Louisville Football · 1914–2025
The Long Game
81 seasons of Cardinal football, from the leather-helmet years to the ACC.
All-time
413–357–8
81 seasons
Win rate
53.6%
39 winning seasons
Best season
12–1
2006 · Big East
Peak SP+
#1
2006 · rating 27.3
Wins, Every Season
One bar per season since 1914. Hover for the record.
winning seasonlosing season
Program Strength
SP+ rating since 1970 — Bill Connelly's efficiency measure of how good a team actually is. The open dot is the preseason projection.
Louisville SP+FBS average
In the Polls
21 ranked seasons. Bar length is weeks spent in a poll; the number is the best rank reached that year. Peak: #3 in 2006.
2025#14
2024#15
2023#9
2022#25
2020#16
2017#14
2016#3
2014#20
2013#6
2012#10
2007#8
2006#3
2005#8
2004#6
2003#25
2002#17
2001#17
2000#22
1993#13
1990#14
1972#17
The Sideline
Every head coach on record. Bar length is tenure; the filled portion is win rate.
Jeff Brohm2023–2026 · 28–12 · 70%
Deion Branch2022 · 1–0 · 100%
Scott Satterfield2019–2022 · 25–24 · 51%
Lorenzo Ward2018 · 0–2 · 0%
Charlie Strong2010–2013 · 37–15 · 71%
Steve Kragthorpe2007–2009 · 15–21 · 42%
Bobby Petrino2003–2017 · 75–27 · 74%
John Smith1998–2002 · 41–21 · 66%
Ron Cooper1995–1997 · 13–20 · 39%
Howard Schnellenberger1985–1994 · 54–56–2 · 49%
Bob Weber1980–1984 · 20–35 · 36%
Vince Gibson1975–1979 · 23–31–2 · 43%
Tom Alley1973–1974 · 9–13 · 41%
Lee Corso1969–1972 · 28–11–3 · 70%
Frank Camp1962–1968 · 32–38 · 46%
1962bar = tenure · fill = win rate2026
Where We've Played
Conference affiliation, 1914 to now — independent for most of it.
Pre-classification Independents1912–1916 · II/III
Pre-classification Independents1921–1942 · II/III
FBS Independents1946–1947 · FBS
OVC1948 · FCS
FBS Independents1949–1962 · FBS
Missouri Valley1963–1974 · FBS
FBS Independents1975–1995 · FBS
Conference USA1996–2004 · FBS
Big East2005–2012 · FBS
American Athletic2013 · FBS
ACC2014–present · FBS