Sept. 12, 1987 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 33,392
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cincinnati | 7 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 25 |
| Louisville | Cincinnati | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 16 | 25 |
| Rushing | 6 | 19 |
| Passing | 7 | 4 |
| Penalty | 3 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 67 | 266 |
| Rushing Attempts | 33 | 65 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.0 | 4.1 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 2 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 138 | 290 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 71 | 24 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 119 | 166 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 10-26-3 | 12-21-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 4.6 | 7.9 |
| Average Per Completion | 11.9 | 13.8 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 186 | 432 |
| Total offense plays | 59 | 86 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 3.2 | 5.0 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 4-35 | 10-103 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 6-226 | 4-142 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 37.7 | 35.5 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-13-0 | 1-1-0 |
| Average Per Return | 6.5 | 1.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 5-134-0 | 1-26-0 |
| Average Per Return | 26.8 | 26.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-5-0 | 3-34-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 23:36 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 2-12 | 8-17 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 1-8 | 5-53 |
| PAT Kicks | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Field Goals | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Craig Swabek | 7 | 43 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 14 | 6.1 |
| Latrell Ware | 4 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 14 | 8.3 |
| Rodney Knighton | 8 | 32 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 16 | 3.4 |
| Keith Stephens | 4 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 |
| Deon Booker | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 |
| Eric Broomfield | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 |
| Eric Lawton | 1 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 0 | -6 | -6.0 |
| Jay Gruden | 7 | 12 | 58 | -46 | 0 | 12 | -6.6 |
| Totals | 33 | 138 | 71 | 67 | 0 | 16 | 2.0 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Jay Gruden | 10-20-1 | 119 | 0 | 25 | 4 |
| Eric Lawton | 0-6-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 10-26-3 | 119 | 0 | 25 | 5 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Joey Hamilton | 2 | 40 | 0 | 25 | ||
| Rodney Knighton | 4 | 35 | 0 | 17 | ||
| George Williams | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Eric Broomfield | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Keith Stephens | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Deon Booker | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Totals | 10 | 119 | 0 | 25 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Kirk Kennedy | 6 | 226 | 37.7 | 57 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 226 | 37.7 | 57 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Keith Stephens | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 134 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Totals | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 134 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 52 | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Keith Stephens | 10 | 8 | 134 | 13 | 0 | 165 |
| Rodney Knighton | 27 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
| Craig Swabek | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Joey Hamilton | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Latrell Ware | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| George Williams | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Eric Broomfield | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Deon Booker | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Joey Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Eric Lawton | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 |
| Jay Gruden | -46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -46 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Deon Booker 1-1, Rodney Knighton 1-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 91 | Kevin Harvey | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Pat Fitzgerald | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Ted Washington | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1.0-8 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Terry Lantz | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Bob Bare | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Chris Sellars | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Ed Reynolds | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Troy Mike | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Colburn Clark | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Phillip Green | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Gary Warren | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Mark Sander | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Neil Singleton | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Chris Thieneman | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Arthur Alexander | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Ron Madrick | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Joey Smith | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Anthony Wiggins | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Anthony Cummings | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 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 |
| 9 | Eric Lawton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Pete Burkey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | David Miller | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 78 | 32 | 110 | 1.0-8 | 8.0-17 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
1-Gary Warren, 9-Eric Lawton, 12-Terry Lantz, 17-Anthony Wiggins, 20-David Miller, 22-Arthur Alexander, 26-Troy Mike, 27-Bob Bare, 37-Joey Smith, 43-Ed Reynolds, 46-Chris Sellars, 47-Pat Fitzgerald, 48-Mark Sander, 50-Phillip Green, 52-Neil Singleton, 69-Colburn Clark, 73-Pete Burkey, 88-Anthony Cummings, 91-Kevin Harvey, 94-Robert Gibson, 95-Ron Madrick, 98-Chris Thieneman, 99-Ted Washington, Ron Bell, Deon Booker, Eric Broomfield, Chad Fortune, Jay Gruden, Joey Hamilton, Kirk Kennedy, Rodney Knighton, Kyle Long, Keith Stephens, Craig Swabek, John Tuyo, Latrell Ware, George Williams