Nov. 12, 1988 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 31,636
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 6 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 35 |
| Western Kentucky | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 12:45 | Deon Booker 58-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Ron Bell kick blocked), 7-80, 02:12 |
| 2nd | 10:18 | Calvin Dixson 11-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Jay Gruden pass to Fred Jones failed, incomplete), 11-63, 04:07 |
| 2nd | 02:22 | Ron Bell 23-yard field goal, 13-60, 03:55 |
| 3rd | 00:03 | Deon Booker 3-yard rush (Ron Bell kick), 10-56, 04:13 |
| 4th | 11:32 | Deon Booker 1-yard rush (Ron Bell kick), 6-33, 03:28 |
| 4th | 00:16 | Bobby Hall 33-yard rush (Ron Bell kick blocked), 2-37, 00:47 |
| Louisville | Western Kentucky | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 23 | 14 |
| Rushing | 13 | 8 |
| Passing | 8 | 6 |
| Penalty | 2 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 198 | 142 |
| Rushing Attempts | 53 | 43 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.7 | 3.3 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 3 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 231 | 158 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 33 | 16 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 198 | 106 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 16-29-2 | 13-28-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 6.8 | 3.8 |
| Average Per Completion | 12.4 | 8.2 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 396 | 248 |
| Total offense plays | 82 | 71 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.8 | 3.5 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 7-5 | 2-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 9-80 | 13-107 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 4-153 | 8-303 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 38.3 | 37.9 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 5-18-0 | 1--1-0 |
| Average Per Return | 3.6 | -1.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 2-36-0 | 7-139-0 |
| Average Per Return | 18.0 | 19.9 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 2-26-0 | 2-14-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-1 |
| Possession Time | 32:52 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 11-18 | 2-14 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 1-6 | 2-22 |
| PAT Kicks | 2-4 | 2-2 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-1 | 1-2 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Deon Booker | 27 | 106 | 2 | 104 | 2 | 15 | 3.9 |
| Keith Stephens | 10 | 55 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 14 | 5.5 |
| Bobby Hall | 1 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 33 | 33.0 |
| Latrell Ware | 5 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 2.6 |
| David Moyler | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 |
| Craig Swabek | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1.7 |
| Larry Stricklin | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 1 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 0 | -7 | -7.0 |
| Jay Gruden | 4 | 7 | 24 | -17 | 0 | 7 | -4.3 |
| Totals | 53 | 231 | 33 | 198 | 3 | 33 | 3.7 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Jay Gruden | 15-28-2 | 200 | 2 | 58 | 2 |
| Joey Crenshaw | 1-1-0 | -2 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Totals | 16-29-2 | 198 | 2 | 58 | 2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Deon Booker | 3 | 69 | 1 | 58 | ||
| Chad Fortune | 4 | 34 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Walter Wise | 2 | 25 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Latrell Ware | 2 | 20 | 0 | 22 | ||
| Eric Broomfield | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Craig Swabek | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Calvin Dixson | 1 | 11 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Keith Stephens | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Totals | 16 | 198 | 2 | 58 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 4 | 153 | 38.3 | 44 | ||
| Totals | 4 | 153 | 38.3 | 44 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Keith Stephens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19 |
| Joey Hamilton | 5 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Hawthorne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Totals | 5 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 36 | 19 | 2 | 26 | 19 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 2nd | 02:22 | 23 | Good |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Deon Booker | 104 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173 |
| Keith Stephens | 55 | 9 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Chad Fortune | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Bobby Hall | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Latrell Ware | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Walter Wise | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Ted Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| Eric Broomfield | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Joey Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| Craig Swabek | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Calvin Dixson | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| David Moyler | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Derek Hawthorne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Larry Stricklin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 |
| Jay Gruden | -17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -17 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Jay Gruden 2-1, Joey Hamilton 2-2, Latrell Ware 1-1, Ted Washington 1-1, Klaus Wilmsmeyer 1-0 Western Kentucky – 2-2 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 47 | Pat Fitzgerald | 11 | 1 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Mark Sander | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Mike Flores | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1.0-6 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Dan Gangwer | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Arthur Alexander | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | John Gainey | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Robert Gibson | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Ted Washington | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Joey Smith | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Reggie Johnson | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Bob Bare | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Mel Mills | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Deron Williams | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Jeff Pointer | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Andrew Higgs | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Alvin Johnson | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Tyrone Thomas | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Derek Hawthorne | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | T.J. Poelking | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Brevin Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Larry Stricklin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | David Moyler | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Pete Burkey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 66 | 26 | 92 | 1.0-6 | 5.0-10 | 0 | 3-0 | 2-26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
22-Arthur Alexander, 25-John Gainey, 26-Alvin Johnson, 27-Bob Bare, 28-Larry Stricklin, 30-David Moyler, 35-Tyrone Thomas, 37-Joey Smith, 45-Derek Hawthorne, 47-Pat Fitzgerald, 48-Mark Sander, 52-Brevin Smith, 53-Deron Williams, 54-Reggie Johnson, 56-Mel Mills, 58-T.J. Poelking, 73-Pete Burkey, 75-Andrew Higgs, 83-Jeff Pointer, 93-Dan Gangwer, 94-Robert Gibson, 96-Mike Flores, 99-Ted Washington, Ron Bell, Deon Booker, Eric Broomfield, Joey Crenshaw, Anthony Cummings, Calvin Dixson, Chad Fortune, Jay Gruden, Bobby Hall, Joey Hamilton, Fred Jones, Keith Stephens, Craig Swabek, Latrell Ware, George Williams, Klaus Wilmsmeyer, Walter Wise