2012 Louisville Cardinals football
Big East co-champion
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 33–23 vs. Florida
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 13
Record11–2 (5–2 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorShawn Watson (1st full as coordinator, 2nd overall season)
Defensive coordinatorVance Bedford (3rd season)
Home stadiumPapa John's Cardinal Stadium
Seasons
← 2011
2013 →
2012 Big East Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 13 Louisville $+   5 – 2     11 – 2  
Cincinnati +   5 – 2     10 – 3  
Rutgers +   5 – 2     9 – 4  
Syracuse +   5 – 2     8 – 5  
Pittsburgh   3 – 4     6 – 7  
Connecticut   2 – 5     5 – 7  
Temple   2 – 5     4 – 7  
South Florida   1 – 6     3 – 9  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinals were led by third-year head coach Charlie Strong and played their home games at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. They were a member of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 11–2, 5–2 in Big East play to finish in a four-way tie for the Big East championship. As the highest rated of the four Big East champions in the final BCS poll, the Cardinals received the conference's automatic bid into a BCS game. They were invited to the Sugar Bowl where they upset the heavily favored Florida Gators.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name Position Seasons at
Louisville		 Alma mater (Year)
Charlie Strong Head Coach 3rd Central Arkansas (1983)
Shawn Watson Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks 2nd Southern Illinois (1982)
Vance Bedford Defensive Coordinator 3rd Texas (1981)
Clint Hurtt Associate head coach, Defensive Line and recruiting coordinator 3rd Miami (FL) (2001)
Ron Dugans Wide receivers 3rd Florida State (1999)
Brian Jean-Mary Linebackers 3rd Appalachian State (1998)
Tommy Restivo Secondary 3rd Georgetown College (2006)
Dave Borbely Offensive Line and Running Game Coordinator 3rd DePauw (1981)
Kenny Carter Running Backs and Special Team 3rd The Citadel (1989)
Sherrone Moore Tight ends 4th Oklahoma (2008)
Reference:[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 23:30 p.m.Kentucky*No. 25
ESPNW 32–1455,386
September 83:30 p.m.Missouri State*No. 23
  • Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, Kentucky
WHASW 35–747,553
September 153:30 p.m.North Carolina*No. 19
  • Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, Kentucky
ABC/ESPN2W 39–3453,334
September 227:00 p.m.at FIU*No. 20
ESPN3W 28–2112,318
September 298:00 p.m.at Southern Miss*No. 19
CBSSNW 21–1723,492
October 1311:00 a.m.at PittsburghNo. 18
ESPNUW 45–3542,432
October 203:30 p.m.South FloridaNo. 16
  • Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, Kentucky
ABCW 27–2550,167
October 268:00 p.m.CincinnatiNo. 16
ESPNW 34–31 OT53,271
November 312:00 p.m.TempleNo. 10
  • Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, Kentucky
ABC/ESPN3W 45–1744,609
November 1012:00 p.m.at SyracuseNo. 9
ABCL 26–4540,312
November 2412:00 p.m.ConnecticutNo. 19
  • Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, Kentucky
Big East NetworkL 20–23 3OT45,618
November 297:30 p.m.at Rutgers
ESPNW 20–1752,798
January 2, 20138:30 p.m.vs. No. 4 Florida*No. 22
ESPNW 33–2354,178
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

See also: 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP25231920191918161612112019RV2213
CoachesRV242018171616141410101818231813
HarrisNot released181614101017182419Not released
BCSNot released16161091920—21Not released

Roster

2012 Louisville Cardinals

Running backs

  • 36 Bo Eggers – Redshirt Senior
  • 10 Dominique Brown – Junior
  • 32 Senorise Perry – Junior
  • 20 Corvin Lamb – Redshirt Freshman
  • 28 Jeremy Wright – Redshirt Junior
  • 30 Kamal Hogan – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 48 Nick Heuser – Redshirt Senior
  • 49 Jarel McGriff-Culver – Redshirt Sophomore

Wide receivers

  • 2 Michaelee Haris – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 3 Charles Gaines – Redshirt Freshman
  • 4 Robert Clark – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 7 Damian Copeland – Redshirt Junior
  • 9 DeVante Parker – Sophomore
  • 14 Andrell Smith – Senior
  • 29 Stephen Goodwin – Redshirt Junior
  • 31 DeMarcus Topp – Redshirt Senior
  • 82 Eli Rogers – Sophomore
  • 84 Aaron Nace – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 84 Matt Milton – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 87 Kai Dominguez – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 88 Jarrett Davis – Junior
  • 89 Scott Radcliff – Senior
Offensive line
  • 53 Jake Smith – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 54 Mike Romano – Redshirt Freshman
  • 55 Mario Benavides – Redshirt Senior
  • 59 Zach Perkins – Redshirt Junior
  • 63 Josh Stearns – Redshirt Freshman
  • 64 David Noltemeyer – Sophomore
  • 64 Brandon Bramer – Redshirt Freshman
  • 66 Alex Kupper – Redshirt Senior
  • 68 Kamran Joyer – Redshirt Junior
  • 69 Chris Walker – Redshirt Junior
  • 70 John Miller – Sophomore
  • 71 Chris Acosta – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 72 Hunter Stout – Redshirt Junior
  • 74 Ryan Mack – Redshirt Freshman
  • 76 Chase Petersen – Redshirt Freshman
  • 78 Aaron Epps – Redshirt Freshman
  • 79 Jamon Brown – Sophomore
  

Quarterbacks

  • 4 Will Stein – Redshirt Senior
  • 5 Teddy Bridgewater – Sophomore
  • 12 Luke Brohm – Redshirt Freshman
  • 19 Jerry Arlinghaus – Redshirt Freshman

Tight ends

  • 32 Gerald Christian – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 80 Stephon Ball – Redshirt Senior
  • 81 Chris White – Redshirt Junior
  • 83 Ryan Hubbell – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 85 Nate Nord – Redshirt Senior
  • 15 Hunter Bowles – Redshirt Freshman
Defensive line
  • 17 Marcus Smith – Junior
  • 44 B.J. Butler – Junior
  • 47 Malcolm Mitchell – Redshirt Junior
  • 48 Deiontrez Mount – Sophomore
  • 57 Jordan Tennyson – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 90 B.J. Dubose – Sophomore
  • 92 Brandon Dunn – Junior
  • 93 Roy Philon – Redshirt Junior
  • 94 Lorenzo Mauldin – Sophomore
  • 98 Dominique Dishmon – Redshirt Freshman
  • 99 Jamaine Brooks – Redshirt Sophomore

Defensive backs

  • 8 Gerod Holliman – Freshman
  • 15 Andrew Johnson – Sophomore
  • 18 Titus Teague – Reshirt Junior
  • 19 Terell Floyd – Sophomore
  • 21 Adrian Bushell – Redshirt Senior
  • 22 Jordan Paschal – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 25 Calvin Pryor – Sophomore
  • 26 Zed Evans – Reshirt Junior
  • 27 Jermaine Reve – Redshirt Freshman
  • 29 Hakeem Smith – Reshirt Junior
  • 30 Anthony Branch – Redshirt Junior
  • 41 Stephan Robinson – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 45 Mitchell Nelson – Redshirt Freshman
  

Linebackers

  • 1 Keith Brown – Freshman
  • 2 Preston Brown – Junior
  • 13 James Burgess – Freshman
  • 24 Daniel Brown – Redshirt Senior
  • 27 Mike Adessa – Redshirt Junior
  • 31 Champ Lee – Reshirt Junior
  • 32 Alex Witcpalek – Reshirt Junior
  • 34 George Durant – Reshirt Junior
  • 37 Tyon Dixon – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 38 Thaddeus Franklin – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 40 Chris Zelli – Reshirt Senior
  • 42 Jalen Harrington – Reshirt Freshman
  • 43 Deon Rogers – Junior

Special teams

  • 18 Matthew Nakatani – Redshirt Sophomore (K)
  • 33 Grant Donovan – Redshirt Sophomore (LS)
  • 35 Andrew Fletcher – Redshirt Freshman (K)
  • 38 Ryan Johnson – Redshirt Sophomore (P)
  • 45 John Wallace – Redshirt Freshman (P/K)

Head coach

Assistant coaches

  • Shawn Watson – Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach
  • Vance Bedford – Defensive coordinator
  • Kenny Carter – Special teams coordinator/running backs coach
  • Dave Borbely – Offensive line coach
  • Ron Dugans – Wide receivers coach
  • Clint Hurtt – Recruiting doordinator/defensive line coach
  • Brian Jean-Mary – Linebackers coach
  • Larry Slade – Secondary coach
  • Pat Moorer – Strength and conditioning coach

[2]

References

  1. ^ "Coaches/Staff". Louisville Athletics. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  2. ^ "University of Louisville Official Athletic Site – Football". www.uoflsports.com. Archived from the original on February 21, 2011.
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