2020 Louisville Cardinals football team

The 2020 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the team's second 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, as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

2020 Louisville Cardinals football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
2020 record4–7 (3–7 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDwayne Ledford (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorBryan Brown (2nd season)
Home stadiumCardinal Stadium
(Capacity: 65,000)
2020 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 5 Notre Dame y^  9 0     10 2  
No. 3 Clemson y$^  8 1     10 2  
No. 22 Miami (FL)  7 2     8 3  
No. 18 North Carolina  7 3     8 4  
NC State  7 3     8 4  
Boston College  5 5     6 5  
Pittsburgh  5 5     6 5  
Virginia Tech  5 5     5 6  
Virginia  4 5     5 5  
Wake Forest  3 4     4 5  
Georgia Tech  3 6     3 7  
Louisville  3 7     4 7  
Florida State  2 6     3 6  
Duke  1 9     2 9  
Syracuse  1 9     1 10  
Championship: Clemson 34, Notre Dame 10
  • ^ College Football Playoff participant
  • $ Conference champion
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll.

After compiling a 4–7 regular season record (3–7 in ACC play), Satterfield advised in mid-December that "we aren’t in line for a bowl" after Louisville's director of athletics conferred with ACC officials.[1]

Schedule

Louisville had games scheduled against Kentucky, and Murray State, which were all canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3] This will be the first season since 1993 that the Cardinals do not play Kentucky.

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 128:00 p.m.Western Kentucky*ACCNW 35–2111,179
September 197:30 p.m.No. 17 MiamiNo. 18
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, KY
ABCL 34–4712,120
September 26Noonat No. 21 PittsburghNo. 24ACCNL 20–230
October 97:00 p.m.at Georgia TechESPNL 27–4611,000
October 172:30 p.m.at No. 4 Notre DameNBCL 7–1210,182
October 24NoonFlorida State
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, KY
ACCRSNW 48–1611,465
October 314:00 p.m.Virginia Tech
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, KY
ACCNL 35–4211,901
November 148:00 p.m.at VirginiaACCNL 17–311,000
November 207:30 p.m.Syracuse
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, KY
ESPNW 30–011,192
November 284:00 p.m.at Boston CollegeACCNL 27–340
December 12NoonWake Forest
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, KY
ACCNW 45–2110,959

The ACC released their schedule on July 29, with specific dates selected on August 6.[2]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP RV RV* 18 24 RV  
Coaches RV RV* 16 RV NR  
CFP Not released Not released

Game summaries

Western Kentucky

1 2 3 4 Total
Hilltoppers 7 7 0 7 21
Cardinals 7 21 7 0 35

Miami

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 17 Hurricanes 14 6 17 10 47
No. 18 Cardinals 3 3 14 14 34

at No. 21 Panthers

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 24 Cardinals 7 10 3 0 20
No. 21 Panthers 13 7 3 0 23

at Georgia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 7 14 6 0 27
Yellow Jackets 7 7 12 20 46

at Notre Dame

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 0 0 7 0 7
Fighting Irish 6 0 6 0 12

Florida State

1 2 3 4 Total
Seminoles 7 7 2 0 16
Cardinals 21 10 7 10 48

Virginia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Hokies 14 7 7 14 42
Cardinals 0 14 0 21 35

at Virginia

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 3 7 7 0 17
Cavaliers 7 7 7 10 31

Syracuse

1 2 3 4 Total
Orange 0 0 0 0 0
Cardinals 3 17 7 3 30

at Boston College

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardnials 0 0 0 0 0
Eagles 0 0 0 0 0

Wake Forest

1 2 3 4 Total
Demon Deacons 0 0 0 0 0
Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0

References

  1. Rutherford, Mike (December 16, 2020). "Louisville will not play in bowl game". cardchronicle.com. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  2. "ACC Announces Plans for Football and Fall Olympic Sports". TheACC.com. July 29, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  3. Talty, John. "SEC moves to conference-only 2020 schedule, pushes back start of season". AL.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
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