Nov. 4, 1989 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 36,126
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 10 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 55 |
| Western Kentucky | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 10:19 | Ron Bell 29-yard field goal, 11-50, 04:41 |
| 1st | 00:35 | Anthony Cummings 13-yard pass from Browning Nagle (Ron Bell kick), 8-47, 03:31 |
| 2nd | 08:24 | Carwell Gardner 6-yard pass from Browning Nagle (Ron Bell kick), 10-55, 05:01 |
| 2nd | 06:06 | Ray Buchanan safety |
| 2nd | 02:17 | Fred Jones 21-yard pass from Browning Nagle (Ron Bell kick), 8-73, 03:49 |
| 3rd | 10:38 | Carwell Gardner 26-yard pass from Browning Nagle (Greg Brohm pass to Chad Fortune), 7-55, 04:22 |
| 3rd | 08:13 | Craig Swabek 2-yard rush (Ron Bell kick), 5-26, 02:11 |
| 3rd | 03:44 | Dee Smith 4-yard rush (Ron Bell kick), 8-57, 02:23 |
| 4th | 09:53 | David Moyler 26-yard pass from Jeff Brohm (Klaus Wilmsmeyer kick), 14-77, 07:01 |
| Louisville | Western Kentucky | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 37 | 3 |
| Rushing | 18 | 3 |
| Passing | 15 | 0 |
| Penalty | 4 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 267 | 54 |
| Rushing Attempts | 64 | 25 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.2 | 2.2 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 299 | 64 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 32 | 10 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 313 | 10 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 21-27-0 | 2-9-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 11.6 | 1.1 |
| Average Per Completion | 14.9 | 5.0 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 5 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 580 | 64 |
| Total offense plays | 91 | 34 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 6.4 | 1.9 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-1 | 3-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 10-88 | 6-38 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 0-0 | 8-274 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 34.3 | |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 4-51-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Average Per Return | 12.8 | |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 3-65-0 | 8-219-1 |
| Average Per Return | 21.7 | 27.4 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 42:00 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 10-14 | 0-8 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 1-5 | 3-12 |
| PAT Kicks | 6-6 | 1-1 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Pete Bynm | 8 | 78 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 17 | 9.8 |
| Dee Smith | 14 | 66 | 3 | 63 | 1 | 12 | 4.5 |
| Latrell Ware | 11 | 54 | 8 | 46 | 0 | 12 | 4.2 |
| Carwell Gardner | 10 | 35 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 10 | 2.9 |
| Jeff Brohm | 4 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 4.3 |
| Curtis Lipsey | 5 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 3.0 |
| Craig Swabek | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 4.0 |
| Bobby Hall | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2.3 |
| Eric Broomfield | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 |
| Browning Nagle | 6 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 0 | 11 | -0.3 |
| Totals | 64 | 299 | 32 | 267 | 2 | 17 | 4.2 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Browning Nagle | 16-22-0 | 214 | 4 | 26 | 3 |
| Jeff Brohm | 3-3-0 | 53 | 1 | 26 | 0 |
| Erik Watts | 2-2-0 | 46 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-27-0 | 313 | 5 | 40 | 3 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Greg Brohm | 2 | 61 | 0 | 40 | ||
| Carwell Gardner | 3 | 45 | 2 | 26 | ||
| Chad Fortune | 4 | 44 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Anthony Cummings | 3 | 39 | 1 | 14 | ||
| David Moyler | 2 | 32 | 1 | 26 | ||
| Fred Jones | 1 | 21 | 1 | 21 | ||
| Curtis Lipsey | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Dee Smith | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Craig Swabek | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Ken McKay | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Pete Bynm | 2 | 10 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 21 | 313 | 5 | 40 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Dee Smith | 1 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 47 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Swabek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Buchanan | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Gainey | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 51 | 25 | 3 | 65 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 1st | 10:19 | 29 | Good |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Dee Smith | 63 | 16 | 47 | 25 | 0 | 151 |
| Pete Bynm | 78 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 |
| Carwell Gardner | 29 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 |
| Greg Brohm | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
| Latrell Ware | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| Chad Fortune | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| Craig Swabek | 8 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| Anthony Cummings | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Curtis Lipsey | 15 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| David Moyler | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Fred Jones | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Jeff Brohm | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Ray Buchanan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| Ken McKay | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| John Gainey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Bobby Hall | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Eric Broomfield | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Browning Nagle | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Latrell Ware 2-1 Western Kentucky – 3-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| Brian Hayes | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrew Higgs | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Gibson | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mel Mills | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1.0-5 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Lantz | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 54 | Reggie Johnson | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Bynm | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Gangwer | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Washington | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Flores | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Sander | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arthur Alexander | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Buchanan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Culley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave DuBois | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Gainey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron German | 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 | |
| Paul McDowell | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Reynolds | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brevin Smith | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Sumpter | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| William Blackford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joey Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deron Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 30 | 16 | 46 | 1.0-5 | 0.0-0 | 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
54-Reggie Johnson, Arthur Alexander, Ron Bell, William Blackford, Greg Brohm, Jeff Brohm, Eric Broomfield, Ray Buchanan, Pete Bynm, Andy Culley, Anthony Cummings, Dave DuBois, Mike Flores, Chad Fortune, John Gainey, Dan Gangwer, Carwell Gardner, Ron German, Robert Gibson, Bobby Hall, Brian Hayes, Andrew Higgs, Fred Jones, Terry Lantz, Curtis Lipsey, Paul McDowell, Ricky McFadden, Ken McKay, Mel Mills, David Moyler, Browning Nagle, Ed Reynolds, Mark Sander, Brevin Smith, Dee Smith, Joey Smith, Ben Sumpter, Craig Swabek, Latrell Ware, Ted Washington, Erik Watts, Deron Williams, Klaus Wilmsmeyer