5) Brohm- I cant decide which one so I am leaving it at that, 1) Lamar ** His 781 career completions ranks second only to Chris Redman's 1,031. ( if you are known by 1st initial alone you qualify) 5) Jeff Brohm, This post was edited by LordChewie 5 years ago. ** His 13 career games with 150+ rushing yards is most in program history. ** He holds the top two spots for most rushing yards in a single season. Cooper was the first African American head football coach in Louisville football history, and also the youngest. 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JMO This thread is great for discussion. ), A trailblazer in the integration of the Louisville Cardinals football program, Lenny Lyles was an outstanding player on both sides of the football from 1954 to 1957. It's not his fault he went to the wrong sport's locker room! With Unitas leading the way, Louisville won its next four games, including a 3528 victory over Houston; Louisville was a 19-point underdog against the Cougars. [34] The rivalry, which spanned over four difference conferences, started in 1948. Write in candidate: Howard Stevens because as a 5'4" running back he completed 1 pass for a 2 point conversion that won a game "Fred Koster: The Cards' First Superstar." Petrino also served as offensive coordinator for the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars under Tom Coughlin and tutored Jake Plummer while serving as an assistant coach at Arizona State. ** School record for career rushing yards with 4,132. The quarterbacks will participate in drills on Saturday, March 4, at 10 a.m. PST, along with wide receivers and tight ends. Although the moniker is no longer used to describe the football team, several other university organizations over the years have used the "Red Rage" nickname. There had been plenty of talk and some posturing by politicians in . [6], Camp would introduce the rivalry of Memphis, taking the Cards out of independency and joining the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) and lead the Cards to their first bowl game during his tenure. Schnellenberger planned and raised the money for its construction, but left for Oklahoma before the stadium opened. It was the spring of 2015. Camp was collegiate player at Transylvania University in both football and basketball went on to accumulate a 1023504 record as a high school coach before he was tabbed for the head job at Louisville. Did you know who I was referring to when I mentioned the 2 misspellings? February 28, 2023 9:11 am ET. Just saying. He finished second on the team, behind Will Gardner, with 864 passing yards and five touchdowns. ** His 71 career touchdowns ranks fourth all-time. Well see what happens. Kentucky then left the SIAA in 1922 and joined the Southeastern Conference and has limited its play of state schools since. She scored a game-high 27 points and went 10-14 from the free throw line. Using the Composite ratings, we take a look at the UofL quarterbacks during the last 20 recruiting classes and came up with the Top 10 by rating. Notre Dame shot nearly 60% in the second half, as Sonia Citron stepped up in Miles' absence. Koster was an all-around athlete and was a letterman 16 times, 4 times in each baseball, basketball, football, and track. The 194.45 mark was strong enough to set a new Louisville single-season record. CB Sr. 6' 0'' 185 lbs . Ron Garrison. All have major accomplishments and have left their own individual mark on the program; some players impact bigger than others. The NFL Draft will occur at Union Station in Kansas City, Mo., from . As a senior, he completed 183-of-304 attempts for 2,943 yards and 27 TDs with just four interceptions. 4 Florida in the Sugar Bowl. [12] Louisville went 65 and 56 in Cooper's first two seasons, but fell to 110 in Cooper's third and ultimately final season, prompting newly hired athletic director Tom Jurich to fire Cooper. fast forward to 2021 and it's obvious what needs to change at the Quarterback position. It is on the grounds of the Kentucky Exposition Center, and was called Fairgrounds Stadium when it first opened its doors to baseball in 1957. On Saturday, the University of Louisville Cardinals announced that they will be retiring the No. The structure, which sits on the south end of the metropolitan campus, is constructed with the ability for future expansion to more than 80,000 seats. He capped the season with an MVP performance in a 33-23 win over No. Deion Branch was named interim head coach for the Cardinals bowl game against Cincinnati. [citation needed] But Unitas did not linger long in the bush league. Brian Brohm, one of the most successful quarterbacks in program history, has returned to his alma mater to work on his older brother's staff, U of L announced Friday morning. Im down with this. They played all games at Commonwealth Stadium until the new Cardinal Stadium was completed in 1997. Beginning in 1914 the Cardinals joined the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) and they would participate in Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC). But no way Brian is above Chris. It all comes down to what you hold in higher esteem, overall legacy and legend or actual performance while in the program and college accolades. 5 dual-threat quarterback in the 2016 class by the 247Sports Composite, current Cardinal Jawon Pass continues to write his legacy. Louisville provided the perfect breeding ground for a young dual-threat quarterback. The rivalry has been dormant since 2013. The Louisville Cardinals football team plays its home games at L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium, renamed from Cardinal Stadium in 2023. 4) Chris Redman [25] Secondary coach Lorenzo Ward was named interim coach to finish the season, which ended with two more losses. Camp coached the Cardinals until his retirement following the 1968 season. Smith kick-started the program and went 75, 75, 93, 112 and 76 in his five seasons as head coach. Palmetto Miami, Fla. Full Bio. Do you have a sports website? The stadium was expanded again in 2018 adding 5,800 seats to bring the stadium to a total capacity of 60,800 seats. Left on the table was the best player available, a dual-threat quarterback from Louisville, Lamar Jackson (LJ). ** His 610 total yards against Syracuse set a new single game record for both UofL and the ACC. Teddy Bridgewater He finished his UofL career with 10,775 passing yards and 71 touchdowns. Knowing it was over. A knee injury late in his sophomore campaign forced him to the sideline for the team's final regular season contest and the Gator Bowl, but he'd still be honored as the Big East Offensive Player of the Year. Due to financial difficulty Louisville did not participate in the 19171921 seasons. He garnered multiple Freshman All-American accolades after throwing for over 2,200 yards as a rookie. Camp would bring in Andy Walker, George Cain and Lenny Lyles in 1954 and they would become the first black scholarship players at Louisville. He'll be leading an NFL team to the promised land again real soon. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. In what shouldn't have been a surprise, Jackson set multiple franchise records on way to being chosen NFL MVP. Five games into Johnny Unitas' freshman season (Unitas was allowed to play as a freshman because Louisville did not belong to the NCAA), Unitas entered the game against St. Bonaventure when Louisville was trailing, 190. 4 pro-style quarterback in the 2004 class. Prior to the 2006 season, Petrino agreed to a ten-year contract extension with Louisville, giving the impression he was going to be at Louisville for the long haul. [54], Announced schedules as of March 31, 2021.[55]. [citation needed], Following the departure of Howard Schnellenberger to Oklahoma, Ron Cooper was hired away from Eastern Michigan, where he had a 913 record in two seasons as the head football coach. In 2006, Louisville named the Cardinals' football fieldhouse the Howard L. Schnellenberger Football Complex with Schnellenberger in attendance before U of L's game against Florida Atlantic University. Louisville ended I-A independence by joining the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) in 1963 only to leave for independency again in 1974. From 1998 to 2017, the Cards reached 17 bowl games in 20 years and won at least nine games 10 times. Lamar Jackson was a highly-valued target by 247Sports, which gave him four stars and placed him as the No. [citations needed], A four-year letterwinner at linebacker and center from 1949 to 1952, Otto Knop earned honorable mention Associated Press Little All-America honors as a sophomore and United Press International All-America his junior year. Specifically, since 1998, the Cardinals are 7025 at home. [4], King served as head football coach for two more years but he also served as track, baseball, basketball and athletic director during his tenure at Louisville. He signed an undrafted free agent deal with Tampa Bay and also spent time with Pittsburgh during his one season in the NFL. Champaign, Il: Sports, 1997. Led UofL with 1,669 yards and 12 touchdowns during 2014 season. Best recruit ever? Louisville played Kentucky in their first 4 seasons and twice in the 1920s holding the Cardinals scoreless in all contests. Chris got paychecks from the League for years. Unitas holds just a few records at Louisville, most of them eclipsed by quarterbacks John Madeya, Ed Rubbert, Browning Nagle, Jeff Brohm, Marty Lowe, Chris Redman, Dave Ragone and Stefan LeFors. A product of Louisville Trinity, Brian Brohm was the nation's No. List of Louisville Cardinals in the NFL Draft, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Louisville_Cardinals_in_the_NFL_Draft&oldid=1091378747, Lists of National Football League draftees by college football team, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 3 June 2022, at 22:44. Louisville's squad was headed by Lenny Lyles, the nation's leading rusher. Selections [ edit] [1] Notable undrafted players [ edit] Note: No drafts held before 1920 References [ edit] ^ DraftHistory.com 4) Teddy The University of Louisville made its first bowl appearance January 1, 1958, as Frank Camp's squad battered Drake 3420 in the Sun Bowl. Or write about sports? [43], The University of Louisville football program created its annual Card March tradition prior to all home football contests to help bring fans out to the stadium earlier and to give the football team added inspiration before the game. My list, I tried to base it off UofL accomplishments. #2 Browning Nagle(Fiesta Bowl alone) And Johnny U! ClickHERE for the Cardinal Authority Newsletter. Do you have a blog? [18], Strong's 2013 Cardinals team posted a 121 overall record with a dominating victory over Miami in the Russell Athletic Bowl. Your favorite before Teddy spells his name Stefan. Champaign, Il: Sports, 1997. 5) Browning Nagle. 1993 would become a reflection of what the coach was trying to build by scheduling Texas, Texas A&M, Tennessee, Arizona St., Pittsburgh and West Virginia. The 12-win season was the Cardinals' second in program history. In their inaugural season at Cardinal Stadium the Cardinals finished the season 91 with their first bowl appearance winning in the Sun Bowl against Drake 3420. Learn how and when to remove this template message, List of Louisville Cardinals football seasons, Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, List of Louisville Cardinals head football coaches, The University of Louisville Marching Band, "Vince Tyra says addition to Papa John's Cardinal Stadium will be closer to 6,000 seats", http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/lou/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2013-14/misc_non_event/fb-13-mg-sec7.pdf, "UofL Sports Traditions | The University of Louisville Card Book | Go UofL Cards! 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