Oct. 10, 1987 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 21,658
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
| Marshall | 7 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 34 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 13:33 | Rodney Knighton 3-yard rush (Ron Bell kick), 14-73, 04:21 |
| 2nd | 05:00 | Ron Bell 27-yard field goal, 9-74, 03:41 |
| 3rd | 10:21 | Rodney Knighton 35-yard rush (Joey Hamilton), 5-74, 01:41 |
| 3rd | 00:42 | Anthony Cummings 10-yard pass from Jay Gruden (kick missed), 1-10, 00:05 |
| 4th | 05:28 | Joey Hamilton 20-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Ron Bell kick), 4-72, 01:47 |
| Louisville | Marshall | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 24 | 20 |
| Rushing | 13 | 7 |
| Passing | 10 | 12 |
| Penalty | 1 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 275 | 59 |
| Rushing Attempts | 54 | 31 |
| Average Per Rush | 5.1 | 1.9 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 2 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 309 | 98 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 34 | 39 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 192 | 286 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 14-27-1 | 25-44-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 7.1 | 6.5 |
| Average Per Completion | 13.7 | 11.4 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 3 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 467 | 345 |
| Total offense plays | 81 | 75 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.8 | 4.6 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-1 | 3-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 8-65 | 8-55 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 6-194 | 7-255 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 32.3 | 36.4 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-16-0 | 1-17-0 |
| Average Per Return | 5.3 | 17.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 4-62-0 | 6-178-0 |
| Average Per Return | 15.5 | 29.7 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 2-30-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 32:28 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 5-15 | 7-17 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 1-2 | 1-1 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 2-17 | 3-24 |
| PAT Kicks | 2-3 | 4-4 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Deon Booker | 30 | 200 | 4 | 196 | 0 | 38 | 6.5 |
| Rodney Knighton | 16 | 102 | 3 | 99 | 2 | 35 | 6.2 |
| Craig Swabek | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 3.0 |
| Pete Bynm | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 |
| Jay Gruden | 5 | 1 | 26 | -25 | 0 | 1 | -5.0 |
| Totals | 54 | 309 | 34 | 275 | 2 | 38 | 5.1 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Jay Gruden | 14-27-1 | 192 | 2 | 45 | 3 |
| Totals | 14-27-1 | 192 | 2 | 45 | 3 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Joey Hamilton | 2 | 65 | 1 | 45 | ||
| Rodney Knighton | 6 | 60 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Anthony Cummings | 2 | 28 | 1 | 18 | ||
| George Williams | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | ||
| Deon Booker | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Eric Broomfield | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Mike McKinney | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | ||
| Totals | 14 | 192 | 2 | 45 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Kirk Kennedy | 6 | 194 | 32.3 | 57 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 194 | 32.3 | 57 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Deon Booker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Lantz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 20 |
| Eric Broomfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Hamilton | 3 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 62 | 24 | 2 | 30 | 20 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 2nd | 05:00 | 27 | Good |
| 41 | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Deon Booker | 196 | 11 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 252 |
| Rodney Knighton | 99 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159 |
| Joey Hamilton | 0 | 65 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 81 |
| Terry Lantz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 30 |
| Anthony Cummings | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Eric Broomfield | 0 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| George Williams | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Craig Swabek | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Pete Bynm | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Mike McKinney | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 |
| Jay Gruden | -25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -25 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Deon Booker 2-1 Marshall – 3-0 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 46 | Chris Sellars | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Gary Warren | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Bob Bare | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Arthur Alexander | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Neil Singleton | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-10 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Chris Thieneman | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2.0-17 | 3.0-20 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Kevin Harvey | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Phillip Green | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Ed Reynolds | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Terry Lantz | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Mark Sander | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Ted Washington | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Pat Fitzgerald | 1 | 1 | 2 | 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 |
| 31 | Deon Booker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 55 | 12 | 67 | 2.0-17 | 8.0-39 | 0 | 1-0 | 2-30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
1-Gary Warren, 2-Walter Wise, 12-Terry Lantz, 22-Arthur Alexander, 27-Bob Bare, 31-Deon Booker, 35-Tyrone Thomas, 43-Ed Reynolds, 46-Chris Sellars, 47-Pat Fitzgerald, 48-Mark Sander, 50-Phillip Green, 52-Neil Singleton, 91-Kevin Harvey, 98-Chris Thieneman, 99-Ted Washington, Ron Bell, Eric Broomfield, Pete Bynm, Anthony Cummings, Jay Gruden, Joey Hamilton, Kirk Kennedy, Rodney Knighton, Kyle Long, Mike McKinney, Craig Swabek, John Tuyo, George Williams