Sept. 8, 1990 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 34,417
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 12 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 68 |
| Murray State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 09:18 | Klaus Wilmsmeyer 21-yard field goal, 9-27, 04:26 |
| 1st | 07:40 | Ray Buchanan safety |
| 1st | 04:41 | Eric Broomfield 9-yard pass from Browning Nagle (Klaus Wilmsmeyer kick), 7-59, 02:59 |
| 2nd | 12:57 | Ralph Dawkins 9-yard rush (Ron Bell kick), 2-49, 00:34 |
| 2nd | 11:21 | Anthony Cummings 55-yard pass from Jeff Brohm (Ron Bell kick), 1-70, 00:11 |
| 2nd | 08:04 | Eric Broomfield 48-yard pass from Jeff Brohm (Ron Bell kick), 2-37, 01:17 |
| 2nd | 00:22 | Rene Couto 9-yard pass from Browning Nagle (Ron Bell kick), 11-62, 04:10 |
| 3rd | 13:42 | Ralph Dawkins 16-yard rush (Klaus Wilmsmeyer kick), 3-69, 01:18 |
| 3rd | 05:45 | Jeff Brohm 2-yard rush (Klaus Wilmsmeyer kick), 7-51, 03:34 |
| 4th | 08:14 | John Tuyo 35-yard pass from Erik Watts (Ron Bell kick), 5-62, 04:16 |
| 4th | 00:00 | Pete Bynm 9-yard rush (Ron Bell kick), 6-18, 04:13 |
| Louisville | Murray State | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 24 | 5 |
| Rushing | 9 | 2 |
| Passing | 12 | 2 |
| Penalty | 3 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 152 | 25 |
| Rushing Attempts | 46 | 40 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.3 | 0.6 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 4 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 200 | 85 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 48 | 60 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 367 | 33 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 16-26-2 | 3-9-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 14.1 | 3.7 |
| Average Per Completion | 22.9 | 11.0 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 5 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 519 | 58 |
| Total offense plays | 72 | 49 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 7.2 | 1.2 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-0 | 4-3 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 11-75 | 8-58 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 2-77 | 11-341 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 38.5 | 31.0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 9-106-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Average Per Return | 11.8 | 0.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 2-37-0 | 8-122-0 |
| Average Per Return | 18.5 | 15.3 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-25-0 | 2-1-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 38:08 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 4-11 | 2-14 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 8-42 | 2-15 |
| PAT Kicks | 9-9 | 0-0 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Pete Bynm | 12 | 77 | 4 | 73 | 1 | 15 | 6.1 |
| Joey Smith | 12 | 43 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 10 | 3.2 |
| Ralph Dawkins | 5 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 16 | 6.6 |
| Latrell Ware | 4 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 3.8 |
| Randy Wyatt | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 |
| Browning Nagle | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Bobby Hall | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Brohm | 6 | 10 | 29 | -19 | 1 | 7 | -3.2 |
| Totals | 46 | 200 | 48 | 152 | 4 | 16 | 3.3 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Browning Nagle | 10-17-1 | 182 | 2 | 47 | 0 |
| Jeff Brohm | 3-5-1 | 106 | 2 | 55 | 2 |
| Erik Watts | 2-3-0 | 49 | 1 | 35 | 0 |
| Latrell Ware | 1-1-0 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Totals | 16-26-2 | 367 | 5 | 55 | 2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Eric Broomfield | 3 | 71 | 2 | 48 | ||
| Anthony Cummings | 1 | 55 | 1 | 55 | ||
| Ken McKay | 3 | 54 | 0 | 40 | ||
| Greg Brohm | 1 | 47 | 0 | 47 | ||
| John Tuyo | 1 | 35 | 1 | 35 | ||
| Ray Buchanan | 1 | 30 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Fred Jones | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Ralph Dawkins | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Randy Wyatt | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Latrell Ware | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Rene Couto | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Anthony Semak | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 16 | 367 | 5 | 55 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Brandon Brookfield | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 39 | ||
| Totals | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 39 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Joey Smith | 2 | 35 | 24 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Buchanan | 4 | 51 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Blackford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25 |
| Anthony Cummings | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Gainey | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rene Couto | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 9 | 106 | 24 | 2 | 37 | 21 | 1 | 25 | 25 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 1st | 09:18 | 21 | Good |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Joey Smith | 38 | 0 | 21 | 35 | 0 | 94 |
| Ray Buchanan | 0 | 30 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 81 |
| Anthony Cummings | 0 | 55 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 76 |
| Pete Bynm | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 |
| Eric Broomfield | 0 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 |
| Ken McKay | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| Ralph Dawkins | 33 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| Greg Brohm | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| John Tuyo | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| William Blackford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| Latrell Ware | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Randy Wyatt | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Fred Jones | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Rene Couto | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| John Gainey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Browning Nagle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Anthony Semak | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jeff Brohm | -19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -19 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Jeff Brohm 1-0 Murray State – 4-3 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 96 | Mike Flores | 9 | 0 | 9 | 5.0-22 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Andy Culley | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1.0-6 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Robert Knuutila | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Ed Reynolds | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Leonard Ray | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Rawle Bynoe | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Ted Washington | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Pat Fitzgerald | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Mel Mills | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.0-16 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Kevin Gaines | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 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 |
| 45 | Derek Hawthorne | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Mark Sander | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Tom Cavallo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Ron German | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Paul McDowell | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | William Blackford | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-25 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Brian Hayes | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Jim Hanna | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Ben Sumpter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Ivey Henderson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Ricky McFadden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Joey Smith | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Deron Williams | 0 | 1 | 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 |
| Totals | 54 | 23 | 77 | 8.0-44 | 5.0-15 | 0 | 3-0 | 1-25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
4-Klaus Wilmsmeyer, 6-Rawle Bynoe, 10-Robert Knuutila, 18-Kevin Gaines, 24-William Blackford, 34-Ray Buchanan, 36-Ben Sumpter, 37-Joey Smith, 39-Ricky McFadden, 41-Tom Cavallo, 43-Ed Reynolds, 45-Derek Hawthorne, 46-Paul McDowell, 47-Pat Fitzgerald, 48-Mark Sander, 49-Ivey Henderson, 53-Deron Williams, 54-Reggie Johnson, 55-Brian Hayes, 56-Mel Mills, 62-Andy Culley, 95-Jim Hanna, 96-Mike Flores, 97-Leonard Ray, 98-Ron German, 99-Ted Washington, Ron Bell, Greg Brohm, Jeff Brohm, Brandon Brookfield, Eric Broomfield, Pete Bynm, Rene Couto, Anthony Cummings, Ralph Dawkins, John Gainey, Bobby Hall, Fred Jones, Ken McKay, Browning Nagle, Anthony Semak, John Tuyo, Latrell Ware, Erik Watts, Randy Wyatt