Sept. 30, 1989 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 36,305
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 14 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 37 |
| Cincinnati | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 12:11 | Latrell Ware 17-yard rush (Ron Bell kick), 1-17, 00:07 |
| 1st | 05:52 | Ken McKay 3-yard pass from Browning Nagle (Ron Bell kick), 8-47, 03:52 |
| 2nd | 11:16 | Ron Bell 22-yard field goal, 13-69, 04:28 |
| 2nd | 05:36 | Anthony Cummings 23-yard pass from Browning Nagle (Ron Bell kick), 8-80, 03:19 |
| 3rd | 12:56 | Ron Bell 48-yard field goal, 7-13, 02:04 |
| 4th | 11:10 | Ron Bell 26-yard field goal, 12-62, 03:51 |
| 4th | 09:27 | Derek Hawthorne 18-yard blocked punt return (Ron Bell kick) |
| Louisville | Cincinnati | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 25 | 16 |
| Rushing | 14 | 6 |
| Passing | 11 | 9 |
| Penalty | 0 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 243 | 116 |
| Rushing Attempts | 45 | 35 |
| Average Per Rush | 5.4 | 3.3 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 249 | 139 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 6 | 23 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 215 | 196 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 18-30-0 | 17-29-5 |
| Average Per Attempt | 7.2 | 6.8 |
| Average Per Completion | 11.9 | 11.5 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 2 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 458 | 312 |
| Total offense plays | 75 | 64 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 6.1 | 4.9 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 8-59 | 4-35 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 1-58 | 4-110 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 58.0 | 27.5 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 4-36-1 | 0-0-0 |
| Average Per Return | 9.0 | |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 3-74-0 | 5-92-0 |
| Average Per Return | 24.7 | 18.4 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 5-31-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 32:20 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 7-15 | 7-14 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 1-2 | 1-2 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 2-11 | 0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 4-4 | 2-2 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 3-4 | 1-1 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Latrell Ware | 15 | 89 | 0 | 89 | 1 | 17 | 5.9 |
| Carwell Gardner | 16 | 81 | 3 | 78 | 0 | 14 | 4.9 |
| Eric Broomfield | 1 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 33.0 |
| Bobby Hall | 2 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 7.0 |
| David Moyler | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 |
| Pete Bynm | 6 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1.7 |
| Jeff Brohm | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 |
| Craig Swabek | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 |
| Browning Nagle | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | -2 | -2.0 |
| Totals | 45 | 249 | 6 | 243 | 1 | 33 | 5.4 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Browning Nagle | 17-28-0 | 214 | 2 | 23 | 0 |
| Jeff Brohm | 1-2-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-30-0 | 215 | 2 | 23 | 0 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Anthony Cummings | 3 | 67 | 1 | 23 | ||
| Ken McKay | 5 | 34 | 1 | 15 | ||
| Eric Broomfield | 2 | 32 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Carwell Gardner | 4 | 25 | 0 | 17 | ||
| David Moyler | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | ||
| Greg Brohm | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Fred Jones | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Pete Bynm | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 18 | 215 | 2 | 23 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 1 | 58 | 58.0 | 58 | ||
| Totals | 1 | 58 | 58.0 | 58 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Carwell Gardner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Hawthorne | 1 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24 |
| Anthony Cummings | 3 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Latrell Ware | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Gainey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| Arthur Alexander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricky McFadden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 36 | 18 | 3 | 74 | 46 | 5 | 31 | 24 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 2nd | 11:16 | 22 | Good |
| 3rd | 12:56 | 48 | Good |
| 4th | 11:10 | 26 | Good |
| 33 | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Carwell Gardner | 78 | 25 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 149 |
| Latrell Ware | 89 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 106 |
| Anthony Cummings | 0 | 67 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 96 |
| Eric Broomfield | 33 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
| Derek Hawthorne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 24 | 42 |
| David Moyler | 11 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Ken McKay | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Greg Brohm | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Fred Jones | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Bobby Hall | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Pete Bynm | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Jeff Brohm | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| John Gainey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Craig Swabek | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Browning Nagle | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Carwell Gardner 1-1 Cincinnati – 1-0 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 47 | Pat Fitzgerald | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Mark Sander | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Reggie Johnson | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Mike Flores | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Dan Gangwer | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1.0-4 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Robert Gibson | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | John Gainey | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 2-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Joey Smith | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Arthur Alexander | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Ray Buchanan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Derek Hawthorne | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Ted Washington | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Deron Williams | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Ricky McFadden | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | William Blackford | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Bob Bare | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Terry Lantz | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | David Moyler | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Ed Reynolds | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Ron German | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0-7 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Paul McDowell | 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 |
| 75 | Andrew Higgs | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Brevin Smith | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 57 | 33 | 90 | 2.0-11 | 6.0-22 | 0 | 0-0 | 5-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
12-Terry Lantz, 22-Arthur Alexander, 24-William Blackford, 25-John Gainey, 27-Bob Bare, 30-David Moyler, 34-Ray Buchanan, 37-Joey Smith, 39-Ricky McFadden, 43-Ed Reynolds, 45-Derek Hawthorne, 47-Pat Fitzgerald, 48-Mark Sander, 52-Brevin Smith, 53-Deron Williams, 54-Reggie Johnson, 56-Mel Mills, 63-Paul McDowell, 75-Andrew Higgs, 93-Dan Gangwer, 94-Robert Gibson, 96-Mike Flores, 98-Ron German, 99-Ted Washington, Ron Bell, Greg Brohm, Jeff Brohm, Eric Broomfield, Pete Bynm, Anthony Cummings, Chad Fortune, Carwell Gardner, Bobby Hall, Fred Jones, Ken McKay, Browning Nagle, Craig Swabek, Latrell Ware, Klaus Wilmsmeyer