Louisville vs. Miami

Louisville and Miami have 17 meetings on file, the first in 1949; Miami leads the series 11–⁠5–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s even at 5–⁠5. The winner takes home the Schnellenberger Trophy, played for since 2023. Louisville has held it since the 2025 game.

Scheduled 2027 at Miami. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Louisville wins
5
Miami wins
11
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1949
Longest streak
7 Miami
Current streak
1 Louisville
Last 10 meetings
even at 5–⁠5
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1940s0–⁠1
1950s0–⁠0–⁠1
1970s0–⁠1
1980s0–⁠5
2000s1–⁠1
2010s2–⁠1
2020s2–⁠2
Both ranked
3 meetings: Louisville 1, Miami 2
Average margin
16.6 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Louisville
2–⁠6 Louisville’s record at home
At Miami
5–⁠2–⁠1 Miami’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Louisville first
Shutouts
1

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Schnellenberger Trophy

Played for since
2023
Held by
Louisville since the 2025 game
Games for it on file
3 Louisville 2, Miami 1

Who holds it comes from the games on file: the winner of the latest regular-season meeting since 2023 (bowl rematches aren’t played for it); a tie leaves it with the holder (the usual rule; the article doesn’t say). The rivalry’s article counts the games for it: Louisville leads, 2–⁠1. From Wikipedia’s list of rivalry games and the rivalry’s article (CC BY-SA). More on the Schnellenberger Trophy.

Games that tell the story

  1. Louisville’s biggest win2013: Louisville 36, Miami 9by 27 points
  2. Miami’s biggest win1985: Miami 45, Louisville 7by 38 points
  3. Ranked showdown2004: Miami 41, Louisville 38No. 18 Louisville at No. 3 Miami
  4. Ranked showdown2006: Louisville 31, Miami 7No. 17 Miami at No. 12 Louisville
  5. Ranked showdown2020: Miami 47, Louisville 34No. 17 Miami at No. 18 Louisville

Coach against coach

YearsLouisvilleSeriesMiami
1980–⁠1983Bob Weber0–⁠3Howard Schnellenberger
2023–⁠2025Jeff Brohm2–⁠1Mario Cristobal

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Louisville’s side (Weber 0–⁠3 against Schnellenberger). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Louisville and Miami, 1949 on13001500170019501960197019801990200020102020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Teddy Bridgewater Louisville35 of 45, 447 yards, 3 TD2013 Passing
Xavier Restrepo Miami8 catches, 193 yards, 1 TD2023 Receiving

Named most valuable

Teddy Bridgewater2013

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1950 game: Penalty Saves Miami lin Tie With Louisville

    1950 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 11, 1950

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

On television

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2020.

2025ESPN3.4 million viewers

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA). Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.

Every game

Oct 17, 2025Louisville 24, 2Miami 21at Miami
Oct 19, 20246Miami 52, Louisville 45at Louisville
Nov 18, 20239Louisville 38, Miami 31at Miami
Sep 19, 202017Miami 47, 18Louisville 34at Louisville
Nov 9, 2019Miami 52, Louisville 27at Miami
Sep 1, 2014Louisville 31, Miami 13at Louisville
Dec 28, 201318Louisville 36, Miami 9Neutral siteRussell Athletic Bowl
Sep 16, 200612Louisville 31, 17Miami 7at Louisville
Oct 14, 20043Miami 41, 18Louisville 38at Miami
Oct 26, 198515Miami 45, Louisville 7at Miami
Nov 3, 19846Miami 38, Louisville 23at Louisville
Oct 8, 198312Miami 42, Louisville 14at Miami
Oct 2, 198217Miami 28, Louisville 6at Louisville
Sep 6, 1980Miami 24, Louisville 10at Louisville
Sep 15, 1979Miami 24, Louisville 12at Miami
Nov 10, 19509Miami 13, Louisville 13at Miami
Oct 8, 1949Miami 26, Louisville 0at Louisville

Every game is listed as played on the field.