Oct. 15, 1988 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 30,142
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 14 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
| Virginia | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 08:20 | Calvin Dixson 27-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Klaus Wilmsmeyer kick missed wide right), 12-80, 03:13 |
| 1st | 04:31 | Deon Booker 12-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Jay Gruden pass to Eric Broomfield), 6-28, 02:57 |
| 3rd | 00:35 | Chad Fortune 2-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Klaus Wilmsmeyer kick), 6-17, 02:46 |
| 4th | 09:44 | Latrell Ware 6-yard rush (Klaus Wilmsmeyer kick missed wide right), 12-76, 04:22 |
| 4th | 00:10 | Ron Bell 39-yard field goal, 7-42, 01:00 |
| Louisville | Virginia | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 27 | 22 |
| Rushing | 13 | 9 |
| Passing | 14 | 12 |
| Penalty | 0 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 157 | 147 |
| Rushing Attempts | 38 | 48 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.1 | 3.1 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 175 | 174 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 18 | 27 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 268 | 170 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 26-45-2 | 16-27-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 6.0 | 6.3 |
| Average Per Completion | 10.3 | 10.6 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 3 | 2 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 425 | 317 |
| Total offense plays | 83 | 75 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.1 | 4.2 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-2 | 4-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 12-115 | 7-59 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 4-125 | 5-161 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 31.3 | 32.2 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-15-0 | 3-39-0 |
| Average Per Return | 7.5 | 13.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 4-107-0 | 6-138-0 |
| Average Per Return | 26.8 | 23.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 2-12-0 | 2-7-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 28:25 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 7-14 | 5-11 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 0-0 | 1-13 |
| PAT Kicks | 1-3 | 4-4 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Deon Booker | 26 | 115 | 5 | 110 | 0 | 11 | 4.2 |
| Eric Broomfield | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 |
| Latrell Ware | 5 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 3.8 |
| Keith Stephens | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2.7 |
| Craig Swabek | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 |
| Jay Gruden | 2 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 0 | 8 | -2.5 |
| Totals | 38 | 175 | 18 | 157 | 1 | 20 | 4.1 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Jay Gruden | 26-45-2 | 268 | 3 | 27 | 1 |
| Totals | 26-45-2 | 268 | 3 | 27 | 1 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Calvin Dixson | 4 | 68 | 1 | 27 | ||
| Anthony Cummings | 5 | 63 | 0 | 22 | ||
| Deon Booker | 6 | 53 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Chad Fortune | 4 | 28 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Latrell Ware | 3 | 21 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Fred Jones | 2 | 18 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Joey Hamilton | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Keith Stephens | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 26 | 268 | 3 | 27 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 3 | 125 | 41.7 | 47 | ||
| Totals | 3 | 125 | 41.7 | 47 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Keith Stephens | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 97 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Moyler | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Gainey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 |
| Latrell Ware | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 107 | 43 | 2 | 12 | 12 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 4th | 00:10 | 39 | Good |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Deon Booker | 110 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163 |
| Keith Stephens | 8 | 5 | 97 | 3 | 0 | 113 |
| Calvin Dixson | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| Anthony Cummings | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 |
| Latrell Ware | 19 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Chad Fortune | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Eric Broomfield | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Fred Jones | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| David Moyler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Joey Hamilton | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| John Gainey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Craig Swabek | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Jay Gruden | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Deon Booker 2-2 Virginia – 4-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 48 | Mark Sander | 12 | 5 | 17 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Pat Fitzgerald | 9 | 3 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Dan Gangwer | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Ted Washington | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Mike Flores | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Bob Bare | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | John Gainey | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2-12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Robert Gibson | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Joey Smith | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Reggie Johnson | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Andrew Higgs | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Arthur Alexander | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Terry Lantz | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Ricky McFadden | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Larry Stricklin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Mike McKinney | 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 |
| 43 | Ed Reynolds | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 70 | 27 | 97 | 0.0-0 | 5.0-10 | 0 | 1-0 | 2-12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
12-Terry Lantz, 22-Arthur Alexander, 25-John Gainey, 27-Bob Bare, 28-Larry Stricklin, 30-David Moyler, 37-Joey Smith, 39-Ricky McFadden, 43-Ed Reynolds, 47-Pat Fitzgerald, 48-Mark Sander, 53-Deron Williams, 54-Reggie Johnson, 59-Mike McKinney, 75-Andrew Higgs, 93-Dan Gangwer, 94-Robert Gibson, 96-Mike Flores, 99-Ted Washington, Ron Bell, William Blackford, Deon Booker, Eric Broomfield, Anthony Cummings, Calvin Dixson, Chad Fortune, Jay Gruden, Joey Hamilton, Fred Jones, Jeff Pointer, Keith Stephens, Craig Swabek, Latrell Ware, Klaus Wilmsmeyer