Oct. 21, 1989 – Away – Skelly Stadium – Tulsa, Okla. – Attendance 20,012
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 24 |
| Tulsa | 10 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 31 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 10:10 | Carwell Gardner 1-yard rush (Ron Bell kick), 3-17, 01:04 |
| 3rd | 04:54 | Dee Smith 5-yard rush (Ron Bell kick), 12-59, 04:15 |
| 4th | 07:16 | Ron Bell 30-yard field goal, 10-48, 03:20 |
| 4th | 00:52 | Browning Nagle 7-yard rush (Ron Bell kick), 12-92, 02:14 |
| Louisville | Tulsa | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 27 | 16 |
| Rushing | 11 | 7 |
| Passing | 15 | 8 |
| Penalty | 1 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 114 | 149 |
| Rushing Attempts | 40 | 41 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 3 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 165 | 162 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 51 | 13 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 374 | 189 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 27-54-2 | 11-22-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 6.9 | 8.6 |
| Average Per Completion | 13.9 | 17.2 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 488 | 338 |
| Total offense plays | 94 | 63 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 3-1 | 1-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 9-58 | 6-44 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 5-175 | 4-166 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 35.0 | 41.5 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 4-100-0 | 3-29-0 |
| Average Per Return | 25.0 | 9.7 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 5-101-0 | 1-39-0 |
| Average Per Return | 20.2 | 39.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 2-26-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 30:46 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 9-18 | 7-13 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 1-4 | 2-20 |
| PAT Kicks | 3-3 | 2-2 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Field Goals | 1-1 | 3-3 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Dee Smith | 9 | 55 | 3 | 52 | 1 | 14 | 5.8 |
| Carwell Gardner | 12 | 48 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 10 | 4.0 |
| Latrell Ware | 6 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 12 | 5.0 |
| Curtis Lipsey | 4 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 5.0 |
| Craig Swabek | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 |
| Pete Bynm | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 2 | -0.5 |
| Eric Broomfield | 2 | 0 | 15 | -15 | 0 | -3 | -7.5 |
| Browning Nagle | 4 | 7 | 30 | -23 | 1 | 7 | -5.8 |
| Totals | 40 | 165 | 51 | 114 | 3 | 14 | 2.9 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Browning Nagle | 27-54-2 | 374 | 0 | 43 | 2 |
| Totals | 27-54-2 | 374 | 0 | 43 | 2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Anthony Cummings | 4 | 102 | 0 | 43 | ||
| Dee Smith | 6 | 81 | 0 | 27 | ||
| Chad Fortune | 5 | 63 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Ken McKay | 5 | 45 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Carwell Gardner | 4 | 41 | 0 | 26 | ||
| Fred Jones | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Eric Broomfield | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Latrell Ware | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 27 | 374 | 0 | 43 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 5 | 175 | 35.0 | 42 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 175 | 35.0 | 42 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Dee Smith | 3 | 74 | 43 | 4 | 88 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Swabek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | 74 | 43 | 6 | 127 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 4th | 07:16 | 30 | Good |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Dee Smith | 52 | 81 | 88 | 74 | 0 | 295 |
| Anthony Cummings | 0 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 |
| Carwell Gardner | 48 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 |
| Chad Fortune | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 |
| Ken McKay | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| Latrell Ware | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Joey Smith | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Curtis Lipsey | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Fred Jones | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Craig Swabek | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Eric Broomfield | -15 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Bynm | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Browning Nagle | -23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -23 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Eric Broomfield 1-0, Carwell Gardner 1-0, Browning Nagle 1-1 Tulsa – 1-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 47 | Pat Fitzgerald | 1 | 12 | 13 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Dan Gangwer | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Ted Washington | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1.0-4 | 0.5-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Mike Flores | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 1.5-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Mark Sander | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Reggie Johnson | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | John Gainey | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Ricky McFadden | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Brevin Smith | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Mel Mills | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Joey Smith | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Robert Gibson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Andrew Higgs | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Deron Williams | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | Jerry Crafts | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 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 |
| 27 | Bob Bare | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Derek Hawthorne | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Mike McKinney | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | David Moyler | 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 |
| 22 | Arthur Alexander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 15 | 58 | 73 | 1.0-4 | 3.0-10 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
22-Arthur Alexander, 25-John Gainey, 27-Bob Bare, 30-David Moyler, 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, 59-Mike McKinney, 63-Paul McDowell, 72-Jerry Crafts, 75-Andrew Higgs, 93-Dan Gangwer, 94-Robert Gibson, 96-Mike Flores, 99-Ted Washington, Ron Bell, Eric Broomfield, Pete Bynm, Anthony Cummings, Chad Fortune, Carwell Gardner, Fred Jones, Curtis Lipsey, Ken McKay, Browning Nagle, Dee Smith, Craig Swabek, Latrell Ware, Klaus Wilmsmeyer