Louisville Cardinals CFB Week 14 Betting Lines
Head coach Jeff Brohm and the Louisville Cardinals are bowl-bound for the second straight year. Since his arrival, Brohm has improved his alma mater and made it one of the most dangerous programs in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Even when Louisville lost, it was in one-score games to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, SMU Mustangs, and Miami Hurricanes. This week brings the regular season final on the road against a meek Kentucky Wildcats team. Kentucky is winding down a poor season that will end without a bowl game.
College Football Week 14 Betting Lines
Louisville Cardinals -3.5
Kentucky Wildcats +3.5
Over/Under: 48.5
Louisville Cardinals Weekly Matchup
In Week 14 college football action, on Saturday, November 30, 2024, the Kentucky Wildcats will host the Louisville Cardinals at Kroger Field in Lexington, KY. Kickoff time is set for noon ET, and television coverage will be on SECN.
Louisville is a capable betting on college football using crypto road team who is getting a more favorable away game price.
Last game, the Kentucky Wildcats lost 31-14 against the Texas Longhorns as 18-point road dogs. The game went under the total of 47. Kentucky has a record of 4-7 straight up, 7-4 against the spread, and 3-8 over/under the total. Kentucky ranks 115th for total offense, 109th for passing, 83rd for rushing and 113th for scoring. Defensively they rank 37th overall, 28th against the pass, 63rd against the rush, and 26th for points allowed. Also, Kentucky ranks 99th for fewest turnovers lost and 54th for takeaways.
Louisville Cardinals Weekly Recap
Last game, the Louisville Cardinals won 37-9 against the Pitt Panthers as 7-point home favorites. The game went under the total of 57. Louisville has a record of 7-4 straight up, 5-6 against the spread, and 7-4 over/under the total. Louisville ranks 15th for total offense, 13th for passing, 62nd for rushing and 17th for scoring. Defensively they rank 62nd overall, 86th against the pass, 48th against the rush, and 63rd for points allowed. Also, Louisville ranks 22nd for fewest turnovers lost and 103rd for takeaways.
The Cardinals snapped a two-game losing skid at home, having not won at L&N Stadium since taking down Georgia Tech on Sept. 21 in their ACC opener. Louisville also gets revenge over the Panthers, who knocked off the previously undefeated Cardinals last season. Pitt is now on a four-game losing streak after winning its first seven games to open the season.
Despite coming off a stunning loss that derailed their slim chances at getting back to the ACC Championship Game, Louisville operated with top-end execution and focus against Pitt. They outgained their visitors 505 yards to 265 and scored the first 34 points of the afternoon.
QB Tyler Shough had a successful day throwing the ball for Louisville, going 17-for-28 for 293 yards and two touchdowns. WR Chris Bell had two catches for 101 yards and a touchdown, WR Ja'Corey Brooks added four catches for 68 yards plus a score, while WR Cataurus Hicks - who had just six catches on the season heading into the game - caught six passes for 63 yards.
The Cardinals ran for 212 total yards against the Panthers, with RB Isaac Brown leading the charge for 93 yards and two touchdowns on 13 carries. He's now 64 yards away from tying Lamar Jackson's true freshman single-season school rushing record of 960 yards. Fellow true freshman Duke Watson also ran for 69 yards.
Defensively, Louisville was led by linebacker Stanquan Clark, who snagged two first-half interceptions and finished with seven tackles. Defensive end Ashton Gillotte had both of the Cardinals' sacks on the night and three of their seven tackles for loss. Linebacker T.J. Quinn had a team-best nine tackles, while cornerback Corey Thornton also had an interception.
2024 Louisville Cardinals Football Schedule
| DATE |
OPPONENT |
SCORE |
RECORD |
| Aug 31 |
vs. Austin Peay |
W 62-0 |
1-0 |
| Sep 7 |
vs. Jacksonville State |
W 49-14 |
2-0 |
| Sep 14 |
OFF |
| Sep 21 |
vs. Georgia Tech |
W 31-19 |
3-0 |
| Sep 28 |
at Notre Dame |
L 24-31 |
3-1 |
| Oct 5 |
vs. SMU |
L 27-34 |
3-2 |
| Oct 12 |
at Virginia |
W 24-20 |
4-2 |
| Oct 19 |
vs. Miami-FL |
L 45-52 |
4-3 |
| Oct 25 |
at Boston College |
W 31-27 |
5-3 |
| Nov 2 |
at Clemson |
W 33-21 |
6-3 |
| Nov 9 |
OFF |
| Nov 16 |
at Stanford |
L 35-38 |
6-4 |
| Nov 23 |
vs. Pittsburgh |
W 37-9 |
7-4 |
| Nov 30 |
at Kentucky |
- |
- |
Nearly all the success enjoyed by the Louisville football program has taken place in the last two decades. Since 1998, the Cardinals have appeared in 16 of the program’s 21 bowl games, and they’ve had just two losing seasons in that span. The Cards have also been a member of four conferences in that stretch but appear to have found a home in the ACC.
The Cardinals made their first bowl game a success by beating Drake in the Sun Bowl following the 1957 season. It would be 13 more seasons before the Cards returned to a bowl and 33 more before they notched another win. The Cards had their first 10-win season and won the Fiesta Bowl in 1999.
Coach John L. Smith started to turn the program into a national powerhouse in the late 1990s and strung together five consecutive winning seasons and bowl games, leaving the club in good shape for Bobby Petrino’s first stint. The Cards won 41 games in four years and earned their highest ranking ever in the AP poll, topping out at No. 3. Following a program record 12 wins and an Orange Bowl victory in 2006, Petrino left for the NFL. Petrino returned in 2014, and the Cards won at least eight games in each of his four seasons. Lamar Jackson won a Heisman Trophy under Petrino in 2016.
After a 2018 collapse, Petrino was fired, and Scott Satterfield could never quite break out. After Satterfield fled to Cincinnati one step ahead of the posse, Louisville found the perfect fit in native son Jeff Brohm.
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