Sports Seasons Players Opponents

Louisville 23, Tulane 12

Nov. 8, 1986 – Away – Superdome – New Orleans, La. – Attendance 22,108

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
Louisville	0	7	6	10	23
Tulane	0	6	3	3	12

Louisville Scoring Summary

Qtr	Time	Scoring Play
2nd	05:30	Deon Booker 4-yard rush (Danny Cerione kick), 13-61, 05:00
3rd	03:31	Deon Booker 7-yard pass from Ed Rubbert (two-point conversion failed), 14-70, 07:25
4th	13:36	Danny Cerione 46-yard field goal, 8-18, 03:29
4th	06:45	Eric Vaughn 51-yard pass from Ed Rubbert (Danny Cerione kick), 5-64, 02:11

Team Statistics

	Louisville	Tulane
FIRST DOWNS	17	19
Rushing	8	8
Passing	9	11
Penalty	0	0
NET YARDS RUSHING	85	162
Rushing Attempts	41	37
Average Per Rush	2.1	4.4
Rushing Touchdowns	1	0
Yards Gained Rushing	112	193
Yards Lost Rushing	27	31
NET YARDS PASSING	221	246
Completions-Attempts-Int	17-29-2	17-38-2
Average Per Attempt	7.6	6.5
Average Per Completion	13.0	14.5
Passing Touchdowns	2	0
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS	306	408
Total offense plays	70	75
Average Gain Per Play	4.4	5.4
Fumbles: Number-Lost	2-1	3-2
Penalties: Number-Yards	8-56	3-30
PUNTS-YARDS	5-200	2-78
Average Yards Per Punt	40.0	39.0
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD	2-3-0	1-2-0
Average Per Return	1.5	2.0
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD	5-130-0	5-143-0
Average Per Return	26.0	28.6
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD	2-7-0	2-8-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD	0-0-0	0-0-0
Possession Time	32:47
Third-Down Conversions	5-13	7-17
Fourth-Down Conversions	3-8	0-2
Sacks By: Number-Yards	1-1	2-15
PAT Kicks	2-2	0-0
2Pts Conversions	0-1	0-0
Field Goals	1-1	4-4

RUSHING
	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Lg	Avg
John Adams	6	32	0	32	0	9	5.3
Rodney Knighton	5	25	0	25	0	11	5.0
Craig Swabek	12	29	5	24	0	6	2.0
Deon Booker	11	23	2	21	1	5	1.9
Ed Rubbert	7	3	20	-17	0	3	-2.4
Totals	41	112	27	85	1	11	2.1

PASSING
	C-A-I	Yds	TD	Long	Sack
Ed Rubbert	17-29-2	221	2	51	2
Totals	17-29-2	221	2	51	2

RECEIVING
	TAR	No.	Yards	YAC	TD	Long
Eric Vaughn		6	100		1	51
Joey Hamilton		3	58		0	23
Deon Booker		3	23		1	16
James Howard		2	15		0	12
Danny Thomas		1	11		0	11
John Adams		1	8		0	8
Rodney Knighton		1	6		0	6
Totals		17	221		2	51

PUNTING
	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	In20	TB
Kirk Kennedy	5	200	40.0	46
Totals	5	200	40.0	46

RETURNS
	Punt No	Yds	Lg	Kick No	Yds	Lg	Int No	Yds	Lg
Keith Stephens	2	3	3	5	130	42	0	0	0
Antonio Davis	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	5
Totals	2	3	3	5	130	42	2	7	5

FIELD GOALS
Qtr	Time	Dist	Result
4th	13:36	46	Good

ALL-PURPOSE
	Rush	Rcv	KR	PR	IR	Total
Keith Stephens	0	0	130	3	0	133
Eric Vaughn	0	100	0	0	0	100
Joey Hamilton	0	58	0	0	0	58
Deon Booker	21	23	0	0	0	44
John Adams	32	8	0	0	0	40
Rodney Knighton	25	6	0	0	0	31
Craig Swabek	24	0	0	0	0	24
James Howard	0	15	0	0	0	15
Danny Thomas	0	11	0	0	0	11
Antonio Davis	0	0	0	0	7	7
Ed Rubbert	-17	0	0	0	0	-17

FUMBLES
Louisville – John Adams 1-1, Keith Stephens 1-0 Tulane – 3-2

Louisville Defense
#	Name	Solo	Ast	Total	Sacks-Yds	TFL-Yds	FF	FR-Yds	Int-Yds	BrUp	Blks	QBH
46	Chris Sellars	7	2	9	0.0-0	1.0-1	0	1-0	0-0	1	0	0
39	Calvert Cole	6	3	9	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0
40	Antonio Davis	6	2	8	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	2-7	3	0	0
91	Kevin Harvey	6	1	7	1.0-2	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
44	Matt Battaglia	6	0	6	0.0-0	1.0-2	0	1-0	0-0	0	0	0
41	James Young	4	2	6	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
82	Mike Minogue	5	0	5	1.0-1	1.0-2	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
35	Paul Schaller	1	4	5	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
42	Frank Pierre-Louis	3	1	4	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
98	Chris Thieneman	2	0	2	0.0-0	2.0-5	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
17	Anthony Wiggins	2	0	2	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
75	Andrew Higgs	1	1	2	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
38	Danny Cerione	1	0	1	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
26	Don Cosby	1	0	1	0.0-0	1.0-4	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
94	Robert Gibson	1	0	1	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
4	Rodney Knighton	1	0	1	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
95	Ron Madrick	1	0	1	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
92	Eric Lewis	0	1	1	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
80	Tod Smyrichinsky	0	1	1	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
	Totals	54	18	72	2.0-3	6.0-14	0	2-0	2-7	5	0	0

Louisville Participation

4-Rodney Knighton, 17-Anthony Wiggins, 26-Don Cosby, 35-Paul Schaller, 38-Danny Cerione, 39-Calvert Cole, 40-Antonio Davis, 41-James Young, 42-Frank Pierre-Louis, 44-Matt Battaglia, 46-Chris Sellars, 75-Andrew Higgs, 80-Tod Smyrichinsky, 82-Mike Minogue, 91-Kevin Harvey, 92-Eric Lewis, 94-Robert Gibson, 95-Ron Madrick, 98-Chris Thieneman, John Adams, Deon Booker, Joey Hamilton, James Howard, Kirk Kennedy, Ed Rubbert, Keith Stephens, Craig Swabek, Danny Thomas, Eric Vaughn, George Williams