2019 Louisville Cardinals football team

2019 Louisville Cardinals football
Music City Bowl champion
Music City Bowl, W 38–28 vs. Mississippi State
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Division	Atlantic Division
Record	8–5 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach	Scott Satterfield (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Dwayne Ledford (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread option
Defensive coordinator	Bryan Brown (1st season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Cardinal Stadium
Uniform
Seasons ←  2018 2020  →

2019 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 2 Clemson xy$^		8	–	0					14	–	1
Louisville		5	–	3					8	–	5
Wake Forest		4	–	4					8	–	5
Florida State		4	–	4					6	–	7
Boston College		4	–	4					6	–	7
Syracuse		2	–	6					5	–	7
NC State		1	–	7					4	–	8
Coastal Division
Virginia x		6	–	2					9	–	5
Virginia Tech		5	–	3					8	–	5
Miami (FL)		4	–	4					6	–	7
Pittsburgh		4	–	4					8	–	5
North Carolina		4	–	4					7	–	6
Duke		3	–	5					5	–	7
Georgia Tech		2	–	6					3	–	9
Championship: Clemson 62, Virginia 17
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2019 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the team's the first season under head coach Scott Satterfield. The Cardinals played their home games at Cardinal Stadium, formerly known as Papa John's Cardinal Stadium, in Louisville, Kentucky.

Preseason

Preseason media poll

In the preseason ACC media poll, Louisville was predicted to finish last in the Atlantic Division. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	8:00 p.m.	No. 9 Notre Dame *	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ESPN	L 17–35	58,187
September 7	7:00 p.m.	Eastern Kentucky *	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ACCN Extra	W 42–0	48,808
September 14	4:00 p.m.	vs. Western Kentucky *	Nissan Stadium Nashville, TN	Stadium	W 38–21	22,665
September 21	3:30 p.m.	at Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ESPN	L 24–35	46,530
October 5	12:30 p.m.	Boston College	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ACCRSN	W 41–39	46,007
October 12	7:30 p.m.	at No. 19 Wake Forest	BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC	ACCN	W 62–59	24,434
October 19	12:00 p.m.	No. 3 Clemson	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ABC	L 10–45	51,015
October 26	3:30 p.m.	Virginia	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ACCN	W 28–21	48,689
November 9	3:30 p.m.	at Miami (FL)	Hard Rock Stadium Miami, FL (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 27–52	53,111
November 16	7:30 p.m.	at NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ACCN	W 34–20	54,089
November 23	4:00 p.m.	Syracuse	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ACCN	W 56–34	46,769
November 30	12:00 p.m.	at Kentucky *	Kroger Field Lexington, KY (Governor's Cup)	SECN	L 13–45	48,336
December 30	4:00 p.m.	vs. Mississippi State *	Nissan Stadium Nashville, TN (Music City Bowl)	ESPN	W 38–28	46,850
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 5 released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 9 Fighting Irish	14	7	7	7	35
Cardinals	14	0	0	3	17

See also: 2019 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

Eastern Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonels	0	0	0	0	0
Cardinals	14	0	14	14	42

See also: 2019 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

Vs. Western Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hilltoppers	0	7	7	7	21
Cardinals	7	24	7	0	38

See also: 2019 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

At Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	7	10	7	24
Seminoles	21	0	0	14	35

See also: 2019 Florida State Seminoles football team

Boston College

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	7	15	7	10	39
Cardinals	14	14	3	10	41

See also: 2019 Boston College Eagles football team

At Wake Forest

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	21	10	14	17	62
No. 19 Demon Deacons	7	14	10	28	59

See also: 2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

Clemson

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 3 Tigers	3	14	7	21	45
Cardinals	0	3	0	7	10

See also: 2019 Clemson Tigers football team

Virginia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cavaliers	7	7	0	7	21
Cardinals	7	0	7	14	28

See also: 2019 Virginia Cavaliers football team

At Miami (FL)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	7	7	7	6	27
Hurricanes	21	14	17	0	52

See also: 2019 Miami Hurricanes football team

At NC State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	7	20	7	34
Wolfpack	0	10	0	10	20

See also: 2019 NC State Wolfpack football team

Syracuse

	1	2	3	4	Total
Orange	3	7	17	7	34
Cardinals	21	7	21	7	56

See also: 2019 Syracuse Orange football team

At Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	6	7	0	0	13
Wildcats	7	10	14	14	45

See also: 2019 Kentucky Wildcats football team and Governor's Cup (Kentucky)

vs Mississippi State (Music City Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	7	7	0	14	28
Cardinals	0	10	14	14	38

See also: 2019 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team and 2019 Music City Bowl

References

1. "Clemson Favored to Continue ACC Football Championship Run". theACC.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
2. "2019 Louisville Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 30, 2019.