1997 Louisville Cardinals football team

1997 Louisville Cardinals football
Conference Conference USA
1997 record 110 (06 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  
#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 StadiumLexington, KY L 2438   59,186
September 6 2:00 PM Utah* Cardinal StadiumLouisville, KY L 2124   35,437
September 13 3:30 PM Illinois* Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY CBS W 2614   36,824
September 20 12:00 PM No. 2 Penn State* Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY CBS L 2157   39,826
September 27 7:00 PM at Oklahoma* Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK FSN L 1435   74,993
October 18 7:00 PM at Southern Miss M. M. Roberts StadiumHattiesburg, MS L 2442   23,028
October 11 2:00 PM Tulane Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY L 3364   29,547
October 25 2:00 PM Houston Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY L 2236   21,432
November 1 3:30 PM East Carolina Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY CBS L 1013   12,850
November 8 3:30 PM at Cincinnati Nippert StadiumCincinnati, OH L 928   21,346
November 15 2:00 PM at Memphis Liberty BowlMemphis, TN L 2021   15,243
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

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Team players in the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Chris Redman Quarterback 3 75 Baltimore 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 September 25, 2009. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
  2. "2000 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on September 25, 2009. Retrieved September 23, 2009.


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