2001 Louisville Cardinals football team

2001 Louisville Cardinals football
C-USA champion
Liberty Bowl champion
Liberty Bowl, W 28–10 vs. BYU
Conference Conference USA
Ranking
Coaches No. 16
AP No. 17
2001 record 11–2 (6–1 C-USA)
Head coach John L. Smith
Home stadium Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
(Capacity: 42,000)
2001 Conference USA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 17 Louisville $  6 –1     11 –2  
Cincinnati  5 –2     7 –5  
UAB  5 –2     6 –5  
East Carolina  5 –2     6 –6  
Southern Miss  4 –3     6 –5  
TCU  4 –3     6 –6  
Memphis  3 –4     5 –6  
Army  2 –5     3 –8  
Tulane  1 –6     3 –9  
Houston  0 –7     0 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team, led by John L. Smith, played their home games in Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. They ended the season with an 11–2 record.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 23 7:00 PM New Mexico State* Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, Kentucky (John Thompson Foundation Classic) W 45–24   38,129
September 1 12:30 PM at Kentucky* Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky (Governor's Cup) JPS W 36–10   70,838
September 8 7:00 PM Western Carolina* Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, Kentucky W 31–7   35,214
September 22 12:00 PM at Illinois* Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois ESPN L 10–34   43,232
September 29 2:00 PM Memphis Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, Kentucky W 38–21   39,256
October 4 7:30 PM Colorado State* Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, Kentucky ESPN W 7–2   39,389
October 16 8:00 PM Southern Miss Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, Kentucky ESPN2 W 24–14   33,627
October 27 2:00 PM at Cincinnati Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati (The Keg of Nails) W 28–13   31,004
November 3 3:30 PM at Tulane Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans W 52–7   19,369
November 10 2:00 PM Houston No. 25 Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, Kentucky W 34–10   40,479
November 15 7:30 PM at East Carolina No. 19 Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina ESPN W 39–34   39,775
November 23 6:00 PM at TCU No. 17 Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas ESPN L 22–37   22,176
December 31 4:00 PM vs. No. 19 BYU* No. 23 Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee (Liberty Bowl) ESPN2 W 28–10   58,968
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Roster

2001 Louisville Cardinals football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 9 Deion Branch Sr
QB 18 Jeff Brunelli Jr
RB 23 Lionel Gates Fr
QB 17 Stefan LeFors Fr
TE 89 Richard Owens So
QB 15 Dave Ragone Jr
WR 82 J. R. Russell Fr
RB 32 Eric Shelton Fr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 35 Michael Brown Jr
S 12 Curry Burns Jr
CB 24 Anthony Floyd Jr
CB 3 Chris Johnson Jr
LB 54 Robert McCune Fr
S 1 Kerry Rhodes Fr
DE 99 Dewayne White Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2012-10-01.


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