2012 Louisville Cardinals football team

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2012 Louisville Cardinals football
Louisville Cardinals text logo.svg
Big East co-champion
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 33–23 vs. Florida
Conference Big East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 13
Record11–2 (5–2 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Shawn Watson (1st season)
Offensive scheme Pro-style
Defensive coordinator Vance Bedford (3rd season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
Seasons
  2011
2013  
2012 Big East Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 13 Louisville $+  5 2   11 2  
Cincinnati +  5 2   10 3  
Rutgers +  5 2   9 4  
Syracuse +  5 2   8 5  
Pittsburgh  3 4   6 7  
Connecticut  2 5   5 7  
Temple  2 5   4 7  
South Florida  1 6   3 9  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinals were led by third-year head coach Charlie Strong and played their home games at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. They were a member of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 11–2, 5–2 in Big East play to finish in a four-way tie for the Big East championship. As the highest rated of the four Big East champions in the final BCS poll, the Cardinals received the conference's automatic bid into a BCS game. They were invited to the Sugar Bowl where they upset the heavily favored Florida Gators.

Contents

Personnel

Coaching staff

NamePositionSeasons at
Louisville
Alma mater (Year)
Charlie Strong Head Coach3rd Central Arkansas (1983)
Shawn Watson Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks2nd Southern Illinois (1982)
Vance Bedford Defensive Coordinator3rd Texas (1981)
Clint Hurtt Associate head coach, Defensive Line and recruiting coordinator3rd Miami (FL) (2001)
Ron Dugans Wide receivers3rd Florida State (1999)
Brian Jean-Mary Linebackers3rd Appalachian State (1998)
Tommy Restivo Secondary3rd Georgetown College (2006)
Dave Borbely Offensive Line and Running Game Coordinator3rd DePauw (1981)
Kenny Carter Running Backs and Special Team3rd The Citadel (1989)
Sherrone Moore Tight ends4th Oklahoma (2008)
Reference: [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 23:30 p.m. Kentucky *No. 25 ESPN W 32–1455,386
September 83:30 p.m. Missouri State *No. 23
  • Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, Kentucky
WHAS W 35–747,553
September 153:30 p.m. North Carolina *No. 19
  • Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, Kentucky
ABC/ESPN2 W 39–3453,334
September 227:00 p.m.at FIU *No. 20 ESPN3 W 28–2112,318
September 298:00 p.m.at Southern Miss *No. 19 CBSSN W 21–1723,492
October 1311:00 a.m.at Pittsburgh No. 18 ESPNU W 45–3542,432
October 203:30 p.m. South Florida No. 16
  • Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, Kentucky
ABCW 27–2550,167
October 268:00 p.m. Cincinnati No. 16
ESPNW 34–31 OT53,271
November 312:00 p.m. Temple No. 10
  • Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, Kentucky
ABC/ESPN3 W 45–1744,609
November 1012:00 p.m.at Syracuse No. 9ABCL 26–4540,312
November 2412:00 p.m. Connecticut No. 19
  • Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, Kentucky
Big East Network L 20–23 3OT45,618
November 297:30 p.m.at Rutgers ESPN W 20–1752,798
January 2, 20138:30 p.m.vs. No. 4 Florida *No. 22 ESPN W 33–2354,178
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP 25231920191918161612112019RV2213
Coaches RV242018171616141410101818231813
Harris Not released181614101017182419Not released
BCS Not released1616109192021Not released

Roster

2012 Louisville Cardinals

Running backs

  • 36 Bo Eggers – Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 10 Dominique Brown – Junior
  • 32 Senorise PerryJunior
  • 20 Corvin Lamb – Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 28 Jeremy Wright – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 30 Kamal Hogan – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 48 Nick Heuser – Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 49 Jarel McGriff-Culver – Redshirt.svg Sophomore

Wide receivers

  • 2 Michaelee Haris – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 3 Charles Gaines – Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 4 Robert Clark – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 7 Damian Copeland – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 9 DeVante ParkerSophomore
  • 14 Andrell Smith – Senior
  • 29 Stephen Goodwin – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 31 DeMarcus Topp – Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 82 Eli RogersSophomore
  • 84 Aaron Nace – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 84 Matt Milton – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 87 Kai Dominguez – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 88 Jarrett Davis – Junior
  • 89 Scott Radcliff – Senior
Offensive line
  • 53 Jake Smith – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 54 Mike Romano – Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 55 Mario Benavides – Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 59 Zach Perkins – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 63 Josh Stearns – Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 64 David Noltemeyer – Sophomore
  • 64 Brandon Bramer – Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 66 Alex Kupper Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 68 Kamran Joyer – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 69 Chris Walker – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 70 John Miller – Sophomore
  • 71 Chris Acosta – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 72 Hunter Stout – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 74 Ryan Mack – Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 76 Chase Petersen – Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 78 Aaron Epps – Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 79 Jamon BrownSophomore
 

Quarterbacks

  • 4 Will Stein – Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 5 Teddy BridgewaterSophomore
  • 12 Luke Brohm – Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 19 Jerry Arlinghaus – Redshirt.svg Freshman

Tight ends

  • 32 Gerald Christian Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 80 Stephon Ball – Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 81 Chris White – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 83 Ryan Hubbell – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 85 Nate Nord – Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 15 Hunter Bowles – Redshirt.svg Freshman
Defensive line
  • 17 Marcus Smith – Junior
  • 44 B.J. Butler – Junior
  • 47 Malcolm Mitchell – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 48 Deiontrez Mount – Sophomore
  • 57 Jordan Tennyson – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 90 B.J. Dubose – Sophomore
  • 92 Brandon Dunn – Junior
  • 93 Roy Philon – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 94 Lorenzo MauldinSophomore
  • 98 Dominique Dishmon – Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 99 Jamaine Brooks – Redshirt.svg Sophomore

Defensive backs

  • 8 Gerod HollimanFreshman
  • 15 Andrew Johnson – Sophomore
  • 18 Titus Teague – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 19 Terell Floyd – Sophomore
  • 21 Adrian Bushell – Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 22 Jordan Paschal – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 25 Calvin PryorSophomore
  • 26 Zed Evans – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 27 Jermaine Reve – Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 29 Hakeem Smith – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 30 Anthony Branch – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 41 Stephan Robinson – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 45 Mitchell Nelson – Redshirt.svg Freshman
 

Linebackers

  • 1 Keith Brown – Freshman
  • 2 Preston Brown – Junior
  • 13 James Burgess – Freshman
  • 24 Daniel Brown – Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 27 Mike Adessa – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 31 Champ Lee – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 32 Alex Witcpalek – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 34 George Durant – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 37 Tyon Dixon – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 38 Thaddeus Franklin – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 40 Chris Zelli – Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 42 Jalen Harrington – Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 43 Deon Rogers – Junior

Special teams

  • 18 Matthew Nakatani – Redshirt.svg Sophomore (K)
  • 33 Grant Donovan – Redshirt.svg Sophomore (LS)
  • 35 Andrew Fletcher – Redshirt.svg Freshman (K)
  • 38 Ryan Johnson – Redshirt.svg Sophomore (P)
  • 45 John Wallace – Redshirt.svg Freshman (P/K)

Head coach

Assistant coaches

[2]

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