Sept. 19, 1998 – Away – Memorial Stadium – Champaign, Ill. – Attendance 39,414
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 35 |
| Illinois | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 00:00 | Arnold Jackson 26-yard pass from Chris Redman (Jon Hilbert kick), 5-69, 01:29 |
| 2nd | 02:44 | Rafael Cooper 1-yard rush (Jon Hilbert kick), 9-64, 04:10 |
| 4th | 07:21 | Leroy Collins 1-yard rush (Chris Redman pass to Lavell Boyd), 17-83, 07:39 |
| 4th | 04:25 | Leroy Collins 40-yard rush (Arnold Jackson run failed), 3-49, 01:23 |
| 4th | 01:44 | Leroy Collins 63-yard rush (Jon Hilbert kick), 2-64, 00:54 |
| Louisville | Illinois | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 24 | 12 |
| Rushing | 9 | 7 |
| Passing | 12 | 5 |
| Penalty | 3 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 179 | 183 |
| Rushing Attempts | 33 | 38 |
| Average Per Rush | 5.4 | 4.8 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 4 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 190 | 205 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 11 | 22 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 275 | 114 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 27-50-2 | 12-36-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 5.5 | 3.2 |
| Average Per Completion | 10.2 | 9.5 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 454 | 297 |
| Total offense plays | 83 | 74 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.5 | 4.0 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 6-51 | 7-55 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 9-361 | 11-407 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 40.1 | 37.0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 9-39-0 | 4-3-0 |
| Average Per Return | 4.3 | 0.8 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 1-21-0 | 4-132-0 |
| Average Per Return | 21.0 | 33.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 2-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 31:35 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 10-19 | 4-19 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 2-11 | 0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Leroy Collins | 24 | 161 | 2 | 159 | 3 | 63 | 6.6 |
| Rafael Cooper | 5 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 3.0 |
| Chris Redman | 3 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1.0 |
| Arnold Jackson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Totals | 33 | 190 | 11 | 179 | 4 | 63 | 5.4 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Chris Redman | 27-50-2 | 275 | 1 | 26 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-50-2 | 275 | 1 | 26 | 0 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Charles Sheffield | 9 | 94 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Arnold Jackson | 7 | 93 | 1 | 26 | ||
| Lavell Boyd | 4 | 55 | 0 | 23 | ||
| Leroy Collins | 4 | 22 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Zek Parker | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Rafael Cooper | 2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 27 | 275 | 1 | 26 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Jeremy Borseth | 9 | 361 | 40.1 | 47 | ||
| Totals | 9 | 361 | 40.1 | 47 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Zek Parker | 2 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arnold Jackson | 7 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 9 | 39 | 15 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Leroy Collins | 159 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 181 |
| Arnold Jackson | 2 | 93 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 112 |
| Charles Sheffield | 0 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 |
| Lavell Boyd | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
| Zek Parker | 0 | 12 | 21 | 22 | 0 | 55 |
| Rafael Cooper | 15 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Chris Redman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Chris Redman 1-0 Illinois – 1-0 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 20 | Bud Herring | 7 | 6 | 13 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Antonio Roundtree | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Otis Floyd | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Rashad Harris | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1.0-5 | 1.0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Tony Stallings | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.5-6 | 2.0-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Derrick Kennedy | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1.0-6 | 2.0-9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Courtney Dinkins | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Braxton Anderson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Brian Gaines | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Mike Gantous | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Rashad Holman | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | Brian McDonald | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Casswell Goodman | 1 | 1 | 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 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Chip Mattingly | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Andre Collins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Arnold Jackson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Grant Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Greg Brant | 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 |
| 29 | Jason Wyatt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 53 | 21 | 74 | 2.5-17 | 7.0-28 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| OFFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| WR | Lavell Boyd | |
| WR | 10 | Arnold Jackson |
| WR | Zek Parker | |
| QB | Chris Redman | |
| WR | Charles Sheffield | |
| WR | Justin Thomas | |
| C | P.J. Zariczny | |
| DEFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| DT | 91 | Braxton Anderson |
| FS | 19 | Courtney Dinkins |
| SS | 17 | Otis Floyd |
| DE | 74 | Mike Gantous |
| LB | 52 | Rashad Harris |
| LB | 20 | Bud Herring |
| CB | 2 | Rashad Holman |
| DT | 96 | Derrick Kennedy |
| CB | 3 | Antonio Roundtree |
| DE | 59 | Matt Sexton |
| LB | 42 | Tony Stallings |
| OTHER | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | # | Name |
| WT | Anthony Byrd | |
| ST | Mark Grivna | |
| SG | Rick Nord | |
| WG | Josh Richardson | |
4-Brian Gaines, 9-Casswell Goodman, 22-Greg Brant, 29-Jason Wyatt, 50-Craig Gotcher, 55-Andre Collins, 82-Chip Mattingly, 86-Brian McDonald, 99-Grant Johnson, Anthony Bonner, Jeremy Borseth, Zach Butler, Leroy Collins, Rafael Cooper, Rob Eble, Jon Hilbert, Jason Jones, Frank Moreau, Joe O'Shaughnessy, Dar-Shay Purry, Jeff Sholly, Dewayne Taylor, Rico Williams