American college football season
1980 Louisville Cardinals football |
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Conference | Independent |
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Record | 5–6 |
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Home stadium | Fairgrounds Stadium |
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The 1980 Louisville Cardinals football team season was an American football team that represented the University of Louisville as an independent during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Bob Weber, the Cardinals compiled a 5–6 record and were outscored by a total of 203 to 162.[1]
The team's statistical leaders included Pat Patterson with 933 passing yards, Don Craft with 687 rushing yards, Kenny Robinson with 401 receiving yards, and Dave Betz with 54 points scored.[2]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 6 | Miami (FL) | | L 10–24 | 21,120 | |
September 13 | at No. 10 Florida State | | L 0–52 | 52,623 | |
September 20 | Murray State | - Fairgrounds Stadium
- Louisville, KY
| L 9–13 | | |
September 27 | at Kansas | | W 17–9 | 32,800 | |
October 11 | Memphis State | - Fairgrounds Stadium
- Louisville, KY (rivalry)
| W 38–14 | | |
October 18 | Indiana State | - Fairgrounds Stadium
- Louisville, KY
| W 27–17 | 24,695 | |
October 25 | at Florida | | L 0–13 | 62,687 | [3] |
November 1 | Temple | - Fairgrounds Stadium
- Louisville, KY
| L 12–17 | 13,436 | [4] |
November 8 | at No. 9 Pittsburgh | | L 23–41 | 47,280 | |
November 15 | Cincinnati | | W 20–0 | | |
November 22 | at Southern Miss | | W 6–3 | 21,210 | [5] |
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Roster
1980 Louisville Cardinals football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense | Defense Pos. | # | Name | Class | CB | 1 | Frank Minnifield | So | LB | 2 | Greg Jones | So | CB | 34 | Roger Clay | So | LB | 39 | Anthony Williams | So | DT | 97 | Dan Williams | So | LB | 99 | Fred Blackmon | So | | Special teams | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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References
- ^ "1980 Louisville Cardinals Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
- ^ "1980 Louisville Cardinals Statistics". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
- ^ "Florida dumps U of L, suffers by comparison". The Courier-Journal. October 26, 1980. Retrieved October 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Temple hands U of L 17–12 defeat". The Courier-Journal. November 2, 1980. Retrieved August 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Betz sits in slop, watches as his kick wins for U of L". The Courier-Journal. November 23, 1980. Retrieved March 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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