# 2022 Louisville Cardinals football team

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. 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.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 3 | 8:00 p.m. | at Syracuse | | JMA Wireless DomeSyracuse, NY | ACCN Drew Carter, Tim Hasselbeck, Kelsey Riggs | L 7–31 | 37,110 |
| September 9 | 7:30 p.m. | at UCF* | | FBC Mortgage StadiumOrlando, FL | ESPN2 Roy Philpott, Andre Ware, Paul Carcaterra | W 20–14 | 44,412 |
| September 16 | 7:30 p.m. | Florida State | | Cardinal StadiumLouisville, KY | ESPN Roy Philpott, Andre Ware, Paul Carcaterra | L 31–35 | 46,459 |
| September 24 | 12:00 p.m. | South Florida* | | Cardinal StadiumLouisville, KY | ACCRSN Bob Rathbun, Charles Arbuckle, Lyndsay Rowley | W 41–3 | 41,217 |
| October 1 | 12:00 p.m. | at Boston College | | Alumni StadiumChestnut Hill, MA | ACCN Chris Cotter, Mark Herzlich, Lericia Harris | L 33–34 | 38,517 |
| October 8 | 12:00 p.m | at Virginia | | Scott StadiumCharlottesville, VA | ACCN Chris Cotter, Mark Herzlich, Lericia Harris | W 34–17 | 38,009 |
| October 22 | 8:00 p.m. | Pittsburgh | | Cardinal StadiumLouisville, KY | ACCN Wes Durham, Tim Hasselbeck, Kelsey Riggs | W 24–10 | 41,840 |
| October 29 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 10 Wake Forest | | Cardinal StadiumLouisville, KY | ACCN Bill Roth, Eric Mac Lain, Taylor Davis | W 48–21 | 39,503 |
| November 5 | 7:30 p.m. | James Madison* | | Cardinal StadiumLouisville, KY | ESPNU Drew Carter, Mike Glennon | W 34–10 | 42,157 |
| November 12 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 10 Clemson | | Memorial StadiumClemson, SC | ESPN Wes Durham, Rod Gilmore, Tiffany Blackmon | L 16–31 | 80,176 |
| November 19 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 24 NC State | | Cardinal StadiumLouisville, KY | ACCRSN Evan Lepler, Roddy Jones, Rebecca Fiorentino | W 25–10 | 38,974 |
| November 26 | 3:00 p.m. | at Kentucky* | No. 25 | Kroger FieldLexington, KY (Governor's Cup) | SECN Dave Neal, Deuce McCallister, Andraya Carter | L 13–26 | 58,727 |
| December 17 | 11:30 a.m. | vs. Cincinnati* | | Fenway ParkBoston, MA (The Keg of Nails, Fenway Bowl) | ESPN/Bowl Season Radio Chris Cotter, Mark Herzlich, Kelsey Riggs/Travis Jones, John Denton, David Beaudin | W 24–7 | 15,000 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||||

## Game summaries
### At Syracuse

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Orange | 10 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 31 |

### At UCF

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Knights | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Cardinals | 7 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 20 |

### Florida State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Seminoles | 14 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
| Cardinals | 14 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 31 |

### South Florida

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Cardinals | 14 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 41 |

### At Boston College

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 7 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 33 |
| Eagles | 7 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 34 |

### At Virginia

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 0 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 34 |
| Cavaliers | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 |

### Pittsburgh

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Panthers | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Cardinals | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 24 |

### No. 10 Wake Forest

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 10 Demon Deacons | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Cardinals | 6 | 7 | 35 | 0 | 48 |

### James Madison

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Dukes | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Cardinals | 7 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 34 |

### At No. 10 Clemson

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| No. 10 Tigers | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 31 |

### No. 24 NC State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 24 Wolfpack | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Cardinals | 0 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 25 |

### At Kentucky

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 25 Cardinals | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| Wildcats | 7 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 26 |

### Vs. Cincinnati–Fenway Bowl

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| Bearcats | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
| AP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | — | RV | — | — | RV |
| Coaches | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | — | RV | — | — | RV |
| CFP | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | Not released |