1997 Louisville Cardinals football team
| 1997 Louisville Cardinals football | |
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| Conference | Conference USA |
| Record | 1–10 (0–6 C–USA) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Donnie Kirkpatrick (1st as OC, 3rd overall season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Everett Withers (3rd season) |
| Home stadium | Cardinal Stadium (Capacity: 37,500) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Southern Miss $ | 6 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 5 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Carolina | 4 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 2 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis | 2 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 0 | – | 6 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1997 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team played their home games in Cardinal Stadium and was led by head coach by Ron Cooper. It was the team's final season at the old Cardinal Stadium, before moving their home games to Cardinal Stadium.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| August 30 | 1:30 pm | at Kentucky* | L 24–38 | 59,186 | |||
| September 6 | 2:00 pm | Utah* | L 21–24 | 35,437 | |||
| September 13 | 3:30 pm | Illinois* |
| CBS | W 26–14 | 36,824 | |
| September 20 | 12:00 pm | No. 2 Penn State* |
| CBS | L 21–57 | 39,826 | |
| September 27 | 7:00 pm | at Oklahoma* | FSN | L 14–35 | 74,993 | ||
| October 18 | 7:00 pm | at Southern Miss | L 24–42 | 23,028 | |||
| October 11 | 2:00 pm | Tulane |
| L 33–64 | 29,547 | [1] | |
| October 25 | 2:00 pm | Houston |
| L 22–36 | 21,432 | ||
| November 1 | 3:30 pm | East Carolina |
| CBS | L 10–13 | 12,850 | [2] |
| November 8 | 3:30 pm | at Cincinnati | L 9–28 | 21,346 | |||
| November 15 | 2:00 pm | at Memphis | L 20–21 | 15,243 | |||
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Team players in the NFL
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| Chris Redman | Quarterback | 3 | 75 | Baltimore Ravens |
Awards and honors
1997 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Walk-On Player of the Year (Frank Camp Chapter)- Martin Keltee
References
- ^ "It's Wave vs. trough: Tulane 64, Louisville 33". The Courier-Journal. October 12, 1997. Retrieved February 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cardinal Stadium finale a fiasco". The Courier-Journal. November 2, 1997. Retrieved March 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "College Football Reference". CFB Reference. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
- ^ "2000 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on May 18, 2009. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
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