2022 Louisville Cardinals football team

2022 Louisville Cardinals football
Fenway Bowl champion
Fenway Bowl, W 24–7 vs. Cincinnati
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
DivisionAtlantic Division
Record8–5 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorLance Taylor (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread option
Defensive coordinatorBryan Brown (4th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorWesley McGriff (1st season)
Base defense4–2–5
Home stadiumCardinal Stadium
Uniform
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →
2022 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Atlantic Division
No. 13 Clemson xy$   8 0     11 3  
No. 11 Florida State   5 3     10 3  
Syracuse   4 4     7 6  
Louisville   4 4     8 5  
NC State   4 4     8 5  
Wake Forest   3 5     8 5  
Boston College   2 6     3 9  
Coastal Division
North Carolina xy   6 2     9 5  
No. 22 Pittsburgh   5 3     9 4  
Duke   5 3     9 4  
Georgia Tech   4 4     5 7  
Miami (FL)   3 5     5 7  
Virginia   1 6     3 7  
Virginia Tech   1 6     3 8  
Championship: Clemson 39, North Carolina 10
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2022 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the team's fourth season under head coach Scott Satterfield. The Cardinals played their home games at Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky, and competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

On December 5, Satterfield announced he would be leaving Louisville to become the head coach at Cincinnati.[1] Director of player personal, Deion Branch, who played wide receiver for Louisville in 2000 and 2001, was named interim head coach for the Cardinals' bowl game.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 38:00 p.m.at SyracuseACCNL 7–3137,110
September 97:30 p.m.at UCF*ESPN2W 20–1444,412
September 167:30 p.m.Florida StateESPNL 31–3546,459
September 2412:00 p.m.South Florida*
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, KY
ACCRSNW 41–341,217
October 112:00 p.m.at Boston CollegeACCNL 33–3438,517
October 812:00 p.mat VirginiaACCNW 34–1738,009
October 228:00 p.m.Pittsburghdagger
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, KY
ACCNW 24–1041,840
October 293:30 p.m.No. 10 Wake Forest
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, KY
ACCNW 48–2139,503
November 57:30 p.m.James Madison*
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, KY
ESPNUW 34–1042,157
November 123:30 p.m.at No. 10 ClemsonESPNL 16–3180,176
November 193:30 p.m.No. 24 NC State
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, KY
ACCRSNW 25–1038,974
November 263:00 p.m.at Kentucky*No. 25SECNL 13–2658,727
December 1711:30 a.m.vs. Cincinnati*ESPNW 24–715,000

[3]

Game summaries

At Syracuse

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 7 0 0 0 7
Orange 10 7 0 14 31

At UCF

1 2 3 4 Total
Knights 7 7 0 0 14
Cardinals 7 0 10 3 20

Florida State

1 2 3 4 Total
Seminoles 14 0 7 14 35
Cardinals 14 7 0 10 31

South Florida

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulls 0 0 0 3 3
Cardinals 14 14 3 10 41

At Boston College

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 7 16 10 0 33
Eagles 7 14 7 6 34

At Virginia

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 0 13 14 7 34
Cavaliers 10 0 7 0 17

Pittsburgh

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 7 0 3 0 10
Cardinals 0 7 0 17 24

No. 10 Wake Forest

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Demon Deacons 0 14 0 7 21
Cardinals 6 7 35 0 48

James Madison

1 2 3 4 Total
Dukes 3 7 0 0 10
Cardinals 7 3 10 14 34

At No. 10 Clemson

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 0 7 3 6 16
No. 10 Tigers 10 7 7 7 31

No. 24 NC State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 24 Wolfpack 0 3 7 0 10
Cardinals 0 13 0 12 25

At Kentucky

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 25 Cardinals 0 7 0 6 13
Wildcats 7 6 10 3 26

Vs. Cincinnati–Fenway Bowl

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 7 14 3 0 24
Bearcats 0 7 0 0 7

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
APRVRVRVRV
CoachesRVRVRVRVRV
CFPNot released25Not released

References

  1. ^ "Cincinnati Announces Scott Satterfield as Next Head Football Coach". Cincinnati Bearcats. December 5, 2022.
  2. ^ Cubit, Alexis (December 18, 2022). "Deion Branch 'retires' from coaching after Louisville's Fenway Bowl win over Cincinnati". Louisville Courier Journal. Retrieved December 27, 2022 – via Yahoo!.
  3. ^ "2022 Louisville Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 4, 2022.