List of Louisville Cardinals football seasons

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Annual results of the Louisville Cardinals football team. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Year-by-year results

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs Coaches#AP°
Lester Larson (Independent)(1912–1913)
1912 Louisville 3–1
1913 Louisville 5–1
Bruce Baker(Independent)(1914)
1914 Louisville 1–4
Will Duffy (Independent)(1915–1916)
1915 Louisville 1–5–1
1916 Louisville 2–3–1
1917–20No team
Bill Duncan(Independent)(1921–1922)
1921 Louisville 2–2–1
1922 Louisville 2–7
Fred Enke (Independent)(1923–1924)
1923 Louisville 5–3
1924 Louisville 3–5–1
Tom King (Independent)(1925–1930)
1925 Louisville 8–0
Tom King(Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1926–1930)
1926 Louisville 6–22–1T–11th
1927 Louisville 4–42–2T–9th
1928 Louisville 1–70–429th
1929 Louisville 3–51–3T–22nd
1930 Louisville 5–32–2T–13th
Jack McGrath (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1931)
1931 Louisville 0–80–532nd
C. V. Money (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1932)
1932 Louisville 0–90–527th
Ben Cregor (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1933–1935)
1933 Louisville 1–71–628th
1934 Louisville 2–52–3T–20th
1935 Louisville 1–6–11–4T–26th
Laurie Apitz (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1936–1941)
1936 Louisville 4–42–3T–20th
1937 Louisville 2–5–11–3–1T–23rd
1938 Louisville 2–60–3T–29th
1939 Louisville 5–2–11–1–1T–14th
1940 Louisville 3–5–10–2T–28th
1941 Louisville 4–41–1T–14th
Laurie Apitz(Independent)(1942)
1942 Louisville 2–3
1943–45No team
Frank Camp (Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(1946–1947)
1946 Louisville 6–22–24th
1947 Louisville 7–0–12–0T–1st
Frank Camp(Ohio Valley Conference)(1948)
1948 Louisville 5–51–1T–3rd
Frank Camp(Independent)(1949–1963)
1949 Louisville 8–3
1950 Louisville 3–6–1
1951 Louisville 5–4
1952 Louisville 3–5
1953 Louisville 1–7
1954 Louisville 3–6
1955 Louisville 7–2
1956 Louisville 6–3
1957 Louisville 9–1W Sun
1958 Louisville 4–4
1959 Louisville 6–4
1960 Louisville 7–2
1961 Louisville 6–3
1962 Louisville 6–4
1963 Louisville 3–7
Frank Camp(Missouri Valley Conference)(1964–1968)
1964 Louisville 1–91–3T–4th
1965 Louisville 6–43–12nd
1966 Louisville 6–41–3T–4th
1967 Louisville 5–51–34th
1968 Louisville 5–52–3T–4th
Lee Corso (Missouri Valley Conference)(1969–1972)
1969 Louisville 5–4–12–3T–3rd
1970 Louisville 8–3–14–01stT Pasadena
1971 Louisville 6–3–13–2T–2nd
1972 Louisville 9–14–1T–1st1618
T. W. Alley (Missouri Valley Conference)(1973–1974)
1973 Louisville 5–63–2T–3rd
1974 Louisville 3–73–22nd
Vince Gibson (Independent)(1975–1979)
1975 Louisville 2–9
1976 Louisville 5–6
1977 Louisville 7–4–1L Independence
1978 Louisville 7–4
1979 Louisville 4–6–1
Bob Weber (Independent)(1980–1984)
1980 Louisville 5–6
1981 Louisville 5–6
1982 Louisville 5–6
1983 Louisville 3–8
1984 Louisville 2–9
Howard Schnellenberger (Independent)(1985–1994)
1985 Louisville 2–9
1986 Louisville 3–8
1987 Louisville 3–7–1
1988 Louisville 8–3
1989 Louisville 6–5
1990 Louisville 10–1–1W Fiesta 1214
1991 Louisville 2–9
1992 Louisville 5–6
1993 Louisville 9–3W Liberty 2324
1994 Louisville 6–5
Ron Cooper (Independent)(1995)
1995 Louisville 7–4
Ron Cooper(Conference USA)(1996–1997)
1996 Louisville 5–62–3T–3rd
1997 Louisville 1–100–67th
John L. Smith (Conference USA)(1998–2002)
1998 Louisville 7–54–23rdL Motor City
1999 Louisville 7–54–2T–2ndL Humanitarian
2000 Louisville 9–36–11stL Liberty
2001 Louisville 11–26–11stW Liberty 1617
2002 Louisville 7–65–33rdL GMAC
Bobby Petrino (Conference USA)(2003–2004)
2003 Louisville 9–45–3T–3rdL GMAC
2004 Louisville 11–18–01stW Liberty 76
Bobby Petrino(Big East Conference)(2005–2006)
2005 Louisville 9–35–22ndL Gator 2019
2006 Louisville 12–16–11stW Orange 76
Steve Kragthorpe (Big East Conference)(2007–2009)
2007 Louisville 6–63–4T–5th
2008 Louisville 5–71–68th
2009 Louisville 4–81–67th
Charlie Strong (Big East Conference)(2010–2012)
2010 Louisville 7–63–4T–5thW Beef 'O' Brady's
2011 Louisville 7–65–2T–1stL Belk
2012 Louisville 11–25–2T–1stW Sugar 1313
Charlie Strong(American Athletic Conference)(2013)
2013 Louisville 12–17–12ndW Russell Athletic 1515
Bobby Petrino(Atlantic Coast Conference)(2014–2018)
2014 Louisville 9–45–33rd (Atlantic)L Belk 2424
2015 Louisville 8–55–33rd (Atlantic)W Music City
2016 Louisville 9–47–1T–1st (Atlantic)L Citrus 2021
2017 Louisville 8–54–4T–3rd (Atlantic)L TaxSlayer
2018 Louisville [n 1] 2–10 [n 1] 0–8 [n 1] 7th (Atlantic)
Scott Satterfield (Atlantic Coast Conference)(2019–2022)
2019 Louisville 8–55–32nd (Atlantic)W Music City
2020 Louisville 4–73–712th
2021 Louisville 6–74–4T–4th (Atlantic)L First Responder
2022 Louisville [n 2] 8–5 [n 2] 4–4T–3rd (Atlantic)W Fenway
Jeff Brohm (Atlantic Coast Conference)(2023–present)
2023 Louisville 10–47–12ndL Holiday 1819
2024 Louisville 8–45–3T–4th Sun
Total:556–499–17
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 The Cardinals were led by head coach Bobby Petrino until he was fired on November 11 after starting the season 2–8. Lorenzo Ward was the interim head coach for the remainder of the season.
  2. 1 2 Deion Branch served as interim head coach for Louisville's appearance in the 2022 Fenway Bowl, following the departure of Scott Satterfield at the end of the regular season to accept a different position.

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