1983 Louisville Cardinals football team

1983 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1983 Louisville Cardinals football
1983 Louisville Cardinals football
Conference	Independent
1983 record	3–8
Head coach	Bob Weber (4th season);
Home stadium	Cardinal Stadium; (Capacity: 36,103)
	Seasons ← 1982 1984 →

The 1983 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cardinals, led by fourth-year head coach Bob Weber, participated as independents and played their home games at Cardinal Stadium.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	at No. 19 SMU	Texas Stadium Irving, TX	L 6–24	23,750
September 10	Western Kentucky	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	W 41–22	31,279
September 17	Army	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	W 31–7	27,454
September 24	Cincinnati	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	W 31–23	23,992
October 1	at Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 0–31	28,300
October 8	at No. 12 Miami (FL)	Orange Bowl Miami, FL	L 14–42	30,073
October 15	Pittsburgh	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	L 10–55	31,447
October 22	at Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 7–51	42,117
November 5	Southern Miss	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	L 3–27	17,064	^[1]
November 12	at Temple	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 7–24	3,021
November 24	Memphis State	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	L 7–45	9,574
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1983 Louisville Cardinals football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`5`	Dean May	Sr
QB	`10`	Ed Rubbert	Fr
RB	`27`	Lamar Cummings	Jr
FB	`31`	Ron Davenport	Jr
T	`76`	Tom Andrews	Sr
T	`77`	Pete McCartney	Sr
TE	`81`	Bruce Armstrong	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "Southern Miss deals Louisville 27–3 loss". The Courier-Journal. November 6, 1983. Retrieved March 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1983 Louisville Cardinals Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports–Reference.com. Retrieved March 22, 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Louisville – 2019 Football Media Guide – page 204". www.guide.provations.com. University of Louisville. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
^ "Louisville – 2018 Football Media Guide – page 194". www.guide.provations.com. University of Louisville. Retrieved March 22, 2019.

v t Louisville Cardinals football
Venues	High School Park (1912) Eclipse Park (1913–1916, 1921–1922) Parkway Field (1923–1948) DuPont Manual Stadium (1949) Parkway Field (1950–1956) Cardinal Stadium (1957–1997) Cardinal Stadium (1998–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Cincinnati (The Keg of Nails) Kentucky (Governor's Cup) Memphis
Culture & lore	Cardinal Bird Marching band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

1983 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Miami (FL)		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–		9	–	2	–	0
No. 19 Boston College		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
No. 16 West Virginia		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
No. 20 East Carolina		–		–		8	–	3	–	0
No. 18 Pittsburgh		–		–		8	–	3	–	1
Penn State		–		–		8	–	4	–	1
Southern Miss		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Memphis State		–		–		6	–	4	–	1
Florida State		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–		7	–	5	–	0
Syracuse		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
South Carolina		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–		4	–	6	–	0
Temple		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Tulane		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Louisville		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Navy		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Rutgers		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Army		–		–		2	–	9	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll