Oct. 8, 1988 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 24,381
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Tulsa | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 00:39 | Fred Jones 20-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Ron Bell kick missed wide), 3-57, 00:23 |
| 4th | 13:03 | Klaus Wilmsmeyer 27-yard field goal, 11-58, 03:38 |
| Louisville | Tulsa | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 23 | 23 |
| Rushing | 8 | 11 |
| Passing | 11 | 10 |
| Penalty | 4 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 133 | 127 |
| Rushing Attempts | 41 | 45 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 160 | 154 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 27 | 27 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 186 | 204 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 16-28-2 | 23-36-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 6.6 | 5.7 |
| Average Per Completion | 11.6 | 8.9 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 319 | 331 |
| Total offense plays | 69 | 81 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.6 | 4.1 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-1 | 4-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 9-93 | 12-165 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 3-97 | 4-160 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 32.3 | 40.0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-5-0 | 1-14-0 |
| Average Per Return | 2.5 | 14.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 2-57-0 | 3-64-0 |
| Average Per Return | 28.5 | 21.3 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 2-11-0 | 2-5-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 26:29 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 4-14 | 6-17 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 1-1 | 4-5 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 1-8 | 1-10 |
| PAT Kicks | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-3 | 1-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Deon Booker | 21 | 114 | 6 | 108 | 0 | 18 | 5.1 |
| Keith Stephens | 7 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 2.6 |
| Latrell Ware | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2.3 |
| Craig Swabek | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3.5 |
| Jay Gruden | 8 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 0 | 8 | -0.9 |
| Totals | 41 | 160 | 27 | 133 | 0 | 18 | 3.2 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Jay Gruden | 16-28-2 | 186 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
| Totals | 16-28-2 | 186 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Chad Fortune | 5 | 60 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Fred Jones | 2 | 27 | 1 | 20 | ||
| Deon Booker | 4 | 26 | 0 | 21 | ||
| Eric Broomfield | 2 | 26 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Keith Stephens | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | ||
| Anthony Cummings | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Craig Swabek | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Totals | 16 | 186 | 1 | 23 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 3 | 97 | 32.3 | 34 | ||
| Totals | 3 | 97 | 32.3 | 34 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Keith Stephens | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Stricklin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Bare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Mark Sander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Totals | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 57 | 38 | 2 | 11 | 6 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 4th | 13:03 | 27 | Good |
| 40 | Missed | ||
| 33 | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Deon Booker | 108 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 |
| Keith Stephens | 18 | 23 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 84 |
| Chad Fortune | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Fred Jones | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Eric Broomfield | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Larry Stricklin | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Craig Swabek | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Anthony Cummings | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Latrell Ware | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Bob Bare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Mark Sander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Jay Gruden | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Latrell Ware 1-1 Tulsa – 4-2 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 48 | Mark Sander | 11 | 3 | 14 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Bob Bare | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Robert Gibson | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Ted Washington | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Arthur Alexander | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Mike Flores | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Reggie Johnson | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Deron Williams | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Pat Fitzgerald | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Dan Gangwer | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.0-8 | 1.0-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Derek Hawthorne | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Andrew Higgs | 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 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Mel Mills | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | David Moyler | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Jeff Pointer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Joey Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 69 | 20 | 89 | 1.0-8 | 5.0-22 | 0 | 2-0 | 2-11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
4-Klaus Wilmsmeyer, 22-Arthur Alexander, 25-John Gainey, 26-Alvin Johnson, 27-Bob Bare, 30-David Moyler, 37-Joey Smith, 45-Derek Hawthorne, 47-Pat Fitzgerald, 48-Mark Sander, 53-Deron Williams, 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, Eric Broomfield, Anthony Cummings, Chad Fortune, Jay Gruden, Fred Jones, Keith Stephens, Larry Stricklin, Craig Swabek, Latrell Ware, George Williams