Louisville Football Team History
Louisville Cardinals
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY
Founded: 1798 Stadium: Papa Johns Cardinal Stadium Capacity: 42,000 Colors: Red & Black Coach: Steve Kragthorpe Conference: Big East-Atlantic
2008 Season Highlights
Steve Kragthorpe enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Louisville.
2008 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sun., Aug. 31 vs.
Kentucky
2
27
L
Sat., Sep. 6 vs. Tennessee Tech
51
10
W
Wed., Sep. 17 vs.
Kansas State
38
29
W
Fri., Sep. 26 vs.
Connecticut
21
26
L
Fri., Oct. 10 @
Memphis
35
28
W
Sat., Oct. 18 vs.
Middle Tennessee State
42
23
W
Sat., Oct. 25 vs.
South Florida
24
20
W
Sat., Nov. 1 @
Syracuse
21
28
L
Sat., Nov. 8 @
Pittsburgh
7
41
L
Fri., Nov. 14 vs.
Cincinnati
20
28
L
Sat., Nov. 22 vs.
West Virginia
21
35
L
Thu., Dec. 4 @
Rutgers
14
63
L
2008 Season Totals
Record 5-7
Points Scored 296
Scoring Average 24.7
Points Allowed 358
Defense Average 29.8
Opponents Record 79-62
Conference Record 1-6
Home Record 4-4
Away Record 1-3
2008 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
2008 Big East-Atlantic Standings
Season
Bowls
Conference
Team
W/L/T PF PA
W/L/T
PF PA
Coach
Louisville
5-7 296 358 1-6 128 241
Steve Kragthorpe
2008 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
2008 All Big East Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
Great Moments in College Football History
Quarterbacks from Alabama won the first three Super Bowls. They also have more Super Bowl wins than quarterbacks from any other school (Kenny Stabler 1, Joe Namath 1 and Bart Starr 2).