Oct. 14, 1989 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 38,484
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Southern Mississippi | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 08:28 | Carwell Gardner 2-yard rush (Ron Bell kick), 14-92, 06:32 |
| 4th | 09:47 | Ron Bell 26-yard field goal, 10-62, 04:21 |
| Louisville | Southern Mississippi | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 20 | 14 |
| Rushing | 8 | 7 |
| Passing | 11 | 5 |
| Penalty | 1 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 99 | 51 |
| Rushing Attempts | 38 | 38 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.6 | 1.3 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 123 | 122 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 24 | 71 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 232 | 224 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 21-33-1 | 16-29-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 7.0 | 7.7 |
| Average Per Completion | 11.0 | 14.0 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 331 | 275 |
| Total offense plays | 71 | 67 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.7 | 4.1 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 6-42 | 14-10 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 5-197 | 7-282 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 39.4 | 40.3 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-23-0 | 4-86-0 |
| Average Per Return | 7.7 | 21.5 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 2-25-0 | 3-47-0 |
| Average Per Return | 12.5 | 15.7 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-0-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 29:36 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 4-15 | 5-16 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 4-37 | 1-13 |
| PAT Kicks | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-4 | 1-3 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Carwell Gardner | 17 | 54 | 6 | 48 | 1 | 20 | 2.8 |
| Pete Bynm | 4 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 5.8 |
| Curtis Lipsey | 7 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 |
| Latrell Ware | 3 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 5.3 |
| Eric Broomfield | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 |
| Craig Swabek | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Browning Nagle | 5 | 1 | 18 | -17 | 0 | 1 | -3.4 |
| Totals | 38 | 123 | 24 | 99 | 1 | 20 | 2.6 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Browning Nagle | 21-33-1 | 232 | 0 | 48 | 2 |
| Totals | 21-33-1 | 232 | 0 | 48 | 2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Carwell Gardner | 8 | 115 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Chad Fortune | 6 | 54 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Eric Broomfield | 3 | 46 | 0 | 22 | ||
| Fred Jones | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Curtis Lipsey | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Pete Bynm | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Craig Swabek | 1 | -4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 21 | 232 | 0 | 48 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 5 | 197 | 39.4 | 42 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 197 | 39.4 | 42 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Joey Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Cummings | 3 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 4th | 09:47 | 26 | Good |
| 48 | Missed | ||
| 40 | Missed | ||
| 43 | Blocked | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Carwell Gardner | 48 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163 |
| Chad Fortune | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| Eric Broomfield | 6 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Curtis Lipsey | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Pete Bynm | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Joey Smith | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Anthony Cummings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| Latrell Ware | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Fred Jones | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Craig Swabek | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| Browning Nagle | -17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -17 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Browning Nagle 1-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| Mark Sander | 11 | 2 | 13 | 1.0-14 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 54 | Reggie Johnson | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Flores | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1.5-9 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Fitzgerald | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Gibson | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.5-4 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Bare | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mel Mills | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arthur Alexander | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Gainey | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Gangwer | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.5-5 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Washington | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Reynolds | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| William Blackford | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek Hawthorne | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Lantz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ricky McFadden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Moyler | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joey Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 59 | 15 | 74 | 3.5-32 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
54-Reggie Johnson, Arthur Alexander, Bob Bare, Ron Bell, William Blackford, Eric Broomfield, Pete Bynm, Anthony Cummings, Pat Fitzgerald, Mike Flores, Chad Fortune, John Gainey, Dan Gangwer, Carwell Gardner, Robert Gibson, Derek Hawthorne, Fred Jones, Terry Lantz, Curtis Lipsey, Ricky McFadden, Mel Mills, David Moyler, Browning Nagle, Ed Reynolds, Mark Sander, Joey Smith, Craig Swabek, Latrell Ware, Ted Washington, Klaus Wilmsmeyer