Louisville Cardinals football
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| First season | 1912 | ||
| Athletic director | Tom Jurich | ||
| Head coach |
Bobby Petrino 7th overall, 3rd straight year, 67–21 (.761) |
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| Stadium | Papa John's Cardinal Stadium | ||
| Seating capacity | 55,000 | ||
| Field surface | FieldTurf | ||
| Location | Louisville, Kentucky | ||
| Conference | ACC | ||
| Division | Atlantic | ||
| Past conferences |
Independent (1912–1963) MVC (1963–1974) I-A Independent (1975–1995) Conference USA (1996–2004) Big East Conference (2005–2012) American Athletic Conference (2013) |
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| All-time record | 500–445–17 (.529) | ||
| Bowl record | 10–9–1 (.525) | ||
| Conference titles | 8 (2 Missouri Valley Conference, 3 Conference USA, 3 Big East) | ||
| Colors | Red and Black |
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| Fight song | Fight! UofL | ||
| Mascot | Cardinal Bird | ||
| Marching band | U of L Cardinal Marching Band (Marching Cards) | ||
| Rivals |
Kentucky Wildcats Cincinnati Bearcats Memphis Tigers |
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| Website | gocards.com | ||
The Louisville Cardinals Football team represents the University of Louisville in the sport of American football. The Cardinals compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team is currently coached by Bobby Petrino.
The University of Louisville began playing football in 1912 where the Cardinals went 3–1. Louisville had played several years at club level and teams were mostly composed with medical students. Beginning in 1914 the Cardinals joined the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) and they would participate in Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC). Due to financial difficulty Louisville did not participate in the 1917–1921 seasons.
When the Cardinals did rejoin football they came back into the SIAA which was going through reorganization losing most major state schools and thus became a small college conference. The Cardinals would face mostly Kentucky state schools such as Eastern Kentucky, Murray State, Western Kentucky, and Morehead State, along with private state schools like Centre, Transylvania, Kentucky Wesleyan, and Georgetown College.
Tom King was the first coach to attempt to build a program at Louisville. King played college football at Notre Dame (1915–1916) under Coach Palmer and Knute Rockne. King was an undersized end for the Irish and was known for his athleticism and speed. Before he came to the football team for punt returns he was on the track team and basketball team, where he was named captain in 1916. His experience at Notre Dame gave him ideas on developing a spread wing offense so his undersized players could be better utilized. He often recruited players like him, that had the ability to outrun their opponent.
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