Sept. 28, 1991 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 38,231
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 28 |
| Southern Mississippi | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 07:47 | Ralph Dawkins 3-yard pass from Erik Watts (Klaus Wilmsmeyer kick), 5-40, 02:18 |
| 3rd | 02:51 | Klaus Wilmsmeyer 21-yard field goal, 10-65, 03:14 |
| 4th | 11:47 | Klaus Wilmsmeyer 28-yard field goal, 11-67, 04:40 |
| 4th | 08:43 | William Blackford 63-yard fumble return (Erik Watts pass to Fred Jones) |
| 4th | 05:25 | Deral Boykin 9-yard rush (Klaus Wilmsmeyer kick), 4-24, 01:53 |
| Louisville | Southern Mississippi | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 16 | 17 |
| Rushing | 4 | 7 |
| Passing | 10 | 8 |
| Penalty | 2 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 101 | 163 |
| Rushing Attempts | 31 | 46 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.3 | 3.5 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 109 | 190 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 8 | 27 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 179 | 164 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 18-39-2 | 14-26-4 |
| Average Per Attempt | 4.6 | 6.3 |
| Average Per Completion | 9.9 | 11.7 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 280 | 327 |
| Total offense plays | 70 | 72 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.0 | 4.5 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-1 | 5-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 4-34 | 7-47 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 6-278 | 7-288 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 46.3 | 41.1 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 4-21-0 | 5-63-0 |
| Average Per Return | 5.3 | 12.6 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 3-58-0 | 3-92-0 |
| Average Per Return | 19.3 | 30.7 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 4-46-0 | 2-16-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 1-63-1 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 29:10 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 4-15 | 5-14 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 2-10 | 1-3 |
| PAT Kicks | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 2-3 | 0-1 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Deral Boykin | 15 | 37 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 9 | 2.4 |
| Ralph Dawkins | 7 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 12 | 4.7 |
| Shawn Jackson | 3 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 17 | 10.0 |
| Terry Quinn | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2.0 |
| Herb Henry | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Erik Watts | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 0 | 3 | -1.3 |
| Totals | 31 | 109 | 8 | 101 | 1 | 17 | 3.3 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Erik Watts | 18-38-2 | 179 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| Ralph Dawkins | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-39-2 | 179 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Kevin Cook | 2 | 44 | 0 | 27 | ||
| Jose Gonzalez | 3 | 38 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Ralph Dawkins | 9 | 34 | 1 | 16 | ||
| Randy Wyatt | 2 | 34 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Fred Jones | 2 | 29 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Totals | 18 | 179 | 1 | 27 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 6 | 278 | 46.3 | 62 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 278 | 46.3 | 62 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Tony Edelen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Buchanan | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 34 |
| Kevin Gaines | 3 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Hayes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Derek Hawthorne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Hanna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 58 | 27 | 4 | 46 | 34 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 3rd | 02:51 | 21 | Good |
| 4th | 11:47 | 28 | Good |
| 40 | Missed | ||
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Ralph Dawkins | 33 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
| Tony Edelen | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
| Kevin Cook | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| Ray Buchanan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 34 | 41 |
| Jose Gonzalez | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Deral Boykin | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Randy Wyatt | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Shawn Jackson | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Fred Jones | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Kevin Gaines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Brian Hayes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Terry Quinn | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Herb Henry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Erik Watts | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Jose Gonzalez 1-1 Southern Mississippi – 5-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 34 | Ray Buchanan | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Ben Sumpter | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | William Blackford | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-63 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Andy Culley | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Brian Hayes | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1.0-7 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Tom Cavallo | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Mel Mills | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1.0-3 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Rawle Bynoe | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Kevin Gaines | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Joe Johnson | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Derek Hawthorne | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Marcus Hill | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Jamie Asher | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Jim Hanna | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Leonard Ray | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Liggett Butler | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Ivey Henderson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Brevin Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 67 | 21 | 88 | 2.0-10 | 7.0-9 | 0 | 1-63 | 4-46 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
6-Rawle Bynoe, 15-Liggett Butler, 18-Kevin Gaines, 24-William Blackford, 34-Ray Buchanan, 35-Marcus Hill, 36-Ben Sumpter, 37-Jamie Asher, 41-Tom Cavallo, 45-Derek Hawthorne, 49-Ivey Henderson, 52-Brevin Smith, 55-Brian Hayes, 56-Mel Mills, 62-Andy Culley, 94-Joe Johnson, 95-Jim Hanna, 97-Leonard Ray, Deral Boykin, Greg Brohm, Kevin Cook, Ralph Dawkins, Tony Edelen, Jose Gonzalez, Herb Henry, Shawn Jackson, Fred Jones, Terry Quinn, Anthony Semak, Erik Watts, Klaus Wilmsmeyer, Randy Wyatt