Petrino Previews Toyota Gator Bowl Matchup with Virginia Tech
December 15, 2005 | Football
Dec. 15, 2005
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- Head Coach Bobby Petrino
- Senior DE Elvis Dumervil
- Senior WR Joshua Tinch
- Freshman QB Hunter Cantwell
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville football head coach Bobby Petrino, senior defensive end Elvis Dumervil, senior wide receiver Joshua Tinch and redshirt freshman quarterback Hunter Cantwell met with members of the media on Thursday to preview U of L's upcoming Toyota Gator Bowl matchup with No. 12 Virginia Tech. The Cards and Hokies will meet on Monday, Jan. 2 at 12:30 p.m. ET at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla., and the game will be televised nationally on NBC.
Louisville (9-2), which finished second in the BIG EAST Conference, closed the regular season on Dec. 3 with a 30-20 win at Connecticut. Virginia Tech (10-2), which won the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference, fell 27-22 to Florida State in the ACC Championship played in Jacksonville, Fla. on Dec. 3.
Louisville and Virginia Tech have played six times previously, with the Hokies holding a 2-4 advantage. The Cardinals won the last meeting 21-17 on Oct. 10, 1992 in Louisville.
The schools had two common opponents this season in North Carolina and West Virginia. Louisville downed the Tar Heels 69-14 on Oct. 8 and fell 46-44 in triple overtime at West Virginia on Oct. 15. Virginia Tech beat West Virginia 34-17 on Oct. 1 and was a 30-3 winner over North Carolina on Nov. 26.
Cards Ranked 15th, 16th in the Nation: U of L enters the Toyota Gator Bowl ranked 15th in the latest AP Poll and ranked 16th in the USA Today Coaches Poll and Harris Interactive Poll.
TOYOTA GATOR BOWL GAME FACTS - Louisville (9-2) vs Virginia Tech (10-2)
Date: Monday, Jan. 2, 2006
Time: 12:30 p.m. ET
Site: Alltel Stadium (73,000), Jacksonville, Fla.
TV: NBC 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. TBA
Polls: Louisville is ranked 15th in this week's Associated Press Top 25 Poll and 16th in this week's USA Today Coaches Top 25 Poll and Harris Interactive Poll. Virginia Tech is ranked 12th in the AP Poll and USA Today Coaches Poll and 11th in the Harris Poll.
Series Info: Virginia Tech leads the all-time series 4-2 ... This will be the first meeting between the two schools since the Cards' 21-17 win over the Hokies in 1992 ... This will be the first time the two schools have met in a bowl game ... This will also be the first time U of L has faced an Atlantic Coast Conference team in a bowl game.
