2022 Louisville Cardinals football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 2022

| team = Louisville Cardinals

| sport = Football

| image = Louisville Cardinals wordmark.svg

| image_size =

| conference = Atlantic Coast Conference

| division = Atlantic Division

| short_conf = ACC

| CFPRank =

| record = 8–5

| conf_record = 4–4

| head_coach= Scott Satterfield

| hc_year = 4th

| hc_games = regular season

| head_coach2 = Deion Branch

| hc_games2 = interim; bowl game

| off_coach = Lance Taylor

| oc_year = 1st

| off_scheme = Spread option

| def_coach = Bryan Brown

| dc_year = 4th

| codef_coach1 = Wesley McGriff

| codc1_year = 1st

| def_scheme = 4–2–5

| captain =

| stadium = Cardinal Stadium

| champion= Fenway Bowl champion

| bowl = Fenway Bowl

| bowl_result = W 24–7 vs. Cincinnati

| uniform = 220px

}}

The 2022 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the team's fourth season under head coach Scott Satterfield. The Cardinals played their home games at Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky, and competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

On December 5, Satterfield announced he would be leaving Louisville to become the head coach at Cincinnati.{{cite news |title=Cincinnati Announces Scott Satterfield as Next Head Football Coach|last= |first= |date=December 5, 2022 |work=Cincinnati Bearcats |url=https://gobearcats.com/news/2022/12/5/cincinnati-announces-scott-satterfield-as-next-head-football-coach.aspx}} Director of player personal, Deion Branch, who played wide receiver for Louisville in 2000 and 2001, was named interim head coach for the Cardinals' bowl game.{{cite news |url=https://news.yahoo.com/deion-branch-retires-coaching-louisvilles-134105569.html |title=Deion Branch 'retires' from coaching after Louisville's Fenway Bowl win over Cincinnati |first=Alexis |last=Cubit |website=Louisville Courier Journal |via=Yahoo! |date=December 18, 2022 |accessdate=December 27, 2022}}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| timezone = Eastern

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 3

| time = 8:00 p.m.

| away = y

| opponent = Syracuse

| stadium = JMA Wireless Dome

| cityst = Syracuse, NY

| tv = ACCN

| w/l = l

| score = 7–31

| attend = 37,110

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = {{tooltip|September 9|Friday}}

| time = 7:30 p.m.

| away = y

| nonconf = y

| opponent = UCF

| stadium = FBC Mortgage Stadium

| cityst = Orlando, FL

| tv = ESPN2

| w/l = w

| score = 20–14

| attend = 44,412

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = {{tooltip|September 16|Friday}}

| time = 7:30 p.m.

| opponent = Florida State

| stadium = Cardinal Stadium

| cityst = Louisville, KY

| tv = ESPN

| w/l = l

| score = 31–35

| attend = 46,459

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 24

| time = 12:00 p.m.

| nonconf = y

| opponent = South Florida

| stadium = Cardinal Stadium

| cityst = Louisville, KY

| tv = ACCRSN

| w/l = w

| score = 41–3

| attend = 41,217

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 1

| time = 12:00 p.m.

| away = y

| opponent = Boston College

| stadium = Alumni Stadium

| cityst = Chestnut Hill, MA

| tv = ACCN

| w/l = l

| score = 33–34

| attend = 38,517

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 8

| time = 12:00 p.m

| away = y

| rank =

| opponent = Virginia

| stadium = Scott Stadium

| cityst = Charlottesville, VA

| tv = ACCN

| w/l = w

| score = 34–17

| attend = 38,009

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 22

| time = 8:00 p.m.

| rank =

| opponent = Pittsburgh

| stadium = Cardinal Stadium

| cityst = Louisville, KY

| tv = ACCN

| w/l = w

| homecoming = y

| score = 24–10

| attend = 41,840

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 29

| time = 3:30 p.m.

| rank =

| opponent = Wake Forest

| opprank = 10

| stadium = Cardinal Stadium

| cityst = Louisville, KY

| tv = ACCN

| w/l = w

| score = 48–21

| attend = 39,503

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 5

| time = 7:30 p.m.

| nonconf = y

| rank =

| opponent = James Madison

| stadium = Cardinal Stadium

| cityst = Louisville, KY

| tv = ESPNU

| w/l = w

| score = 34–10

| attend = 42,157

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 12

| time = 3:30 p.m.

| away = y

| opprank = 10

| opponent = Clemson

| stadium = Memorial Stadium

| cityst = Clemson, SC

| tv = ESPN

| w/l = l

| score = 16–31

| attend = 80,176

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 19

| time = 3:30 p.m.

| opprank = 24

| opponent = NC State

| stadium = Cardinal Stadium

| cityst = Louisville, KY

| tv = ACCRSN

| w/l =w

| score =25–10

| attend = 38,974

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 26

| time = 3:00 p.m.

| away = y

| nonconf = y

| rank = 25

| opponent = Kentucky

| stadium = Kroger Field

| cityst = Lexington, KY

| gamename = Governor's Cup

| tv = SECN

| w/l = l

| score = 13–26

| attend = 58,727

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = December 17

| time = 11:30 a.m.

| neutral = y

| nonconf = y

{{Linescore Amfootball

|Road=Cardinals

|R1=7

|R2=14

|R3=3

|R4=0

|Home=Bearcats

|H1=0

|H2=7

|H3=0

|H4=0

}}

{{see also|2022 Cincinnati Bearcats football team|2022 Fenway Bowl}}

==Rankings==

{{NCAA Division I FBS CFP ranking movements

| year = {{2022}}

| finalpollweek = 15

| cfpfirstweek = 9

| AP_pre = NR

| coaches_pre = RV

| AP_1 =NR

| coaches_1 =NR

| AP_2 =NR

| coaches_2 =NR

| AP_3 =NR

| coaches_3 =NR

| AP_4 =NR

| coaches_4 =NR

| AP_5 =NR

| coaches_5 =NR

| AP_6 =NR

| coaches_6 =NR

| AP_7 =NR

| coaches_7 =NR

| AP_8 =NR

| coaches_8 =NR

| AP_9 =RV

| coaches_9 =RV

| cfp_9 =NR

| AP_10 =RV

| coaches_10 =RV

| cfp_10 =NR

| AP_11 =NR

| coaches_11 =NR

| cfp_11 =NR

| AP_12 =RV

| coaches_12 =RV

| cfp_12 =25

| AP_13 =NR

| coaches_13 =NR

| cfp_13 = NR

| AP_14 = NR

| coaches_14 = NR

| cfp_14 = NR

| AP_15 = RV

| coaches_15 = RV

}}

References

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