2005 Louisville Cardinals football team
| {{{year}}} [[{{{team}}} football]] | |
|---|---|
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 20 |
| AP | No. 19 |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 West Virginia $ | 7 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Louisville | 5 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 4 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Florida | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 4 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 2 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 0 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2005 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team, led by Bobby Petrino in his third year at the school, played their home games in Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. They finished 9–3 in their first season as a member of the Big East Conference with a 5–2 conference record.
Pre-season
The Cardinals finished the 2004 season with an 11–1 record, including a win in the 2004 Liberty Bowl. After the win they were ranked 6th in the nation. The team was picked, by the Big East media, to finish first in the conference, and ranked 12th in the preseason polls.
Schedule
September 43:30 PMat Kentucky*No. 12
ESPNW 31–24 70,752 September 1712:00 PMOregon State*No. 11
ESPNW 63–27 42,647 September 246:45 PMat South FloridaNo. 9
ESPNUL 14–45 33,586 October 112:00 PMFlorida Atlantic*No. 24
- Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
- Louisville, KY
ESPN+W 61–10 40,219 October 84:30 PMNorth Carolina*No. 23
- Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
- Louisville, KY
WHASW 69–14 41,334 October 153:30 PMat West VirginiaNo. 19
ABCL 44–46 3OT59,797 October 2212:00 PMat Cincinnati
ESPNUW 46–22 21,086 November 37:30 PMPittsburghNo. 24
- Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
- Louisville, KY
ESPNW 42–20 42,692 November 118:00 PMRutgersNo. 23
- Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
- Louisville, KY
ESPN2W 56–5 41,219 November 263:30 PMSyracuseNo. 17
- Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
- Louisville, KY
ESPNUW 41–17 37,896 December 37:45 PMat ConnecticutNo. 16
ESPNW 30–20 40,000 January 212:30 PMvs. No. 12 Virginia Tech*No. 15
NBCL 24–35 63,780
Coaching staff
| 2005 Louisville Cardinals coaching staff | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Position | |||
| Bobby Petrino | Head Coach | |||
| Greg Nord | Assistant Head Coach / Tight Ends / Running Backs Coach | |||
| Mike Cassity | Defensive Coordinator / Safeties Coach | |||
| Paul Petrino | Offensive Coordinator / Wide Receivers Coach | |||
| Jeff Brohm | Quarterbacks Coach | |||
| Reggie Johnson | Inside Linebackers Coach | |||
| Tony Levine | Outside Linebackers Coach / Special Teams Coordinator | |||
| Mike Summers | Offensive Line Coach | |||
| Joe Whitt, Jr. | Cornerbacks Coach / Recruiting Coordinator | |||
| Kevin Wolthausen | Defensive Line Coach | |||