1973 Louisville Cardinals football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record5–6 (3–2 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumFairgrounds Stadium
1973 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Tulsa + 5 –1 –06 –5 –0
North Texas State + 5 –1 –05 –5 –1
Louisville 3 –2 –05 –6 –0
New Mexico State 3 –2 –05 –6 –0
Wichita State 2 –4 –04 –7 –0
Drake 1 –5 –02 –9 –0
West Texas State 1 –5 –02 –9 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1973 Louisville Cardinals football team was an American football team that represented the University of Louisville in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. In their first season under head coach T. W. Alley, the Cardinals compiled a 5–6 record (3–2 against conference opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 172 to 148.[1]

The team's statistical leaders included Len DePaola with 808 passing yards, Walter Peacock with 1,294 rushing yards and 60 points scored, and Dale Kaminski with 262 receiving yards.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8at Memphis State*
L 21–28
September 15at Kent State*
L 3–10
September 22at Drake
W 27–17
October 6Wichita State
W 24–1028,631[3]
October 13North Texas State
  • Fairgrounds Stadium
  • Louisville, KY
L 6–715,072[4]
October 20Mississippi State*
  • Fairgrounds Stadium
  • Louisville, KY
L 7–1819,004[5]
October 27Cincinnati*
W 10–8
November 3at Tulsa
L 9–1718,500
November 10Dayton*
  • Fairgrounds Stadium
  • Louisville, KY
L 9–10
November 17Furman*
  • Fairgrounds Stadium
  • Louisville, KY
W 35–145,118[6]
November 24at West Texas State
W 21–9
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ↑ "1973 Louisville Cardinals Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  2. ↑ "1973 Louisville Cardinals Statistics". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Cardinals top Wichita State". The Park City Daily News. October 7, 1973. Retrieved February 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "U of L offense bogs down, and North Texas wins 7–6". The Courier-Journal. October 14, 1973. Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Mississippi St. breezes past luckless FSU". The Miami Herald. October 14, 1973. Retrieved October 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Louisville tops Furman". Anderson Independent-Mail. November 18, 1973. Retrieved September 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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