Sept. 17, 1988 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 22,476
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 29 |
| Memphis | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 10:58 | Deon Booker 6-yard rush (Ron Bell kick missed wide right), 10-71, 04:02 |
| 1st | 00:31 | Ron Bell 29-yard field goal, 7-63, 03:39 |
| 2nd | 00:54 | Deon Booker 1-yard rush (Ron Bell kick), 8-68, 01:23 |
| 3rd | 04:54 | Deon Booker 28-yard rush (Ron Bell kick), 8-79, 01:48 |
| 4th | 07:13 | Chad Fortune 4-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Ron Bell kick missed wide left), 13-70, 06:50 |
| Louisville | Memphis | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 20 | 20 |
| Rushing | 12 | 7 |
| Passing | 7 | 13 |
| Penalty | 1 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 246 | 120 |
| Rushing Attempts | 54 | 41 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.6 | 2.9 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 3 | 2 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 272 | 140 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 26 | 20 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 171 | 249 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 15-23-1 | 17-34-3 |
| Average Per Attempt | 7.4 | 7.3 |
| Average Per Completion | 11.4 | 14.6 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 417 | 369 |
| Total offense plays | 77 | 75 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.4 | 4.9 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 9-90 | 5-35 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 5-209 | 4-178 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 41.8 | 44.5 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 4-43-0 | 2-8-0 |
| Average Per Return | 10.8 | 4.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 4-76-0 | 6-138-0 |
| Average Per Return | 19.0 | 23.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 3-45-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 32:06 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 11-18 | 8-18 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 1-6 | 3-24 |
| PAT Kicks | 2-4 | 1-1 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Field Goals | 1-1 | 1-2 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Deon Booker | 24 | 155 | 1 | 154 | 3 | 28 | 6.4 |
| Keith Stephens | 16 | 63 | 1 | 62 | 0 | 14 | 3.9 |
| Latrell Ware | 7 | 36 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 11 | 5.1 |
| Craig Swabek | 3 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 3.3 |
| Jay Gruden | 4 | 8 | 24 | -16 | 0 | 8 | -4.0 |
| Totals | 54 | 272 | 26 | 246 | 3 | 28 | 4.6 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Jay Gruden | 15-23-1 | 171 | 1 | 31 | 3 |
| Totals | 15-23-1 | 171 | 1 | 31 | 3 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Anthony Cummings | 4 | 68 | 0 | 31 | ||
| Chad Fortune | 4 | 30 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Latrell Ware | 2 | 26 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Deon Booker | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | ||
| George Williams | 2 | 17 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Craig Swabek | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Keith Stephens | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 15 | 171 | 1 | 31 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 5 | 209 | 41.8 | 51 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 209 | 41.8 | 51 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Keith Stephens | 4 | 43 | 16 | 4 | 76 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Hawthorne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28 |
| Robert Gibson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17 |
| Arthur Alexander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 43 | 16 | 4 | 76 | 24 | 3 | 45 | 28 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 1st | 00:31 | 29 | Good |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Keith Stephens | 62 | 1 | 76 | 43 | 0 | 182 |
| Deon Booker | 154 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176 |
| Anthony Cummings | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| Latrell Ware | 36 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
| Chad Fortune | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Derek Hawthorne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 28 |
| Craig Swabek | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| George Williams | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Robert Gibson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| Jay Gruden | -16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -16 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Deon Booker 1-1, Jay Gruden 1-0 Memphis – 1-0 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 94 | Robert Gibson | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Ted Washington | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1.0-6 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Dan Gangwer | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Reggie Johnson | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Pat Fitzgerald | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Mark Sander | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Joey Smith | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Arthur Alexander | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Mike Flores | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Derek Hawthorne | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-28 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Bob Bare | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Ed Reynolds | 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 |
| 58 | T.J. Poelking | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Jeff Pointer | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Ron German | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Mel Mills | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Brian Hayes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Ricky McFadden | 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 |
| 53 | Deron Williams | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 64 | 24 | 88 | 1.0-6 | 6.0-14 | 0 | 0-0 | 3-45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
22-Arthur Alexander, 25-John Gainey, 27-Bob Bare, 35-Tyrone Thomas, 37-Joey Smith, 39-Ricky McFadden, 43-Ed Reynolds, 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, 83-Jeff Pointer, 93-Dan Gangwer, 94-Robert Gibson, 96-Mike Flores, 98-Ron German, 99-Ted Washington, Ron Bell, Deon Booker, Anthony Cummings, Calvin Dixson, Chad Fortune, Jay Gruden, Keith Stephens, Craig Swabek, Latrell Ware, George Williams, Klaus Wilmsmeyer