Louisville Cardinals · 2026 Season
Football
3–3237 scored · 166 allowed · +71 on the year
Home
3–1
at the Fed
Road
0–1
away from the Ville
Neutral
0–1
Nissan Stadium
vs ACC
2–2
conference play
Win streak
2
longest run
vs the spread
4–2
6 graded games
Season Spine
full schedule →Scoring margin, week by week. Hover a bar; click through to the game.
W · win marginL · loss margin
The Profile
program history →How the 2026 Cards actually played, in FBS percentiles. This team won with defense.
Offense
PPA / play
0.34 p93
Success rate
49.3% p83
Explosiveness
1.42 p93
Pts / scoring opp
4.20 p61
Line yards
2.99 p36
Power success
62.5% p12
Defense
PPA / play
0.15 p31
Success rate
41.8% p40
Explosiveness
1.25 p47
Pts / scoring opp
3.37 p50
Stuff rate
11.2% p2
Havoc rate
14.0% p28
Bar = FBS percentile among 138 teams, 2026 season, garbage time excluded. Tick = national median. Defense percentiles are inverted so longer is always better.
For the Record
Biggest win
W 59–13
vs Villanova · Week 2
+46 margin
Most electric
L 38–41
vs Ole Miss · Week 1
excitement index 7.8
Home crowd
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average attendance
L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium