2008 Louisville Cardinals football team

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2008 Louisville Cardinals football
Louisville Cardinals text logo.svg
Conference Big East Conference
Record5–7 (1–6 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Jeff Brohm (1st season)
Offensive scheme Multiple
Defensive coordinator Ron English (1st season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
Seasons
  2007
2009  
2008 Big East Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 17 Cincinnati $  6 1   11 3  
Pittsburgh  5 2   9 4  
No. 23 West Virginia  5 2   9 4  
Rutgers  5 2   8 5  
Connecticut  3 4   8 5  
South Florida  2 5   8 5  
Louisville  1 6   5 7  
Syracuse  1 6   3 9  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team, led by Steve Kragthorpe in his second year at the school, played their home games in Papa John's Cardinal Stadium [1] and were in their second year as members of the Big East Conference. [2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 313:30 pm Kentucky * ESPN L 2–2742,696 [3]
September 63:30 pm Tennessee Tech *
  • Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, Kentucky
ESPN360/WHAS W 51–1038,694 [3]
September 178:00 pm Kansas State *
  • Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, Kentucky
ESPN2 W 38–2942,208 [3]
September 268:00 pm Connecticut
  • Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, Kentucky
ESPN2L 21–2642,523 [3]
October 103:30 pmat Memphis * ESPN W 35–2840,248 [3]
October 183:30 pm Middle Tennessee State *Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, Kentucky
W 42–2338,319 [3]
October 253:30 pmNo. 14 South Florida
  • Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, Kentucky
ESPN360W 24–2040,384 [3]
November 17:05 pmat Syracuse ESPNU L 21–2832,917 [3]
November 812:00 pmat No. 25 Pittsburgh ESPN360L 7–4144,055 [3]
November 148:00 pmNo. 22 Cincinnati
ESPN2L 20–2837,822 [3]
November 2212:00 pm West Virginia
  • Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, Kentucky
ESPNL 21–3534,796 [3]
December 47:30 pmat Rutgers ESPN L 14–6342,347 [3]

References

  1. "2008 Louisville Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
  2. "Big East Traditions". gocards.com. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Cumulative Season Statistics". University of Louisville.