The 2023 Louisville Cardinals football team represented University of Louisville as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinals were led by first-year head coach Jeff Brohm and played home games at the L&N Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky. The Louisville Cardinals football team drew an average home attendance of 51,252 in 2023.
This was the first season of the ACC without divisions. In this system, the two teams with the highest conference winning percentage are chosen to play in the ACC Championship Game.
The Cardinals began the season 6–0. This streak was capped off by a win at home in front of a record crowd over top 10 Notre Dame.
With a win over Miami on the road, Louisville clinched a spot in the 2024 ACC Championship Game. In its first appearance in program history, Louisville lost to Florida State 16–6.
The Cards ended the season in the 2023 Holiday Bowl against the USC Trojans, where they lost 28–42. Louisville finished the season with three straight loses to end the season with a 10–4 record.
Offseason Players leaving for NFL Louisville had three players chosen in the 2023 NFL draft. Three other players were signed as undrafted free agents.
NFL draftees 3 82 YaYa Diaby DE Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5 136 Yasir Abdullah LB Jacksonville Jaguars 6 180 Kei'Trel Clark CB Arizona Cardinals
Undrafted free agents
Malik Cunningham QB New England Patriots Trevor Reid OT Philadelphia Eagles Tiyon Evans RB Los Angeles Rams Eric Miller RB Los Angeles Rams
Schedule Louisville and the ACC announced the 2023 football schedule on January 30, 2023. The 2023 season will be the conference's first season since 2004 without division scheduling. The new format sets Louisville with three set conference opponents, while playing the remaining ten teams twice (home and away) in a four–year cycle. The Cardinals three set conference opponents for the next four years are Georgia Tech, Miami (FL), and Virginia.
Roster
Game summaries at Georgia Tech
vs. Murray State
vs. Indiana
vs. Boston College
at NC State
vs. No. 10 Notre Dame
at Pittsburgh
vs. No. 20 Duke
vs. Virginia Tech
vs. Virginia
at Miami (rivalry)
vs. Kentucky (rivalry)
Statistics UKLOU First downs 16 23 Total yards 47–289 76–403 Rushing yards 25–83 43–161 Passing yards 206 242 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 12–22–1 24–33–1 Time of possession 23:26 36:34 Team Category Player StatisticsKentucky Passing Devin Leary 12/22, 206 yards, 3 TD, INT Rushing Ray Davis 14 carries, 76 yards, TD Receiving Izayah Cummings 1 reception, 55 yards Louisville Passing Jack Plummer 24/33, 242 yards, 2 TD, INT Rushing Jawhar Jordan 17 carries, 67 yards, 2 TD Receiving Jamari Thrash 6 receptions, 60 yards
vs. No. 4 Florida State (ACC Championship Game)
vs. USC (Holiday Bowl)
Rankings
Players drafted into the NFL
4 129 Isaac Guerendo RB San Francisco 49ers 5 146 Jarvis Brownlee Jr. CB Tennessee Titans 5 156 Jamari Thrash WR Cleveland Browns 6 205 Jawhar Jordan RB Houston Texans
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