2009 Louisville Cardinals football team

The 2009 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinals were coached by Steve Kragthorpe, who was in his third season at Louisville. The Cardinals played their home games at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. The Cardinals finished the season with a record 4–8 and 1–6 in Big East play. Kragthorpe was fired at the end of the season.

2009 Louisville Cardinals football
ConferenceBig East Conference
Record4–8 (1–6 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorBrent Guy (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumPapa John's Cardinal Stadium
Seasons
← 2008
2010 →
2009 Big East Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 8 Cincinnati $   7 0     12 1  
No. 25 West Virginia   5 2     9 4  
No. 15 Pittsburgh   5 2     10 3  
Rutgers   3 4     9 4  
Connecticut   3 4     8 5  
South Florida   3 4     8 5  
Louisville   1 6     4 8  
Syracuse   1 6     4 8  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 57:30 pmIndiana State*WHASW 30–1039,344[1]
September 1912:00 pmat Kentucky*ESPNUL 27–3170,988[2]
September 267:30 pmat Utah*CBSCSL 14–3045,588[3]
October 28:00 pmPittsburgh
  • Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, KY
ESPN2L 10–3539,948[4]
October 107:30 pmSouthern Miss* 
  • Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, KY
ESPNUW 25–2337,268[5]
October 1712:00 pmat ConnecticutBig East NetworkL 25–3840,000[6]
October 243:30 pmat No. 6 CincinnatiESPNUL 10–4135,099[7]
October 313:30 pmArkansas State*
  • Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, KY
WHASW 21–1321,497[8]
November 712:00 pmat West VirginiaBig East NetworkL 9–1755,334[9]
November 1412:00 pmSyracuse
  • Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, KY
Big East NetworkW 10–933,223[10]
November 2112:00 pmat South FloridaBig East NetworkL 22–3449,388[11]
November 2711:00 amRutgers
  • Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, KY
ESPN2L 14–3423,422[12]

Roster

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2009 Louisville Cardinals football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 2 Will Stein Fr
WR 3 Trent Guy Sr
WR 4 Maurice Clark Sr
RB 5 Boogie McCray Fr
WR 6 Sean Farr Fr
WR 7 Damian Copeland Fr
RB 8 Darius Ashley Fr
QB 9 Adam Froman Jr
WR 10 Jahmal Lawson So
WR 11 Josh Chichester So
QB 13 Justin Burke Jr
WR 14 Andrell Smith Fr
RB 15 Bilal Powell Jr
WR 17 DeMarcus Topp Fr
QB 18 Zack Stoudt Fr
RB 20 Victor Anderson So
WR 21 Troy Pascley Jr
WR 23 Mike Hayes
RB 25 Malik Curtley Fr
WR 26 John King
WR 27 Doug Beaumont Jr
RB 28 Jeremy Wright
RB 34 James Miller Fr
P 35 Jon Payne Jr
WR 37 Lincoln Carr So
FB 39 Marcus Roberts
RB 41 Eugene Sowell
RB 45 Blayne Donnell Jr
FB 48 Joe Tronzo Sr
C 55 Mario Benavides Fr
OL 62 John Clark So
G/C 65 Josh Byrom Jr
OL 66 Alex Kupper
OL 67 Nick Egart So
OL 70 Conrad Thomas
G 71 Abdul Kuyateh
OL 72 Hunter Stout
OL 73 Hector Hernandez So
OT 74 Jeff Adams Jr
OT 75 Ryan Kessling
OT 76 Greg Tomczyk
OL 77 Joe Evinger Jr
OT 78 Byron Stingily
G 79 Mark Wetterer
TE 80 Mike Fennerty So
TE 81 Rock Keys
TE 82 Pete Nochta
TE 83 Cameron Graham
WR 84 Scott Long Sr
TE 85 Nate Nord
FB 86 Zach Meagher
TE 87 Stephon Ball Fr
WR 88 Andrew Robinson
WR 89 Damion Dixon Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
S 2 Richard Raglin Sr
S 3 Isaac Geffrad Fr
S 4 Chaz Thompson Sr
LB 5 Brandon Heath Jr
S 6 Justin Mathews Sr
CB 7 Karldell Dunning So
S 8 Hakeem Smith Fr
CB 9 Preston Pace Jr
DE 10 Malcolm Mitchell Fr
DE 11 Greg Scruggs So
LB 13 Jacob Geffrad Fr
DB 14 Shenard Holton Fr
CB 18 Titus Teague Fr
CB 19 Johnny Patrick Jr
CB 22 Jacques Caldwell Fr
LB 23 Stephen Garr Sr
LB 24 Daniel Brown Fr
S 25 CJ Peake So
CB 26 Zed Evans Fr
CB 28 Ravelle Sadler So
S 29 Daniel Covington Sr
CB 31 Champ Lee Fr
DT 32 Roy Philon Fr
LB 33 Horace Miller Fr
CB 35 Anthony Conner Jr
S 36 Josh Wiley Sr
LB 38 Jon Dempsey Sr
CB 42 Bobby Burns Jr
LB 43 Chris Campa Sr
LB 44 Bo Eggers Fr
LB 46 Dexter Heyman So
S 49 Jon Mattingly Fr
LB 50 Joshua McDonald Sr
LB 51 Mike Privott Fr
LB 52 Antwon Canady Jr
LB 54 Reinhold Leicht Jr
DT 56 Tyler Jessen Sr
LB 57 Mozell Axson Sr
DE 58 Rodney Gnat So
DE 61 William Savoy So
DE 90 Malcolm Tatum Jr
DT 91 LT Walker Sr
DT 92 Dominic Langone Fr
DE 93 LD Scott Sr
DT 94 Joe Townsend Jr
DE 96 Patrick Grant So
DT 97 Tim High Jr
DT 98 Drew Davis Fr
DT 99 Zach Kiernan So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 12 Chris Philpott So
K 17 Tim Dougherty Jr
K 19 Ryan Payne Sr
P 29 Cory Goettsche
LS 47 Paul Belshoff
LS 60 Daniel Weedman Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

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References

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  1. ^ "Indiana State Sycamore vs. Louisville Cardinals Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
  2. ^ "Louisville Cardinals vs. Kentucky Wildcats Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
  3. ^ "Louisville Cardinals vs. Utah Utes Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
  4. ^ "Pittsburgh Panthers vs. Louisville Cardinals Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
  5. ^ "Southern Miss Golden Eagles vs. Louisville Cardinals Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
  6. ^ "Louisville Cardinals vs. Connecticut Huskies Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2009. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
  7. ^ "Louisville Cardinals vs. Cincinnati Bearcats Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on October 28, 2009. Retrieved October 24, 2009.
  8. ^ "Arkansas State Red Wolves vs. Louisville Cardinals Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 31, 2009.
  9. ^ "Louisville Cardinals vs. West Virginia Mountaineers Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
  10. ^ "Syracuse Orange vs. Louisville Cardinals Box Score". ESPN.com. November 14, 2009. Retrieved November 17, 2009.
  11. ^ "Louisville Cardinals vs. South Florida Bulls Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
  12. ^ "Rutgers Scarlet Knights vs. Louisville Cardinals Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on December 3, 2009. Retrieved December 6, 2009.
  13. ^ "Pages 37–80" (PDF).