Petrino Previews Friday's BIG EAST Game Against Rutgers
November 07, 2005 | Football
Nov. 7, 2005
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville football head coach Bobby Petrino, sophomore quarterback Brian Brohm and senior defensive end Elvis Dumervil met with members of the media on Monday to preview U of L's upcoming BIG EAST home game against Rutgers. The Cards and Scarlet Knights will meet on Friday at 8 p.m. ET at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium and the game will be televised nationally on ESPN2.
Following the Rutgers game, U of L will close out its three-game BIG EAST home stand by hosting Syracuse on Nov. 26. Game time and television arrangements for the Cards and Orange will be announced in the coming days.
Cards Ranked 23rd in the Nation: U of L enters this week's game against Rutgers ranked 23rd in the AP Poll, the USA Today Coaches Poll and Harris Interactive Poll after last week's 42-20 win over Pittsburgh.
GAME FACTS - Louisville (6-2, 2-2) vs Rutgers (6-3, 3-2)
Date: Friday, November 11, 2005
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Site: Papa John's Cardinal Stadium (42,000), Louisville, Ky.
TV: ESPN2 will televise the game live
Radio: Paul Rogers and Craig Swabeck will call all the action and Doug Ormay will report from the sidelines on WHAS (840 AM)
Also: SIRIUS Satelitte Radio, Ch. 126
Polls: Louisville is ranked 23rd in this week's Associated Press Top 25 Poll, USA Today Coaches Top 25 Poll and Harris Interactive Poll.
Series Info: Rutgers leads the overall series 4-0 ... This will be the fifth meeting between these two schools and the first as members of the BIG EAST Conference ... Rutgers is 2-0 all-time agains the Cards in Louisville, including a 41-0 win in 1986 at Cardinal Stadium ... The first meeting between the two schools came in 1976, a 34-0 win at Rutgers for the Scarlet Knights ... The Cardinals have been outscored 144-28 in the series.
