Sept. 26, 1998 – Home – Papa John's Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 38,231
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 24 | 7 | 14 | 52 |
| Boston College | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 09:34 | Ibn Green 8-yard pass from Chris Redman (Jon Hilbert kick), 15-80, 05:26 |
| 2nd | 14:57 | Leroy Collins 2-yard rush (Jon Hilbert kick), 6-30, 01:51 |
| 2nd | 07:45 | Leroy Collins 1-yard rush (Jon Hilbert kick blocked), 10-62, 04:15 |
| 2nd | 01:30 | Rico Williams 4-yard pass from Chris Redman (Leroy Collins), 5-66, 02:08 |
| 2nd | 00:13 | Jon Hilbert 22-yard field goal, 7-26, 01:08 |
| 3rd | 02:27 | Arnold Jackson 19-yard pass from Chris Redman (Jon Hilbert kick), 5-55, 01:39 |
| 4th | 13:52 | Charles Sheffield 14-yard pass from Chris Redman (Jon Hilbert kick), 8-65, 02:19 |
| 4th | 07:12 | Ibn Green 27-yard pass from Chris Redman (Jon Hilbert kick), 10-51, 04:52 |
| Louisville | Boston College | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 28 | 24 |
| Rushing | 7 | 10 |
| Passing | 20 | 12 |
| Penalty | 1 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 132 | 174 |
| Rushing Attempts | 40 | 31 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.3 | 5.6 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 140 | 182 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 8 | 8 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 375 | 291 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 32-48-1 | 22-34-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 7.8 | 8.6 |
| Average Per Completion | 11.7 | 13.2 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 5 | 3 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 507 | 465 |
| Total offense plays | 88 | 65 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.8 | 7.2 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-1 | 3-3 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 7-65 | 3-30 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 3-118 | 5-195 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 39.3 | 39.0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-12-0 | 2-5-0 |
| Average Per Return | 4.0 | 2.5 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 4-147-0 | 3-57-0 |
| Average Per Return | 36.8 | 19.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-0-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 1-38-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 33:37 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 12-20 | 4-11 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 0-0 | 1-6 |
| PAT Kicks | 5-6 | 4-4 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Leroy Collins | 27 | 98 | 1 | 97 | 2 | 8 | 3.6 |
| Frank Moreau | 10 | 41 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 8 | 4.1 |
| Mike Watkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Chris Redman | 2 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 0 | 0 | -3.5 |
| Totals | 40 | 140 | 8 | 132 | 2 | 8 | 3.3 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Chris Redman | 31-47-1 | 362 | 5 | 40 | 1 |
| Mike Watkins | 1-1-0 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Totals | 32-48-1 | 375 | 5 | 40 | 1 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Arnold Jackson | 9 | 120 | 1 | 32 | ||
| Ibn Green | 4 | 91 | 2 | 40 | ||
| Lavell Boyd | 6 | 51 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Charles Sheffield | 4 | 42 | 1 | 15 | ||
| Leroy Collins | 4 | 28 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Zek Parker | 3 | 26 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Justin Thomas | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Rico Williams | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 32 | 375 | 5 | 40 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Jeremy Borseth | 3 | 118 | 39.3 | 42 | ||
| Totals | 3 | 118 | 39.3 | 42 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Zek Parker | 2 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 93 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rafael Cooper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arnold Jackson | 1 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Braxton Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 147 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 2nd | 00:13 | 22 | Good |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Arnold Jackson | 0 | 120 | 16 | -2 | 0 | 134 |
| Zek Parker | 0 | 26 | 93 | 14 | 0 | 133 |
| Leroy Collins | 97 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 |
| Ibn Green | 0 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 |
| Lavell Boyd | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| Charles Sheffield | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| Frank Moreau | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| Rafael Cooper | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Justin Thomas | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Rico Williams | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Mike Watkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Redman | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Mike Watkins 1-0 Boston College – 3-3 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 2 | Rashad Holman | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Otis Floyd | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Bud Herring | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Rashad Harris | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Courtney Dinkins | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Tony Stallings | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Matt Sexton | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Brian Gaines | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-5 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Mike Gantous | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Antonio Roundtree | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Anthony Bonner | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Craig Gotcher | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Derrick Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | Justin Thomas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Jason Wyatt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Braxton Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 45 | 11 | 56 | 0.0-0 | 3.0-8 | 2 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
2-Rashad Holman, 3-Antonio Roundtree, 4-Brian Gaines, 17-Otis Floyd, 19-Courtney Dinkins, 20-Bud Herring, 29-Jason Wyatt, 42-Tony Stallings, 50-Craig Gotcher, 52-Rashad Harris, 59-Matt Sexton, 74-Mike Gantous, 87-Justin Thomas, 91-Braxton Anderson, 93-Anthony Bonner, 96-Derrick Kennedy, Jeremy Borseth, Lavell Boyd, Leroy Collins, Rafael Cooper, Ibn Green, Jon Hilbert, Arnold Jackson, Frank Moreau, Zek Parker, Chris Redman, Charles Sheffield, Mike Watkins, Rico Williams