2013 Louisville Cardinals football team

2013 Louisville Cardinals football
Russell Athletic Bowl champion
Russell Athletic Bowl, W 36–9 vs. Miami (FL)
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 15
2013 record	12–1 (7–1 The American)
Head coach	Charlie Strong (4th year)
Offensive coordinator	Shawn Watson (3rd year)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Vance Bedford (4th year)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium (Capacity: 55,000)

2013 American Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#10 UCF $		8	–	0					12	–	1
#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
Connecticut		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 represented the University of Louisville in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinals were led by fourth-year head coach Charlie Strong. The Cardinals played their home games at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky. They were in their last year as a member of the American Athletic Conference (formerly known as the Big East) until they moved to the Atlantic Coast Conference starting on July 1, 2014. They finished the season 12–1, 7–1 in American Athletic play to finish in second place. They were invited to the Russell Athletic Bowl where they defeated Miami (FL).

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 finished 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

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	3:30 p.m.	Ohio*	No. 9	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ESPN	W 49–7	55,332
September 7	12:00 p.m.	Eastern Kentucky*	No. 8	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ESPN3	W 44–7	53,647
September 14	12:00 p.m.	at Kentucky*	No. 7	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY (Battle for the Governor's Cup)	ESPN	W 27–13	65,445
September 21	12:00 p.m.	FIU*	No. 7	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	WHAS	W 72–0	51,586
October 5	12:00 p.m.	at Temple	No. 7	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	AAN	W 30–7	21,709
October 10	7:30 p.m.	Rutgers	No. 8	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ESPN	W 24–10	55,168
October 18	8:00 p.m.	UCF	No. 8	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ESPN	L 35–38	55,215
October 26	12:00 p.m.	at South Florida	No. 18	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN2	W 34–3	35,782
November 8	8:30 p.m.	at Connecticut	No. 20	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	ESPN2	W 31–10	27,104
November 16	7:00 p.m.	Houston	No. 19	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ESPNU	W 20–13	53,027
November 23	12:00 p.m.	Memphis	No. 21	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY (Rivalry)	AAN	W 24–17	46,421
December 5	7:30 p.m.	at Cincinnati	No. 19	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH (Battle for the Keg of Nails)	ESPN	W 31–24 ^OT	35,097
December 28	6:45 p.m.	vs. Miami (FL)*	No. 18	Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium • Orlando, FL (Russell Athletic Bowl)	ESPN	W 36–9	51,098
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	9	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	18	20	20	19	21	21	19	18	15
Coaches'	9	8	7	6	7	7	8	6	16	17	16	13	15	16	16	16	15
Harris	Not released							6	16	16	16	14	16	18	17	16	Not released
BCS	Not released								20	19	20	20	21	20	19	18	Not released

Roster

2013 Louisville Cardinals football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 2 Harris, MichaeleeMichaelee Harris Jr WR 3 Clark, RobertRobert Clark Jr QB 5 Bridgewater, TeddyTeddy Bridgewater Jr WR 7 Copeland, DamianDamian Copeland Sr WR 9 Parker, DeVanteDeVante Parker Jr RB 10 Brown, DominiqueDominique Brown Jr QB 11 Gardner, WillWill Gardner Fr QB 12 Nelson, BrettBrett Nelson Jr TE 15 Bowles, HunterHunter Bowles Fr WR 17 Topp, DeMarcusDeMarcus Topp Sr RB 20 Lamb, CorvinCorvin Lamb So RB 23 Radcliff, BrandonBrandon Radcliff Fr WR 29 Goodwin, StephenStephen Goodwin Sr WR 30 Bolden, DiazDiaz Bolden Fr WR 31 West, DeQuanDeQuan West Fr RB 32 Perry, SenoriseSenorise Perry Sr FB 36 Brohm, LukeLuke Brohm So WR 37 Williams, MartinMartin Williams Fr FB 42 Sharp, TylerTyler Sharp So FB 44 Butler, B.J.B.J. Butler Sr OL 53 Smith, JakeJake Smith Jr OL 54 Romano, MikeMike Romano So OL 60 Manley, JoeJoe Manley Fr OL 62 Klusman, T.C.T.C. Klusman Fr OL 63 Stearns, JoshJosh Stearns So OL 64 Noltemeyer, DavidDavid Noltemeyer Jr OL 68 Joyner, KamranKamran Joyner Sr OL 69 Walker, ChrisChris Walker Sr OL 70 Miller, JohnJohn Miller Jr OL 71 Acosta, ChrisChris Acosta Jr OL 73 Vincent, HenryHenry Vincent Fr OL 74 Mack, RyanRyan Mack So OL 75 Anvoots, SidSid Anvoots Fr OL 76 Petersen, ChaseChase Petersen So OL 77 Garcia, AbrahamAbraham Garcia So OL 78 Epps, AaronAaron Epps So OL 79 Brown, JamonJamon Brown Jr TE 80 Pike, ZekeZeke Pike Fr WR 82 Rogers, EliEli Rogers Jr TE 83 Hubbell, RyanRyan Hubbell Jr WR 86 Milton, MattMatt Milton Jr WR 87 Dominguez, KaiKai Dominguez Jr WR 88 Davis, JarrettJarrett Davis Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 1 Brown, KeithKeith Brown So LB 2 Brown, PrestonPreston Brown Sr CB 3 Gaines, CharlesCharles Gaines So S 8 Holliman, GerodGerod Holliman Fr DE 11 Dubose, B.J.B.J. Dubose Jr DB 12 Robinson, StephanStephan Robinson Jr LB 13 Burgess, JamesJames Burgess So CB 15 Johnson, AndrewAndrew Johnson Jr DL 97 Brown, DeAngeloDeAngelo Brown So DL 98 Rankins, SheldonSheldon Rankins So DL 99 Brooks, JamaineJamaine Brooks Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 8 Johnson, RyanRyan Johnson Jr LS 33 Donovan, GrantGrant Donovan Sr K 35 George, AnthonyAnthony George Fr K 40 Appleby, JoshuaJoshua Appleby So K 41 Nakatani, MatthewMatthew Nakatani Jr P 45 Wallace, JohnJohn 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 Defensive 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

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