Oct. 27, 1990 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 35,122
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 17 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 41 |
| Western Kentucky | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 07:22 | Ron Bell 44-yard field goal, 8-30, 03:22 |
| 1st | 03:22 | Curtis Lipsey 6-yard rush (Ron Bell kick), 9-65 |
| 1st | 02:27 | Ricky McFadden 24-yard fumble return (Ron Bell kick), 1-24 |
| 2nd | 03:55 | Eric Broomfield 44-yard pass from Jeff Brohm (Ron Bell kick), 1-44, 00:08 |
| 2nd | 00:04 | Ron Bell 34-yard field goal, 4-53, 00:25 |
| 3rd | 11:01 | Anthony Cummings 6-yard pass from Browning Nagle (Ron Bell kick), 6-30, 01:46 |
| 3rd | 00:18 | Latrell Ware 27-yard pass from Browning Nagle (Ron Bell kick), 7-87, 02:47 |
| Louisville | Western Kentucky | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 20 | 11 |
| Rushing | 7 | 8 |
| Passing | 12 | 2 |
| Penalty | 1 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 83 | 122 |
| Rushing Attempts | 36 | 50 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 155 | 166 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 72 | 44 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 352 | 40 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 18-27-0 | 5-8-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 13.0 | 5.0 |
| Average Per Completion | 19.6 | 8.0 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 3 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 435 | 162 |
| Total offense plays | 63 | 58 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 6.9 | 2.8 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-1 | 3-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 8-65 | 5-35 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 5-222 | 8-367 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 44.4 | 45.9 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 5-56-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Average Per Return | 11.2 | |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 2-53-0 | 7-203-1 |
| Average Per Return | 26.5 | 29.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 1-24-1 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 26:37 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 5-12 | 3-13 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 3-18 | 6-59 |
| PAT Kicks | 5-5 | 1-1 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 2-2 | 0-1 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Curtis Lipsey | 8 | 38 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 13 | 4.4 |
| Latrell Ware | 2 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 24 | 14.0 |
| Ralph Dawkins | 6 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 4.3 |
| Joey Smith | 4 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 4.0 |
| Pete Bynm | 5 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 |
| Jeff Brohm | 8 | 28 | 34 | -6 | 0 | 16 | -0.8 |
| Browning Nagle | 3 | 0 | 31 | -31 | 0 | -5 | -10.3 |
| Totals | 36 | 155 | 72 | 83 | 1 | 24 | 2.3 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Browning Nagle | 12-16-0 | 214 | 2 | 44 | 3 |
| Jeff Brohm | 6-11-0 | 138 | 1 | 44 | 3 |
| Totals | 18-27-0 | 352 | 3 | 44 | 6 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Ken McKay | 3 | 74 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Fred Jones | 2 | 66 | 0 | 44 | ||
| Eric Broomfield | 2 | 51 | 1 | 44 | ||
| Latrell Ware | 2 | 45 | 1 | 27 | ||
| Anthony Semak | 2 | 30 | 0 | 21 | ||
| Ralph Dawkins | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | ||
| Pete Bynm | 2 | 22 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Jose Gonzalez | 2 | 19 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Greg Brohm | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Anthony Cummings | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 18 | 352 | 3 | 44 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 5 | 222 | 44.4 | 61 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 222 | 44.4 | 61 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Joey Smith | 5 | 56 | 35 | 2 | 53 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Buchanan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 5 | 56 | 35 | 2 | 53 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 1st | 07:22 | 44 | Good |
| 2nd | 00:04 | 34 | Good |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Joey Smith | 16 | 0 | 53 | 56 | 0 | 125 |
| Ken McKay | 0 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 |
| Latrell Ware | 28 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 |
| Fred Jones | 0 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
| Eric Broomfield | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| Ralph Dawkins | 26 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Pete Bynm | 15 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Curtis Lipsey | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Anthony Semak | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Jose Gonzalez | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Greg Brohm | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Anthony Cummings | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Jeff Brohm | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 |
| Browning Nagle | -31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -31 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Ken McKay 1-1 Western Kentucky – 3-2 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 54 | Reggie Johnson | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Ted Washington | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Ed Reynolds | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Mark Sander | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | William Blackford | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Andy Culley | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Brian Hayes | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Mike Flores | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2.0-13 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Leonard Ray | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Deron Williams | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1.0-5 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Ray Buchanan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Mel Mills | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Pat Fitzgerald | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Ricky McFadden | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-5 | 0 | 1-24 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Tom Cavallo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Derek Hawthorne | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Ben Sumpter | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Dan Gangwer | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Jim Hanna | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Ron German | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Paul McDowell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 60 | 21 | 81 | 3.0-18 | 7.0-23 | 0 | 2-24 | 1-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
24-William Blackford, 34-Ray Buchanan, 36-Ben Sumpter, 39-Ricky McFadden, 41-Tom Cavallo, 43-Ed Reynolds, 45-Derek Hawthorne, 46-Paul McDowell, 47-Pat Fitzgerald, 48-Mark Sander, 53-Deron Williams, 54-Reggie Johnson, 55-Brian Hayes, 56-Mel Mills, 62-Andy Culley, 93-Dan Gangwer, 95-Jim Hanna, 96-Mike Flores, 97-Leonard Ray, 98-Ron German, 99-Ted Washington, Ron Bell, Greg Brohm, Jeff Brohm, Eric Broomfield, Pete Bynm, Anthony Cummings, Ralph Dawkins, Jose Gonzalez, Bobby Hall, Fred Jones, Curtis Lipsey, Ken McKay, Browning Nagle, Anthony Semak, Joey Smith, Latrell Ware, Klaus Wilmsmeyer, Randy Wyatt