Oct. 31, 1998 – Home – Papa John's Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 32,649
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 7 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 63 |
| Western Kentucky | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 12:44 | Leroy Collins 1-yard rush (Jon Hilbert kick), 7-56, 02:16 |
| 2nd | 12:35 | Leroy Collins 8-yard rush (Jon Hilbert kick), 10-79, 02:58 |
| 2nd | 07:40 | Leroy Collins 1-yard rush (Jon Hilbert kick), 7-67, 02:17 |
| 2nd | 04:42 | Jeff Sholly 16-yard pass from Chris Redman (Jon Hilbert kick), 5-62, 01:26 |
| 2nd | 02:22 | Leroy Collins 2-yard rush (Jon Hilbert kick), 4-35, 01:08 |
| 3rd | 05:13 | Leroy Collins 66-yard rush (Jon Hilbert kick), 4-84, 01:10 |
| 3rd | 01:10 | Ibn Green 9-yard pass from Chris Redman (Jon Hilbert kick), 5-58, 01:51 |
| 4th | 10:11 | Arnold Jackson 25-yard pass from Chris Redman (Jon Hilbert kick), 5-65, 01:18 |
| 4th | 06:44 | Frank Moreau 27-yard rush (Jon Hilbert kick), 6-50, 01:59 |
| Louisville | Western Kentucky | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 34 | 19 |
| Rushing | 10 | 16 |
| Passing | 24 | 2 |
| Penalty | 0 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 198 | 469 |
| Rushing Attempts | 32 | 63 |
| Average Per Rush | 6.2 | 7.4 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 6 | 3 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 221 | 491 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 23 | 22 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 489 | 72 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 37-47-1 | 6-10-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 10.4 | 7.2 |
| Average Per Completion | 13.2 | 12.0 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 3 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 687 | 541 |
| Total offense plays | 79 | 73 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 8.7 | 7.4 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 3-1 | 3-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 5-45 | 9-69 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 2-86 | 6-210 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 43.0 | 35.0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 4-28-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Average Per Return | 7.0 | |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 7-105-0 | 4-103-0 |
| Average Per Return | 15.0 | 25.8 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 1-31-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 27:14 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 6-9 | 5-16 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 0-0 | 2-13 |
| PAT Kicks | 9-9 | 4-4 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 2-3 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Leroy Collins | 20 | 160 | 6 | 154 | 5 | 66 | 7.7 |
| Rafael Cooper | 7 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 3.9 |
| Frank Moreau | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 |
| Mike Watkins | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | -4.0 |
| Chris Redman | 3 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 0 | 7 | -2.0 |
| Totals | 32 | 221 | 23 | 198 | 6 | 66 | 6.2 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Chris Redman | 36-46-1 | 474 | 3 | 29 | 2 |
| Mike Watkins | 1-1-0 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Totals | 37-47-1 | 489 | 3 | 29 | 2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Arnold Jackson | 11 | 126 | 1 | 25 | ||
| Ibn Green | 8 | 120 | 1 | 28 | ||
| Lavell Boyd | 6 | 83 | 0 | 29 | ||
| Charles Sheffield | 4 | 65 | 0 | 27 | ||
| Zek Parker | 3 | 31 | 0 | 21 | ||
| Rafael Cooper | 2 | 22 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Justin Thomas | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Jeff Sholly | 1 | 16 | 1 | 16 | ||
| Leroy Collins | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Totals | 37 | 489 | 3 | 29 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Jeremy Borseth | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 48 | ||
| Totals | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 48 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Zek Parker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arnold Jackson | 4 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rafael Cooper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Sholly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 105 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Leroy Collins | 154 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163 |
| Arnold Jackson | 0 | 126 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 158 |
| Ibn Green | 0 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 |
| Zek Parker | 0 | 31 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| Lavell Boyd | 0 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
| Rafael Cooper | 27 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 71 |
| Charles Sheffield | 0 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
| Jeff Sholly | 0 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Frank Moreau | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Justin Thomas | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Mike Watkins | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 |
| Chris Redman | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – Lavell Boyd 1-1, Mike Watkins 1-0 Western Kentucky – 3-0 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 3 | Antonio Roundtree | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Xavier Burrell | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Bud Herring | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Courtney Dinkins | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Anthony Bonner | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Matt Sexton | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Otis Floyd | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-5 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Rashad Harris | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Mike Gantous | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Brian Gaines | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Craig Gotcher | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Jon Hilbert | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Derrick Kennedy | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Jason Wyatt | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Don Bibb | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | Anthony Byrd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Chip Mattingly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Mike Watkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 67 | 12 | 79 | 0.0-0 | 8.0-21 | 1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3-Antonio Roundtree, 4-Brian Gaines, 11-Mike Watkins, 17-Otis Floyd, 19-Courtney Dinkins, 20-Bud Herring, 23-Jon Hilbert, 27-Don Bibb, 29-Jason Wyatt, 41-Xavier Burrell, 50-Craig Gotcher, 52-Rashad Harris, 59-Matt Sexton, 65-Anthony Byrd, 74-Mike Gantous, 82-Chip Mattingly, 93-Anthony Bonner, 96-Derrick Kennedy, Jeremy Borseth, Lavell Boyd, Leroy Collins, Rafael Cooper, Ibn Green, Arnold Jackson, Frank Moreau, Zek Parker, Chris Redman, Charles Sheffield, Jeff Sholly, Justin Thomas