Nov. 5, 1988 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 21,107
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| Virginia Tech | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 03:53 | Ron Bell 52-yard field goal, 9-43, 02:58 |
| 3rd | 10:25 | Deon Booker 1-yard rush (Ron Bell kick), 8-31, 02:53 |
| 4th | 01:16 | Ron Bell 25-yard field goal, 8-15, 03:55 |
| Louisville | Virginia Tech | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 13 | 15 |
| Rushing | 7 | 8 |
| Passing | 6 | 6 |
| Penalty | 0 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 95 | 73 |
| Rushing Attempts | 44 | 49 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.2 | 1.5 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 150 | 139 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 55 | 66 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 111 | 148 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 12-29-1 | 16-24-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 3.8 | 6.2 |
| Average Per Completion | 9.3 | 9.3 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 206 | 221 |
| Total offense plays | 73 | 73 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 2.8 | 3.0 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 3-1 | 6-3 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 2-10 | 3-25 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 8-247 | 8-239 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 30.9 | 29.9 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-52-0 | 4-19-0 |
| Average Per Return | 17.3 | 4.8 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 2-21-0 | 3-52-0 |
| Average Per Return | 10.5 | 17.3 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-0-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 27:42 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 4-19 | 5-18 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 5-45 | 5-45 |
| PAT Kicks | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 2-3 | 1-1 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Deon Booker | 23 | 84 | 1 | 83 | 1 | 14 | 3.6 |
| Walter Wise | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 |
| Latrell Ware | 6 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 2.5 |
| Craig Swabek | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 |
| Keith Stephens | 5 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1.6 |
| Jay Gruden | 8 | 2 | 48 | -46 | 0 | 1 | -5.8 |
| Totals | 44 | 150 | 55 | 95 | 1 | 20 | 2.2 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Jay Gruden | 12-28-1 | 111 | 0 | 22 | 5 |
| Browning Nagle | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 12-29-1 | 111 | 0 | 22 | 5 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Walter Wise | 3 | 39 | 0 | 22 | ||
| Calvin Dixson | 2 | 24 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Chad Fortune | 3 | 20 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Eric Broomfield | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Anthony Cummings | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Craig Swabek | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 12 | 111 | 0 | 22 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 8 | 247 | 30.9 | 49 | ||
| Totals | 8 | 247 | 30.9 | 49 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Joey Hamilton | 3 | 52 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Stephens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Pointer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Bare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | 52 | 46 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 2nd | 03:53 | 52 | Good |
| 4th | 01:16 | 25 | Good |
| 37 | Blocked | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Deon Booker | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
| Walter Wise | 20 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| Joey Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 52 |
| Keith Stephens | 8 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Calvin Dixson | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Chad Fortune | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Eric Broomfield | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Craig Swabek | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Latrell Ware | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Anthony Cummings | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Jeff Pointer | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jay Gruden | -46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -46 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Jay Gruden 2-1, Joey Hamilton 1-0 Virginia Tech – 6-3 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 48 | Mark Sander | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 3.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Mike Flores | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Robert Gibson | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Ted Washington | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-10 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Reggie Johnson | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1.0-9 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Bob Bare | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Mel Mills | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2.0-19 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Joey Smith | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Dan Gangwer | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2.0-17 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Arthur Alexander | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Andrew Higgs | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Deron Williams | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Pat Fitzgerald | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | John Gainey | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Derek Hawthorne | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Brian Hayes | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Bobby Hall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Alvin Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Terry Lantz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Larry Stricklin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Joey Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Mike McKinney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | T.J. Poelking | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 71 | 23 | 94 | 5.0-45 | 10.0-22 | 0 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
12-Terry Lantz, 19-Joey Hamilton, 22-Arthur Alexander, 25-John Gainey, 26-Alvin Johnson, 27-Bob Bare, 28-Larry Stricklin, 32-Bobby Hall, 37-Joey Smith, 45-Derek Hawthorne, 47-Pat Fitzgerald, 48-Mark Sander, 53-Deron Williams, 54-Reggie Johnson, 55-Brian Hayes, 56-Mel Mills, 58-T.J. Poelking, 59-Mike McKinney, 75-Andrew Higgs, 93-Dan Gangwer, 94-Robert Gibson, 96-Mike Flores, 99-Ted Washington, Ron Bell, Deon Booker, Eric Broomfield, Anthony Cummings, Calvin Dixson, Chad Fortune, Jay Gruden, Fred Jones, Browning Nagle, Jeff Pointer, Keith Stephens, Craig Swabek, Latrell Ware, Klaus Wilmsmeyer, Walter Wise