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NCAA Football Team History - Louisville
Cardinals - History
Alma Mater
- by Jimmy Powell and John Young
We thy loyal sons now stand
To sing thy highest praise.
With deepest rev'rence in our hearts
For these our college days.
Thy honor true we all defend
'Tis known we love thee well.
Our thought for years to come will be
Of thee our U of L!
"Fight! U of L"
- by R.B. Griffin
Fight now for victory and show them
How we sure will win this game
Fight on you Card'nals and prove to them
That we deserve our fame.
Rah, Rah, Rah!
Roll up the score now and beat the foe
So we can give a yell
With a FIGHT! give them all you've got
For we are with you U of L.
"All Hail U of L"
- by Alan Greener
All hail to thee our U of L
As we stand up for her fame.
All hail to thee our U of L
As we fight to win this game.
Sing praises for a victory,
We wish our heroes well.
All hail the Cardinal Spirit.
All hail our U of L!
GO CARDS!
Cardinal Bird
The University of Louisville's athletic symbol, chosen
sometime after 1913, is a Cardinal. The Cardinal bird was
chosen to give U of L statewide identification, since the
Cardinal is the state bird of Kentucky.
School Colors
The school colors, cardinal red, black and white, were
adopted at the suggestion of Mrs. John L. Patterson.
Recent Bowl Games -
In the only bowl game of the 2000 season that featured a
pair of conference champions, the Mountain West champs -
the Colorado State Rams bulled their way to a 22-17 win
over the Louisville Cardinals, Conference USA champions.
More than 25,000 U of L fans braved wind chills in the
single digits and saw the Cardinals jump out to a 10-3 lead
early in the second quarter. Sophomore quarterback Dave
Ragone connected with little-used wide reeiver Damien
Dorsey on a 58-yard scoring play and got tree more from
the right foot of placekicker Nate Smith.
The Rams battled back late in the first half getting a
pair of touchdowns
on the ground from Cecil Sapp and Frank Rice. Sapp would
go
on to earn game MVP honors after a 160-yard performance.
Armed with a 16-10 halftime lead, the Rams would bump the
score to
19-10 after the second of three C.W. Hurst field goals,
a 21-yarder early
in the third quarter.
U of L pulled within two at 19-17 when Ragone connected
with
Deion Branch on a 14-yard scoring play with 13:35 left in
the game.
For the day, Ragone completed 24 of 37 throws for 321 yards
in
winds up to 30 miles per hour. Branch set a Liberty Bowl
record with 10
receptions for 170 yards and a score.
The Cards outgained CSU 397-315 in total offense but proved
to be
their own worst enemy by fumbling three times on the bitterly
frigid
afternoon.
CSU closed the scoring with a 32-yard Hurst field goal
with 7:43
remaining as the Cardinals were forced to play the final
15 minutes into
the teeth of the howling winds.
The No. 23-ranked Cardinals made an impressive statement
to cap one of the most successful seasons in school history
with a 22-10 pounding of No. 19 Brigham Young in the AXA
Liberty Bowl.
The Louisville defense, ranked 10th in the nation in points
allowed, held the nationís highest scoring offense
(46.8 points per game) 14 points below its previous low.
So it was only fitting that the Cardinal defense came up
with
the biggest play of the game. Zek Parker had returned the
opening kickoff 70 yards to the BYU 22 to set up the Cardsí
first score, with Henry Miller carrying it in from the one
yard line.
Then the Cougars scored on a trick play, a lateral to
lineman Dustin
Rykert for a 10-yard touchdown to make it 7-7 midway through
the second
quarter. With just 2:18 remaining in the first half, BYU
had the ball on its
own 40 on a fourth-and-five. The Cougars faked the punt,
but the Cards
were ready.
Linebacker Rod Day stopped Ned Stearns for no gain and
the momentum sparked the Louisville offense. After U of
L took over, Dave Ragone completed two passes to tight end
Ronnie Ghent, the second of which put the Cards a half-yard
from the goal line. Two plays later Ragone hit tight end
Chip Mattingly to make it 14-7 at the half. The Cards were
still in control after a BYU field goal on their opening
drive of the second half. Deion Branch had three catches
in the next Cardinal drive, including a 34-yard touchdown
that put Louisville ahead 21-10 with 4:15 remaining in the
third quarter. Junior safety Curry Burns had one of the
best games of his career with nine solo tackles and two
pass break-ups. He capped it with an interception and a
29-yard return to the Louisville 46. That set up the score
that broke BYUís back. The Cards held BYU to a season-low
276 yards and forced three
turnovers. Ragone spread the ball effectively and capitalized
on big plays by the defense. The victory was Smithís
first in a bowl game after four losses.
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