2004 Louisville Cardinals football team

American college football season

2004 Louisville Cardinals football

Conference USA champion Liberty Bowl champion
Liberty Bowl, W 44–40 vs. Boise State
Conference	Conference USA
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 6
Record	11–1 (8–0 C-USA)
Head coach	Bobby Petrino (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Paul Petrino
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Mike Cassity
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium (Capacity: 42,000)
Seasons ← 2003 2005 →

2004 Conference USA football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 6 Louisville $	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.

Previous season

The Cardinals finished the 2003 season with a 9–4 record, losing to Miami (OH) in the 2003 GMAC Bowl.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	3:30 pm	Kentucky*		Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky (Governor's Cup)	ESPN	W 28–0	42,681
September 11	1:00 pm	at Army		Michie Stadium West Point, New York	WDRB	W 52–21	28,130
September 25	1:30 pm	at North Carolina*	No. 24	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, North Carolina	ESPN+	W 34–0	49,000
October 2	3:00 pm	East Carolina	No. 22	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky	ESPN+	W 59–7	40,220
October 14	7:30 pm	at No. 3 Miami (FL)*	No. 17	Orange Bowl Miami	ESPN	L 38–41	63,715
October 22	8:00 pm	USF	No. 17	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky	ESPN	W 41–9	42,032
November 4	7:30 pm	at Memphis	No. 14	Liberty Bowl Memphis, Tennessee (rivalry)	ESPN	W 56–49	52,384
November 10	7:30 pm	TCU	No. 12	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky	ESPN2	W 55–28	40,107
November 20	5:00 pm	at Houston	No. 10	Robertson Stadium Houston, Texas	ESPN+	W 65–27	20,176
November 27	2:30 pm	Cincinnati	No. 9	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky (The Keg of Nails)	ESPN2	W 70–7	37,617
December 4	2:30 pm	at Tulane	No. 8	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans	ESPN+	W 55–7	22,169
December 31	3:30 pm	vs. No. 10 Boise State*	No. 8	Liberty Bowl Memphis, Tennessee (Liberty Bowl)	ESPN	W 44–40	58,355
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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

#18 Louisville at #3 Miami (FL)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Louisville	7	17	7	7	38
• Miami (FL)	7	0	14	20	41

Scoring summary

1	5:22	MIA	Greg Olsen 9-yard pass from Brock Berlin (Jon Peattie kick)	MIA 7–0

1	1:53	LOU	Lionel Gates 1-yard run (Arthur Carmody kick)	Tied 7–7

2	14:56	LOU	Arthur Carmody 31-yard field goal	LOU 10–7

2	10:03	LOU	Tiger Jones 12-yard pass from Stefan LeFors (Arthur Carmody kick)	LOU 17–7

2	1:29	LOU	Lionel Gates 17-yard pass from Stefan LeFors (Arthur Carmody kick)	LOU 24–7

3	9:51	MIA	Roscoe Parrish 14-yard pass from Brock Berlin (Jon Peattie kick)	LOU 24–14

3	6:42	LOU	Tiger Jones 22-yard pass from Stefan LeFors (Arthur Carmody kick)	LOU 31–14

3	4:08	MIA	Akieem Jolla 11-yard pass from Brock Berlin (Jon Peattie kick)	LOU 31–21

4	14:53	MIA	Jon Peattie 24-yard field goal	LOU 31–24

4	12:03	MIA	Jon Peattie 32-yard field goal	LOU 31–27

4	8:11	MIA	Devin Hester 78-yard punt return (Jon Peattie kick)	MIA 34–31

4	4:30	LOU	Lionel Gates 1-yard run (Arthur Carmody kick)	LOU 38–34

4	0:49	MIA	Frank Gore 1-yard run (Jon Peattie kick)	MIA 41–38

#10 Boise State vs. #7 Louisville

	1	2	3	4	Total
Boise St	10	21	3	6	40
• Louisville	14	7	14	9	44

Scoring summary

1	10:49	BSU	Tyler Jones 48-yard field goal	BSU 3–0

1	9:09	LOU	Gary Barnidge 6-yard pass from Stefan LeFors (Arthur Carmody kick)	LOU 7–3

1	0:59	BSU	Andy Avalos 92-yard interception return (Tyler Jones kick)	BSU 10–7

1	0:46	LOU	Harry Douglas 65-yard run (Arthur Carmody kick)	LOU 14–10

2	13:12	LOU	Broderick Clark 30-yard pass from Brian Brohm (Arthur Carmody kick)	LOU 21–10

2	8:52	BSU	Brad Lau recovered offensive fumble in end zone (Tyler Jones kick)	LOU 21–17

2	8:38	BSU	T.J. Acree 19-yard pass from Jared Zabransky (Tyler Jones kick)	BSU 24–21

2	0:15	BSU	Jared Zabransky 1-yard run (Tyler Jones kick)	BSU 31–21

3	9:05	BSU	Tyler Jones 42-yard field goal	BSU 34–21

3	6:06	LOU	J.R. Russell 14-yard pass from Stefan LeFors (Arthur Carmody kick)	BSU 34–28

3	2:17	LOU	Stefan LeFors 1-yard run (Arthur Carmody kick)	LOU 35–34

4	10:51	BSU	Jon Helmandollar (pass failed)	BSU 40–35

4	6:48	LOU	Eric Shelton 1-yard run (pass failed)	LOU 41–40

4	1:10	LOU	Arthur Carmody 19-yard field goal	LOU 44–40

v t e Louisville Cardinals football
Venues	High School Park (1912) Eclipse Park (1913–1916, 1921–1922) Parkway Field (1923–1936, 1952–1956) Maxwell Field (1937–1942) duPont Manual Stadium (1938, 1940–1941, 1949–1951) Cardinal Stadium (1957–1997) L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium (1998–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Cincinnati: The Keg of Nails Kentucky: Governor's Cup Memphis
Culture & lore	Cardinal Bird Marching band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917–1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e Conference USA football champions
Houston & Southern Miss (1996) Southern Miss (1997) Tulane (1998) Southern Miss (1999) Louisville (2000) Louisville (2001) Cincinnati & TCU (2002) Southern Miss (2003) Louisville (2004) Tulsa (2005) Houston (2006) UCF (2007) East Carolina (2008) East Carolina (2009) UCF (2010) Southern Miss (2011) Tulsa (2012) Rice (2013) Marshall (2014) Western Kentucky (2015) Western Kentucky (2016) Florida Atlantic (2017) UAB (2018) Florida Atlantic (2019) UAB (2020) UTSA (2021) UTSA (2022) Liberty (2023)

Conference USA football champions