1997 Louisville Cardinals football team

1997 Louisville Cardinals football
Conference Conference USA
1997 record 1–10 (0–6 C–USA)
Head coach Ron Cooper
Home stadium Cardinal Stadium
(Capacity: 37,500)
1997 Conference USA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 19 Southern Miss $  6 –0     9 –3  
Tulane  5 –1     7 –4  
East Carolina  4 –2     5 –6  
Cincinnati  2 –4     8 –4  
Memphis  2 –4     4 –7  
Houston  2 –4     3 –8  
Louisville  0 –6     1 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team played their home games in Cardinal Stadium, and were coached by Ron Cooper. It was the team's final season at Cardinal Stadium, before moving their home games to their new venue a year later.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 30 1:30 PM at Kentucky* Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky L 24–38   59,186
September 6 2:00 PM Utah* Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, Kentucky L 21–24   35,437
September 13 3:30 PM Illinois* Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, Kentucky CBS W 26–14   36,824
September 20 12:00 PM No. 2 Penn State* Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, Kentucky CBS L 21–57   39,826
September 27 7:00 PM at Oklahoma* Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma FSN L 14–35   74,993
October 18 7:00 PM at Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi L 24–42   23,028
October 11 2:00 PM Tulane Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, Kentucky L 33–64   29,547
October 25 2:00 PM Houston Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, Kentucky L 22–36   21,432
November 1 3:30 PM East Carolina Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, Kentucky CBS L 10–13   12,850
November 8 3:30 PM at Cincinnati Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati L 9–28   21,346
November 15 2:00 PM at Memphis Liberty Bowl • Memphis, Tennessee L 20–21   15,243
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

[1]

Team players in the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Chris RedmanQuarterback375Baltimore Ravens

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Awards and honors

1997 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Walk-On Player of the Year(Frank Camp Chapter)- Chris Scott

References

  1. ↑ "College Football Reference". CFB Reference. Archived from the original on 2009-09-26. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
  2. ↑ "2000 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on September 26, 2009. Retrieved September 23, 2009.


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