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 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.

2019 Louisville Cardinals football
Music City Bowl champion
Music City Bowl, W 38–28 vs. Mississippi State
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
	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)

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	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	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

[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

Eastern Kentucky

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

vs. Western Kentucky

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

at Florida State

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

Boston College

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

at Wake Forest

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

Clemson

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

Virginia

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

at Miami (FL)

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

at NC State

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

Syracuse

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

at Kentucky

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

vs Mississippi State (Music City Bowl)

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

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.