1988 Louisville Cardinals football team

The 1988 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cardinals, led by fourth-year head coach Howard Schnellenberger, participated as independents and played their home games at Cardinal Stadium.

1988 Louisville Cardinals football
Conference	Independent
1988 record	8–3
Head coach	Howard Schnellenberger (4th season)
Home stadium	Cardinal Stadium (Capacity: 36,103)

1988 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Notre Dame		–		–				12	–	0	–	0
No. 2 Miami (FL)		–		–				11	–	1	–	0
No. 3 Florida State		–		–				11	–	1	–	0
No. 5 West Virginia		–		–				11	–	1	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–				10	–	2	–	0
No. 13 Syracuse		–		–				10	–	2	–	0
Army		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
Louisville		–		–				8	–	3	–	0
South Carolina		–		–				8	–	4	–	0
Northern Illinois		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Memphis State		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Rutgers		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Akron		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Penn State		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Tulane		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Louisiana Tech		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Temple		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Tulsa		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Boston College		–		–				3	–	8	–	0
Cincinnati		–		–				3	–	8	–	0
East Carolina		–		–				3	–	8	–	0
Navy		–		–				3	–	8	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–				3	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 3	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 16-27	30,457
September 8	Wyoming	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	L 9-44	29,105
September 17	Memphis State	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	W 29-18	22,476
September 24	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 38-34	49,900
October 1	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	L 23-30	17,584
October 8	Tulsa	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	W 9-3	24,381
October 15	Virginia	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	W 30-28	30,142
October 22	at Tulane	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	W 38-35	24,824
October 29	at Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	W 21-6	19,193
November 5	Virginia Tech	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	W 13-3	21,107
November 12	Western Kentucky	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	W 35-17	31,636
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1988 Louisville Cardinals football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 15 Jay Gruden Sr QB 7 Browning Nagle So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 99 Ted Washington So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Howard Schnellenberger Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. "1988 Louisville Cardinals Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
2. "Louisville - 2018 Football Media Guide - page 204". www.guide.provations.com. University of Louisville. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
3. "Louisville - 2018 Football Media Guide - page 194". www.guide.provations.com. University of Louisville. Retrieved January 5, 2019.