Nov. 18, 1989 – Away – Alumni Stadium – Chestnut Hill, Mass. – Attendance 24,650
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 36 |
| Boston College | 7 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 13:59 | Ron Bell 37-yard field goal, 8-27, 01:12 |
| 2nd | 08:48 | Carwell Gardner 7-yard rush (Ron Bell kick), 4-36, 01:50 |
| 2nd | 00:23 | Dee Smith 10-yard rush (Ron Bell kick), 5-84, 00:45 |
| 3rd | 04:49 | Eric Broomfield 27-yard pass from Browning Nagle (kick blocked), 7-70, 02:49 |
| 3rd | 01:31 | Fred Jones 7-yard pass from Browning Nagle (two-point conversion failed), 5-36, 01:50 |
| 4th | 03:41 | Browning Nagle 1-yard rush (Ron Bell kick), 1-1, 00:02 |
| Louisville | Boston College | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 18 | 11 |
| Rushing | 8 | 3 |
| Passing | 10 | 8 |
| Penalty | 0 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 164 | 41 |
| Rushing Attempts | 43 | 34 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.8 | 1.2 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 3 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 187 | 85 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 23 | 44 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 212 | 196 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 16-33-3 | 17-42-4 |
| Average Per Attempt | 6.4 | 4.7 |
| Average Per Completion | 13.3 | 11.5 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 376 | 237 |
| Total offense plays | 76 | 76 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.9 | 3.1 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 3-0 | 0-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 6-55 | 4-25 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 6-134 | 7-201 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 22.3 | 28.7 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 4-9-0 | 3-14-1 |
| Average Per Return | 2.3 | 4.7 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 7-168-0 |
| Average Per Return | 24.0 | |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 4-52-0 | 3-21-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 30:35 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 7-18 | 7-20 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-1 | 2-4 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 3-25 | 2-19 |
| PAT Kicks | 3-4 | 2-2 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| Field Goals | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Carwell Gardner | 12 | 49 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 9 | 4.0 |
| Curtis Lipsey | 14 | 46 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 18 | 3.1 |
| David Moyler | 1 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 29.0 |
| Dee Smith | 6 | 26 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 10 | 4.0 |
| Craig Swabek | 3 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 6.0 |
| Eric Broomfield | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| Jeff Brohm | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 |
| Browning Nagle | 5 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 1 | 8 | -1.8 |
| Totals | 43 | 187 | 23 | 164 | 3 | 29 | 3.8 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Browning Nagle | 16-32-3 | 212 | 2 | 30 | 2 |
| Jeff Brohm | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 16-33-3 | 212 | 2 | 30 | 2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Carwell Gardner | 3 | 46 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Chad Fortune | 4 | 36 | 0 | 21 | ||
| Anthony Cummings | 2 | 35 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Eric Broomfield | 1 | 27 | 1 | 27 | ||
| Curtis Lipsey | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | ||
| Ken McKay | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Greg Brohm | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Fred Jones | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Dee Smith | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Totals | 16 | 212 | 2 | 30 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 5 | 134 | 26.8 | 36 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 134 | 26.8 | 36 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| John Gainey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 49 |
| Dee Smith | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Bare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Craig Swabek | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricky McFadden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 52 | 49 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 2nd | 13:59 | 37 | Good |
| 50 | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Carwell Gardner | 48 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 |
| Curtis Lipsey | 44 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
| John Gainey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 49 |
| Chad Fortune | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Anthony Cummings | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Dee Smith | 24 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 34 |
| Eric Broomfield | 7 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| David Moyler | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Craig Swabek | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| Ken McKay | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Greg Brohm | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Fred Jones | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Bob Bare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Jeff Brohm | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Browning Nagle | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -9 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Bob Bare 1-0, David Moyler 1-0, Browning Nagle 1-0 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 43 | Ed Reynolds | 11 | 1 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Dan Gangwer | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Bob Bare | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Arthur Alexander | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Pat Fitzgerald | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Mark Sander | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.0-0 | 1.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Mike Flores | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2.5-9 | 2.5-9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Andrew Higgs | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Ted Washington | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Deron Williams | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Brian Hayes | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Reggie Johnson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Paul McDowell | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | David Moyler | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Ricky McFadden | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | William Blackford | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Ray Buchanan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Robert Gibson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Mel Mills | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0-0 | 1.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Brevin Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0-11 | 1.0-11 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Craig Swabek | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | John Gainey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-49 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 57 | 10 | 67 | 5.5-20 | 5.5-20 | 0 | 0-0 | 4-52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| OFFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| SE | Eric Broomfield | |
| RT | Pete Burkey | |
| LT | Jerry Crafts | |
| C | Allen Douglas | |
| TE | Chad Fortune | |
| LT | 93 | Dan Gangwer |
| FB | Carwell Gardner | |
| RT | 75 | Andrew Higgs |
| FL | Fred Jones | |
| HB | Curtis Lipsey | |
| RG | Scott McAllister | |
| LG | Mike McKinney | |
| QB | Browning Nagle | |
| DEFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| FS | 27 | Bob Bare |
| LB | 47 | Pat Fitzgerald |
| LB | 54 | Reggie Johnson |
| SS | 39 | Ricky McFadden |
| MLB | 48 | Mark Sander |
| OTHER | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| RC | 22 | Arthur Alexander |
| RE | 96 | Mike Flores |
| LC | 25 | John Gainey |
| LE | 53 | Deron Williams |
23-Craig Swabek, 24-William Blackford, 30-David Moyler, 34-Ray Buchanan, 43-Ed Reynolds, 52-Brevin Smith, 55-Brian Hayes, 56-Mel Mills, 63-Paul McDowell, 94-Robert Gibson, 99-Ted Washington, Ron Bell, Billy Bosworth, Greg Brohm, Jeff Brohm, Pete Bynm, Chris Collins, Andy Culley, Anthony Cummings, Carey Figg, Bobby Hall, Ken McKay, Anthony Semak, Dee Smith, Joey Smith, Latrell Ware, Klaus Wilmsmeyer