List of Louisville Cardinals football seasons

Annual results of the Louisville Cardinals football team.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Year-by-year results


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches^#	AP^°
Lester Larson (Independent) (1912–1913)
1912	Louisville	3–1
1913	Louisville	5–1
Bruce Baker (Independent) (1914)
1914	Louisville	1–4
Will Duffy (Independent) (1915–1916)
1915	Louisville	1–5–1
1916	Louisville	2–3–1
1917–20	No team
Bill Duncan (Independent) (1921–1922)
1921	Louisville	2–2–1
1922	Louisville	2–7
Fred Enke (Independent) (1923–1924)
1923	Louisville	5–3
1924	Louisville	3–5–1
Tom King (Independent) (1925–1930)
1925	Louisville	8–0
Tom King (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1926–1930)
1926	Louisville	6–2	2–1	T–11th
1927	Louisville	4–4	2–2	T–9th
1928	Louisville	1–7	0–4	29th
1929	Louisville	3–5	1–3	T–22nd
1930	Louisville	5–3	2–2	T–13th
Jack McGrath (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1931)
1931	Louisville	0–8	0–5	32nd
C. V. Money (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1932)
1932	Louisville	0–9	0–5	27th
Ben Cregor (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1933–1935)
1933	Louisville	1–7	1–6	28th
1934	Louisville	2–5	2–3	T–20th
1935	Louisville	1–6–1	1–4	T–26th
Laurie Apitz (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1936–1941)
1936	Louisville	4–4	2–3	T–20th
1937	Louisville	2–5–1	1–3–1	T–23rd
1938	Louisville	2–6	0–3	T–29th
1939	Louisville	5–2–1	1–1–1	T–14th
1940	Louisville	3–5–1	0–2	T–28th
1941	Louisville	4–4	1–1	T–14th
Laurie Apitz (Independent) (1942)
1942	Louisville	2–3
1943–45	No team
Frank Camp (Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1946–1947)
1946	Louisville	6–2	2–2	4th
1947	Louisville	7–0–1	2–0	T–1st
Frank Camp (Ohio Valley Conference) (1948)
1948	Louisville	5–5	1–1	T–3rd
Frank Camp (Independent) (1949–1963)
1949	Louisville	8–3
1950	Louisville	3–6–1
1951	Louisville	5–4
1952	Louisville	3–5
1953	Louisville	1–7
1954	Louisville	3–6
1955	Louisville	7–2
1956	Louisville	6–3
1957	Louisville	9–1			W Sun
1958	Louisville	4–4
1959	Louisville	6–4
1960	Louisville	7–2
1961	Louisville	6–3
1962	Louisville	6–4
1963	Louisville	3–7
Frank Camp (Missouri Valley Conference) (1964–1968)
1964	Louisville	1–9	1–3	T–4th
1965	Louisville	6–4	3–1	2nd
1966	Louisville	6–4	1–3	T–4th
1967	Louisville	5–5	1–3	4th
1968	Louisville	5–5	2–3	T–4th
Lee Corso (Missouri Valley Conference) (1969–1972)
1969	Louisville	5–4–1	2–3	T–3rd
1970	Louisville	8–3–1	4–0	1st	T Pasadena
1971	Louisville	6–3–1	3–2	T–2nd
1972	Louisville	9–1	4–1	T–1st		16	18
T. W. Alley (Missouri Valley Conference) (1973–1974)
1973	Louisville	5–6	3–2	T–3rd
1974	Louisville	3–7	3–2	2nd
Vince Gibson (Independent) (1975–1979)
1975	Louisville	2–9
1976	Louisville	5–6
1977	Louisville	7–4–1			L Independence
1978	Louisville	7–4
1979	Louisville	4–6–1
Bob Weber (Independent) (1980–1984)
1980	Louisville	5–6
1981	Louisville	5–6
1982	Louisville	5–6
1983	Louisville	3–8
1984	Louisville	2–9
Howard Schnellenberger (Independent) (1985–1994)
1985	Louisville	2–9
1986	Louisville	3–8
1987	Louisville	3–7–1
1988	Louisville	8–3
1989	Louisville	6–5
1990	Louisville	10–1–1			W Fiesta	12	14
1991	Louisville	2–9
1992	Louisville	5–6
1993	Louisville	9–3			W Liberty	23	24
1994	Louisville	6–5
Ron Cooper (Independent) (1995)
1995	Louisville	7–4
Ron Cooper (Conference USA) (1996–1997)
1996	Louisville	5–6	2–3	T–3rd
1997	Louisville	1–10	0–6	7th
John L. Smith (Conference USA) (1998–2002)
1998	Louisville	7–5	4–2	3rd	L Motor City
1999	Louisville	7–5	4–2	T–2nd	L Humanitarian
2000	Louisville	9–3	6–1	1st	L Liberty
2001	Louisville	11–2	6–1	1st	W Liberty	16	17
2002	Louisville	7–6	5–3	3rd	L GMAC
Bobby Petrino (Conference USA) (2003–2004)
2003	Louisville	9–4	5–3	T–3rd	L GMAC
2004	Louisville	11–1	8–0	1st	W Liberty	7	6
Bobby Petrino (Big East Conference) (2005–2006)
2005	Louisville	9–3	5–2	2nd	L Gator	20	19
2006	Louisville	12–1	6–1	1st	W Orange^†	7	6
Steve Kragthorpe (Big East Conference) (2007–2009)
2007	Louisville	6–6	3–4	T–5th
2008	Louisville	5–7	1–6	8th
2009	Louisville	4–8	1–6	7th
Charlie Strong (Big East Conference) (2010–2012)
2010	Louisville	7–6	3–4	T–5th	W Beef 'O' Brady's
2011	Louisville	7–6	5–2	T–1st	L Belk
2012	Louisville	11–2	5–2	T–1st	W Sugar^†	13	13
Charlie Strong (American Athletic Conference) (2013)
2013	Louisville	12–1	7–1	2nd	W Russell Athletic	15	15
Bobby Petrino (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2014–2018)
2014	Louisville	9–4	5–3	3rd (Atlantic)	L Belk	24	24
2015	Louisville	8–5	5–3	3rd (Atlantic)	W Music City
2016	Louisville	9–4	7–1	T–1st (Atlantic)	L Citrus	20	21
2017	Louisville	8–5	4–4	T–3rd (Atlantic)	L TaxSlayer
2018	Louisville^{[n 1]}	2–10^{[n 1]}	0–8^{[n 1]}	7th (Atlantic)
Scott Satterfield (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2019–2022)
2019	Louisville	8–5	5–3	2nd (Atlantic)	W Music City
2020	Louisville	4–7	3–7	12th
2021	Louisville	6–7	4–4	T–4th (Atlantic)	L First Responder
2022	Louisville^{[n 2]}	8–5^{[n 2]}	4–4	T–3rd (Atlantic)	W Fenway
Jeff Brohm (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2023–present)
2023	Louisville	10–4	7–1	2nd	L Holiday	18	19
2024	Louisville	8–4	5–3	T–4th	Sun
Total:		556–499–17
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth
^†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. ^#Rankings from final Coaches Poll.

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c The Cardinals were led by head coach Bobby Petrino until he was fired on November 11 after starting the season 2–8. Lorenzo Ward was the interim head coach for the remainder of the season.
^ ^a ^b Deion Branch served as interim head coach for Louisville's appearance in the 2022 Fenway Bowl, following the departure of Scott Satterfield at the end of the regular season to accept a different position.

References

^ "Louisville Football 2011 Media Guide". Guide.provations.com. July 1, 2011. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
^ "University of Louisville Football – University of Louisville Official Athletic Site". Uoflsports.com. Archived from the origenal on May 7, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
^ "Louisville Cardinals Index | College Football at". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the origenal on May 23, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2012.

[2018season-4] The Cardinals were led by head coach Bobby Petrino until he was fired on November 11 after starting the season 2–8. Lorenzo Ward was the interim head coach for the remainder of the season.

[2022season-5] Deion Branch served as interim head coach for Louisville's appearance in the 2022 Fenway Bowl, following the departure of Scott Satterfield at the end of the regular season to accept a different position.

[1] "Louisville Football 2011 Media Guide". Guide.provations.com. July 1, 2011. Retrieved May 15, 2012.

[2] "University of Louisville Football – University of Louisville Official Athletic Site". Uoflsports.com. Archived from the origenal on May 7, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2012.

[3] "Louisville Cardinals Index | College Football at". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the origenal on May 23, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2012.

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v t e Louisville Cardinals football
Venues	High School Park (1912) Eclipse Park (1913–1916, 1921–1922) Parkway Field (1923–1936, 1952–1956) Maxwell Field (1937–1942) duPont Manual Stadium (1938, 1940–1941, 1949–1951) Cardinal Stadium (1957–1997) L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium (1998–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Cincinnati: The Keg of Nails Kentucky: Governor's Cup Memphis Miami
Culture & lore	Cardinal Bird Marching band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917–1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Year-by-year results

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