Kragthorpe Previews Saturday's Home Finale Against West Virginia
November 17, 2008 | Football
Nov. 17, 2008
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville football head coach Steve Kragthorpe and senior center Eric Wood met with members of the media on Monday to preview this week's home finale against West Virginia. The Cards and Mountaineers will meet on Saturday at noon ET at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium and the game will be televised nationally by ESPN.
The Cardinals enter the game at 5-5 overall and 1-4 in BIG EAST play after last Friday's 28-20 home loss to Cincinnati. After Louisville extended their lead to 20-14 with a Ryan Payne field goal in the third quarter, the Bearcats regained the lead for good at 21-20 on Dominick Goodman's 23-yard touchdown reception from Dustin Grutza. The win snapped a five-game winning streak for the Cards over Cincinnati.
West Virginia enters Saturday's game at 6-3 overall and 3-1 in BIG EAST play. The Mountaineers have not played since dropping a 26-23 overtime decision to Cincinnati on Nov. 8 in Morgantown, which snapped a five-game winning streak. WVU is led by quarterback Pat White (1,104 yds passing, 586 yds rushing) and running back Noel Divine (967 yds rushing).
The Series - U of L and West Virginia
Saturday's match-up against West Virginia marks the 10th meeting all-time between the Cardinals and Mountaineers. West Virginia owns a 7-2 advantage in a series that dates back to 1984. The Mountaineers have won two of the three meetings since the Cardinals joined the BIG EAST. West Virginia won last year's meeting, 38-31, in Morgantown. Louisville defeated the Mountaineers in Louisville 44-34 in 2006 in a meeting of two teams ranked in the top five.
GAME FACTS - Louisville (5-5, 1-4) vs. West Virginia (6-3, 3-1)
Date: Saturday, Nov. 22
Time: Noon ET
Site: Papa John's Cardinal Stadium (42,000), Louisville, Ky.
TV: ESPN will televise the game with Dave Pasch (play-by-play) and Andre Ware (analyst)
Radio: Paul Rogers (play-by-play) and Craig Swabek (analyst) will call all the action and Doug Ormay will report from the sidelines on WHAS 840 AM
Also: SIRIUS Satellite Radio, Ch. 140
Rankings: Louisville is unranked in this week's AP Poll and USA Today Coaches Poll, while West Virginia is receiving votes in both the AP Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll.
Coaches: Louisville's Steve Kragthorpe is 40-33 in six seasons as a head coach and 11-11 in his second year at Louisville. Bill Stewart is 7-3 in his first season as the head coach at West Virginia.
