2015 Louisville Cardinals football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 Football 2015 Louisville Cardinals Louisville Cardinals text logo.svg Atlantic Coast Conference Atlantic Division ACC 8–5 5–3 Bobby Petrino 6th Garrick McGee 2nd Todd Grantham 2nd Multiple 3–4 Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Music City Bowl champion Music City Bowl W 27–21 vs. Texas A&M The 2015 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinals were led by sixth-year head coach Bobby Petrino, who began his second stint at Louisville in 2014 season after eight years away. The team played its 18th season at its current home of Papa John's Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky. They competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference in the Atlantic Division. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in ACC play to finish in third place in the Atlantic Division. They were invited to the Music City Bowl where they defeated Texas A&M. Personnel Coaching staff Name Position Seasons atLouisville Alma mater Before LouisvilleBobby PetrinoHead coach6Carroll College (1983) Western Kentucky – Head coach (2014)Garrick McGee Offensive coordinator / quarterbacks coach / assistant head coach 2 Oklahoma (1996) UAB – Head coach (2013) Todd Grantham Defensive coordinator / outside linebackers coach 2 Virginia Tech (1988) Georgia – Defensive coordinator (2013) Greg Brown Safeties Coach / recruiting coordinator 2 UTEP (1980) Alabama – Safeties Coach (2013) Terrell Buckley Cornerbacks coach 2 Florida State (1991) Akron – Cornerbacks Coach (2013) Tony Grantham Inside linebackers coach / special teams coordinator 2 Radford (2000) Navy – Outside linebackers coach (2013) Chris Klenakis Offensive line coach / running game coordinator 2 Nevada (1992) Iowa State – Offensive line coach (2013) L.D. Scott Defensive line coach 2 Louisville (2009) Western Kentucky – Defensive ends coach (2013) Kolby Smith Running backs coach 2 Louisville (2006) Western Kentucky – Running backs coach (2013) Lamar Thomas Wide receivers coach 2 Miami (1992) Western Kentucky – Wide receivers coach (2013) Joe Miday Director of strength and conditioning 1 Marshall (2008) Western Kentucky – Director of strength and conditioning (2013) Scott Wilks Assistant director of strength and conditioning 2 Marshall (2009) Western Kentucky – Assistant director of strength and conditioning (2013) Andrew Wagner Director of football operations 2 Butler (1999) Western Kentucky – Director of football operations (2013) Roster 2015 Louisville Cardinals FootballQuarterbacks  7 Reggie Bonnafon – sophomore (6'3, 209)  8 Lamar Jackson – freshman (6'3, 196) * 11 Will Gardner – 10px|Redshirt junior (6'5, 220) 13 Ethan Horton – sophomore (6'0, 208) 14 Kyle Bolin – 10px|Redshirt sophomore (6'2, 208) Running backs  4 Corvin Lamb – 10px|Redshirt senior (5'9, 208) 12 Trey Smith – freshman (6'0, 215) * 23 Brandon Radcliff – 10px|Redshirt junior (5'9, 214) 27 L. J. Scott – sophomore (6'0, 226) 31 Mitchell Allen – freshman (5'9, 191) * 31 Darius Skinner – 10px|Redshirt senior (5'7, 190) 33 Malin Jones – junior (6'0, 225) 34 Jeremy Smith – sophomore (6'2, 225) * Fullbacks 37 Conner Kronk – sophomore (5'11, 220) 39 Griffin Uhl – 10px|Redshirt junior (6'2, 264) Wide receivers  1 Alphonso Carter – sophomore (6'3, 205)  2 Jamari Staples – junior (6'4, 195) *  3 Pat Thomas – junior (6'4, 190)  9 Traveon Samuel – freshman (5'7, 175) 17 James Quick – junior (6'1, 191) 19 Ja'Quay Savage – senior (6'3, 214) 26 Jalen Washington – freshman (5'7, 177) 38 Chris Miele – 10px|Redshirt sophomore (6'2, 190) 81 Emonee Spence – freshman (6'3, 194) * 82 Dontez Byrd – 10px|Redshirt sophomore (5'11, 170) 84 Gio Pascascio – junior (6'3, 185) 85 Cody Swabek – 10px|Redshirt freshman (6'1, 168) 86 Devonte Peete – freshman (6'6, 203) * 87 Jaylen Smith – freshman (6'4, 184) * 88 Javonte Bagley – sophomore (6'3, 192) Tight ends 18 Cole Hikutini – junior (6'5, 240) * 42 Tyler Polston – sophomore (6'2, 240) 44 Paul Logsdon – sophomore (6'3, 210) 80 Charles Standberry – sophomore (6'3, 226) 83 Micky Crum – 10px|Redshirt freshman (6'4, 257) 89 Keith Towbridge – junior (6'5, 261)  Offensive linemen 50 Khalil Hunter – junior (6'4, 300) * 54 Kevin Austin – sophomore (6'3, 307) 56 Kiola Mahoni – sophomore (6'3, 300) * 60 Tyler Haycraft – freshman (6'3, 269) 61 Tobijah Hughley – 10px|Redshirt junior (6'3, 289) 62 T.C. Klusman – 10px|Redshirt junior (6'3, 275) 63 Nathan Scheler – freshman (6'1, 270) 64 Gabe Ahner – 10px|Redshirt junior (6'3, 289) 65 Luke Schultheiss – sophomore (6'1, 284) 68 Danny Burns – 10px|Redshirt freshman (6'6, 303) 70 Toriano Roundtree – sophomore (6'8, 305) 71 Chandler Jones – freshman (6'4, 300) * 72 Lukayus McNeil – 10px|Redshirt freshman (6'6, 313) 73 Pedro Sibiea – 10px|Redshirt junior (6'3, 300) 74 Geron Christian – freshman (6'6, 320) * 75 Skylar Lacy – 10px|Redshirt sophomore (6'6, 306) 76 Kelby Johnson – senior (6'7, 297) 78 Aaron Epps – 10px|Redshirt senior (6'7, 288) 79 Kenny Thomas Jr. – freshman (6'6, 320) Defensive line 14 Drew Bailey – junior (6'5, 285) * 44 Pio Vatuvei – DE – senior (6'2, 296) 59 Aaron Ahner – DT – 10px|Redshirt senior (6'3, 275) 90 Johnny Richardson – DE – 10px|Redshirt sophomore (6'3, 322) 94 G.G. Robinson – DT – freshman (6'4, 290) * 95 Kyle Shortridge – DT – 10px|Redshirt sophomore (6'2, 305) 97 DeAngelo Brown – DT – 10px|Redshirt junior (6'1, 308) 98 Sheldon Rankins – DE – senior (6'2, 303) Kickers 32 Blaton Creque – freshman (5'11, 170) 35 Anthony George – 10px|Redshirt junior (6'1, 190) 47 Jon Brown – sophomore (5'10, 202) Long snappers 46 Brendan Lowery – freshman (5'11, 205) 49 Colin Holba – 10px|Redshirt junior (6'5, 233) Punters 29 Mason King – freshman (6'3, 175) 40 Joshua Appleby – senior (6'3, 222) 45 John Wallace – 10px|Redshirt senior (6'0, 190) Linebackers  1 Keith Brown – 10px|Redshirt junior (6'1, 237) 13 James Burgess – senior (6'0, 229) 32 Stacy Thomas – 10px|Redshirt sophomore (6'1, 225) 42 Isaac Stewart – 10px|Redshirt freshman (6'2, 236) 43 Damien Smith – freshman (6'1, 215) 46 Lamar Atkins – 10px|Redshirt junior (5'11, 236) 48 Tim Bonner – freshman (6'4, 215) * 51 Royce Donovan – 10px|Redshirt junior (6'2, 224) 52 Nick Dawson-Brents – 10px|Redshirt junior (6'3, 265) 53 Amonte Caban – freshman (6'1, 226) * 55 Keith Kelsey – junior (6'1, 236) 57 Finesse Middleton – 10px|Redshirt sophomore (6'0, 242) 58 Jonathan Greenard – freshman (6'4, 226) * 91 Trevon Young – senior (6'4, 229) 92 Devonte Fields – junior (6'4, 245) * 96 Henry Famurewa – OLB – sophomore (6'2, 245) 99 James Hearns – 10px|Redshirt sophomore (6'3, 257) Cornerbacks  3 Cornelius Sturghill – 10px|Redshirt freshman (5'11, 186)  6 Shaq Wiggins – sophomore (5'10, 171) 10 Jaire Alexander – freshman (5'11, 170) * 15 Trumaine Washington – sophomore (5'10, 183) 21 Devontre Parnell – 10px|Redshirt junior (5'11, 184) 24 Zykiesis Cannon – sophomore (6'0, 195) 26 Duke Culver – sophomore (6'0, 186) 34 George Clements – senior (6'1, 185) 39 Aaron Floyd – freshman (5'10, 172) 41 Kevin Elijah – junior (5'7, 156) 24 Kevon Dunbar – DB – freshman (6'1, 192) 39 John Stitch – DB – junior (5'10, 185) Safeties  5 Khane Pass – freshman (6'1, 200) * 11 Dee Smith – freshman (6'1, 200) * 22 Chucky Williams – 10px|Redshirt sophomore (6'2, 204) 25 Josh Harvey-Clemons – junior (6'5, 230) 27 Jermaine Reve – 10px|Redshirt senior (6'0, 192) 28 Terrence Ross – 10px|Redshirt sophomore (6'1, 208) 36 Kevin Houchins – 10px|Redshirt junior (5'11, 201) * : 2015 Louisville Cardinals Football Signed Schedule Louisville announced their 2015 football schedule on January 29, 2015. The 2015 schedule consist of six home games, five away games and one neutral site game in the regular season. The Cardinals will host ACC foes Boston College, Clemson, Syracuse, and Virginia, and will travel to Florida State, NC State, Pittsburgh, and Wake Forest.http://www.gocards.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/012915aaa.html Cardinals Release 2015 Football Schedule University of Louisville Department of Athletics January 29, 2015 April 12, 2015 2015 AP Poll released prior to game Eastern September 5 3:30 p.m. l y y Auburn 6 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA CBS 24–31 73,927 September 12 12:00 p.m. l y Houston Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY ACCRSN 31–34 50,019 September 17 Thursday 7:30 p.m. l Clemson 11 Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY ESPN 17–20 55,396 September 26 6:00 p.m. w y Samford Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY ESPN3 45–3 50,121 October 3 12:30 p.m. w y NC State Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC ACCN 20–13 56,417 October 17 12:00 p.m. l y Florida State 11 Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL ESPN 21–41 71,225 October 24 12:30 p.m. w y Boston College Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY ACCN 17–14 41,486 October 30 Friday 7:00 p.m. w y Wake Forest BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC ESPN2 20–19 24,922 November 7 12:30 p.m. w Syracuse Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY ACCN 41–17 46,158 November 14 12:30 p.m. w Virginia Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY ACCRSN 38–31 51,233 November 21 3:45 p.m. l y Pittsburgh Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA ESPNews 34–45 42,119 November 28 12:00 p.m. w y y Kentucky Governor's Cup Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY SECN 38–24 62,512 December 30 7:00 p.m. w y y Texas A&M Music City Bowl Nissan Stadium Nashville, TN ESPN 27–21 50,478 Schedule source:2015 Louisville Cardinals Football Schedule http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-15/acc/2015-louisville-cardinals-football-schedule.php FB Schedules April 12, 2015 References Louisville Category:Louisville Cardinals football seasons Category:Music City Bowl champion seasons Louisville Cardinals football Category:2015 in Louisville, Kentucky