Head coach · Louisville 1980–84

Bob Weber

20–35at Louisville

Career 36–61 (37.1%) at 2 programs, 1969–1984

Win rate

36.4%

13th of 13 Louisville coaches

vs Ranked

1–10

1–6 vs the top 10

Bowls

—

no bowl trips

Weeks ranked

unranked throughout

Among Louisville's full-time coaches: Win rate 13th/13 · Ranked wins 8th/13 · Bowl wins 7th/13 · Weeks ranked 9th/13 · NFL picks a year 10th/13 · Average SP+ 12th/12

Every Stop

Weber's head-coaching career, program by program. Louisville against everywhere else; SRS shows the team Weber inherited against the one left behind.

Program	Years	Record	Win %	Conf	Bowls	Wks ranked	Peak	Avg SP+	SRS in → out	NFL picks
ArizonaWestern Athletic	1969–72	16–26	38.1%	12–13	—	—	—	−5.0	+5.9 → −6.3	9
LouisvilleFBS Independents	1980–84	20–35	36.4%	9–25	—	—	—	−7.7	−1.5 → −13.9	4

At Louisville

36.4%

20–35 · 5 seasons

Everywhere else

38.1%

16–26 · Arizona

LouisvilleElsewherePartial season

100%50%0%

Arizona69–72

Louisville80–84

Share of games won. The dashed line is .500. Tap a season for its numbers.

What the Numbers Say

Measured from every Louisville game Weber coached, plus CFBD's ratings, polls, recruiting, and draft data. Red marks a strength, steel a weakness.

Louisville vs. everywhere else

36% vs 38%

20–35 at Louisville; 16–26 at Arizona.

Year one

+1 wins

1980 against the team inherited: +7.8 SP+, +6.0 SRS.

Inherited → left

4–6–1 → 2–9

Louisville went 4–6–1 the year before Weber arrived (1979); 1984 finished 2–9.

Against ranked teams

1–10

Opponents ranked at kickoff; 1 win in 11 tries. Best: #9 Southern Miss, 13–10 (1981).

One-score games

7–4

64% in games decided by 8 points or fewer.

November

33% vs 38%

5–10 in regular-season games from November on; 15–25 before.

NFL Draft

4 picks

0 in the first round, in the drafts after 5 Louisville seasons (0.8 a year).

Situational Record

The Louisville record cut every way the data allows. Ranks are the poll at kickoff; favorites come from the betting line, which starts in 2013.

Where

At home15–1550%

On the road5–2020%

Who

vs. ranked teams1–109%

vs. the top 101–614%

Conference games9–2527%

Non-conference11–1052%

When

September–October15–2538%

November on5–1033%

Expectations

Decided by 8 or fewer7–464%

The next week

Game after a loss11–2233%

Best Wins, Worst Losses

Best wins lead with ranked opponents, then bowls. Worst losses are the upsets: losing as the betting favorite (2013 on), as a ranked team to an unranked one, or to a lower-division opponent.

Signature wins

1981vs #9Southern MissW 13–10 1981vs MarshallW 36–0 1981vs ToledoW 31–6 1980vs MemphisW 38–14 1983vs ArmyW 31–7

Worst losses

1984vs Indiana StateFCS opponentL 21–44 1982at CincinnatiFCS opponentL 16–38 1981vs Tennessee StateFCS opponentL 30–42 1984vs Tennessee StateFCS opponentL 15–24 1980vs Murray StateFCS opponentL 9–13

Every Game

All 55 Louisville games under Weber, one tile each. Longest winning streak: 3; longest losing streak: 10. Tap a tile for the game.

1980

5–6

1981

5–6

1982

5–6

1983

3–8

1984

2–9

win lossranked opponent bowl game

Season by Season

Every season of the career. Louisville rows are marked in red.

Year	Team	Record	Conf	Bowl	Final	SP+	SRS	Recruiting	NFL picks
1984	Louisville	2–9	0–5	—	—	−17.2	−13.9	—	1
1983	Louisville	3–8	2–7	—	—	−13.8	−12.0	—	2
1982	Louisville	5–6	2–6	—	—	−12.1	−9.8	—	0
1981	Louisville	5–6	2–3	—	—	−1.4	−2.0	—	0
1980	Louisville	5–6	3–4	—	—	+6.2	+4.5	—	1
1972	Arizona	4–7	4–3	—	—	−8.7	−6.3	—	4
1971	Arizona	5–6	3–3	—	—	−3.1	−1.2	—	2
1970	Arizona	4–6	2–4	—	—	−3.2	−0.3	—	1
1969	Arizona	3–7	3–3	—	—	—	+1.6	—	2

Careers from CFBD's coaching records, which cover FBS seasons from 1962 on. Louisville games come from the game archive, credited to whoever coached them. Recruiting is the team's class rank that year; NFL picks are the draft that followed the season.