Nov. 11, 1989 – Away – Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium – Memphis, Tenn. – Attendance 14,003
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 40 |
| Memphis | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 12:40 | Curtis Lipsey 6-yard rush (Ron Bell kick), 6-37, 02:12 |
| 2nd | 11:30 | Carwell Gardner 23-yard pass from Browning Nagle (Ron Bell kick), 3-27, 01:10 |
| 2nd | 01:41 | Ron Bell 33-yard field goal, 6-36, 02:45 |
| 3rd | 12:41 | Curtis Lipsey 63-yard rush (Ron Bell kick), 1-63, 00:14 |
| 3rd | 01:29 | Ron Bell 38-yard field goal, 8-33, 03:54 |
| 4th | 13:29 | Ken McKay 3-yard rush (Ron Bell kick), 3-14, 01:13 |
| 4th | 05:00 | Rene Couto 36-yard pass from Jeff Brohm (kick blocked), 9-97, 05:11 |
| Louisville | Memphis | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 25 | 15 |
| Rushing | 12 | 5 |
| Passing | 11 | 9 |
| Penalty | 2 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 213 | 84 |
| Rushing Attempts | 41 | 38 |
| Average Per Rush | 5.2 | 2.2 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 3 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 234 | 118 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 21 | 34 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 243 | 169 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 16-28-1 | 18-29-3 |
| Average Per Attempt | 8.7 | 5.8 |
| Average Per Completion | 15.2 | 9.4 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 456 | 253 |
| Total offense plays | 69 | 67 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 6.6 | 3.8 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-1 | 3-3 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 3-20 | 6-65 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 2-76 | 6-269 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 38.0 | 44.8 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 4-66-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Average Per Return | 16.5 | |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 2-69-0 | 6-133-0 |
| Average Per Return | 34.5 | 22.2 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 3-6-0 | 1-7-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 28:00 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 7-13 | 6-17 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 5-26 | 2-8 |
| PAT Kicks | 4-5 | 1-1 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 2-5 | 1-1 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Curtis Lipsey | 5 | 80 | 0 | 80 | 2 | 63 | 16.0 |
| Dee Smith | 8 | 48 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 13 | 6.0 |
| Pete Bynm | 6 | 32 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 16 | 5.0 |
| Carwell Gardner | 6 | 28 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 4.2 |
| Anthony Cummings | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 |
| Craig Swabek | 3 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 4.0 |
| Latrell Ware | 6 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.7 |
| Ken McKay | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 |
| Jeff Brohm | 3 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 2 | -0.3 |
| Browning Nagle | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 0 | 2 | -1.5 |
| Totals | 41 | 234 | 21 | 213 | 3 | 63 | 5.2 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Browning Nagle | 13-25-1 | 197 | 1 | 38 | 1 |
| Jeff Brohm | 3-3-0 | 46 | 1 | 36 | 1 |
| Totals | 16-28-1 | 243 | 2 | 38 | 2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Fred Jones | 3 | 73 | 0 | 38 | ||
| Rene Couto | 1 | 36 | 1 | 36 | ||
| Carwell Gardner | 3 | 34 | 1 | 23 | ||
| David Moyler | 2 | 31 | 0 | 25 | ||
| Ken McKay | 2 | 23 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dee Smith | 2 | 19 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Chad Fortune | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Craig Swabek | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Pete Bynm | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 16 | 243 | 2 | 38 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 40 | ||
| Totals | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 40 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Dee Smith | 4 | 66 | 52 | 2 | 69 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricky McFadden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| Joey Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 66 | 52 | 2 | 69 | 45 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 2nd | 01:41 | 33 | Good |
| 3rd | 01:29 | 38 | Good |
| 31 | Missed | ||
| 30 | Missed | ||
| 34 | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Dee Smith | 48 | 19 | 69 | 66 | 0 | 202 |
| Curtis Lipsey | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| Fred Jones | 0 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 |
| Carwell Gardner | 25 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| Rene Couto | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Pete Bynm | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| David Moyler | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Ken McKay | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Craig Swabek | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Chad Fortune | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Anthony Cummings | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Ricky McFadden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Latrell Ware | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jeff Brohm | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Browning Nagle | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Latrell Ware 1-1 Memphis – 3-3 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 54 | Reggie Johnson | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1.0-3 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Mark Sander | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Ted Washington | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Bob Bare | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Mike Flores | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2.0-17 | 1.0-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Dan Gangwer | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1.0-3 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 43 | Ed Reynolds | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | William Blackford | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Andrew Higgs | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Pat Fitzgerald | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Ray Buchanan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Andy Culley | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Mel Mills | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Deron Williams | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Rawle Bynoe | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Terry Lantz | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Paul McDowell | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Brevin Smith | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.0-3 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | John Gainey | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Brian Hayes | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Joey Smith | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Carwell Gardner | 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 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Ricky McFadden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 62 | 50 | 112 | 5.0-26 | 1.0-8 | 0 | 3-0 | 3-6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
6-Rawle Bynoe, 12-Terry Lantz, 22-Arthur Alexander, 24-William Blackford, 25-John Gainey, 27-Bob Bare, 31-Carwell Gardner, 34-Ray Buchanan, 37-Joey Smith, 39-Ricky McFadden, 43-Ed Reynolds, 47-Pat Fitzgerald, 48-Mark Sander, 52-Brevin Smith, 53-Deron Williams, 54-Reggie Johnson, 55-Brian Hayes, 56-Mel Mills, 62-Andy Culley, 63-Paul McDowell, 75-Andrew Higgs, 93-Dan Gangwer, 94-Robert Gibson, 96-Mike Flores, 99-Ted Washington, Ron Bell, Greg Brohm, Jeff Brohm, Pete Bynm, Rene Couto, Anthony Cummings, Chad Fortune, Fred Jones, Curtis Lipsey, Ken McKay, David Moyler, Browning Nagle, Dee Smith, Craig Swabek, Latrell Ware, Klaus Wilmsmeyer