush | 1.1 | 4.3 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 94 | 256 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 60 | 30 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 226 | 245 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 20-35-1 | 16-31-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 6.5 | 7.9 |
| Average Per Completion | 11.3 | 15.3 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 260 | 471 |
| Total offense plays | 65 | 84 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.0 | 5.6 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-0 | 6-3 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 1-5 | 7-65 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 6-168 | 2-84 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 28.0 | 42.0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-30-0 | 2-18-0 |
| Average Per Return | 15.0 | 9.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 6-125-0 | 4-64-0 |
| Average Per Return | 20.8 | 16.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-4-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 26:50 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 3-12 | 9-18 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-3 | 1-1 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 1-3 | 5-54 |
| PAT Kicks | 3-3 | 1-1 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Field Goals | 0-1 | 3-4 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Carwell Gardner | 10 | 45 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 12 | 4.5 |
| Curtis Lipsey | 5 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 3.4 |
| Latrell Ware | 5 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 2.2 |
| Eric Broomfield | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Jeff Brohm | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Pete Bynm | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 | -3 | -3.0 |
| Browning Nagle | 6 | 8 | 46 | -38 | 0 | 8 | -6.3 |
| Totals | 30 | 94 | 60 | 34 | 1 | 12 | 1.1 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Browning Nagle | 18-32-0 | 208 | 2 | 34 | 4 |
| Jeff Brohm | 2-3-1 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| Totals | 20-35-1 | 226 | 2 | 34 | 5 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Eric Broomfield | 3 | 55 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Carwell Gardner | 6 | 36 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Ken McKay | 3 | 35 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Fred Jones | 1 | 34 | 1 | 34 | ||
| Curtis Lipsey | 3 | 23 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Anthony Cummings | 1 | 16 | 1 | 16 | ||
| David Moyler | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Pete Bynm | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Chad Fortune | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 20 | 226 | 2 | 34 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 5 | 168 | 33.6 | 42 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 168 | 33.6 | 42 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Curtis Lipsey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carwell Gardner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Cummings | 2 | 30 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Latrell Ware | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Swabek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Fitzgerald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Totals | 2 | 30 | 24 | 6 | 125 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 31 | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Carwell Gardner | 45 | 36 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 116 |
| Curtis Lipsey | 17 | 23 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Eric Broomfield | 2 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
| Anthony Cummings | 0 | 16 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 46 |
| Ken McKay | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Fred Jones | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Latrell Ware | 11 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Craig Swabek | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| David Moyler | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Chad Fortune | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Pat Fitzgerald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Pete Bynm | -3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Browning Nagle | -38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -38 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Carwell Gardner 1-0 West Virginia – 6-3 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 99 | Ted Washington | 9 | 5 | 14 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Reggie Johnson | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Mark Sander | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Joey Smith | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Pat Fitzgerald | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 1-0 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Mike Flores | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-10 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Andrew Higgs | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Arthur Alexander | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | John Gainey | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Robert Gibson | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Brian Hayes | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1.0-3 | 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 |
| 39 | Ricky McFadden | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Paul McDowell | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | William Blackford | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Andy Culley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Fred Jones | 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 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Deron Williams | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Bob Bare | 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 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 72 | 36 | 108 | 1.0-3 | 7.0-19 | 0 | 3-0 | 1-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
22-Arthur Alexander, 24-William Blackford, 25-John Gainey, 27-Bob Bare, 37-Joey Smith, 39-Ricky McFadden, 43-Ed Reynolds, 47-Pat Fitzgerald, 48-Mark Sander, 53-Deron Williams, 54-Reggie Johnson, 55-Brian Hayes, 56-Mel Mills, 62-Andy Culley, 63-Paul McDowell, 75-Andrew Higgs, 90-Fred Jones, 93-Dan Gangwer, 94-Robert Gibson, 96-Mike Flores, 99-Ted Washington, Ron Bell, Jeff Brohm, Eric Broomfield, Pete Bynm, Anthony Cummings, Chad Fortune, Carwell Gardner, Curtis Lipsey, Ken McKay, David Moyler, Browning Nagle, Craig Swabek, Latrell Ware, Klaus Wilmsmeyer