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Louisville Cardinals

ACCLouisville, KYL&N Federal Credit Union Stadium

2026: 4–⁠3 (3–⁠2 ACC). Last: won at Syracuse 34–⁠26. Next: Stanford, Saturday, Oct 31.

  1. L 38–⁠41vs. No. 9 Ole Miss
  2. W 59–⁠13Villanova
  3. W 41–⁠31No. 16 SMU
  4. L 27–⁠30Wake Forest
  5. L 28–⁠31at NC State
  6. W 44–⁠20Florida State
  7. W 34–⁠26at Syracuse
  8. Oct 31Stanford
  9. Nov 7at Georgia Tech
  10. Nov 14at North Carolina
  11. Nov 21Pittsburgh
  12. Nov 28at Kentucky

Louisville has played football since 1912 and is officially 570–⁠507–⁠17; 785 of its 1,094 games are in our file. Their best finish in the final AP poll is No. 6, in 2006. They have won three Big East Conference titles (the last in 2012), plus three Conference USA titles, two Missouri Valley Conference titles, counting shared titles. Lamar Jackson won the Heisman Trophy here in 2016. Since 1958, the NFL Draft has taken 103 players from here in its first seven rounds, 16 of them in the first round. The AFL draft also took one player from here. Bobby Petrino (2003–⁠2018) won more games here than any other coach: 77. The most-played rival is Cincinnati: 46 meetings, Louisville leads 23–⁠22–⁠1. This season, under Jeff Brohm, they’re 4–⁠3.

L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium in Louisville
L&N Federal Credit Union StadiumPhoto: Perthsider, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

From the numbers

  • Jeff Brohm is two wins from 100 as a head coach (98 so far).

Computed from every game through Oct 18 and the score after every scoring play; a note appears only when few teams share it. All the numbers.

On this date in 2024Louisville lost to No. 6 Miami 52–⁠45 at home.

Résumé

All-time record
570–⁠507–⁠17 official; 417–⁠360–⁠8 on file; how we count
Postseason
14–⁠13 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 152 ranked
Elo now
1630 23rd of 138 FBS
Computer rankings
Massey No. 35 · Composite No. 41 in FBS, Oct 17; up 4 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
Best season by Elo
2006 rated 1788
Conference titles
8 last in 2012
Bowl record
14–⁠13–⁠1 official, bowls only
Seasons
82 since 1914, 785 games

Identity

Fight song
Fight! UofL
Mascot
Louie
Student section
Ville’ns

2026 season 4–⁠3

RosterFull 2026 season
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6vs9Ole MissL 38–⁠4137%
Sep 11vsVillanovaW 59–⁠1377%
Sep 19vs16SMUW 41–⁠3151%
Sep 26vsWake ForestL 27–⁠3071%
Oct 3atNC StateL 28–⁠3150%
Oct 9vsFlorida StateW 44–⁠2069%
Oct 17atSyracuseW 34–⁠2669%
Oct 31vsStanfordPreview80%
Nov 7atGeorgia TechPreview61%
Nov 14atNorth CarolinaPreview58%
Nov 21vsPittsburghPreview68%
Nov 28atKentuckyPreview46%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Louisville’s Elo through 2026: 1604 going into the opener, 1630 after the latest game; AP rank from No. 24 to unranked.1575160016251650Elo 1604 going in; lost to Ole Miss 41–38; AP No. 24Elo 1594 going in; beat Villanova 59–13; AP No. 24Elo 1610 going in; beat SMU 41–31; AP No. 23Elo 1633 going in; lost to Wake Forest 30–27; AP No. 16Elo 1612 going in; lost to NC State 31–28Elo 1598 going in; beat Florida State 44–20Elo 1617 going in; beat Syracuse 34–26Now: Elo 1630 after the latest game1630
24242316····
Ole MissVillanovaSMUWake ForestNC StateFlorida StateSyracuseNow
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses. Numbers under the line: the AP rank going into each game, and in the newest poll (a dot: unranked).

Future schedule

2027–⁠30
202712 games: 6 home, 6 away
20283 games: 1 home, 2 away, non-conference only
20293 games: 3 home, non-conference only
20304 games: 3 home, 1 away, non-conference only

Louisville’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, as its Wikipedia article lists them (announced schedules as of December 11, 2025). Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Players

The 2026 rosterRecord bookAll-time letterwinnersThe money

On the 2026 team

Program greats See all

Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Louisville.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Around the program

Mascot
Louie · Official source
Student section
Ville’ns · Official source
Athletic director
Josh Heird · Official source
Offensive coordinator
Brian Brohm · Official source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

The apparel deal

Adidas, through 2028. 10 years, $160M. Partnership runs through the 2027-28 school year.

Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026. Our own research hasn’t confirmed the outfitter yet.

Program strength since 1914

Best seasons ever
Louisville end-of-season Elo from 1914 to 2026, best in 2006 at 1788.13001500170019001920194019601980200020202006 peak: Elo 1788
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

More coverage

Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.

Podcasts

Found through Podcast Index, the open podcast directory. Each link opens the episode’s page.

Head coaches

CoachYearsRecord
Jeff Brohm2023–⁠202632–⁠15
Deion Branch20221–⁠0
Scott Satterfield2019–⁠202225–⁠24
Lorenzo Ward20180–⁠2
Bobby Petrino2003–⁠201877–⁠35
Charlie Strong2010–⁠201337–⁠15
Steve Kragthorpe2007–⁠200915–⁠21
John Smith1998–⁠200241–⁠21
Ron Cooper1995–⁠199713–⁠20
Howard Schnellenberger1985–⁠199454–⁠56–⁠2
Bob Weber1980–⁠198420–⁠35
Vince Gibson1975–⁠197923–⁠31–⁠2
Tom Alley1973–⁠19749–⁠13
Lee Corso1969–⁠197228–⁠11–⁠3
Frank Camp1949–⁠196841–⁠54–⁠1

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesLOU record
Cincinnati4623–⁠22–⁠1
Memphis4124–⁠17
Kentucky3617–⁠19 ‡
Southern Miss2610–⁠15–⁠1
Tulsa2612–⁠14
Florida State236–⁠17
Syracuse2214–⁠8
Pittsburgh2211–⁠11

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.

Rivals the program names: Cincinnati, Kentucky, Memphis, Miami.

Trophies it holds: Governor’s Cup (Kentucky), Schnellenberger Trophy (Miami, since 2025), The Keg of Nails (Cincinnati). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.

Every opponent (124)

Every program Louisville has played, A to Z, with Louisville’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.

Conference titles

8, counting shared titles
Big East Conference 3
2006, 2011 (shared), 2012 (shared)
Conference USA 3
2000, 2001, 2004
Missouri Valley Conference 2
1970, 1972 (shared)
ACC Atlantic 1
2016 (tied)

As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.

Conferences

  1. Independent 1912–⁠1916, 1921–⁠1942 and 1946–⁠1947
  2. OVC 1948
  3. Independent 1949–⁠1962 and 1975–⁠1995
  4. Conference USA 1996–⁠2004
  5. Big East 2005–⁠2012
  6. American Athletic Conference 2013
  7. ACC since 2014
  • 1995Joined Conference USA from independence. Source
  • 2005Joined the Big East from Conference USA. Source
  • 2014Joined the ACC from the American Athletic Conference, announced November 28, 2012. Source

Louisville’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

National award winners

All awards
2016Lamar Jackson QBHeisman, Maxwell, Walter Camp
2014Gerod Holliman SThorpe
2006Art Carmody KGroza
2005Elvis Dumervil DENagurski, Hendricks
1999Chris Redman QBUnitas Golden Arm

Consensus All-Americans 3

2016Lamar Jackson QB
2014Gerod Holliman DB
2005Elvis Dumervil DE

Led the nation 5

2025Isaac Brown yards per carry (8.8)
2017Lamar Jackson total offense (5,261 yds), total offense per game (404.7)
2004Stefan LeFors passer rating (181.7)
1970Larry Hart yards per catch (24.1)
1966Frank Moore kickoff return average (27.9)

The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.

Heisman runners-up and finalists

The votes
2017Lamar Jackson QB3rd

Second to fifth in the vote, from each season’s Wikipedia article.

In the draft

By college
NFL picks, rounds 1–⁠7
103 since 1958
First-round picks
16
AFL picks
1 1964
2020Mekhi Becton OTNo. 11, New York Jets
2018Jaire Alexander CBNo. 18, Green Bay Packers
2018Lamar Jackson QBNo. 32, Baltimore Ravens
2016Sheldon Rankins DTNo. 12, New Orleans Saints
2015DeVante Parker WRNo. 14, Miami Dolphins
2014Calvin Pryor SNo. 18, New York Jets
2014Marcus Smith DENo. 26, Philadelphia Eagles
2014Teddy Bridgewater QBNo. 32, Minnesota Vikings

Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.

The school

University of Louisville
Enrollment
23,065 17,086 undergraduates, fall 2024
Where
Louisville, Kentucky
Public or private
Public Research 1
Founded
1798
Graduates’ median earnings
$53,899 10 years after starting

Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.

Official accounts

Football
X @LouisvilleFBInstagram @LouisvilleFBFacebook LouisvilleFB
Athletics department
X @GoCardsInstagram @GoCardsYouTube uoflsportsFacebook GoMastodonsGoCards

Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones gocards.com lists for its football program and athletics department, as of Oct 12, 2026.

Books

Books: Open Library (CC0), filed under the program’s Library of Congress subject heading; most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20264–⁠33–⁠224Jeff Brohm163013.0
20259–⁠44–⁠4Jeff Brohm165612.4
20249–⁠45–⁠3Jeff Brohm165813.6
202310–⁠47–⁠119Jeff Brohm16028.0
20228–⁠54–⁠4Scott Satterfield, Deion Branch16389.0
20216–⁠74–⁠4Scott Satterfield15127.8
20204–⁠73–⁠7Scott Satterfield15046.5
20198–⁠55–⁠3Scott Satterfield15350.2
20182–⁠100–⁠8Bobby Petrino, Lorenzo Ward1364-9.1
20178–⁠54–⁠416Bobby Petrino162019.2
20169–⁠47–⁠11921Bobby Petrino165222.9
20158–⁠55–⁠3Bobby Petrino163813.2
20149–⁠45–⁠324Bobby Petrino168017.0
201312–⁠17–⁠1915Charlie Strong174624.2
201211–⁠25–⁠22513Charlie Strong164310.5
20117–⁠65–⁠2Charlie Strong15597.2
20107–⁠63–⁠4Charlie Strong153810.9
20094–⁠81–⁠6Steve Kragthorpe1411-5.4
20085–⁠71–⁠6Steve Kragthorpe1465-3.0
20076–⁠63–⁠410Steve Kragthorpe160412.1
200612–⁠16–⁠1136Bobby Petrino178827.3
20059–⁠35–⁠21219Bobby Petrino170320.3
200411–⁠18–⁠06Bobby Petrino173624.0
20039–⁠45–⁠3Bobby Petrino15640.5
20027–⁠65–⁠317John Smith15323.1
Every season back to 1914 (57 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
200111–⁠26–⁠117John Smith168414.0
20009–⁠36–⁠1John Smith162310.8
19997–⁠54–⁠2John Smith150411.4
19987–⁠54–⁠2John Smith14770.8
19971–⁠100–⁠6Ron Cooper1309-21.7
19965–⁠62–⁠3Ron Cooper1484-1.2
19957–⁠4Ron Cooper15432.2
19946–⁠5Howard Schnellenberger1561-5.3
19939–⁠324Howard Schnellenberger162517.4
19925–⁠6Howard Schnellenberger14573.2
19912–⁠9Howard Schnellenberger1360-19.1
199010–⁠1–⁠114Howard Schnellenberger16508.6
19896–⁠5Howard Schnellenberger15271.4
19888–⁠3Howard Schnellenberger1478-4.6
19873–⁠7–⁠1Howard Schnellenberger1291-17.3
19863–⁠8Howard Schnellenberger1294-21.7
19852–⁠9Howard Schnellenberger1228-30.6
19842–⁠9Bob Weber1284-17.2
19833–⁠8Bob Weber1354-13.8
19825–⁠6Bob Weber1444-12.1
19815–⁠6Bob Weber1432-1.4
19805–⁠6Bob Weber14676.2
19794–⁠6–⁠1Vince Gibson1464-1.6
19787–⁠4Vince Gibson14870.3
19777–⁠4–⁠1Vince Gibson14623.1
19764–⁠7Vince Gibson13481.9
19751–⁠10Vince Gibson1242-24.9
19744–⁠73–⁠2Tom Alley1397-10.8
19735–⁠63–⁠2Tom Alley15150.0
19729–⁠14–⁠118Lee Corso164316.8
19716–⁠3–⁠13–⁠2Lee Corso15542.6
19708–⁠3–⁠14–⁠0Lee Corso15425.6
19695–⁠4–⁠12–⁠3Lee Corso1415
19685–⁠52–⁠3Frank Camp1420
19675–⁠51–⁠3Frank Camp1471
19666–⁠41–⁠3Frank Camp1491
19656–⁠42–⁠1Frank Camp1438
19641–⁠90–⁠3Frank Camp1271
19633–⁠70–⁠3Frank Camp1358
19626–⁠4Frank Camp1473
19611–⁠3Frank Camp1440
19601–⁠1Frank Camp1424
19591–⁠2Frank Camp1415
19580–⁠2Frank Camp1421
19572–⁠0Frank Camp1472
19560–⁠1Frank Camp1401
19540–⁠1Frank Camp1372
19530–⁠1Frank Camp1399
19513–⁠1Frank Camp1375
19500–⁠3–⁠1Frank Camp1214
19491–⁠1Frank Camp1138
19410–⁠11096
19280–⁠11106
19241–⁠11118
19220–⁠21086
1915few games on file0–⁠11090
1914few games on file0–⁠11093

Officially 570–⁠507–⁠17 since 1912 (per Wikipedia, as of 9/26/26); game by game here, 417–⁠360–⁠8 (785 of its 1,094 games are on file). Our file starts in 1914; the program began in 1912. Some games are missing from our source.

No season on file for 1916–⁠21, 1923, 1925–⁠27, 1929–⁠40, 1942–⁠48, 1952, 1955: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.