2019 Louisville Cardinals football team

2019 Louisville Cardinals football
2019 Louisville Cardinals football
Music City Bowl champion
Music City Bowl, W 38–28 vs. Mississippi State
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
	Atlantic Division
Record	8–5 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach	Scott Satterfield (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Dwayne Ledford (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread option
Defensive coordinator	Bryan Brown (1st season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Cardinal Stadium
Uniform
	Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the team's the first season under head coach Scott Satterfield. The Cardinals played their home games at Cardinal Stadium, formerly known as Papa John's Cardinal Stadium, in Louisville, Kentucky.

Atlantic Division

Record8–5 (5–3 ACC)

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2019 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 2 Clemson xy$^	8	–	0	14	–	1
Louisville	5	–	3	8	–	5
Wake Forest	4	–	4	8	–	5
Boston College	4	–	4	6	–	7
Florida State	4	–	4	6	–	7
Syracuse	2	–	6	5	–	7
NC State	1	–	7	4	–	8
Coastal Division
Virginia x	6	–	2	9	–	5
Virginia Tech	5	–	3	8	–	5
Pittsburgh	4	–	4	8	–	5
North Carolina	4	–	4	7	–	6
Miami (FL)	4	–	4	6	–	7
Duke	3	–	5	5	–	7
Georgia Tech	2	–	6	3	–	9
Championship: Clemson 62, Virginia 17
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	8:00 p.m.	No. 9 Notre Dame*	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ESPN	L 17–35	58,187
September 7	7:00 p.m.	Eastern Kentucky*	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ACCN Extra	W 42–0	48,808
September 14	4:00 p.m.	vs. Western Kentucky*	Nissan Stadium Nashville, TN	Stadium	W 38–21	22,665
September 21	3:30 p.m.	at Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ESPN	L 24–35	46,530
October 5	12:30 p.m.	Boston College	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ACCRSN	W 41–39	46,007
October 12	7:30 p.m.	at No. 19 Wake Forest	BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC	ACCN	W 62–59	24,434
October 19	12:00 p.m.	No. 3 Clemson	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ABC	L 10–45	51,015
October 26	3:30 p.m.	Virginia	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ACCN	W 28–21	48,689
November 9	3:30 p.m.	at Miami (FL)	Hard Rock Stadium Miami, FL (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 27–52	53,111
November 16	7:30 p.m.	at NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ACCN	W 34–20	54,089
November 23	4:00 p.m.	Syracuse	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ACCN	W 56–34	46,769
November 30	12:00 p.m.	at Kentucky*	Kroger Field Lexington, KY (Governor's Cup)	SECN	L 13–45	48,336
December 30	4:00 p.m.	vs. Mississippi State*	Nissan Stadium Nashville, TN (Music City Bowl)	ESPN	W 38–28	46,850
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 5 released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonels	0	0	0	0	0
Cardinals	14	0	14	14	42

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hilltoppers	0	7	7	7	21
Cardinals	7	24	7	0	38

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	7	10	7	24
Seminoles	21	0	0	14	35

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	7	15	7	10	39
Cardinals	14	14	3	10	41

Preseason

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 9 Fighting Irish	14	7	7	7	35
Cardinals	14	0	0	3	17

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 3 Tigers	3	14	7	21	45
Cardinals	0	3	0	7	10