2008 Louisville Cardinals football team

The 2008 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team, led by Steve Kragthorpe in his second year at the school, played their home games in Papa John's Cardinal Stadium^[1] and were in their second year as members of the Big East Conference.^[2]

2008 Louisville Cardinals football
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	5–7 (1–6 Big East)
Head coach	Steve Kragthorpe (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Jeff Brohm (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Ron English (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
Seasons ← 2007 2009 →

2008 Big East Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 17 Cincinnati $		6	–	1					11	–	3
Pittsburgh		5	–	2					9	–	4
No. 23 West Virginia		5	–	2					9	–	4
Rutgers		5	–	2					8	–	5
Connecticut		3	–	4					8	–	5
South Florida		2	–	5					8	–	5
Louisville		1	–	6					5	–	7
Syracuse		1	–	6					3	–	9
$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	3:30 pm	Kentucky*	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky (Governor's Cup)	ESPN	L 2–27	42,696[3]
September 6	3:30 pm	Tennessee Tech*	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky	ESPN360/WHAS	W 51–10	38,694[3]
September 17	8:00 pm	Kansas State*	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky	ESPN2	W 38–29	42,208[3]
September 26	8:00 pm	Connecticut	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky	ESPN2	L 21–26	42,523[3]
October 10	3:30 pm	at Memphis*	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee (rivalry)	ESPN	W 35–28	40,248[3]
October 18	3:30 pm	Middle Tennessee State*	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky		W 42–23	38,319[3]
October 25	3:30 pm	No. 14 South Florida	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky	ESPN360	W 24–20	40,384[3]
November 1	7:05 pm	at Syracuse	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York	ESPNU	L 21–28	32,917[3]
November 8	12:00 pm	at No. 25 Pittsburgh	Heinz Field Pittsburgh	ESPN360	L 7–41	44,055[3]
November 14	8:00 pm	No. 22 Cincinnati	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky (The Keg of Nails)	ESPN2	L 20–28	37,822[3]
November 22	12:00 pm	West Virginia	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky	ESPN	L 21–35	34,796[3]
December 4	7:30 pm	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey	ESPN	L 14–63	42,347[3]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Associated Press All times are in Eastern time