2021 Louisville Cardinals football team

American college football season

2021 Louisville Cardinals football

First Responder Bowl, L 28–31 vs. Air Force
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Division	Atlantic Division
Record	6–7 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach	Scott Satterfield (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread option
Defensive coordinator	Bryan Brown (3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Cort Dennison (3rd season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Cardinal Stadium
Uniform

Seasons← 2020 2022 →

2021 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 15 Wake Forest xy	7	–	1	11	–	3
No. 20 NC State	6	–	2	9	–	3
No. 14 Clemson	6	–	2	10	–	3
Louisville	4	–	4	6	–	7
Florida State	4	–	4	5	–	7
Syracuse	2	–	6	5	–	7
Boston College	2	–	6	6	–	6
Coastal Division
No. 13 Pittsburgh xy$	7	–	1	11	–	3
Miami (FL)	5	–	3	7	–	5
Virginia	4	–	4	6	–	6
Virginia Tech	4	–	4	6	–	7
North Carolina	3	–	5	6	–	7
Georgia Tech	2	–	6	3	–	9
Duke	0	–	8	3	–	9
Championship: Pittsburgh 45, Wake Forest 21
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2021 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville during the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the team's third season under head coach Scott Satterfield. The Cardinals played their home games at Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky, and competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	8:00 p.m.	vs. Ole Miss*	Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta, GA (Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game)	ESPN	L 24–43	30,709
September 11	7:00 p.m.	Eastern Kentucky*	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ACCNX/ESPN+	W 30–3	37,673
September 17	7:30 p.m.	UCF*	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ESPN	W 42–35	39,022
September 25	3:30 p.m.	at Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ESPN2	W 31–23	50,964
October 2	12:30 p.m.	at No. 24 Wake Forest	Truist Field at Wake Forest Winston-Salem, NC	ACCRSN	L 34–37	29,077
October 9	3:00 p.m.	Virginia	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ACCN	L 33–34	40,320
October 23	4:00 p.m.	Boston College	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ACCN	W 28–14	38,202
October 30	7:30 p.m.	at NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ACCN	L 13–28	53,123
November 6	7:30 p.m.	Clemson	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ACCN	L 24–30	51,729
November 13	12:00 p.m.	Syracuse	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ACCRSN	W 41–3	43,797
November 18	7:30 p.m.	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ESPN	W 62–22	8,493
November 27	7:30 p.m.	Kentucky*	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY (Governor's Cup)	ESPN2	L 21–52	55,018
December 28	3:15 p.m.	vs. Air Force*	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, TX (First Responder Bowl)	ESPN	L 28–31	15,251
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Source:

"2021 Louisville Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 30, 2021.

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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 (Keg of Nails) Kentucky (Governor's Cup) Memphis Miami
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

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