Sports Seasons Players Opponents

Louisville 22, Purdue 22

Sept. 19, 1987 – Away – Ross-Ade Stadium – West Lafayette, Ind. – Attendance 63,125

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
Louisville	7	7	0	8	22
Purdue	3	0	12	7	22

Louisville Scoring Summary

Qtr	Time	Scoring Play
1st	00:30	Rodney Knighton 50-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Ron Bell kick), 7-79, 01:57
2nd	04:04	Rodney Knighton 22-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Ron Bell kick), 12-75, 03:24
4th	08:46	Craig Swabek 7-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Rodney Knighton run), 7-74, 02:51

Team Statistics

	Louisville	Purdue
FIRST DOWNS	15	21
Rushing	1	8
Passing	11	11
Penalty	3	2
NET YARDS RUSHING	-31	165
Rushing Attempts	20	48
Average Per Rush	-1.6	3.4
Rushing Touchdowns	0	1
Yards Gained Rushing	30	190
Yards Lost Rushing	61	25
NET YARDS PASSING	266	189
Completions-Attempts-Int	21-41-1	21-40-1
Average Per Attempt	6.5	4.7
Average Per Completion	12.7	9.0
Passing Touchdowns	3	2
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS	235	354
Total offense plays	61	88
Average Gain Per Play	3.9	4.0
Fumbles: Number-Lost	3-2	2-1
Penalties: Number-Yards	5-45	15-135
PUNTS-YARDS	6-210	4-160
Average Yards Per Punt	35.0	40.0
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD	2-17-0	3-14-0
Average Per Return	8.5	4.7
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD	3-59-0	4-79-0
Average Per Return	19.7	19.8
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD	1-30-0	1-41-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD	0-0-0	0-0-0
Possession Time	21:14
Third-Down Conversions	6-15	8-19
Fourth-Down Conversions	2-2	1-2
Sacks By: Number-Yards	2-13	5-50
PAT Kicks	2-2	1-1
2Pts Conversions	1-1	0-2
Field Goals	0-2	1-4

RUSHING
	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Lg	Avg
Rodney Knighton	7	16	1	15	0	6	2.1
Craig Swabek	2	2	0	2	0	1	1.0
Deon Booker	4	4	4	0	0	3	0.0
Jay Gruden	7	8	56	-48	0	8	-6.9
Totals	20	30	61	-31	0	8	-1.6

PASSING
	C-A-I	Yds	TD	Long	Sack
Jay Gruden	21-41-1	266	3	50	5
Totals	21-41-1	266	3	50	5

RECEIVING
	TAR	No.	Yards	YAC	TD	Long
Rodney Knighton		6	100		2	50
Anthony Cummings		6	61		0	16
Pete Bynm		1	39		0	39
Craig Swabek		2	16		1	11
George Williams		2	13		0	9
John Tuyo		1	13		0	13
Joey Hamilton		1	11		0	11
Eric Broomfield		1	8		0	8
Deon Booker		1	5		0	5
Totals		21	266		3	50

PUNTING
	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	In20	TB
Kirk Kennedy	6	210	35.0	41
Totals	6	210	35.0	41

RETURNS
	Punt No	Yds	Lg	Kick No	Yds	Lg	Int No	Yds	Lg
Keith Stephens	2	17	9	3	59	35	0	0	0
Colburn Clark	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	30	30
Totals	2	17	9	3	59	35	1	30	30

FIELD GOALS
Qtr	Time	Dist	Result
		39	Blocked
		52	Missed

ALL-PURPOSE
	Rush	Rcv	KR	PR	IR	Total
Rodney Knighton	15	100	0	0	0	115
Keith Stephens	0	0	59	17	0	76
Anthony Cummings	0	61	0	0	0	61
Pete Bynm	0	39	0	0	0	39
Colburn Clark	0	0	0	0	30	30
Craig Swabek	2	16	0	0	0	18
George Williams	0	13	0	0	0	13
John Tuyo	0	13	0	0	0	13
Joey Hamilton	0	11	0	0	0	11
Eric Broomfield	0	8	0	0	0	8
Deon Booker	0	5	0	0	0	5
Jay Gruden	-48	0	0	0	0	-48

FUMBLES
Louisville – Jay Gruden 1-0, Keith Stephens 1-1, Craig Swabek 1-1 Purdue – 2-1

Louisville Defense
#	Name	Solo	Ast	Total	Sacks-Yds	TFL-Yds	FF	FR-Yds	Int-Yds	BrUp	Blks	QBH
47	Pat Fitzgerald	8	4	12	0.0-0	2.0-7	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
46	Chris Sellars	7	5	12	0.0-0	1.0-1	0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0
12	Terry Lantz	5	7	12	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
43	Ed Reynolds	4	6	10	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
27	Bob Bare	5	4	9	0.0-0	1.0-2	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
22	Arthur Alexander	4	4	8	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0
99	Ted Washington	3	4	7	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
26	Troy Mike	2	4	6	0.0-0	1.0-1	0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0
98	Chris Thieneman	3	2	5	0.0-0	1.0-1	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
48	Mark Sander	3	1	4	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
91	Kevin Harvey	3	0	3	1.0-12	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
52	Neil Singleton	2	1	3	1.0-1	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
37	Joey Smith	1	2	3	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
69	Colburn Clark	2	0	2	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	1-30	0	0	0
20	David Miller	2	0	2	0.0-0	1.0-1	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
50	Phillip Green	0	2	2	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	1-0	0-0	0	0	0
72	Jim Nauert	1	0	1	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
5	Clayton Patton	1	0	1	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
35	Tyrone Thomas	1	0	1	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
2	Walter Wise	1	0	1	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
93	Dan Gangwer	0	1	1	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
7	Bernard Ziggler	0	1	1	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
	Totals	59	48	107	2.0-13	7.0-13	0	1-0	1-30	4	0	0

Louisville Participation

2-Walter Wise, 5-Clayton Patton, 7-Bernard Ziggler, 12-Terry Lantz, 20-David Miller, 22-Arthur Alexander, 26-Troy Mike, 27-Bob Bare, 35-Tyrone Thomas, 37-Joey Smith, 43-Ed Reynolds, 46-Chris Sellars, 47-Pat Fitzgerald, 48-Mark Sander, 50-Phillip Green, 52-Neil Singleton, 69-Colburn Clark, 72-Jim Nauert, 91-Kevin Harvey, 93-Dan Gangwer, 95-Ron Madrick, 98-Chris Thieneman, 99-Ted Washington, Ron Bell, Deon Booker, Eric Broomfield, Pete Burkey, Pete Bynm, Anthony Cummings, Allen Douglas, Mike Flores, Chad Fortune, John Gainey, Harry George, Robert Gibson, Chris Glasper, Jay Gruden, Joey Hamilton, Brian Hayes, Kirk Kennedy, Rodney Knighton, Gary Lammons, Eric Lawton, Kyle Long, Mike Mauzy, Scott McAllister, Mike McKinney, Mel Mills, Jeff Pointer, Jeff Smith (2), Keith Stephens, Craig Swabek, Darryl Swafford, John Tuyo, Latrell Ware, Gary Warren, Anthony Wiggins, George Williams