Sept. 24, 1988 – Away – Kenan Stadium – Chapel Hill, N.C. – Attendance 49,900
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 14 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 38 |
| North Carolina | 7 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 34 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 12:37 | Latrell Ware 2-yard rush (Ron Bell kick), 9-82, 02:23 |
| 1st | 01:12 | Anthony Cummings 15-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Ron Bell kick), 9-86, 02:54 |
| 2nd | 11:58 | Jay Gruden 1-yard rush (Ron Bell kick), 9-50, 02:47 |
| 2nd | 07:17 | Ron Bell 39-yard field goal, 9-28, 03:48 |
| 4th | 09:56 | Deon Booker 22-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Ron Bell kick), 10-81, 03:22 |
| 4th | 02:44 | Deon Booker 6-yard rush (Ron Bell kick), 6-38, 02:40 |
| Louisville | North Carolina | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 28 | 23 |
| Rushing | 12 | 15 |
| Passing | 14 | 8 |
| Penalty | 2 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 189 | 318 |
| Rushing Attempts | 45 | 51 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.2 | 6.2 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 3 | 4 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 230 | 341 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 41 | 23 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 323 | 159 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 26-43-1 | 8-20-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 7.5 | 8.0 |
| Average Per Completion | 12.4 | 19.9 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 512 | 477 |
| Total offense plays | 88 | 71 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.8 | 6.7 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 0-0 | 8-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 9-64 | 8-80 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 4-169 | 5-231 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 42.3 | 46.2 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 4-53-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Average Per Return | 13.3 | 0.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 5-98-0 | 7-190-0 |
| Average Per Return | 19.6 | 27.1 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 1-22-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 32:18 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 9-19 | 5-12 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 0-0 | 1-20 |
| PAT Kicks | 5-5 | 4-4 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| Field Goals | 1-3 | 0-1 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Deon Booker | 18 | 125 | 0 | 125 | 1 | 16 | 6.9 |
| Latrell Ware | 10 | 54 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 13 | 5.4 |
| Keith Stephens | 7 | 34 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 13 | 4.4 |
| Calvin Dixson | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Craig Swabek | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2.5 |
| Jay Gruden | 7 | 2 | 38 | -36 | 1 | 1 | -5.1 |
| Totals | 45 | 230 | 41 | 189 | 3 | 16 | 4.2 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Jay Gruden | 26-43-1 | 323 | 2 | 22 | 1 |
| Totals | 26-43-1 | 323 | 2 | 22 | 1 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Latrell Ware | 3 | 54 | 0 | 21 | ||
| Chad Fortune | 5 | 49 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Deon Booker | 4 | 49 | 1 | 22 | ||
| Anthony Cummings | 3 | 39 | 1 | 16 | ||
| Fred Jones | 2 | 30 | 0 | 22 | ||
| Keith Stephens | 2 | 29 | 0 | 20 | ||
| George Williams | 3 | 25 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Craig Swabek | 2 | 22 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Eric Broomfield | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | ||
| Calvin Dixson | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 26 | 323 | 2 | 22 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 4 | 169 | 42.3 | 45 | ||
| Totals | 4 | 169 | 42.3 | 45 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Keith Stephens | 4 | 53 | 37 | 3 | 79 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Stricklin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Latrell Ware | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 53 | 37 | 5 | 98 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 2nd | 07:17 | 39 | Good |
| 25 | Missed | ||
| 45 | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Keith Stephens | 31 | 29 | 79 | 53 | 0 | 192 |
| Deon Booker | 125 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174 |
| Latrell Ware | 54 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 112 |
| Chad Fortune | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Anthony Cummings | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Fred Jones | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Craig Swabek | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| George Williams | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Eric Broomfield | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Calvin Dixson | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Larry Stricklin | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Jay Gruden | -36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -36 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 0-0 North Carolina – 8-2 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 48 | Mark Sander | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Ted Washington | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Pat Fitzgerald | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Derek Hawthorne | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Reggie Johnson | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Dan Gangwer | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Joey Smith | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Bob Bare | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | John Gainey | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Arthur Alexander | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Mike Flores | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Larry Stricklin | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 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 |
| 94 | Robert Gibson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Eric Broomfield | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Mel Mills | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Ed Reynolds | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Andrew Higgs | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 55 | 15 | 70 | 0.0-0 | 3.0-14 | 0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
3-Eric Broomfield, 22-Arthur Alexander, 25-John Gainey, 27-Bob Bare, 28-Larry Stricklin, 37-Joey Smith, 43-Ed Reynolds, 45-Derek Hawthorne, 47-Pat Fitzgerald, 48-Mark Sander, 54-Reggie Johnson, 56-Mel Mills, 75-Andrew Higgs, 83-Jeff Pointer, 93-Dan Gangwer, 94-Robert Gibson, 96-Mike Flores, 99-Ted Washington, Ron Bell, Deon Booker, Anthony Cummings, Calvin Dixson, Chad Fortune, Jay Gruden, Fred Jones, Keith Stephens, Craig Swabek, Latrell Ware, George Williams, Klaus Wilmsmeyer