2013 Louisville Cardinals football team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 7

2013 American Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 10 UCF $		8	–	0					12	–	1
No. 15 Louisville		7	–	1					12	–	1
Cincinnati		6	–	2					9	–	4
Houston		5	–	3					8	–	5
SMU		4	–	4					5	–	7
Rutgers		3	–	5					6	–	7
UConn		3	–	5					3	–	9
South Florida		2	–	6					2	–	10
Memphis		1	–	7					3	–	9
Temple		1	–	7					2	–	10
$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 Louisville Cardinals football team represents the University of Louisville in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinals are led by fourth year head coach Charlie Strong. The Cardinals play their home games at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky. They are in their last year as a member of the American Athletic Conference (formerly known as the Big East) until they move to the Atlantic Coast Conference starting on July 1, 2014.

Previous Season

The Cardinals finished the 2012 season 11–2, 5–2 in Big East play to finish in a four way tie for the Big East championship. As the highest rated of the four Big East champions in the final BCS poll, the Cardinals received the conference's automatic bid into a BCS game. It marked also the first time the Cardinals won back-to-back BIG EAST titles. Louisville fiished a remarkable season by defeating third-ranked Florida 33–23 in the Allstate Sugar Bowl, giving the Cardinals their 11th win for just the fourth time in school history.

Schedule

September 13:30 PMOhio*No. 9

• Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
• Louisville, KY

ESPNW 49–7 55,332 September 712:00 PMEastern Kentucky*No. 8

• Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
• Louisville, KY

ESPN3W 44–7 53,647 September 1412:00 PMat Kentucky*No. 7

• Commonwealth Stadium
• Lexington, KY (Battle for the Governor's Cup)

ESPNW 27–13 65,445 September 2112:00 PMFIU*No. 7

• Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
• Louisville, KY

WHASW 72–0 51,586 October 512:00 PMat TempleNo. 7

• Lincoln Financial Field
• Philadelphia, PA

AACNW   October 107:30 PMRutgers

• Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
• Louisville, KY

ESPN   October 188:00 PMUCF

• Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
• Louisville, KY

ESPN   October 26TBAat South Florida

• Raymond James Stadium
• Tampa, FL

  November 88:30 PMat Connecticut

• Rentschler Field
• East Hartford, CT

ESPN2   November 16TBAHouston

• Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
• Louisville, KY

  November 23TBAMemphis

• Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
• Louisville, KY

  December 57:30 PMat Cincinnati

• Nippert Stadium
• Cincinnati, OH (Battle for the Keg of Nails)

ESPN  

Rankings

See also: 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	9	8	7	7	7	7
Coaches	9	8	7	6	7	7
Harris	Not released															Not released
BCS	Not released															Not released

Roster

2013 Louisville Cardinals football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense ' Pos. # Name Class WR 2 Michaelee Harris Jr WR 3 Robert Clark Jr QB 5 Teddy Bridgewater Jr WR 7 Damian Copeland Sr WR 9 DeVante Parker Jr RB 10 Dominique Brown Jr QB 11 Will Gardner Fr QB 12 Brett Nelson Jr TE 15 Hunter Bowles Fr WR 17 DeMarcus Topp Sr RB 20 Corvin Lamb So RB 23 Brandon Radcliff Fr WR 29 Stephen Goodwin Sr WR 30 Diaz Bolden Fr WR 31 DeQuan West Fr RB 32 Senorise Perry So FB 36 Luke Brohm So WR 37 Martin Williams Fr FB 42 Tyler Sharp So FB 44 B.J. Butler Sr OL 53 Jake Smith Jr OL 54 Mike Romano So OL 60 Joe Manley Fr OL 62 T.C. Klusman Fr OL 63 Josh Stearns So OL 64 David Noltemeyer Jr OL 68 Kamran Joyner Sr OL 69 Chris Walker Sr OL 70 John Miller Jr OL 71 Chris Acosta Jr OL 73 Henry Vincent Fr OL 74 Ryan Mack So OL 75 Sid Anvoots Fr OL 76 Chase Petersen So OL 77 Abraham Garcia So OL 78 Aaron Epps So OL 79 Jamon Brown Jr TE 80 Zeke Pike Fr WR 82 Eli Rogers Jr TE 83 Ryan Hubbell Jr WR 86 Matt Milton Jr WR 87 Kai Dominguez Jr WR 88 Jarrett Davis Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 1 Keith Brown So LB 2 Preston Brown Sr CB 3 Charles Gaines So S 8 Gerod Holliman Fr DE 11 B.J. Dubose Jr DB 12 Stephan Robinson Jr LB 13 James Burgess So CB 15 Andrew Johnson Jr DL 97 DeAngelo Brown So DL 98 Sheldon Rankins So DL 99 Jamaine Brooks Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 8 Ryan Johnson Jr LS 33 Grant Donovan Sr K 35 Anthony George Fr K 40 Joshua Appleby So K 41 Matthew Nakatani Jr P 45 John Wallace So	Head coach Charlie Strong Coordinators/assistant coaches Vance Bedford Defensive Coordinator Dave Borbely Offensive Line Kenny Carter Running Backs/Special Teams Coordinator Ron Dugans Wide Receivers Clint Hurtt Deiontrez. Mount Line Brian Jean-Mary Linebackers Sherrone Moore Tight Ends Pat Moorer Strength and Conditioning Tommy Restivo Secondary Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: April 4, 2013

Starters by game

Offense

	QB	RB	WR	WR	WR	TE	OT	OG	C	OG	OT
Ohio	Bridgewater	Perry	Parker	Copeland	Hubbel	Christian	Garcia	Acosta	Smith	Miller	Brown
Eastern Kentucky
Kentucky
FIU
Temple
Rutgers
UCF
South Florida
Connecticut
Houston
Memphis
Cincinnati

Defense

	DE	DT	DE	DE	LB	LB	LB	DB	DB	S	S
Ohio	M. Smith	Philon	Dunn	Mauldin	Burgess	Brown	Durant	Reve	Floyd	H. Smith	Pryor
Eastern Kentucky
Kentucky
FIU
Temple
Rutgers
UCF
South Florida
Connecticut
Houston
Memphis
Cincinnati