Sept. 5, 1998 – Home – Papa John's Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 42,643
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 34 |
| Kentucky | 17 | 24 | 7 | 20 | 68 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 05:54 | Arnold Jackson 65-yard pass from Chris Redman (Jon Hilbert kick), 2-89, 00:31 |
| 2nd | 12:05 | Jon Hilbert 22-yard field goal, 8-69, 03:12 |
| 3rd | 08:34 | Ibn Green 5-yard pass from Chris Redman (Chris Redman pass to Lavell Boyd failed, incomplete), 11-80, 04:32 |
| 4th | 07:25 | Rafael Cooper 1-yard rush (Chris Redman pass failed, incomplete), 8-75, 03:17 |
| 4th | 05:11 | Ibn Green 60-yard pass from Chris Redman (Chris Redman pass to Arnold Jackson failed, incomplete), 3-60, 00:24 |
| 4th | 01:19 | Jeff Sholly 5-yard pass from Chris Redman (Leroy Collins run failed), 6-67, 01:21 |
| Louisville | Kentucky | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 26 | 37 |
| Rushing | 7 | 10 |
| Passing | 13 | 24 |
| Penalty | 6 | 3 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 133 | 230 |
| Rushing Attempts | 32 | 39 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.2 | 5.9 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 148 | 251 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 15 | 21 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 368 | 571 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 25-44-1 | 36-47-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 8.4 | 12.1 |
| Average Per Completion | 14.7 | 15.9 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 4 | 8 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 501 | 801 |
| Total offense plays | 76 | 86 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 6.6 | 9.3 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-0 | 4-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 9-86 | 12-108 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 9-348 | 2-75 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 38.7 | 37.5 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 1-0-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Average Per Return | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 10-112-0 | 1-17-0 |
| Average Per Return | 11.2 | 17.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 27:46 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 3-14 | 5-11 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 2-14 | 1-6 |
| PAT Kicks | 1-1 | 8-9 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-1 | 2-2 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Rafael Cooper | 14 | 76 | 4 | 72 | 1 | 26 | 5.1 |
| Frank Moreau | 5 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 4.8 |
| Arnold Jackson | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 |
| Leroy Collins | 8 | 23 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 2.3 |
| Chris Redman | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 32 | 148 | 15 | 133 | 1 | 26 | 4.2 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Chris Redman | 25-44-1 | 368 | 4 | 65 | 1 |
| Totals | 25-44-1 | 368 | 4 | 65 | 1 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Ibn Green | 8 | 132 | 2 | 60 | ||
| Arnold Jackson | 7 | 123 | 1 | 65 | ||
| Lavell Boyd | 4 | 56 | 0 | 23 | ||
| Charles Sheffield | 3 | 44 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Rafael Cooper | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Jeff Sholly | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Frank Moreau | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 25 | 368 | 4 | 65 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Jeremy Borseth | 9 | 348 | 38.7 | 48 | ||
| Totals | 9 | 348 | 38.7 | 48 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Antonio Roundtree | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 54 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rafael Cooper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 46 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zek Parker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arnold Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 112 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 2nd | 12:05 | 22 | Good |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Arnold Jackson | 19 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142 |
| Ibn Green | 0 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 |
| Rafael Cooper | 72 | 9 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 127 |
| Lavell Boyd | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
| Antonio Roundtree | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| Charles Sheffield | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| Frank Moreau | 24 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Leroy Collins | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Zek Parker | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Jeff Sholly | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Rafael Cooper 1-0, Chris Redman 1-0 Kentucky – 4-2 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 52 | Rashad Harris | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Rashad Holman | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Xavier Burrell | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Otis Floyd | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1.0-8 | 1.0-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Don Bibb | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Courtney Dinkins | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Bud Herring | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Reggie Hargrove | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1.0-6 | 1.0-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Andre Collins | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | James Dennis | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Derrick Kennedy | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Tony Stallings | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Matt Sexton | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Grant Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Dar-Shay Purry | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Antonio Roundtree | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Braxton Anderson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Mike Gantous | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Craig Gotcher | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Rafael Cooper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | P.J. Zariczny | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 61 | 11 | 72 | 2.0-14 | 2.0-14 | 2 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
2-Rashad Holman, 3-Antonio Roundtree, 5-Rafael Cooper, 14-Dar-Shay Purry, 17-Otis Floyd, 19-Courtney Dinkins, 20-Bud Herring, 27-Don Bibb, 41-Xavier Burrell, 42-Tony Stallings, 50-Craig Gotcher, 51-P.J. Zariczny, 52-Rashad Harris, 55-Andre Collins, 59-Matt Sexton, 74-Mike Gantous, 90-Reggie Hargrove, 91-Braxton Anderson, 94-James Dennis, 96-Derrick Kennedy, 99-Grant Johnson, Jeremy Borseth, Lavell Boyd, Leroy Collins, Ibn Green, Jon Hilbert, Arnold Jackson, Frank Moreau, Zek Parker, Chris Redman, Charles Sheffield, Jeff Sholly