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LOUISVILLE CARDINALS FOOTBALL Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014 • 3:30 p.m. • Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium • 55,000 • Louisville, Ky. • ESPNU BROADCAST INFORMATION Television: ESPNU PBP: Clay Matvick Analyst: Anthony Becht Louisville (3-1, 1-1 ACC) WAKE FOREST (2-2, 0-0 C-USA) Radio: Learfield Sports Network CARDINALS DEMON DEACONS PBP: Paul Rogers Analyst: Craig Swabek The Overview Head Coaches Sideline: Doug Ormay After two straight road games, the University of Louisville Bobby Petrino - Louisville: Bobby Petrino improved to 44- Sirius: Channel 108 returns home to face Wake Forest on Sept. 27, at 3:30 p.m. The 10 in his five seasons at Louisville and 86-31 in his seasons XM: Channel 193 game will be carried live on ESPNU. as a collegiate head coach. He guided the Cardinals to a 41-9 Louisville improved to 3-1 overall with an impressive 34-3 record from 2003-06, which included a Conference USA title SPORTS INFORMATION victory over FIU in Miami, Fla. after delaying the start of the in 2004 and a BIG EAST championship in 2006. The Cardinals Assistant Sports Information Director/FB Contact: game for over an hour. defeated Wake Forest in the school’s BCS appearance in 2007. Rocco Gasparro (502-262-2258; [email protected]) Sophomore quarterback Will Gardner threw for a career- Sr. Associate AD for Sports Information: Kenny Klein (502-852-6581; [email protected]) high 295 yards and a pair of scores, while Gerod Holliman Dave Clawson - Wake Forest: Dave Clawson heads into his Program Assistant: Kathy Tronzo (502-852-6581; Kathy@ led the defense with a pair of interceptions, returning one for first season as head football coach at Wake Forest in 2014. GoCards.com) a touchdown. The head coach at Bowling Green State University for the Coordinator of Photography: Michelle Hutchins The Cardinals scored on the first drive of the game when past five seasons, Clawson led the Falcons to the 2013 Mid- Cardinals On the Web: GoCards.com/football freshman L.J. Scott scored from a yard out. Gardner kept American Conference championship on Dec. 6, 2013 with a Twitter: twitter.com/UofLFootball the drive going when he connected with senior Dominique 47-27 win over No. 16 Northern Illinois. Facebook: www.Facebook.com/LouisvilleFootball Brown for nine yards on fourth down. Sophomore wide re- ceiver James Quick scored the next two touchdowns, racing Against the ACC COACHING STAFF 74 yards for a score and adding a 37-yard scoring reception just The Cardinals are playing their first season as members of the ON THE FIELD 45 seconds later to put the Cardinals ahead 28-3 at the half. Atlantic Coast Conference. Louisville bolsters a 34-49-1 on- Bobby Petrino Head Coach Quick finished the game with seven receptions for a career- field mark against the current 14-team football alignment of Garrick McGee Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks the ACC after the season-opening 31-13 win over Miami on high 174 yards and pair of touchdowns. Todd Grantham Defeensive Coordinator/OLB Sept. 1. The Cardinals have played all but two of the ACC’s Junior placekicker John Wallace closed the scoring for the Chris Klenakis Offensive Line football schools (Georgia Tech & Clemson) and their first ACC Lamar Thomas Wide Receivers Cardinals when he hit a 40-yard field goal and a 33-yarder late opponent was Miami on Nov. 11, 1933, a 33-7 win for the L.D. Scott Defensive Line in the third quarter. He is a prefect 4-for-4 on field goal at- Hurricanes. The Cardinals will play Clemson for the first time tempts this season. in school history on Oct. 11. Louisville dropped its last game IN THE BOOTH The Louisville defense was stellar, holding the opposition against an ACC foe, falling to Virginia 23-21 on Sept. 13. Syra- Greg Brown Safeties under 300 yards for the fourth -straight game, limiting FIU to cuse is the last ACC school to defeat the Cardinals in 2012. Tony Grantham Special Teams/Inside Linebackers a field goal and just 205 yards of total offense. Louisville lim- Here how the Cardinals have fared versus ACC competition: Kolby Smith Running Backs ited FIU to just 117 yards passing and Holliman added to his Boston College 3-3; Clemson; Duke 1-0; Florida State 2-12; Miami (Fla.) 3-9-1; North Carolina 4-3; North Carolina natioal-leading interception total with five. State 3-1; Pittsburgh 8-8; Syracuse 6-6; Virginia 1-2; Virginia Louisville 2014 Schedule/Results Wake Forest improved to 2-2 overall with a 24-21 win over Tech 2-5; Wake Forest 1-0. (3-1, 1-1 ACC) Army in Winston-Salem, N.C. The Demon Deacons trailed 21- Date Opponent Score 14 in the third quarter before Wake answered with 10 fourth- History with North Carolina Sept. 1 Miami* (ESPN) W, 31-13 quarter points to secure the win. Quarterback John Wolford Sept. 6 Murray State (ESPN3) W, 66-21 The Cardinals are 14-8 against teams from the state of North connected on 25-of-35 passes for 238 yards and two scores Sept. 13 at Virginia* (ACC Net) L, 21-23 Carolina , and are facing a team from the Tar Heel State for versus Army. Sept. 20 at FIU (FoxSports1) W, 34-3 the first time since defeating North Carolina 39-35 during the Sept. 27 Wake Forest* (ESPNU) 3:30 p.m. 2012 season. The Cardinals are 6-4 versus East Carolina; 4-3 The Series Oct. 3 at Syracuse* (ESPN) 7 p.m. against North Carolina; 3-1 versus NC State and 1-0 against Saturday’s game will be the second football meeting between Oct. 11 at Clemson* TBA West Carolina. Oct. 18 NC State* TBA Wake Forest and Louisville, and the first since the Orange Bowl Oct. 30 Florida State* (ESPN) 7:30 p.m. during head coach Bobby Petrino’s first stint with the Cardi- Next Up Nov. 8 at Boston College* TBA nals. The Cardinals defeated the Demon Deacons 24-13 in the The Cardinals will have a short week as they continue play in Nov. 22 at Notre Dame (NBC) 3:30 p.m. 2007 FedEx Orange Bowl in the only meeting between the Nov. 29 Kentucky TBA the ACC with a visit to Syracuse for a game on Friday, Oct. 3, at two schools. Brian Brohm was named the Orange Bowl MVP *ACC Game 7:30 p.m. on ESPN. It will be the first meeting since the two after throwing for 311 yards and Anthony Allen scored a pair of former BIG EAST rivals met in 2012. touchdowns to lead the Cardinals to their first BCS win. Louisville Football GoCards.com — 1 LOUISVILLE GAME WEEK MEDIA SERVICES SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Game Notes Bobby Petrino Press Offensive Players and ACC Media Head coach Bobby Petrino No availability available at 7 p.m. Conference at 1:30 p.m. coaches Teleconference at 11 a.m. available available following following practice practice Defensive Players & coaches available following practice Bobby Petrino Radio Show at Tumbleweed LOUISVILLE MEDIA SERVICES WHO TO CONTACT 2014 Media Schedule Thank you for your interest in covering University of Louis- LOUISVILLE SPORTS INFORMATION Note: The schedule will adjust the weeks of Louisville’s Thurs- ville football. The University of Louisville Sports Information Office has produced the 2014 football media guide to assist you in the Main Office Number: 502.852.6581 day and Friday night games this season. Head coach Bobby coverage of the Cardinals. Please feel free to contact any member Fax: 502.852.7401 Petrino’s weekly press conference will always take place on of our staff with questions, requests or concerns. We look forward 2100 S. Floyd St. Monday at 1:30 p.m. to working with you during the 2014 football season. Louisville, Ky. 40208 Mondays ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Rocco Gasparro n Game notes will be available on GoCards.com. Football Contact Football media services are coordinated by Assistant Director for n Bobby Petrino’s weekly press conference begins at 1:30 p.m. Email: [email protected] Sports Information Rocco Gasparro. Please direct interview infor- Office: 502-852.0102 mation and photo requests to Gasparro. Gasparro’s office is located Cell: 502.262.2258 Tuesdays on the second floor of the Swain Student Activity Center. The main n Offensive coordinator Garrick McGee, offensive coaches and Sports Information Office is located on the second floor of the SAC. Kenny Klein players available to the media following practice. Credentials WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE Email: [email protected] Wednesdays Head coach Bobby Petrino hosts a weekly press conference Office: 502.852.6581 n ACC Weekly Teleconference (10:30 a.m. to 12:50 p.m.) with selected players each Monday at 1:30 p.m. in the Recruiting n ACC Satellite Feed (See information below) Lounge of the Howard Schnellenberger Football Complex. Lunch CREDENTIALS n Bobby Petrino Radio Show (7 p.m. to 8 p.m.) will be served at 1 p.m. If media has a specific player request for We have adopted the Sports Systems service to apply for credentials the press conference, please let Rocco Gasparro know at 502-852- for football and men’s basketball events, both season and single-game Thursday 0102 or by email at [email protected] before Monday. requests. It is similar to the system used for NCAA Championships and n Head Coach Bobby Petrino available after practice If a player has a class conflict, another time can be arranged. The bowl games and by other universities.