Kragthorpe Previews Thursday's Season-Opener Against Murray State
August 27, 2007 | Football
Aug. 27, 2007
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- Head Coach Steve Kragthorpe
- Senior QB Brian Brohm
- Senior WR Harry Douglas
- Junior C Eric Wood
- Junior DT Earl Heyman
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville football head coach Steve Kragthorpe, seniors Brian Brohm and Harry Douglas and juniors Eric Wood and Earl Heyman met with members of the media on Monday to preview the upcoming 2007 season-opener against Murray State. The Cards and Racers will meet on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. ET at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium and the game will be televised nationally by ESPNU.
Kragthorpe takes over the program after Bobby Petrino left for the Atlanta Falcons. Kragthorpe spent four seasons at Tulsa where he guided the Golden Hurricane to a 29-21 record and three bowl games. Kragthorpe was named the 20th head coach at Louisville at Jan. 9. The Cardinals finished 2006 at 12-1, including a 24-13 win over Wake Forest at the 2007 FedEx Orange Bowl. Louisville also won its first BIG EAST title with a 6-1 mark and earned the league's BIG EAST BCS berth.
Cards Enter Season Ranked 10th, 11th in National Polls: UofL enters the 2007 season-opener against Murray State ranked 10th in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll and 11th in the USA Today Coaches Poll. The No. 10 ranking is the highest preseason ranking in school history. The Cards closed last season ranked sixth in the AP Poll and seventh in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
GAME FACTS - No. 10 Louisville (0-0) vs. Murray State (0-0)
Date: Thursday, Aug. 30
Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
Site: Papa John's Cardinal Stadium (42,000), Louisville, Ky.
TV: ESPNU will televise the game nationally.
Radio: Paul Rogers and Craig Swabek will call all the action and Doug Ormay will report from the sidelines on WHAS 840 AM
Also: SIRIUS Satellite Radio, Ch. 161
Polls: Louisville is ranked 10th in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll 11th in the USA Today Coaches Poll. Murray State is not ranked in the I-AA polls.
Coaches: Louisville's Steve Kragthorpe (29-21 in four seasons as head coach; 0-0 at Louisville); Murray State's Matt Griffin (1-10 in second season at Murray State).
Series Info: Louisville leads the all-time series 10-6. The Cards won the last meeting 68-0 in Louisville, Ky., in 1990 as Browning Nagle threw for 182 yards and U of L used a 28-point second quarter to blow the game open.
Quick Hits: Louisville enters the 2007 campaign riding an 18-game home winning streak - the second longest in the nation...Senior quarterback Brian Brohm needs 3,249 yards to become the second QB in school history to throw for 10,000 yards in a career.
