CollegeFootballDigestfrom CooperSearch

1989 Louisville

6–⁠5, coached by Howard Schnellenberger.

Schedule and results

Louisville in 1989, game by game: won at Wyoming 28–21; won at Kansas 33–28; lost vs. No. 9 West Virginia 21–30; won vs. Cincinnati 37–17; lost vs. Southern Miss 10–16; lost at Tulsa 24–31; lost at Virginia 15–16; won vs. Western Kentucky 55–7; won at Memphis 40–10; won at Boston College 36–22; lost vs. Syracuse 13–24+48−11Won 28–21 at Wyoming+7WyomingWon 33–28 at Kansas+5KansasLost 21–30 vs. No. 9 West Virginia-9No. 9 West VirginiaWon 37–17 vs. Cincinnati+20CincinnatiLost 10–16 vs. Southern Miss-6Southern MissLost 24–31 at Tulsa-7TulsaLost 15–16 at Virginia-1VirginiaWon 55–7 vs. Western Kentucky+48Western KentuckyWon 40–10 at Memphis+30MemphisWon 36–22 at Boston College+14Boston CollegeLost 13–24 vs. Syracuse-11Syracuse
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atWyomingW 28–⁠2128%
Sep 9atKansasW 33–⁠2867%
Sep 23vs9West VirginiaL 21–⁠3035%
Sep 30vsCincinnatiW 37–⁠1773%
Oct 14vsSouthern MissL 10–⁠1656%
Oct 21atTulsaL 24–⁠3146%
Oct 28atVirginiaL 15–⁠1628%
Nov 4vsWestern KentuckyW 55–⁠783%
Nov 11atMemphisW 40–⁠1059%
Nov 18atBoston CollegeW 36–⁠2256%
Dec 4vsSyracuseL 13–⁠2441%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Syracuse 24–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 30th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 82 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1989.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
—
AP final
Unranked
Points
312–⁠222
Coach
Howard Schnellenberger
Elo
1527 +41 this season
SP+ rating
1.4 No. 52 of 103; offense No. 52, defense No. 53
SRS
2.7 No. 48 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Gary Nord
Defensive coordinator
Rick Lantz

Drafted in 1990

The 1990 draft
Rd 2Carwell Gardner RBBuffalo Bills