2017 Louisville Cardinals football team

2017 Louisville Cardinals football
2017 Louisville Cardinals football
TaxSlayer Bowl, L 27–31 vs. Mississippi State
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
	Atlantic Division
Record	8–5 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach	Bobby Petrino (8th season);
Co-offensive coordinator	Lonnie Galloway (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Mike Summers (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Peter Sirmon (1st season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
Uniform
	Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the sport of American football during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinals competed in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference and were led by fourth-year head coach Bobby Petrino, who began his second stint at Louisville in 2014 after eight years away. Home games were played at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky. The team finished the season with an 8–5 overall record and a 4–4 record against opponents in ACC.^[1] The Cardinals were in a three-way tie for third place in the Atlantic Division^{[citation needed]} and were invited to the TaxSlayer Bowl, where they lost 31–27 to Mississippi State.^[2]

2017 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 4 Clemson xy$^	7	–	1	12	–	2
No. 23 NC State	6	–	2	9	–	4
Boston College	4	–	4	7	–	6
Louisville	4	–	4	8	–	5
Wake Forest	4	–	4	8	–	5
Florida State	3	–	5	7	–	6
Syracuse	2	–	6	4	–	8
Coastal Division
No. 13 Miami (FL) xy	7	–	1	10	–	3
No. 24 Virginia Tech	5	–	3	9	–	4
Georgia Tech	4	–	4	5	–	6
Duke	3	–	5	7	–	6
Pittsburgh	3	–	5	5	–	7
Virginia	3	–	5	6	–	7
North Carolina	1	–	7	3	–	9
Championship: Clemson 38, Miami 3
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:30 p.m.	vs. Purdue*	No. 16	Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis, IN (Ally Classic)	FOX	W 35–28	37,394
September 9	12:00 p.m.	at North Carolina	No. 17	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN	W 47–35	47,000
September 16	8:00 p.m.	No. 3 Clemson	No. 14	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY (College GameDay)	ABC	L 21–47	55,588
September 23	12:00 p.m.	Kent State*	No. 19	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ACCRSN	W 42–3	47,812
September 30	3:30 p.m.	Murray State*	No. 17	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ACCRSN	W 55–10	47,826
October 5	8:00 p.m.	at No. 24 NC State	No. 17	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ESPN	L 25–39	56,107
October 14	12:20 p.m	Boston College		Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ACCN	L 42–45	44,679
October 21	12:00 p.m.	at Florida State		Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ESPN	W 31–28	72,764
October 28	12:20 p.m.	at Wake Forest		BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC	ACCN	L 32–42	29,593
November 11	3:30 p.m.	Virginia		Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ESPNU	W 38–21	46,787
November 18	3:30 p.m.	Syracuse		Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ESPNU	W 56–10	34,265
November 25	12:00 p.m.	at Kentucky*		Kroger Field Lexington, KY (rivalry)	SECN	W 44–17	56,186
December 30	12:00 p.m.	vs. No. 24 Mississippi State*		EverBank Field Jacksonville, FL (TaxSlayer Bowl)	ESPN	L 27–31	41,310
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

vs Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 16 Cardinals	7	3	15	10	35
Boilermakers	7	7	7	7	28

At North Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 17 Cardinals	10	10	7	20	47
Tar Heels	7	7	14	7	35

Clemson

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 3 Tigers	7	12	14	14	47
No. 14 Cardinals	7	0	0	14	21

Kent State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Flashes	0	3	0	0	3
No. 19 Cardinals	21	7	14	0	42

Murray State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Racers	3	0	7	0	10
No. 17 Cardinals	14	21	10	10	55

At NC State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 17 Cardinals	0	10	3	12	25
No. 24 Wolfpack	0	17	7	15	39

Boston College

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	7	7	14	17	45
Cardinals	14	7	0	21	42

At Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	7	7	14	3	31
Seminoles	7	7	0	14	28

At Wake Forest

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	3	7	7	15	32
Demon Deacons	14	14	7	7	42

Virginia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cavaliers	7	7	0	7	21
Cardinals	7	10	14	7	38

Syracuse

	1	2	3	4	Total
Orange	3	0	0	7	10
Cardinals	7	28	14	7	56

At Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	17	14	3	10	44
Wildcats	7	3	0	7	17

vs Mississippi State–Tax Slayer Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	7	14	3	3	27
Bulldogs	14	3	0	14	31

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	16	17	14	19	17	17	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	—
Coaches	17	16	14	20	18	17	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	—
CFP	Not released									—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released

Roster

2017 Louisville Cardinals football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`1`	Traveon Samuel	Jr
WR	`2`	Corey Reed	Fr
QB	`3`	Malik Cunningham	Fr
WR	`3`	Cornelius Sturghill	So
QB	`4`	Jawon Pass	Fr
WR	`5`	Seth Dawkins	So
RB	`7`	Reggie Bonnafon	Sr
QB	`8`	Lamar Jackson	Jr
WR	`9`	Jaylen Smith	Jr
WR	`10`	Rodjay Burns	So
TE	`11`	Kemari Averett	Fr
RB	`12`	Trey Smith	So
QB	`15`	Clay Bolin	Fr
QB	`15`	Sean McCormack	Fr
WR	`18`	Justin Marshall	Fr
RB	`22`	Harry Trotter	So
WR	`23`	Jovel Smith	So
RB	`25`	Dae Williams	So
WR	`26`	Chris Taylor-Yamanoha	Fr
WR	`27`	Collin Miller	Fr
RB	`29`	Malik Williams	Sr
WR	`30`	Jeffrey Banks	So
WR	`31`	Jack Duane	Sr
RB	`33`	Colin Wilson	Fr
RB	`34`	Jeremy Smith	Sr
RB	`36`	Maurice Burkley	Fr
FB	`38`	Vince Lococo	Fr
TE	`42`	Tyler Polston	Sr
RB	`43`	Jovan Smith	Fr
FB	`49`	Tobias Little	So
OL	`60`	Tyler Haycraft	Jr
OL	`61`	Caleb Chandler	Fr
OL	`63`	Nate Scheler	Jr
OL	`65`	Ronald Rudd	Jr
OL	`66`	Cole Bentley	Fr
OL	`67`	Thomas Nauert	Jr
OL	`68`	Danny Burns	Jr
OL	`69`	Chaz Ray	Jr
OL	`70`	Toriano Roundtrree	Jr
OL	`71`	Toryque Bateman	Fr
OL	`72`	Lukayus McNeil	Jr
OL	`73`	Mekhi Becton	Fr
OL	`74`	Geron Christian	Jr
OL	`75`	Robbie Bell	Fr
OL	`77`	Linwood Foy	Jr
OL	`78`	Max Martin	Fr
OL	`79`	Kenny Thomas	Jr
TE	`80`	Charles Stanberry	Sr
WR	`81`	Emonee Spence	So
WR	`82`	Keion Wakefield	Fr
TE	`83`	Micky Crum	Jr
WR	`84`	Josh Johnson	Fr
TE	`85`	Jordan Davis	So
WR	`86`	Devantee Peete	Jr
WR	`87`	Dez Fitzpatrick	Fr
WR	`88`	Javonte Bagley	Sr
WR	`89`	Jordan Thomas	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
CB	`1`	P. J. Mbanasor	So
S	`4`	TreSean Smith	Fr
CB	`5`	Russ Yeast	Fr
S	`9`	C. J. Avery	Fr
CB	`10`	Jaire Alexander	Jr
CB	`10`	Rodjay Burns	So
S	`11`	Dee Smith	Jr
S	`12`	Rodney Owens	Fr
S	`13`	P. J. Blue	Fr
DL	`14`	Drew Bailey	Sr
CB	`15`	Trumaine Washington	Sr
LB	`17`	Dorian Etheridge	Fr
CB	`20`	Ronald Walker	Sr
LB	`21`	London Iakopo	Jr
S	`22`	Chucky Williams	Sr
S	`23`	Lyn Strange	Fr
DB	`24`	Zykiese Cannon	Sr
CB	`27`	Anthonoy Johnson	Fr
LB	`31`	Malik Staples	So
LB	`32`	Stacy Thomas	Sr
DB	`35`	Lamarques Thomas	So
S	`38`	Jack Fagot	Fr
CB	`39`	Aaron Floyd	Jr
S	`40`	Kaheem Roach	Fr
LB	`42`	Issac Stewart	Jr
LB	`43`	Damien Smith	So
LB	`48`	Colin Demetrakis	Fr
DL	`49`	Boosie Whitlow	So
DL	`50`	Jacob Pierce	Fr
LB	`53`	Amonte Caban	So
LB	`55`	Isaac Martin	Fr
LB	`56`	Kam Jones	Fr
DE	`57`	Dayna Overton	Fr
LB	`58`	Jon Greenard	So
DL	`59`	Caleb Tillman	Fr
DL	`62`	Derek Dorsey	Fr
DL	`64`	Tyler Robertson	So
LB	`76`	Luke Massad	So
DE	`90`	De'Asian Richardson	Sr
LB	`91`	Trevon Young	Sr
LB	`92`	Malik Clark	Fr
LB	`93`	Gary McCrae	Jr
DT	`94`	G. G. Robinson	So
DL	`96`	Henry Famurewa	Jr
LB	`97`	Nick Okeke	Fr
LB	`98`	Tabarius Peterson	Fr
LB	`99`	James Hearns	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`28`	Mason King	So
K	`36`	Evan O'Hara	So
LS	`41`	Ryan Betlach	Sr
K	`45`	Blanton Creque	So
LS	`46`	Brendan Lowery	So
P	`47`	Austin Johnson	Fr
LS	`52`	Mitch Hall	Fr

Head coach

Bobby Petrino

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Lorenzo Ward (Associate head coach/secondary)
Lonnie Galloway (Co-offensive coordinator/wide receivers)
Mike Summers (Co-offensive coordinator/offensive line)
Peter Sirmon (defensive coordinator)
Cort Dennison (Inside Linebackers/recruiting coordinator)
Chris Klenakis (Tight Ends)
Nick Petrino (quarterbacks)
L. D. Scott (defensive line)
Kolby Smith (running backs)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: October 2, 2017

2018 NFL Draft

The Cardinals had four players selected in the 2018 NFL draft.

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Jaire Alexander	Green Bay Packers	1st	18th	CB
Lamar Jackson	Baltimore Ravens	1st	32nd	QB
Geron Christian	Washington Redskins	3rd	74th	OT
Trevon Young	Los Angeles Rams	6th	205th	DE

References

^ Lourim, Jake (December 3, 2017). "Louisville football to return to Florida for TaxSlayer Bowl vs. Mississippi State". Courier Journal. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
^ Lourim, Jake (December 30, 2017). "Mistakes doom Louisville in TaxSlayer Bowl loss to Mississippi State, 31-27". Courier Journal. Retrieved November 1, 2024.

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[1] Lourim, Jake (December 3, 2017). "Louisville football to return to Florida for TaxSlayer Bowl vs. Mississippi State". Courier Journal. Retrieved November 1, 2024.

[2] Lourim, Jake (December 30, 2017). "Mistakes doom Louisville in TaxSlayer Bowl loss to Mississippi State, 31-27". Courier Journal. Retrieved November 1, 2024.

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