1996 Louisville Cardinals football team

1996 Louisville Cardinals football
Conference	Conference USA
Record	5–6 (2–3 C–USA)
Head coach	Ron Cooper (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Donnie Kirkpatrick (2nd season)
Home stadium	Cardinal Stadium (Capacity: 37,500)

1996 Conference USA football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Houston +		4	–	1					7	–	5
Southern Miss +		4	–	1					8	–	3
Cincinnati		2	–	3					6	–	5
Louisville		2	–	3					5	–	6
Memphis		2	–	3					4	–	7
Tulane		1	–	4					2	–	9
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of Conference USA. The team played their home games in Cardinal Stadium and were led by head coach Ron Cooper.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:30 PM	at Kentucky*	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky		W 38–14	59,384
September 7	3:30 PM	at No. 7 Penn State*	Beaver Stadium University Park, Pennsylvania	ABC	L 7–24	95,670
September 14	3:30 PM	Baylor*	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky	FSN	L 13–14	38,756
September 21	1:00 PM	at Michigan State*	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, Michigan		W 30–20	70,311
September 28		Southern Miss	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky		L 7–24
October 12		at Tulane	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana		W 23–20	17,561
October 19	2:00 PM	Northern Illinois	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky		W 27–3	36,467
October 26		Cincinnati	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky		L 7–10
November 2		Memphis	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky		W 13–10
November 9	1:30 PM	at No. 8 North Carolina*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, North Carolina		L 10–28	46,000
November 15		at Houston	Astrodome Houston, Texas		L 7–38
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

1996 Louisville Cardinals football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 7 Chris Redman Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 13 Sam Madison Sr LB 52 Tyrus McCloud Sr DE 51 Carl Powell Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Ron Cooper Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt