Sept. 14, 1991 – Away – Ohio Stadium – Columbus, Ohio – Attendance 91,734
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Ohio State | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 23 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 4th | 14:57 | Ray Buchanan 80-yard defensive extra point |
| 4th | 13:03 | Jose Gonzalez 48-yard pass from Erik Watts (Klaus Wilmsmeyer kick), 6-70, 01:47 |
| 4th | 09:12 | Fred Jones 13-yard pass from Erik Watts (Klaus Wilmsmeyer kick missed wide right), 9-62, 02:37 |
| Louisville | Ohio State | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 22 | 16 |
| Rushing | 3 | 10 |
| Passing | 16 | 6 |
| Penalty | 3 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 27 | 170 |
| Rushing Attempts | 28 | 49 |
| Average Per Rush | 1.0 | 3.5 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 3 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 77 | 184 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 50 | 14 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 303 | 141 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 22-43-3 | 10-17-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 7.0 | 8.3 |
| Average Per Completion | 13.8 | 14.1 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 330 | 311 |
| Total offense plays | 71 | 66 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 3-1 | 2-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 7-47 | 15-118 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 3-127 | 4-123 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 42.3 | 30.8 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-4-0 | 1-22-0 |
| Average Per Return | 2.0 | 22.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 4-75-0 | 2-53-0 |
| Average Per Return | 18.8 | 26.5 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 2-0-0 | 3-25-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 29:52 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 7-16 | 5-13 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 1-2 | 3-3 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 1-5 | 4-28 |
| PAT Kicks | 1-2 | 2-3 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Ralph Dawkins | 18 | 72 | 6 | 66 | 0 | 14 | 3.7 |
| Terry Quinn | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Tony Edelen | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 1 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 0 | 0 | -7.0 |
| Erik Watts | 5 | 0 | 37 | -37 | 0 | 0 | -7.4 |
| Totals | 28 | 77 | 50 | 27 | 0 | 14 | 1.0 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Erik Watts | 22-43-3 | 303 | 2 | 48 | 4 |
| Totals | 22-43-3 | 303 | 2 | 48 | 4 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Ralph Dawkins | 5 | 78 | 0 | 37 | ||
| Jose Gonzalez | 3 | 72 | 1 | 48 | ||
| Greg Brohm | 3 | 40 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Terry Quinn | 3 | 26 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Kevin Cook | 2 | 26 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Fred Jones | 3 | 25 | 1 | 13 | ||
| Anthony Semak | 2 | 22 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Shawn Jackson | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Totals | 22 | 303 | 2 | 48 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 3 | 127 | 42.3 | 53 | ||
| Totals | 3 | 127 | 42.3 | 53 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Ray Buchanan | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Liggett Butler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rhonyia Quick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Gaines | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 75 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Ralph Dawkins | 66 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144 |
| Jose Gonzalez | 0 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| Ray Buchanan | 0 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 47 |
| Greg Brohm | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Terry Quinn | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Kevin Cook | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Fred Jones | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Anthony Semak | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Liggett Butler | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Shawn Jackson | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Rhonyia Quick | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Kevin Gaines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Tony Edelen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 |
| Erik Watts | -37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -37 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Ralph Dawkins 1-0, Erik Watts 2-1 Ohio State – 2-0 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| Andy Culley | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Cavallo | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mel Mills | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terrance Roscoe | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1.0-5 | 1.0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Buchanan | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Hayes | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rawle Bynoe | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Gaines | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marcus Hill | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Hanna | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek Hawthorne | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ivey Henderson | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Anthony Bridges | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Liggett Butler | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Johnson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Knuutila | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Sumpter | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ralph Dawkins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ricky McFadden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Bosworth | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leonard Ray | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 41 | 40 | 81 | 1.0-5 | 5.0-12 | 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Zoe Barney, Kevin Blumeier, John Bock, Billy Bosworth, Anthony Bridges, Greg Brohm, Kendall Brown, Ray Buchanan, Liggett Butler, Rawle Bynoe, Tom Carroll (3), Tom Cavallo, Chris Collins, Kevin Cook, Andy Culley, Ralph Dawkins, Dave Debold, Tony Edelen, Carey Figg, Kevin Gaines, Jose Gonzalez, Jim Hanna, Derek Hawthorne, Brian Hayes, Ivey Henderson, Herb Henry, Marcus Hill, Shawn Jackson, Joe Johnson, Fred Jones, Robert Knuutila, Marty Lowe, Ricky McFadden, Mel Mills, Greg Minnis, Mike Neely, Garin Patrick, Rhonyia Quick, Terry Quinn, Leonard Ray, Shawn Rodriguez, Terrance Roscoe, Anthony Semak, Ben Sumpter, Erik Watts, Klaus Wilmsmeyer, Randy Wyatt