Oct. 29, 1988 – Away – Nippert Stadium – Cincinnati, Ohio – Attendance 19,193
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 03:45 | Deon Booker 1-yard rush (Ron Bell kick), 12-59, 04:20 |
| 2nd | 03:17 | Latrell Ware 2-yard rush (Ron Bell kick), 10-80, 03:45 |
| 3rd | 06:17 | Anthony Cummings 14-yard pass from Jay Gruden (Ron Bell kick), 9-50, 04:24 |
| Louisville | Cincinnati | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 18 | 18 |
| Rushing | 7 | 7 |
| Passing | 9 | 11 |
| Penalty | 2 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 105 | 141 |
| Rushing Attempts | 37 | 32 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.8 | 4.4 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 112 | 180 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 7 | 39 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 266 | 224 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 28-48-0 | 21-42-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 5.5 | 5.3 |
| Average Per Completion | 9.5 | 10.7 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 371 | 365 |
| Total offense plays | 85 | 74 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 0-0 | 4-3 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 5-50 | 13-87 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 8-307 | 6-195 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 38.4 | 32.5 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 4-5-0 | 2-12-0 |
| Average Per Return | 1.3 | 6.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 2-50-0 | 4-106-0 |
| Average Per Return | 25.0 | 26.5 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 33:26 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 7-19 | 3-13 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 1-3 | 2-4 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 2-16 | 0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Deon Booker | 13 | 41 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 10 | 3.2 |
| Keith Stephens | 8 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 7 | 4.0 |
| Browning Nagle | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| Craig Swabek | 6 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1.7 |
| Latrell Ware | 4 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 2.0 |
| Calvin Dixson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Jay Gruden | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Pete Bynm | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Eric Broomfield | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | -4.0 |
| Totals | 37 | 112 | 7 | 105 | 2 | 13 | 2.8 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Jay Gruden | 28-47-0 | 266 | 1 | 30 | 0 |
| Browning Nagle | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 28-48-0 | 266 | 1 | 30 | 0 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Anthony Cummings | 4 | 65 | 1 | 27 | ||
| Deon Booker | 7 | 53 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Craig Swabek | 6 | 44 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Keith Stephens | 2 | 31 | 0 | 21 | ||
| Chad Fortune | 3 | 25 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Eric Broomfield | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Latrell Ware | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||
| George Williams | 2 | 12 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Calvin Dixson | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Pete Bynm | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 28 | 266 | 1 | 30 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 8 | 307 | 38.4 | 56 | ||
| Totals | 8 | 307 | 38.4 | 56 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Keith Stephens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Swabek | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Hamilton | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Keith Stephens | 32 | 31 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 113 |
| Deon Booker | 41 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 |
| Anthony Cummings | 0 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
| Craig Swabek | 10 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 57 |
| Chad Fortune | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Latrell Ware | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Browning Nagle | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| George Williams | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Eric Broomfield | -4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Calvin Dixson | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Pete Bynm | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jay Gruden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Joey Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 0-0 Cincinnati – 4-3 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 22 | Arthur Alexander | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Bob Bare | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Robert Gibson | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Mike Flores | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2.0-12 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Ted Washington | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Alvin Johnson | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Mark Sander | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | John Gainey | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Dan Gangwer | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Reggie Johnson | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Joey Smith | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Pat Fitzgerald | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Andrew Higgs | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 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 |
| 28 | Larry Stricklin | 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 |
| 24 | William Blackford | 0 | 1 | 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 |
| 53 | Deron Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 47 | 14 | 61 | 2.0-12 | 4.0-9 | 0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
22-Arthur Alexander, 24-William Blackford, 25-John Gainey, 26-Alvin Johnson, 27-Bob Bare, 28-Larry Stricklin, 35-Tyrone Thomas, 37-Joey Smith, 43-Ed Reynolds, 45-Derek Hawthorne, 47-Pat Fitzgerald, 48-Mark Sander, 53-Deron Williams, 54-Reggie Johnson, 75-Andrew Higgs, 93-Dan Gangwer, 94-Robert Gibson, 96-Mike Flores, 99-Ted Washington, Ron Bell, Deon Booker, Eric Broomfield, Pete Bynm, Anthony Cummings, Calvin Dixson, Chad Fortune, Jay Gruden, Joey Hamilton, Fred Jones, Browning Nagle, Keith Stephens, Craig Swabek, Latrell Ware, George Williams, Klaus Wilmsmeyer