Oct. 3, 1998 – Home – Papa John's Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 35,479
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 14 | 7 | 27 | 14 | 62 |
| Cincinnati | 10 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 19 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 12:39 | Charles Sheffield 35-yard pass from Chris Redman (Jon Hilbert kick), 8-80, 02:21 |
| 1st | 05:06 | Leroy Collins 1-yard rush (Jon Hilbert kick), 4-60, 01:25 |
| 2nd | 01:23 | Leroy Collins 5-yard rush (Jon Hilbert kick), 7-99, 01:40 |
| 3rd | 13:36 | Ibn Green 48-yard pass from Chris Redman (Jon Hilbert kick), 3-55, 00:46 |
| 3rd | 10:25 | Ibn Green 18-yard pass from Chris Redman (Jon Hilbert kick missed wide right), 3-40, 01:12 |
| 3rd | 08:50 | Arnold Jackson 11-yard pass from Chris Redman (Jon Hilbert kick), 4-11, 01:35 |
| 3rd | 03:06 | Chris Redman 5-yard rush (Jon Hilbert kick), 6-80, 02:22 |
| 4th | 13:16 | Arnold Jackson 15-yard pass from Mike Watkins (Jon Hilbert kick), 6-68, 02:14 |
| 4th | 00:56 | Rico Williams 3-yard rush (Nate Bennett kick), 5-19, 02:36 |
| Louisville | Cincinnati | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 31 | 24 |
| Rushing | 14 | 10 |
| Passing | 16 | 9 |
| Penalty | 1 | 5 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 282 | 152 |
| Rushing Attempts | 37 | 39 |
| Average Per Rush | 7.6 | 3.9 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 4 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 287 | 176 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 5 | 24 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 460 | 306 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 28-37-0 | 18-39-3 |
| Average Per Attempt | 12.4 | 7.8 |
| Average Per Completion | 16.4 | 17.0 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 5 | 2 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 742 | 458 |
| Total offense plays | 74 | 78 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 10.0 | 5.9 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 18-155 | 3-19 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 2-80 | 3-131 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 40.0 | 43.7 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-44-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Average Per Return | 22.0 | |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 1-22-0 | 7-181-0 |
| Average Per Return | 22.0 | 25.9 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 3-71-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 1-1-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 26:56 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 8-12 | 4-15 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-2 | 2-6 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 2-15 | 1-3 |
| PAT Kicks | 8-9 | 1-1 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Frank Moreau | 12 | 135 | 0 | 135 | 0 | 36 | 11.3 |
| Leroy Collins | 16 | 94 | 1 | 93 | 2 | 29 | 5.8 |
| Chris Redman | 6 | 43 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 13 | 6.7 |
| Rico Williams | 3 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 4.7 |
| Totals | 37 | 287 | 5 | 282 | 4 | 36 | 7.6 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Chris Redman | 25-32-0 | 431 | 4 | 48 | 1 |
| Mike Watkins | 3-5-0 | 29 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| Totals | 28-37-0 | 460 | 5 | 48 | 1 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Arnold Jackson | 10 | 133 | 2 | 46 | ||
| Ibn Green | 4 | 117 | 2 | 48 | ||
| Charles Sheffield | 3 | 58 | 1 | 35 | ||
| Zek Parker | 1 | 48 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Leroy Collins | 4 | 43 | 0 | 21 | ||
| Lavell Boyd | 3 | 28 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Frank Moreau | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Justin Thomas | 2 | 15 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Totals | 28 | 460 | 5 | 48 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Jeremy Borseth | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 42 | ||
| Totals | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 42 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Craig Gotcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 61 |
| Arnold Jackson | 2 | 44 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zek Parker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Roundtree | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Rashad Holman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 44 | 33 | 1 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 71 | 61 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Arnold Jackson | 0 | 133 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 177 |
| Frank Moreau | 135 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153 |
| Leroy Collins | 93 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 136 |
| Ibn Green | 0 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 |
| Zek Parker | 0 | 48 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
| Craig Gotcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 61 |
| Charles Sheffield | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
| Chris Redman | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Lavell Boyd | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Justin Thomas | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Rico Williams | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Antonio Roundtree | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 0-0 Cincinnati – 1-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 20 | Bud Herring | 10 | 2 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Antonio Roundtree | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 1-1 | 1-10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Courtney Dinkins | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Rashad Harris | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Rafael Cooper | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Tony Stallings | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Brian Gaines | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0-8 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Reggie Hargrove | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0-7 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Jason Wyatt | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Mike Gantous | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Rashad Holman | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Jason Boykin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Xavier Burrell | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Craig Gotcher | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-61 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Matt Sexton | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Dewayne Taylor | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Derrick Kennedy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Andre Collins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Otis Floyd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Casswell Goodman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Grant Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Rico Williams | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Anthony Bonner | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Dar-Shay Purry | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 54 | 19 | 73 | 2.0-15 | 2.0-5 | 0 | 1-1 | 3-71 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
2-Rashad Holman, 3-Antonio Roundtree, 4-Brian Gaines, 5-Rafael Cooper, 9-Casswell Goodman, 14-Dar-Shay Purry, 17-Otis Floyd, 19-Courtney Dinkins, 20-Bud Herring, 21-Jason Boykin, 28-Dewayne Taylor, 29-Jason Wyatt, 37-Rico Williams, 41-Xavier Burrell, 42-Tony Stallings, 50-Craig Gotcher, 52-Rashad Harris, 55-Andre Collins, 59-Matt Sexton, 74-Mike Gantous, 90-Reggie Hargrove, 93-Anthony Bonner, 96-Derrick Kennedy, 99-Grant Johnson, Braxton Anderson, Nate Bennett, Jeremy Borseth, Lavell Boyd, Leroy Collins, Ibn Green, Gary Gumm, Jon Hilbert, Arnold Jackson, Frank Moreau, Zek Parker, Chris Redman, Charles Sheffield, Justin Thomas, Mike Watkins