Louisville Cardinals · 2026 Season
Football
2–2165 scored · 115 allowed · +50 on the year
Home
2–1
at the Fed
Road
0–0
away from the Ville
Neutral
0–1
Nissan Stadium
vs ACC
1–1
conference play
Win streak
2
longest run
vs the spread
3–1
4 graded games
Season Spine
full schedule →Scoring margin, week by week. Hover a bar; click through to the game.
W · win marginL · loss margin
The Profile
program history →How the 2026 Cards actually played, in FBS percentiles. This team won with defense.
Offense
PPA / play
0.33 p87
Success rate
48.6% p77
Explosiveness
1.39 p85
Pts / scoring opp
4.39 p72
Line yards
2.75 p20
Power success
70.6% p35
Defense
PPA / play
0.12 p36
Success rate
41.7% p40
Explosiveness
1.23 p54
Pts / scoring opp
3.62 p37
Stuff rate
11.6% p4
Havoc rate
13.6% p23
Bar = FBS percentile among 138 teams, 2026 season, garbage time excluded. Tick = national median. Defense percentiles are inverted so longer is always better.
For the Record
Biggest win
W 59–13
vs Villanova · Week 2
+46 margin
Most electric
L 38–41
vs Ole Miss · Week 1
excitement index 7.8
Home crowd
—
average attendance
L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium