2008 Louisville Cardinals football team

2008 Louisville Cardinals football
2008 Louisville Cardinals football
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	5–7 (1–6 Big East)
Head coach	Steve Kragthorpe (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Jeff Brohm (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Ron English (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
	Seasons ← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team, led by Steve Kragthorpe in his second year at the school, played their home games in Papa John's Cardinal Stadium^[1] and were in their second year as members of the Big East Conference.^[2]

Record5–7 (1–6 Big East)

Headcoach

OffensivecoordinatorJeff Brohm (1st season)

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2008 Big East Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 17 Cincinnati $	6	–	1	11	–	3
Pittsburgh	5	–	2	9	–	4
No. 23 West Virginia	5	–	2	9	–	4
Rutgers	5	–	2	8	–	5
Connecticut	3	–	4	8	–	5
South Florida	2	–	5	8	–	5
Louisville	1	–	6	5	–	7
Syracuse	1	–	6	3	–	9

$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	3:30 pm	Kentucky*	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky (Governor's Cup)	ESPN	L 2–27	42,696^[3]
September 6	3:30 pm	Tennessee Tech*	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky	ESPN360/WHAS	W 51–10	38,694^[3]
September 17	8:00 pm	Kansas State*	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky	ESPN2	W 38–29	42,208^[3]
September 26	8:00 pm	Connecticut	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky	ESPN2	L 21–26	42,523^[3]
October 10	3:30 pm	at Memphis*	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee (rivalry)	ESPN	W 35–28	40,248^[3]
October 18	3:30 pm	Middle Tennessee*	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky		W 42–23	38,319^[3]
October 25	3:30 pm	No. 14 South Florida	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky	ESPN360	W 24–20	40,384^[3]
November 1	7:05 pm	at Syracuse	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York	ESPNU	L 21–28	32,917^[3]
November 8	12:00 pm	at No. 25 Pittsburgh	Heinz Field Pittsburgh	ESPN360	L 7–41	44,055^[3]
November 14	8:00 pm	No. 22 Cincinnati	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky (The Keg of Nails)	ESPN2	L 20–28	37,822^[3]
November 22	12:00 pm	West Virginia	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky	ESPN	L 21–35	34,796^[3]
December 4	7:30 pm	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey	ESPN	L 14–63	42,347^[3]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Associated Press All times are in Eastern time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	10	0	17	27
Cardinals	0	0	0	2	2

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	0	3	0	7	10
Cardinals	13	21	17	0	51

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	7	0	7	15	29
Cardinals	0	14	14	10	38

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	3	7	7	9	26
Cardinals	0	14	7	0	21

Schedule

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders	14	3	0	6	23
Cardinals	7	7	7	21	42

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	0	7	0	7
No. 25 Panthers	10	7	3	21	41

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 22 Bearcats	7	7	7	7	28
Cardinals	7	10	3	0	20

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	0	7	7	14
Scarlet Knights	14	35	7	7	63