2011 Louisville Cardinals football team

The 2011 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinals were led by second-year head coach Charlie Strong and played their home games at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. They were a member of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 5–2 in Big East play to share the conference championship with Cincinnati and West Virginia. Due to tie-break rules, the Cardinals did not receive the Big East's automatic bid into a BCS bowl; West Virginia received the bid. The Cardinals were instead invited to the Belk Bowl, where they were defeated by North Carolina State, 31–24.

2011 Louisville Cardinals football
Big East co-champion
Belk Bowl, L 24–31 vs. NC State
ConferenceBig East Conference
Record7–6 (5–2 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Sanford (games 1–5)
Shawn Watson (interim, games 5–12)
Defensive coordinatorVance Bedford (2nd season)
Home stadiumPapa John's Cardinal Stadium
2011 Big East Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 17 West Virginia $+  5 2   10 3  
No. 25 Cincinnati +  5 2   10 3  
Louisville +  5 2   7 6  
Rutgers  4 3   9 4  
Pittsburgh  4 3   6 7  
Connecticut  3 4   5 7  
South Florida  1 6   5 7  
Syracuse  1 6   5 7  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • + Conference co-champions
As of January 11, 2012
Rankings from AP Poll
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