Jan. 1, 1991 – Neutral – Sun Devil Stadium – Tempe, Ariz. – Attendance 69,098
Fiesta Bowl
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 25 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 34 |
| Alabama | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 07:35 | Latrell Ware 70-yard pass from Browning Nagle (Klaus Wilmsmeyer kick), 2-73, 00:52 |
| 1st | 03:40 | Ralph Dawkins 5-yard rush (Klaus Wilmsmeyer kick blocked), 6-26, 03:08 |
| 1st | 00:54 | Anthony Cummings 37-yard pass from Browning Nagle (Browning Nagle pass to Eric Broomfield failed, incomplete), 6-77, 00:58 |
| 1st | 00:01 | Ray Buchanan blocked punt return (Browning Nagle pass to Ralph Dawkins failed, stopped at the 1) |
| 3rd | 10:17 | Anthony Cummings 19-yard pass from Browning Nagle (Ron Bell kick), 5-59, 02:53 |
| 4th | 10:16 | Safety |
| Louisville | Alabama | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 25 | 10 |
| Rushing | 8 | 5 |
| Passing | 16 | 4 |
| Penalty | 1 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 113 | 95 |
| Rushing Attempts | 39 | 33 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 165 | 166 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 52 | 71 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 458 | 94 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 21-39-3 | 12-35-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 11.7 | 2.7 |
| Average Per Completion | 21.8 | 7.8 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 3 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 571 | 189 |
| Total offense plays | 78 | 68 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 7.3 | 2.8 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 3-1 | 3-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 10-87 | 7-40 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 3-123 | 8-322 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 41.0 | 40.3 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 7-34-1 | 0-0-0 |
| Average Per Return | 4.9 | |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 3-71-0 | 6-88-0 |
| Average Per Return | 23.7 | 14.7 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 2-17-0 | 3-53-1 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 33:54 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 2-14 | 2-17 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 1-4 | 1-2 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 8-68 | 4-32 |
| PAT Kicks | 2-4 | 1-1 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Pete Bynm | 8 | 48 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 18 | 6.0 |
| Ralph Dawkins | 5 | 38 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 14 | 7.6 |
| Curtis Lipsey | 9 | 32 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 14 | 2.6 |
| Bobby Hall | 2 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 6.0 |
| Latrell Ware | 3 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 3.7 |
| Merle Gardner | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3.0 |
| Fred Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Greg Brohm | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | -2 | -2.0 |
| Jeff Brohm | 2 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 0 | 8 | -1.5 |
| Browning Nagle | 6 | 9 | 29 | -20 | 0 | 7 | -3.3 |
| Totals | 39 | 165 | 52 | 113 | 1 | 18 | 2.9 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Browning Nagle | 20-33-1 | 451 | 3 | 70 | 3 |
| Curtis Lipsey | 1-1-0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jeff Brohm | 0-3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Erik Watts | 0-2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-39-3 | 458 | 3 | 70 | 4 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Ken McKay | 5 | 110 | 0 | 34 | ||
| Fred Jones | 2 | 89 | 0 | 67 | ||
| Latrell Ware | 1 | 70 | 1 | 70 | ||
| Anthony Cummings | 3 | 69 | 2 | 37 | ||
| Curtis Lipsey | 4 | 65 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Ralph Dawkins | 3 | 32 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Eric Broomfield | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Browning Nagle | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Pete Bynm | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 21 | 458 | 3 | 70 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 3 | 123 | 41.0 | 46 | ||
| Totals | 3 | 123 | 41.0 | 46 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Joey Smith | 6 | 35 | 16 | 3 | 71 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Hawthorne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 |
| William Blackford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Buchanan | 1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 7 | 34 | 16 | 3 | 71 | 30 | 2 | 17 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 20 | Blocked | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Ken McKay | 0 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 |
| Joey Smith | 0 | 0 | 71 | 35 | 0 | 106 |
| Fred Jones | 0 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 |
| Curtis Lipsey | 23 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 |
| Latrell Ware | 11 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 |
| Ralph Dawkins | 38 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
| Anthony Cummings | 0 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 |
| Pete Bynm | 48 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| Derek Hawthorne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| Bobby Hall | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Eric Broomfield | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Merle Gardner | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Ray Buchanan | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | -1 |
| Greg Brohm | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| Jeff Brohm | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 |
| Browning Nagle | -20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -13 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Pete Bynm 1-1, Bobby Hall 1-0, Browning Nagle 1-0 Alabama – 3-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 96 | Mike Flores | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2.0-9 | 2.0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | William Blackford | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Reggie Johnson | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Dan Gangwer | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2.0-15 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Mark Sander | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Ray Buchanan | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | John Gainey | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Ted Washington | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Pat Fitzgerald | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Mel Mills | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.0-10 | 0.5-1.5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Ron Bell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Tom Cavallo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.5-1.5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Kevin Gaines | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Jim Hanna | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Derek Hawthorne | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Brian Hayes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Ricky McFadden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Ed Reynolds | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Ben Sumpter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0-14 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Tom Triplett | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0-13 | 0.0-0 | 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 |
| 62 | Andy Culley | 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 |
| 97 | Leonard Ray | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Joey Smith | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Ralph Dawkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Bobby Hall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Terry Quinn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 42 | 18 | 60 | 7.0-61 | 5.0-14 | 0 | 3-0 | 2-17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
18-Kevin Gaines, 22-Ralph Dawkins, 24-William Blackford, 25-John Gainey, 30-David Moyler, 32-Bobby Hall, 34-Ray Buchanan, 36-Ben Sumpter, 37-Joey Smith, 38-Ron Bell, 39-Ricky McFadden, 40-Terry Quinn, 41-Tom Cavallo, 43-Ed Reynolds, 45-Derek Hawthorne, 47-Pat Fitzgerald, 48-Mark Sander, 53-Deron Williams, 54-Reggie Johnson, 55-Brian Hayes, 56-Mel Mills, 62-Andy Culley, 93-Dan Gangwer, 94-Tom Triplett, 95-Jim Hanna, 96-Mike Flores, 97-Leonard Ray, 99-Ted Washington, Greg Brohm, Jeff Brohm, Eric Broomfield, Pete Bynm, Rene Couto, Anthony Cummings, Merle Gardner, Fred Jones, Curtis Lipsey, Ken McKay, Browning Nagle, Latrell Ware, Erik Watts, Klaus Wilmsmeyer