2009 Louisville Cardinals football team

2009 Louisville Cardinals football
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	4–8 (1–6 Big East)
Head coach	Steve Kragthorpe (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Brent Guy (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
Seasons ←  2008 2010  →

2009 Big East Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 8 Cincinnati $		7	–	0					12	–	1
No. 25 West Virginia		5	–	2					9	–	4
No. 15 Pittsburgh		5	–	2					10	–	3
Rutgers		3	–	4					9	–	4
Connecticut		3	–	4					8	–	5
South Florida		3	–	4					8	–	5
Louisville		1	–	6					4	–	8
Syracuse		1	–	6					4	–	8
$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinals were coached by Steve Kragthorpe, who was in his third season at Louisville. The Cardinals played their home games at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. The Cardinals finished the season with a record 4–8 and 1–6 in Big East play. Kragthorpe was fired at the end of the season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	7:30 pm	Indiana State *	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	WHAS	W 30–10	39,344	[1]
September 19	12:00 pm	at Kentucky *	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY (Governor's Cup)	ESPNU	L 27–31	70,988	[2]
September 26	7:30 pm	at Utah *	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	CBSCS	L 14–30	45,588	[3]
October 2	8:00 pm	Pittsburgh	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ESPN2	L 10–35	39,948	[4]
October 10	7:30 pm	Southern Miss *	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ESPNU	W 25–23	37,268	[5]
October 17	12:00 pm	at Connecticut	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	Big East Network	L 25–38	40,000	[6]
October 24	3:30 pm	at No. 6 Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH (The Keg of Nails)	ESPNU	L 10–41	35,099	[7]
October 31	3:30 pm	Arkansas State *	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	WHAS	W 21–13	21,497	[8]
November 7	12:00 pm	at West Virginia	Milan Puskar Stadium Morgantown, WV	Big East Network	L 9–17	55,334	[9]
November 14	12:00 pm	Syracuse	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	Big East Network	W 10–9	33,223	[10]
November 21	12:00 pm	at South Florida	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	Big East Network	L 22–34	49,388	[11]
November 27	11:00 am	Rutgers	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ESPN2	L 14–34	23,422	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2009 Louisville Cardinals football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 2 Will Stein Fr WR 3 Trent Guy Sr WR 4 Maurice Clark Sr RB 5 Boogie McCray Fr WR 6 Sean Farr Fr WR 7 Damian Copeland Fr RB 8 Darius Ashley Fr QB 9 Adam Froman Jr WR 10 Jahmal Lawson So WR 11 Josh Chichester So QB 13 Justin Burke Jr WR 14 Andrell Smith Fr RB 15 Bilal Powell Jr WR 17 DeMarcus Topp Fr QB 18 Zack Stoudt Fr RB 20 Victor Anderson So WR 21 Troy Pascley Jr WR 23 Mike Hayes RB 25 Malik Curtley Fr WR 26 John King WR 27 Doug Beaumont Jr RB 28 Jeremy Wright RB 34 James Miller Fr P 35 Jon Payne Jr WR 37 Lincoln Carr So FB 39 Marcus Roberts RB 41 Eugene Sowell RB 45 Blayne Donnell Jr FB 48 Joe Tronzo Sr C 55 Mario Benavides Fr OL 62 John Clark So G/C 65 Josh Byrom Jr OL 66 Alex Kupper OL 67 Nick Egart So OL 70 Conrad Thomas G 71 Abdul Kuyateh OL 72 Hunter Stout OL 73 Hector Hernandez So OT 74 Jeff Adams Jr OT 75 Ryan Kessling OT 76 Greg Tomczyk OL 77 Joe Evinger Jr OT 78 Byron Stingily G 79 Mark Wetterer TE 80 Mike Fennerty So TE 81 Rock Keys TE 82 Pete Nochta TE 83 Cameron Graham WR 84 Scott Long Sr TE 85 Nate Nord FB 86 Zach Meagher TE 87 Stephon Ball Fr WR 88 Andrew Robinson WR 89 Damion Dixon Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 2 Richard Raglin Sr S 3 Isaac Geffrad Fr S 4 Chaz Thompson Sr LB 5 Brandon Heath Jr S 6 Justin Mathews Sr CB 7 Karldell Dunning So S 8 Hakeem Smith Fr CB 9 Preston Pace Jr DE 10 Malcolm Mitchell Fr DE 11 Greg Scruggs So LB 13 Jacob Geffrad Fr DB 14 Shenard Holton Fr CB 18 Titus Teague Fr CB 19 Johnny Patrick Jr CB 22 Jacques Caldwell Fr LB 23 Stephen Garr Sr LB 24 Daniel Brown Fr S 25 CJ Peake So CB 26 Zed Evans Fr CB 28 Ravelle Sadler So S 29 Daniel Covington Sr CB 31 Champ Lee Fr DT 32 Roy Philon Fr LB 33 Horace Miller Fr CB 35 Anthony Conner Jr S 36 Josh Wiley Sr LB 38 Jon Dempsey Sr CB 42 Bobby Burns Jr LB 43 Chris Campa Sr LB 44 Bo Eggers Fr LB 46 Dexter Heyman So S 49 Jon Mattingly Fr LB 50 Joshua McDonald Sr LB 51 Mike Privott Fr LB 52 Antwon Canady Jr LB 54 Reinhold Leicht Jr DT 56 Tyler Jessen Sr LB 57 Mozell Axson Sr DE 58 Rodney Gnat So DE 61 William Savoy So DE 90 Malcolm Tatum Jr DT 91 LT Walker Sr DT 92 Dominic Langone Fr DE 93 LD Scott Sr DT 94 Joe Townsend Jr DE 96 Patrick Grant So DT 97 Tim High Jr DT 98 Drew Davis Fr DT 99 Zach Kiernan So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 12 Chris Philpott So K 17 Tim Dougherty Jr K 19 Ryan Payne Sr P 29 Cory Goettsche LS 47 Paul Belshoff LS 60 Daniel Weedman Jr	Head coach Steve Kragthorpe Coordinators/assistant coaches Brent Guy (Defensive coordinator) Jay Johnson (Tight ends coach) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

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References

1. "Indiana State Sycamore vs. Louisville Cardinals Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
2. "Louisville Cardinals vs. Kentucky Wildcats Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
3. "Louisville Cardinals vs. Utah Utes Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
4. "Pittsburgh Panthers vs. Louisville Cardinals Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
5. "Southern Miss Golden Eagles vs. Louisville Cardinals Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
6. "Louisville Cardinals vs. Connecticut Huskies Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2009. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
7. "Louisville Cardinals vs. Cincinnati Bearcats Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on October 28, 2009. Retrieved October 24, 2009.
8. "Arkansas State Red Wolves vs. Louisville Cardinals Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 31, 2009.
9. "Louisville Cardinals vs. West Virginia Mountaineers Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
10. "Syracuse Orange vs. Louisville Cardinals Box Score". ESPN.com. November 14, 2009. Retrieved November 17, 2009.
11. "Louisville Cardinals vs. South Florida Bulls Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
12. "Rutgers Scarlet Knights vs. Louisville Cardinals Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on December 3, 2009. Retrieved December 6, 2009.
13. "Pages 37–80" (PDF).