2019 Louisville Cardinals football team

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 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.

2019 Louisville Cardinals football
Music City Bowl champion
Music City Bowl, W 38–28 vs. Mississippi State
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Division	Atlantic Division
2019 record	8–5 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach	Scott Satterfield (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Dwayne Ledford (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Bryan Brown (1st season)
Home stadium	Cardinal Stadium (Capacity: 65,000)
Uniform

2019 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 2 Clemson x$^		8	–	0					14	–	1
Louisville		5	–	3					8	–	5
Wake Forest		4	–	4					8	–	5
Florida State		4	–	4					6	–	7
Boston College		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
Miami		4	–	4					6	–	7
Pittsburgh		4	–	4					8	–	5
North Carolina		4	–	4					7	–	6
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

Preseason

Preseason media poll

In the preseason ACC media poll, Louisville was predicted to finish last in the Atlantic Division.[1]

Media poll (Atlantic Division)
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Clemson	1209 (171)
2	Syracuse	913 (2)
3	Florida State	753
4	NC State	666
5	Boston College	588
6	Wake Forest	462
7	Louisville	253

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	8:00 p.m.	NC State	No. 20	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ESPN
September 12		at Clemson		Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC
September 19		Murray State*		Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY
September 26		Western Kentucky*		Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY
October 3		at Syracuse		Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
October 10		at Boston College		Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA
October 24		Florida State		Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY
October 31		Virginia Tech		Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY
November 7		at Virginia		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA
November 14		Wake Forest		Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY
November 21	2:30 p.m.	at Notre Dame		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	NBC
November 28		Kentucky*		Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY (Governor's Cup)
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

[2]

Game summaries

Notre Dame

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

See also: 2019 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	Nov. 22, 2014	W, 31–28

Eastern Kentucky

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

See also: 2019 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–8–1	Sept. 7, 2013	W, 44–7

vs. Western Kentucky

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

See also: 2019 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
20–12	Sept. 15, 2018	W, 20–17

at Florida State

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

See also: 2019 Florida State Seminoles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–15	Sept. 29, 2018	L, 24–28

Boston College

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

See also: 2019 Boston College Eagles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–5	Oct. 13, 2018	L, 20–38

at Wake Forest

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	21	10	14	17	62
No. 19 Demon Deacons	7	14	10	28	59

See also: 2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–2	Oct. 27, 2018	L, 35–56

Clemson

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

See also: 2019 Clemson Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–5	Nov. 3, 2018	L, 16–77

Virginia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cavaliers	7	7	0	7	21
Cardinals	7	0	7	14	28

See also: 2019 Virginia Cavaliers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–3	Sept. 22, 2018	L, 3–27

at Miami (FL)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	7	7	7	6	27
Hurricanes	21	14	17	0	52

See also: 2019 Miami Hurricanes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–9–1	Sept. 1, 2014	W, 31–13

at NC State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	7	20	7	34
Wolfpack	0	10	0	10	20

See also: 2019 NC State Wolfpack football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–3	Nov. 17, 2018	L, 10–52

Syracuse

	1	2	3	4	Total
Orange	3	7	17	7	34
Cardinals	21	7	21	7	56

See also: 2019 Syracuse Orange football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–7	Nov. 9, 2018	L, 23–54

at Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	6	7	0	0	13
Wildcats	7	10	14	14	45

See also: 2019 Kentucky Wildcats football team and Governor's Cup (Kentucky)

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–16	Nov. 24, 2018	L, 10–56

vs Mississippi State (Music City Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	7	7	0	14	28
Cardinals	0	10	14	14	38

See also: 2019 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team and 2019 Music City Bowl

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–3	Dec. 30, 2017	L, 27–31

Players drafted into the NFL

See also: 2020 NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Club
1	11	Mekhi Becton	OL	New York Jets

References

1. "Clemson Favored to Continue ACC Football Championship Run". theACC.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
2. "2019 Louisville Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 30, 2019.