n 2020 Louisville Cardinals 2................................................ Quick Facts 3..................................................... SID Staff 4............................... Covering the Cardinals 8......................................... By the Numbers 9......................................National Attention 10.................................. Pipeline to the Pros 12................................................Game Day 14.......................................... Lamar Jackson 15.......................................... All-Americans 16...................................NFL First Rounders 17..........................................Bowl Tradition 19..................................... Cardinal Stadium 21...................................................Facilities 23........................Strength and Conditioning 25.................................................. Nutrition 26..................................Community Service 27............................................... Academics 28.............................University of Louisville 29...................................... City of Louisville n 2020 Preview 31..................................... Numerical Roster 32.................................. Alphabetical Roster 33..............................................At a Glance 34....................................................... Notes 36................................................... Outlook 40............................................. Depth Chart 41............................................ 2019 Awards n The Coaching Staff 43........................................ Scott Satterfield 46............................................ Bryan Brown 47.......................................Dwayne Ledford 48.........................................ShaDon Brown 49..........................................Gunter Brewer 50..........................................Cort Dennison 51....................................................Stu Holt 52.................................................Mark Ivey 53........................................ Norv McKenzie 54......................................Derek Nicholson 55............................................. Frank Ponce 56................ Strength and Conditioning Staff 57............................ Director of Operations/ .............................................Recruiting Staff 58......... Quality Control/Graduate Assistants 59.............................................Support Staff n 2020 Cardinals 61.......................................... Player Profiles n 2019 in Review 103....................... Team/Individual Statistics 105.................................Defensive Statistics 106...................... Offensive Game by Game 107............................Team Statistics/Starters 108...........................3rd Down Conversions 109..................... Defensive Game by Game 110........................................... Participation 111......................................... Season Highs 112..........................................Longest Plays 113............................. ACC/NCAA Rankings 114....................................... Game Reviews 119.......................................ACC in Review n 2020 Opponents 120.................................... 2020 Opponents 123....................................All-Time Records 124...................Record vs. 2020 Opponents 125......................... Versus FBS Conferences 126...................................... All-Time Scores n History 131..................................... Honored Jerseys 134...................... Cardinal Stadium Records 136......................Overall Coaching Records 137.............................. Year by Year Records 138................................. All-Time Assistants 139........................................ Misc. Records 141....................... Consensus All-Americans 142........................ First Team All-Americans 143........................................ All-Americans 146.......................................All-Conference 148.......................Academic All Conference 149.....................................National Awards 150......................................... Letterwinners 156...................................... All-Time Scores 166..... Offensive Season by Season Statistics 167.... Defensive Season by Season Statistics 168............................. Annual Team Leaders 170..........................................Longest Plays 172.............................Single-Game Records 175..........................Season Highs and Lows 178................................. Individual Records 180.................................... Rushing Records 185......................................Passing Records 190..................................Receiving Records 195............................ Total Offense Records 196...............................All-Purpose Records 197..............................Kick/Scoring Records 199..................................... Punting Records 201.......... Punt Returns/Kick Return Records 204..................................Defensive Records 210.................................. Freshman Records 211.....................................Firsts/Milestones 212.................. NCAA Statistical Champions 213............................ Seasons of Distinction 217............................... Attendance Records 218............................................ Comebacks 219................................ Ranked Opponents 222................................................. Shutouts 223................................................... Streaks 224.......................High/Low Scoring Games 225................................... Cards in the Polls 226.................................... Cards in the NFL 230...................................Cards In the Draft 231.......................................... Bowl History 232.......................................... Bowl Recaps 236..................................... TV Appearances 237.....................President Neeli Bendapudi 238............... Board of Trustees/ULAA Board 239.............. Director of Athletics Vince Tyra 240.................................UofL Athletics Staff 249......................Atlantic Coast Conference 251........................... Cardinal Athletic Fund 252....................................Broadcast Center 2020 LO UIS VILLE C ARDIN ALS F OO TB ALL gocards.com TABLE OF CONTENTS 12 2020 LOUISVILLE QUICK FACTS 2020 LO UIS VILLE C ARDIN ALS F OO TB ALL 2This is Louisville 2020 Louisville Football Schedule Date Opponent Site Series Sept. 3 NC STATE* LOUISVILLE, KY Louisville leads 7-3 Sept. 12 at Clemson* Clemson, S.C. Clemson leads 6-0 Sept. 19 MURRAY STATE LOUISVILLE, KY Louisville leads 14-6 Sept. 26 WESTERN KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE, KY Louisville leads 21-12 Oct. 3 at Syracuse* Syracuse, NY Louisville leads 11-7 Oct. 10 at Boston College* Chestnut Hill, MA Louisville leads 7-5 Oct. 24 FLORIDA STATE* LOUISVILLE, KY FSU leads 15-4 Oct. 31 VIRGINIA TECH* LOUISVILLE, KY Virginia Tech leads 5-2 Nov. 7 at Virginia* Charlottesville, Va. Louisville leads 5-3 Nov. 14 WAKE FOREST* LOUISVILLE, KY Louisville leads 5-2 Nov. 21 at Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. Series tied 1-1 Nov. 28 KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE, KY UK leads 17-15 *ACC Game 2019 Schedule And Results (8-5, 5-3 ACC) Date Opponent Result Score Record Conference Time Attend Sept. 2 #9 Notre Dame L 17-35 0-1 0-0 3:21 58187 Sept. 7 Eastern Kentucky W 42-0 1-1 0-0 2:57 48808 Sept. 14 vs. Western Kentucky W 38-21 2-1 0-0 3:22 22665 Sept. 21 at Florida State * L 24-35 2-2 0-1 3:27 46530 Oct. 5 Boston College * W 41-39 3-2 1-1 3:26 46007 Oct. 12 at #17 Wake Forest * W 62-59 4-2 2-1 4:04 24434 Oct. 19 #2 Clemson * L 10-45 4-3 2-2 3:21 51015 Oct. 26 Virginia * W 28-21 5-3 3-2 3:23 48689 Nov. 9 at Miami (FL) * L 27-52 5-4 3-3 3:23 53111 Nov. 16 at NC State * W 34-20 6-4 4-3 3:17 54089 Nov. 23 Syracuse * W 56-34 7-4 5-3 3:22 46769 Nov. 30 at Kentucky L 13-45 7-5 5-3 3:02 48336 Dec. 30 vs. Mississippi State W 38-28 8-5 5-3 3:18 46,850 *ACC Game Louisville In 2019 Overall Record: ...............................................8-5 ACC Record: ...................................................5-3 Home Record: .................................................4-2 Away Record: ..................................................2-3 Neutral Record:...............................................2-0 Total Attendance: ....................................539,217 Average Attendance: .................................44,934 Home Attendance: ..................................351,755 Average Home Attendance: .......................50,251 Neutral Game Attendance: .......................57,280 Offense Yards Rushing/Game: ..................................212.8 Yards Rushing/Att.: ..........................................4.9 Passing Yards/Game: ...................................234.5 Passing Att./Cmpo.Yards:...............178/302/3,048 Total Net Yards/Game: ................................447.3 Total Net Yards/Att.: ........................................6.7 Points/Game: ................................................33.1 Turnover Margin: ........................................ -0.08 Third-Down Conversions: .............................44% Defense Yards Rushing/Game: ..................................205.8 Yards Rushing/Att.: ..........................................5.4 Passing Yards/Game: ...................................234.2 Passing Att./Cmpo.Yards:...............243/405/3.044 Total Net Yards/Game: ................................440.1 Total Net Yards/Att.: ........................................6.3 Points/Game: ................................................33.4 Third-Down Conversions: .............................38% 2019 ACC Standings Atlantic Conf Pct. Overall Clemson 8-0 1.000 14-1 Louisville 5-3 .625 8-5 Wake Forest 4-4 .500 8-5 Boston College 4-4 .500 6-7 Florida State 4-4 .500 6-7 Syracuse 2-6 .250 5-7 NC State 1-7 .125 4-8 Coastal Conf Pct. Overall Virginia 6-2 .750 9-5 Virginia Tech 5-3 .625 8-5 Pitt 4-4 .500 8-5 North Carolina 4-4 .500 7-6 Miami 4-4 .500 6-7 Duke 3-5 .375 5-7 Georgia Tech 2-6 .250 3-9 ACC Championship Game Clemson 62, Virginia 17 Head Coach Scott Satterfield (Applachian St., 1996) Second Season 59-29 Record (7th Season as a Head Coach) Assistant Coaches Dwayne Ledford ..... Offensive Coordinator/OL Bryan Brown ...............Defensive Coordinator/ .................................................... Cornerbacks Cort Dennison ............................Co-Defensive .............................................Coordinator/OLB Gunter Brewer ........................ Wide Receivers ShaDon Brown ....................................Safeties Stu Holt .................... Tight Ends/Special Teams Mark Ivey .................................Defensive Line Norval McKenzie..................... Running Backs Derek Nicholson ................Inside Linebackers Frank Ponce ................................Quarterbacks Pete Nochta ................. Recruiting Coordinator Tyler McEntire ............. Recruiting Coordinator Reed Case .....................Director of Recruiting Mike Sirignano ......................... Head Strength ............................................ and Conditioning Josh Thompson ...............................Director of .........................................Football Operations Chuck Hall .....................................Director of .....................................Equipment Operations Ed Connell ..........Football Equipment Manager Matt Summers ................Head Athletic Trainer Luke Mullett ................ Director of Technology General Information Location: Louisville, Ky. Founded: 1798 Enrollment: 23,000 Football Stadium: Cardinal Stadium Capacity: 60,800 Surface: FieldTurf Nickname: Cardinals Colors: Red and Black Conference: Atlantic Coast Conference President: Dr. Neeli Bendapudi Athletic Director: Vince Tyra Faculty Representative: Krista Wallace Boaz Website: GoCards.com Twitter: @UofLFootball Instagram: @UofLFootball Facebook: Facebook.com/UofLFootball 2019 Record: 8-5 ACC Record: 5-3 Sports Information Football Contact: Rocco Gasparro Phone: 502-852-0102 Email: Rocco@GoCards.com Cell: 502-262-2258 Fax: 502-852-7401 Football Coaching StaffThe University of Louisville Sports Information Office is avail- able to assist you with coverage of the UofL football program. The primary media contact for the Cardinals’ football program is Rocco Gasparro and Stephen Williams is the secondary contact. The Sports Information Office is located on the second level of the Swain Student Activity Center, which is located at 2100 S. Floyd St. For information regarding credentials, interviews, statistics, press conferences, etc., please call the UofL Sports Information at 502-852-6581, visit CollegePressBox.com or e-mail Gasparro at rocco.gasparro@louisville.edu. To assist in your coverage throughout the year, please read the media information on this page. Briefly, all interviews must be arranged through the Sports Information Oaffice at least one day in advance and all student-athletes, coaches and support staff will not take part in an interview unless scheduled by the UofL Sports Information Office. 2020 LO UIS VILLE C ARDIN ALS F OO TB ALL gocards.com UofL SPORTS INFORMATION OFFICE 3 Sports Information/Live TV Production Staff Kathy Tronzo Sports Information Program Assistant Stephen Williams Assistant Sports Information Director Nancy Worley Associate Sports Information Director Austin Paul Television Technical Manager Kenny Klein Sr. Assoc. AD for Media Relations/SID Lori Harmon Assistant Sports Information Director Jeremy Noe Executive Director of Television Production Josh PaskVan Television Associate Producer John Leenerts Chief Broadcast Engineer Nick Evans Assistant Sports Information Director Rocco Gasparro Associate Sports Information Director Bobby Blankenship Assistant Director of Television Production4 COVERING THE CARDINALS Interviews Interviews with all Louisville student- athletes and coaches MUST be arranged through the Louisville Sports Information Office. Contact Rocco Gasparro, Football SID, via email at rocco.gasparro@lou- isville.edu or by calling 502-852-0102. Please give as much advance notice as possible when requesting interviews. Selected players are available for media interviews following practice on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Locker rooms and the football complex are off limits to mem- bers of the media. Personal phone numbers will not be distributed to the media and student-ath- letes should not be contacted directly by phone, email or social media to arrange interviews or to answer questions. Head Coach Scott Satterfield Head coach Scott Satterfield will conduct a weekly press conference on most Mondays during the season. The news conferences will be conducted in the Team Defensive Meeting Room, locat- ed in the Howard Schnellenberger Football Complex at Cardinal Stadium. The weekly news conferences will begin on Monday, Aug. 31 and continue on Mon- days thereafter. News conferences conclude on Nov. 23. News conferences aren’t sched- uled suring Louisville’s bye weeks. The news conference schedule is gener- ally as follows: n Coach Satterfield from noon to 12:30 p.m. n News conferences are live streamed on the Internet. A link is available each week on GoCards.com/watch. n Quotes from the news conference will be posted on GoCards.com by on Monday afternoon. theACC.Com/Media The Atlantic Coast Conference’s of- ficial website, theACC.com, is the most complete source for ACC football infor- mation. theACC.com/media is also the site for transcripts of the league’s football coaches teleconference every Wednes- day afternoon during the season. The media section is dedicated to the specific needs of media members and includes downloads of ACC and school logos, as well as headshots of players and coaches from select sports. An individual account is required to access the site. Go to the ACC. com/media to register. ACC Video Clip Service Broadcast media outlets will be able to ac- cess ACC highlights and press conference ex- 2020 LO UIS VILLE C ARDIN ALS F OO TB ALL 4This is Louisville Rocco Gasparro Football SID (502) 852-0102 (O) (502) 262-2258 (C) rocco.gasparro@louisville.edu Kenny Klein Sr. Associate AD/ Sports Information (502) 852-6581 (O) (502) 599-7865 (C) kenny.klein@louisville.edu Primary Football Contacts5 cerpts via the ACC Video Clip Service (AVCS) throughout the entire 2020-21 sports calen- dar. This video content will only be available for download in digital files that can be ac- cessed on the AVCS. To register for this ser- vice please contact Scott McBurney, Assistant Commissioner/Advanced Media, at smcbur- ney@theacc.org or call 336.369.4646. Collegepressbox.com Collegepressbox.com is the official web- site for ACC football. Access and download weekly game notes, quotes, statistics, media guides for the conference and each of its 14 members throughout the season. Login in- formation will be distributed to accredited media or you can apply for a password by sending an e-mail to password@college- pressbox.com. Credentials & Scouting Passes Credentials for Louisville home games are issued to working media only and should be requested as early as possible. Season credential privileges may be granted to daily newspapers, magazines, ra- dio stations and television stations that cover the Louisville football program on a regular basis – i.e., weekly news conferences and all home games. Credentials are granted at the discretion of Louisville Athletics and ad- ditional requests and affiliations are consid- ered on an individual basis. Due to space constraints, credentials will be limited to working media only. If media credentials are not picked up in advance, they will be available for pickup at the West Ticket Booth located outside Gate 7 of Car- dinal Stadium. Media should enter through Gate 8 to gain access to elevators for the press box. No credentials will be mailed. Please direct all requests to: Kenny Klein (kenny.klein@louisville.edu), Sports Informa- tion Director, University of Louisville, Louis- ville, Ky. 40209. Media members wishing to cover UofL on the road are encouraged to contact Rocco Gasparro (rocco.gasparro@louisville. edu) at least two weeks prior to the contest to secure credentials. Requests for season passes should be sub- mitted no later than July 31. Requests for sin- gle games should be made as far in advance as possible. NFL scouts can receive credentials and 2020 LO UIS VILLE C ARDIN ALS F OO TB ALL 5gocards.com COVERING THE CARDINALS Overnight Address: University of Louisville Sports Information Office 2100 S. Floyd St. Louisville, Ky. 40208 Sports Information Phone: 502-852-6581 Sports Information Fax: 502-852-7401 Press Box: 502-852-6973 Website: www.GoCards.com Sports Information Directory Rocco Gasparro, Assistant SID/Football Contact/Men’s Golf/Women’s Golf Office: 502-852-0102 Mobile: 502-262-2258 Email: rocco@GoCards.com Kenny Klein, Sr. Assoc. AD for Media Relations/SID/Men’s Basketball Office: 502-852-6581 Mobile: 502-599-7865 Email: kenny@GoCards.com Stephen Williams, Baseball/Website/Men’s Soccer Office: 502-852-4857 Mobile: 561-386-3755 Email: stephen@GoCards.com Lori Harmon, Assistant SID/Softball/Field Hockey/Men’s Tennis/Track and Field Office: 502-852-3086 Mobile: 502-445-9434 Email: lori@GoCards.com Nancy Worley , Associate SID/Volleyball/Swimming and Diving/Women’s Tennis/Rowing Office: 502-852-0113 Mobile: 502-724-6933 Email: nancy@GoCards.com Nick Evans, Women’s Basketball, Lacrosse/Women’s Soccer Office: 502-852-3085 Mobile: 502-807-9345 Email: nicke@GoCards.com Photographer Adam Creech 502-852-1702 Videographers Corey Daniels 502-852-3896 Andrew Osborn 502-852-3896 Joshua Allen 502-852-3896 Contact Information6 COVERING THE CARDINALS access to the pressbox. The written (or e- mail) request must be made at least one week in advance to Kenny Klein (kenny@ gocards.com). Seats are assigned on a space available basis, and access to the field during team warm-ups is permitted. Photographers All photographers must wear a sideline pass and a vest to be allowed on the playing field. NCAA rules limit shooting to outside the restraining line around the field and out- side designated team areas (between the 30- yard lines). Vests can be acquired before the game, on the field or in the press box during the game. Press Box Services Packets with pre-game information will be distributed prior to kickoff. Play-by-play, com- plete halftime and final statistics, coaches and player quote sheets are all regular services on game day. A fax service is also provided upon request. Monitors with updated statistics are available throughout the press level and in booths for electronic media. In addition, tele- vision monitors are also part of the fixtures in both home and visiting radio booths. Press Box There are three levels to the Cardinal Sta- dium Press Box: (3-4) Suites; (5) Press Level, AD Suites, President’s Suite, Photo Deck, Vis- iting and Home Coaches Booth, Visiting and Home Radio Booths, Replay Booth, Televi- sion Booth. Postgame Policy Post-game interviews at Cardinal Stadium are held in the meeting rooms of the football complex. The meeting room entrance is lo- cated to the right of the walkway leading the teams to the field. After meeting with the team, head coach Scott Satterfield will be brought into the team meeting room. Additional players upon request will also be brought into the team meeting room. The visiting coach and players are avail- able outside their locker room. Please check with the visiting SID for more details. Typed post-game quotes from both head coaches and players will be available in the press box following the game. For both home and away games, the Lou- isville locker and training rooms are closed to the media. Football SID Rocco Gasparro will survey the media in the fourth quarter for player requests. Media Will Call Approved media or photo credentials can be obtained at the Media Will Call Booth at Gate 7 of Cardinal Stadium. Media Will Call opens approximately two hours prior to kickoff and will close about 30 minutes after kickoff. Wireless Internet Cardinal Stadium press box offers free wireless internet service to media members. Instructions will be provided to the media on game day. For further questions, contact the UofL Sports Information staff on the upper level of the press box. Press Parking Press parking is limited and will be pro- 2020 LO UIS VILLE C ARDIN ALS F OO TB ALL 6This is Louisville Clemson Greenville Marriott One Parkway East Greenville, SC 29615 (864) 297-0300 Syracuse Doubletree by Hilton Syracuse 6301 State Route 298 East Syracuse. NY 13057 (315) 433-1210 Boston College Marriott Boston Newton 2345 Commonwealth Ave. Newton, MA 02459 (617) 969-1000 Virginia Doubletree Charlotesville 990 Hilton Heights Rd. Charlotesville, VA 22901 (434) 973-2121 Notre Dame Hilton Garden Inn 53995 Indiana State Route 933 South Bend, IN 46637 574-232-7700 Cardinals on the Road7 vided on a first-come, first-served basis as available. Contact the Louisville Sports In- formation Office regarding details and direc- tions to the press parking areas. Radio All University of Louisville football games will be broadcast live on the Car- dinal Football Network developed by Learfield Sports Marketing. WHAS Radio (840 AM), a 50,000-watt, clear channel sta- tion in Louisville will continue to serve as the Cardinals’ flagship radio station. The broadcast of some UofL games will move to WKRD (790 AM and 101.7 FM) when there is conflicting programming. The Cardinals also have extensive UofL programming on WKRD Radio, an all-sports station with pri- mary UofL coverage as well as Fox Sports Radio programming. Paul Rogers will serve as the play-play voice for the 29th year, while former Cardinal Craig Swabek serves as color analyst and Jody Demling returns as the sideline reporter. 2020 LO UIS VILLE C ARDIN ALS F OO TB ALL 7gocards.com COVERING THE CARDINALS n Publications/Web Sites Cameron Teague (Beat Writer) Tim Sullivan, (Sports Columnists) The Courier-Journal 525 W. Broadway Louisville, KY 40202 Phone: 502) 582-4361 jgreer@courier-journal.com tsullivan@courier-journal.com Ty Spaulding Louisville SportsReport (weekly fan publication, web site, morning radio show) PO Box 17520 Louisville, KY 40217 Phone: 502) 636-4330 lousportsreport@aol.com rbrown928@peoplepc.com Jody Demling, Cardinal Authority (monthly fan publication, web site) 7425 Falls Ridge Ct. Louisville, KY 40241 Phone: 502) 424-9617 jodydemling@gmail.com Sports Editor Lexington Herald-Leader Main & Midland Lexington, KY 40507 Phone: (606) 231-3529 mgraf@herald-leader.com Voice-Tribune PO Box 7129 Louisville, KY 40257-0129 Phone: 502) 897-8910 i.guryaskin@gmail.com Sports Editor The Cardinal (student paper) University of Louisville Louisville, KY 40292 Phone: 502) 852-6728 sports@louisvillecardinal.com Bill Doolittle Louisville Eccentric Observer 640 South Fourth Street Louisville, KY 40202 Phone: 502) 895-9770 kaplan@culturemaven.com n Television Tom Lane, John Lewis, Aaron Matas, Annice Mcewan WDRB-TV Sports 634 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd. Louisville, KY 40203 Phone: 502) 584-6441 tlane@fox41.com Rick Bozich, Eric Crawford (sports columnists, web site) rbozich@wdrb.com ecrawford@wdrb.com Fred Cowgill, Natalie Grise, Andrew Chernoff WLKY-TV Sports PO Box 6205 Louisville, KY 40206 Phone: 502) 893-7300 fcowgill@hearst.com Kent Taylor, Mike Hartnett, Kendrick Haskins WAVE-TV Sports P.O. Box 32970 Louisville, KY 40232 Phone: 502) 561-4144 ktaylor@wave3tv.com Kent Spencer, Tyler Greever WHAS-TV Sports PO Box 1100 Louisville, KY 40201-1100 Phone: 502) 582-7255 kspencer@whas11.com Lachlan McLean CN2 (Time Warner Cable) 10179 Linn Station Rd. Louisville, KY 40223 Phone: 502) 792-1100 bruce.snyder@twcnews.com n Radio WHAS Radio 4000 Radio Drive #1 Louisville, KY 40218 Phone: 502) 479-2213 paulr@whas.com Drew Deener WLCL Radio/93.9 the Ville 337 W Cardinal Blvd. Louisville, KY 40208 Phone: 502) 240-0602 drewdeener@hotmail.com WKRD Radio 4000 Radio Drive #1 Louisville, KY 40218 Phone: 502) 479-2143 jleaves5@gmail.com davejennings@clearchannel.com tonyvanetti@clearchannel.com Andy Sweeney WHBE Radio/ESPN 680 Jason@ESPNLouisville.com n Wire Service Gary Graves Associated Press Courier-Journal Bldg. 525 W. Broadway Louisville, KY 40202 Phone: 502) 583-7718 ggraves@ap.org aplouisville@ap.org Primary Media OutletsNext >