1971 Louisville Cardinals football team

1971 Louisville Cardinals football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record6–3–1 (3–2 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumFairgrounds Stadium
1971 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Memphis State $ 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Louisville 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Tulsa 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
North Texas State 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Drake 2 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
West Texas State 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Wichita State 0 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
New Mexico State * 0 – 0 – 0 5 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – New Mexico State was ineligible for conference play, but its games against Drake, North Texas State, West Texas State, and Wichita State counted in the conference standings for its opponents. Drake's game against Tampa, Memphis State's games against Cincinnati and Southern Miss, and Tulsa's games against BYU and Virginia Tech were also designated as conference games.

The 1971 Louisville Cardinals football team was an American football team that represented the University of Louisville in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. In their third season under head coach Lee Corso, the Cardinals compiled a 6–3–1 record (3–2 against conference opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 190 to 111.[1]

The team's statistical leaders included John Madeya with 1,045 passing yards, Howard Stevens with 1,429 rushing yards and 78 points scored, and Gary Barnes with 404 receiving yards.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 188:32 p.m.at Vanderbilt*
T 0–018,700[3]
September 253:00 p.m.at Drake
L 7–1012,300[4]
October 28:00 p.m.Dayton*
W 41–1317,511[5]
October 9at Memphis State
W 26–2020,559[6]
October 168:30 p.m.at North Texas State
L 17–2012,000[7]
October 232:01 p.m.Wichita State
  • Fairgrounds Stadium
  • Louisville, KY
W 21–514,176[8]
October 307:30 p.m. No. 10 Tampa*
  • Fairgrounds Stadium
  • Louisville, KY
W 21–1017,341[9]
November 62:30 p.m.at Tulsa
W 17–014,000[10]
November 132:00 p.m.Southern Illinois*
  • Fairgrounds Stadium
  • Louisville, KY
W 24–1410,100[11]
November 272:00 p.m.Cincinnati*
L 16–1910,132[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[13]

References

  1. ^ "1971 Louisville Cardinals Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  2. ^ "1971 Louisville Cardinals Statistics". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  3. ^ "U of L bullies Vandy, gets 0–0 for effort". The Courier-Journal. September 19, 1971. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "U of L too late with TD drive, streak ends at 9". The Courier-Journal. September 26, 1971. Retrieved September 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Breakthrough by Louisville". The Des Moines Register. October 3, 1971. Retrieved September 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Louisville edges Memphis State". The Miami Herald. October 10, 1971. Retrieved September 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "North Texas upsets Louisville 20–17". Lexington Herald-Leader. October 17, 1971. Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Cards crush Wichita, 21–5". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 24, 1971. Retrieved September 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Louisville rips Tampa, 21–10". The Indianapolis Star. October 31, 1971. Retrieved September 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Louisville chains Tulsa, 17–0". Denton Record-Chronicle. November 7, 1971. Retrieved September 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Thunderbolt Howard Stevens leads Louisville to 24–12 win over SIU". The Paducah Sun-Democrat. November 14, 1971. Retrieved September 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Cincinnati turns back Louisville by 19–16". The Park City Daily News. November 28, 1971. Retrieved September 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Schedule/Results (1971 Louisville)". NCAA Statistics. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
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