2019 Louisville Cardinals football team

2019 Cardinal Stadium
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2019 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 2 Clemson xy$^		8	–	0					14	–	1
Louisville		5	–	3					8	–	5
Wake Forest		4	–	4					8	–	5
Florida State		4	–	4					6	–	7
Boston College		4	–	4					6	–	7
Syracuse		2	–	6					5	–	7
NC State		1	–	7					4	–	8
Coastal Division
Virginia x		6	–	2					9	–	5
Virginia Tech		5	–	3					8	–	5
Miami (FL)		4	–	4					6	–	7
Pittsburgh		4	–	4					8	–	5
North Carolina		4	–	4					7	–	6
Duke		3	–	5					5	–	7
Georgia Tech		2	–	6					3	–	9
Championship: Clemson 62, Virginia 17
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

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Preseason

Preseason media poll

In the preseason ACC media poll, Louisville was predicted to finish last in the Atlantic Division.[1]

Media poll (Atlantic Division)
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Clemson	1209 (171)
2	Syracuse	913 (2)
3	Florida State	753
4	NC State	666
5	Boston College	588
6	Wake Forest	462
7	Louisville	253

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	8:00 p.m.	No. 9 Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ESPN	L 17–35	58,187
September 7	7:00 p.m.	Eastern Kentucky*	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ACCN Extra	W 42–0	48,808
September 14	4:00 p.m.	vs. Western Kentucky*	Nissan Stadium Nashville, TN	Stadium	W 38–21	22,665
September 21	3:30 p.m.	at Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ESPN	L 24–35	46,530
October 5	12:30 p.m.	Boston College	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ACCRSN	W 41–39	46,007
October 12	7:30 p.m.	at No. 19 BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC	ACCN	W 62–59	24,434
October 19	12:00 p.m.	No. 3 ABC	L 10–45	51,015
October 26	3:30 p.m.	Virginia	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ACCN	W 28–21	48,689
November 9	3:30 p.m.	at Miami (FL)	Hard Rock Stadium Miami, FL	ESPN2	L 27–52	53,111
November 16	7:30 p.m.	at NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ACCN	W 34–20	54,089
November 23	4:00 p.m.	Syracuse	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ACCN	W 56–34	46,769
November 30	12:00 p.m.	at Kentucky*	Kroger Field Lexington, KY (Governor's Cup)	SECN	L 13–45	48,336
December 30	4:00 p.m.	vs. Mississippi State*	Nissan Stadium Nashville, TN (Music City Bowl)	ESPN	W 38–28	46,850
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 5 released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 9 Fighting Irish	14	7	7	7	35
Cardinals	14	0	0	3	17

Eastern Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonels	0	0	0	0	0
Cardinals	14	0	14	14	42

Vs. Western Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hilltoppers	0	7	7	7	21
Cardinals	7	24	7	0	38

At Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	7	10	7	24
Seminoles	21	0	0	14	35

Boston College

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	7	15	7	10	39
Cardinals	14	14	3	10	41

At Wake Forest

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	21	10	14	17	62
No. 19 Demon Deacons	7	14	10	28	59

Clemson

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 3 Tigers	3	14	7	21	45
Cardinals	0	3	0	7	10

Virginia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cavaliers	7	7	0	7	21
Cardinals	7	0	7	14	28

At Miami (FL)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	7	7	7	6	27
Hurricanes	21	14	17	0	52

At NC State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	7	20	7	34
Wolfpack	0	10	0	10	20

Syracuse

	1	2	3	4	Total
Orange	3	7	17	7	34
Cardinals	21	7	21	7	56

At Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	6	7	0	0	13
Wildcats	7	10	14	14	45

vs Mississippi State (Music City Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	7	7	0	14	28
Cardinals	0	10	14	14	38

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