Oct. 17, 1987 – Away – Doak Campbell Stadium – Tallahassee, Fla. – Attendance 53,114
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| Florida State | 6 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 32 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 05:43 | Ron Bell 27-yard field goal, 6-18, 01:27 |
| 4th | Deon Booker 3-yard rush (two-point conversion failed), 6-51, 00:47 |
| Louisville | Florida State | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 22 | 31 |
| Rushing | 3 | 21 |
| Passing | 16 | 9 |
| Penalty | 3 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 27 | 349 |
| Rushing Attempts | 22 | 54 |
| Average Per Rush | 1.2 | 6.5 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 3 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 55 | 364 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 28 | 15 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 339 | 193 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 23-53-1 | 14-32-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 6.4 | 6.0 |
| Average Per Completion | 14.7 | 13.8 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 366 | 542 |
| Total offense plays | 75 | 86 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.9 | 6.3 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 7-65 | 13-121 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 6-178 | 4-174 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 29.7 | 43.5 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-48-0 | 3-8-0 |
| Average Per Return | 16.0 | 2.7 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 7-111-0 | 3-59-0 |
| Average Per Return | 15.9 | 19.7 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-3-0 | 1-9-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 26:20 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 2-13 | 4-12 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 1-4 | 2-2 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 0-0 | 2-23 |
| PAT Kicks | 0-0 | 2-3 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| Field Goals | 1-1 | 2-2 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Deon Booker | 11 | 24 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 1.8 |
| Rodney Knighton | 5 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 2.8 |
| Joey Hamilton | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Jay Gruden | 5 | 13 | 24 | -11 | 0 | 12 | -2.2 |
| Totals | 22 | 55 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 12 | 1.2 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Jay Gruden | 23-52-1 | 339 | 0 | 46 | 2 |
| Eric Lawton | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-53-1 | 339 | 0 | 46 | 2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| George Williams | 6 | 74 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Chad Fortune | 3 | 60 | 0 | 21 | ||
| Eric Broomfield | 1 | 46 | 0 | 46 | ||
| Anthony Cummings | 2 | 39 | 0 | 21 | ||
| Joey Hamilton | 2 | 35 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Deon Booker | 3 | 34 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Craig Swabek | 3 | 19 | 0 | 11 | ||
| John Tuyo | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Rodney Knighton | 2 | 15 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Totals | 23 | 339 | 0 | 46 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Kirk Kennedy | 5 | 178 | 35.6 | 39 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 178 | 35.6 | 39 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Keith Stephens | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 80 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Hamilton | 1 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deon Booker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Latrell Ware | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Broomfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Fitzgerald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals | 3 | 48 | 39 | 7 | 111 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 1st | 05:43 | 27 | Good |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Keith Stephens | 0 | 0 | 80 | 9 | 0 | 89 |
| Joey Hamilton | 4 | 35 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 78 |
| George Williams | 0 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 |
| Deon Booker | 20 | 34 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
| Chad Fortune | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Eric Broomfield | 0 | 46 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| Anthony Cummings | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Rodney Knighton | 14 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Craig Swabek | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| John Tuyo | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Latrell Ware | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Pat Fitzgerald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Jay Gruden | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -11 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 0-0 Florida State – 3-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| Pat Fitzgerald | 9 | 4 | 13 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Sellars | 8 | 5 | 13 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Sander | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Warren | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Lantz | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Bare | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Colburn Clark | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clayton Patton | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Washington | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-10 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arthur Alexander | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Harvey | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Neil Singleton | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deon Booker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terrance McWilliams | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Thieneman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tyrone Thomas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 55 | 20 | 75 | 0.0-0 | 3.0-13 | 0 | 1-0 | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Arthur Alexander, Bob Bare, Ron Bell, Deon Booker, Eric Broomfield, Pete Bynm, Colburn Clark, Anthony Cummings, Pat Fitzgerald, Chad Fortune, Jay Gruden, Joey Hamilton, Kevin Harvey, Kirk Kennedy, Rodney Knighton, Terry Lantz, Eric Lawton, Kyle Long, Terrance McWilliams, David Miller, Clayton Patton, Mark Sander, Chris Sellars, Neil Singleton, Keith Stephens, Craig Swabek, Chris Thieneman, Tyrone Thomas, John Tuyo, Latrell Ware, Gary Warren, Ted Washington, George Williams