1986 Louisville Cardinals football team

1986 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1986 Louisville Cardinals football
1986 Louisville Cardinals football
Conference	Independent
1986 record	3–8
Head coach	Howard Schnellenberger (2nd season);
Home stadium	Cardinal Stadium; (Capacity: 36,103)
	Seasons ← 1985 1987 →

The 1986 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cardinals, led by second-year head coach Howard Schnellenberger, participated as independents and played their home games at Cardinal Stadium.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	L 0-23	72,822
September 13	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 0-21	35,126
September 20	Western Kentucky	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	W 45-6	34,144
September 27	Memphis State	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY (rivalry)	W 34-8	30,801
October 4	at Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH (The Keg of Nails)	L 17-24	16,317
October 18	at Boston College	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	L 7-41	28,105
October 25	Florida State	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	L 18-54	22,822
November 1	Rutgers	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	L 0-41	20,165
November 8	at Tulane	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	W 23-12	22,108
November 15	West Virginia	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	L 19-42	21,834
November 22	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	L 16-31	11,231	^[1]
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "Failing to think puts U of L over brink, Southern Miss rolls". The Courier-Journal. November 23, 1986. Retrieved March 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1986 Louisville Cardinals Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
^ "Louisville - 2018 Football Media Guide - page 204". www.guide.provations.com. University of Louisville. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
^ "Louisville - 2018 Football Media Guide - page 194". www.guide.provations.com. University of Louisville. Retrieved January 14, 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 2022

1986 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Penn State		–		–		12	–	0	–	0
No. 2 Miami (FL)		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
No. 20 Virginia Tech		–		–		9	–	2	–	1
No. 19 Boston College		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
Tulsa		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Florida State		–		–		7	–	4	–	1
Army		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Temple		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		–		5	–	5	–	1
Rutgers		–		–		5	–	5	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Syracuse		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
South Carolina		–		–		3	–	6	–	2
Tulane		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
West Virginia		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Louisville		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Navy		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Wichita State		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
East Carolina		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Northern Illinois		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Memphis State		–		–		1	–	10	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll