2004 Louisville Cardinals football team

2004 Louisville Cardinals football
Conference USA champion
Liberty Bowl champion
Liberty Bowl, W 44–40 vs. Boise State
ConferenceConference USA
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
APNo. 6
Record11–1 (8–0 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorPaul Petrino (2nd season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorMike Cassity (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumPapa John's Cardinal Stadium
2004 Conference USA football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 6 $   8 – 0     11 – 1  
Memphis   5 – 3     8 – 4  
Southern Miss   5 – 3     7 – 5  
Cincinnati   5 – 3     7 – 5  
UAB   5 – 3     7 – 5  
TCU   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Tulane   3 – 5     5 – 6  
South Florida   3 – 5     4 – 7  
Houston   3 – 5     3 – 8  
East Carolina   2 – 6     2 – 9  
Army   2 – 6     2 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2004 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team, led by Bobby Petrino in his second year at the school, played their home games in Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. They finished 11–1 and were the Conference USA champions with a perfect 8–0 conference record in their last season before leaving to join the Big East Conference. They were invited to and won the Liberty Bowl, defeating Western Athletic Conference champion Boise State 44–40.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 53:30 pmKentucky
ESPNW 28–042,681
September 111:00 pmat Army
WDRBW 52–2128,130
September 251:30 pmat North Carolina*No. 24
ESPN PlusW 34–049,000
October 23:00 pmEast CarolinaNo. 22
  • Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, KY
ESPN PlusW 59–740,220[1]
October 147:30 pmat No. 3 Miami (FL)*No. 17
ESPNL 38–4163,715
October 228:00 pmSouth FloridaNo. 17
  • Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, KY
ESPNW 41–942,032
November 47:30 pmat MemphisNo. 14
ESPNW 56–4952,384
November 107:30 pmTCUNo. 12
  • Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, KY
ESPN2W 55–2840,107
November 205:00 pmat HoustonNo. 10
ESPN PlusW 65–2720,176
November 272:30 pmCincinnatiNo. 9
ESPN2W 70–737,617
December 42:30 pmat TulaneNo. 8
ESPN PlusW 55–722,169
December 313:30 pmvs. No. 10 Boise State*No. 8
ESPNW 44–4058,355
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

At Miami (FL)

See also: 2004 Miami Hurricanes football team
#18 Louisville at #3 Miami (FL)
Team 1 234Total
Louisville 7 1777 38
• Miami (FL) 7 01420 41
  • Date: October 14
  • Location: Orange Bowl
  • Game start: 7:30 p.m. EST
Scoring summary
15:22MIAGreg Olsen 9-yard pass from Brock Berlin (Jon Peattie kick)MIA 7–0
11:53LOULionel Gates 1-yard run (Arthur Carmody kick)Tied 7–7
214:56LOUArthur Carmody 31-yard field goalLOU 10–7
210:03LOUTiger Jones 12-yard pass from Stefan LeFors (Arthur Carmody kick)LOU 17–7
21:29LOULionel Gates 17-yard pass from Stefan LeFors (Arthur Carmody kick)LOU 24–7
39:51MIARoscoe Parrish 14-yard pass from Brock Berlin (Jon Peattie kick)LOU 24–14
36:42LOUTiger Jones 22-yard pass from Stefan LeFors (Arthur Carmody kick)LOU 31–14
34:08MIAAkieem Jolla 11-yard pass from Brock Berlin (Jon Peattie kick)LOU 31–21
414:53MIAJon Peattie 24-yard field goalLOU 31–24
412:03MIAJon Peattie 32-yard field goalLOU 31–27
48:11MIADevin Hester 78-yard punt return (Jon Peattie kick)MIA 34–31
44:30LOULionel Gates 1-yard run (Arthur Carmody kick)LOU 38–34
40:49MIAFrank Gore 1-yard run (Jon Peattie kick)MIA 41–38

Liberty Bowl

Main article: 2004 Liberty Bowl
See also: 2004 Boise State Broncos football team
#10 Boise State vs. #7 Louisville
Team 1 234Total
Boise St 10 2136 40
• Louisville 14 7149 44
  • Date: Friday December 31
  • Location: Liberty Bowl
  • Game start: 3:30 p.m. EST
Scoring summary
110:49BSUTyler Jones 48-yard field goalBSU 3–0
19:09LOUGary Barnidge 6-yard pass from Stefan LeFors (Arthur Carmody kick)LOU 7–3
10:59BSUAndy Avalos 92-yard interception return (Tyler Jones kick)BSU 10–7
10:46LOUHarry Douglas 65-yard run (Arthur Carmody kick)LOU 14–10
213:12LOUBroderick Clark 30-yard pass from Brian Brohm (Arthur Carmody kick)LOU 21–10
28:52BSUBrad Lau recovered offensive fumble in end zone (Tyler Jones kick)LOU 21–17
28:38BSUT.J. Acree 19-yard pass from Jared Zabransky (Tyler Jones kick)BSU 24–21
20:15BSUJared Zabransky 1-yard run (Tyler Jones kick)BSU 31–21
39:05BSUTyler Jones 42-yard field goalBSU 34–21
36:06LOUJ.R. Russell 14-yard pass from Stefan LeFors (Arthur Carmody kick)BSU 34–28
32:17LOUStefan LeFors 1-yard run (Arthur Carmody kick)LOU 35–34
410:51BSUJon Helmandollar (pass failed)BSU 40–35
46:48LOUEric Shelton 1-yard run (pass failed)LOU 41–40
41:10LOUArthur Carmody 19-yard field goalLOU 44–40

Coaching staff

2004 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

References

  1. ^ "Pirates spit, Cards lick their chops". The Courier-Journal. October 3, 2004. Retrieved September 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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