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Cards Remain Home to Face USF on Saturday Afternoon

Scott Satterfield celebrates after the win against UCF at FBC Mortgage Stadium on Friday September 9.




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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville looks to get back on track when former conference foe USF visits Cardinal Stadium for a Noon kick at Cardinal Stadium.

Fresh off a 35-31 loss to Florida State last Friday night, head coach Scott Satterfield reiterated that his team has to eliminate the critical mistakes that has contributed to the team’s 1-2 start. The Cardinals are averaging 10.0 penalties per game and have committed seven turnovers — six coming in the squad’s two losses. Louisville turned the football over three times in the loss to the Seminoles on Friday night.

“We’ve got to be a more disciplined team,” Satterfield said. “We talked about penalties: penalties have really hurt us in the first three games. And turnovers, our turnovers are awful. The one win we had we had one turnover, and in the two losses, we’ve had three in each game. You can’t do that. You can’t do that and then win. Teams are too good, you have to take care of the football, end every drive in a kick whether it be a punt or a field goal or an extra point, and that gives you a much better chance to win.”

“As I look back on the Florida State game, they didn’t turn any of those turnovers into points, but it took points away from us, and obviously that was huge. I think more than anything, it’s that. It’s just being more disciplined with the penalties and the turnovers. Defensively, giving up some big…

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