2008 Louisville Cardinals football team

2008 Big East football standings
	$ – BCS representative as conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

Louisville Cardinals football
2008 Louisville Cardinals football
Conference	Big East
2008 record	5–7 (1–6 Big East)
Head coach	Steve Kragthorpe
Offensive coordinator	Jeff Brohm
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Ron English
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium; (Capacity: 42,000)
« 2007	2009 »

The 2008 Louisville Cardinals football team represents 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, plays their home games in Papa John's Cardinal Stadium and are in their fourth year in the Big East Conference.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	3:30 PM	Kentucky*	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY (Battle for the Governor's Cup)	ESPN	L 2–27	42,696^[1]
September 6	3:30 PM	Tennessee Tech*	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ESPN360/WHAS	W 51–10	38,694^[1]
September 17	8:00 PM	Kansas State*	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ESPN2	W 38–29	42,208^[1]
September26	8:00 PM	Connecticut	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ESPN2	L 21–26	42,523^[1]
October 10	3:30 PM	at Memphis*	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPN	W 35–28	40,248^[1]
October 18	3:30 PM	Middle Tennessee State*	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY		W 42–23	38,319^[1]
October 25	3:30 PM	#14 South Florida	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ESPN360	W 24–20	40,384^[1]
November 1	7:05 PM	at Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	ESPNU	L 21–28	32,917^[1]
November 8	12:00 PM	at #25 Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ESPN360	L 7–41	44,055^[1]
November 14	8:00 PM	#22 Cincinnati	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY (Battle for the Keg of Nails)	ESPN2	L 20–28	37,822^[1]
November 22	12:00 PM	West Virginia	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ESPN	L 21–35	34,796^[1]
December 4	7:30 PM	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	ESPN	L 14–63	42,347^[1]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Associated Press. All times are in Eastern Time.

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v t e Louisville Cardinals football
Venues	Cardinal Stadium (1957–1997) Papa John's Cardinal Stadium (1998–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Cincinnati (The Keg of Nails) Kentucky (Governor's Cup) Memphis
Culture & lore	Cardinal Bird Marching band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

2008 Big East football standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#17 Cincinnati $		6	–	1		11	–	3
Pittsburgh		5	–	2		9	–	4
#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