LOUISVILLE CARDINALS at USF BULLS
Raymond James Stadium (65,857/Natural Grass)
Tampa, Fla.
Friday, November 25 • 11 a.m. • ESPN2

Television
ESPN2 — Dave Lamont and Ray Bentley
WATCH LIVE

Louisville Radio USF Radio
WHAS-AM 840 (flagship) WFLA-AM 970 (flagship)

THE GAME
Friday’s game will be the ninth meeting between Louisville and USF in a series that dates to 2003 … The schools have met every year since then, with USF holding a 5-3 series lead … The Bulls are 4-0 against the Cardinals at Raymond James Stadium … Last year’s meeting saw USF come away with a 24-21 overtime win on a 37-yard field goal by K Maikon Bonani in the extra session after the Bulls defense stopped the Cardinals on downs on Louisville’s possession.

LOUISVILLE (6-5, 4-2 BIG EAST)
Head Coach
Charlie Strong (Central Arkansas ’82)
13-11, second season at Louisville
13-12, second full season as collegiate head coach

NOTES
Louisville has won three of its last four to move into a tie for first place in the BIG EAST standings … The Cardinals would clinch at least a tie for the conference title with a win against USF and could clinch the league’s Bowl Championship Series bid Saturday, if all four games go their way … Specifically, wins by Louisville, West Virginia, Syracuse and Connecticut this week clinches the BCS bid for the Cardinals … The Cardinals are second in the BIG EAST and rank 12th nationally in scoring defense (18.7 ppg) … QB Teddy Bridgewater has started the past eight games as a true freshman … Bridgewater has thrown for 1,614 yards, nine touchdowns and nine interceptions … WR Devante Parker has a team-high four touchdown catches … The Cardinals rank 13th nationally in tackles for loss, averaging 7.4 TFL per game … LB Dexter Heyman has team highs of 77 tackles and 14.5 tackles for loss … Heyman is second in the BIG EAST in TFL, averaging 1.32 per game … DE Marcus Smith and DE William Savoy lead the team with five sacks.

USF (5-5, 1-4 BIG EAST)
Head Coach
Skip Holtz (Notre Dame ’86)
13-10, second season at USF
85-60, 12th season as collegiate head coach

NOTES
USF needs just one win in its last two games to gain bowl eligibility for the seventh consecutive season … The Bulls have been bowl-eligible in each year they have been members of the BIG EAST … USF has dropped five of its last six games following a 6-3 setback to Miami (Fla.) … Friday’s game against Louisville is the second of three straight home games to end the regular season for the Bulls … USF is second in the nation in tackles for loss, averaging 8.8 TFL per game … The Bulls are second nationally in sacks at 3.7 per game … USF has scored first in eight of its nine games this season … QB B.J. Daniels, who ranks second in the BIG EAST in passing (237.8 yards per game) left the game against Miami with a shoulder injury and is considered day-to-day… QB Bobby Eveld, who has thrown for 144 yards in spot duty, could make his first start of the season … RB Darrell Scott is the leading rusher with 668 yards and five touchdowns on 123 carries, … Scott is sixth in the BIG EAST in rushing (74.2 ypg) … LB DeDe Lattimore leads the defense with 76 tackles, seven sacks and 12.5 tackles for loss.