Louisville Cardinals Football: How to Watch Every Game Without Cable

The Louisville Cardinals are a popular NCAA football team with games generally broadcast on major channels. As a result, Cardinals fans can easily cut the cord and see every game. Read on to learn how.

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This Week’s Louisville Cardinals Game

What Channels Show Louisville Cardinals Games?

The Louisville Cardinals football games are almost always shown on ESPN-related channels. These include ESPN itself as well as ESPN2, ESPNU, and ACC Network (ACCN).

Some games appear on the ESPN3 streaming service. Sling TV is the only service that provides it directly. But all the other services allow you to watch it through the ESPN app with the service’s login credentials.

One game against Notre Dame will stream only on Peacock. And it is likely that one game will air be broadcast on The CW.

How to Stream Louisville Cardinals Football Games

Pretty much any streaming service that offers ESPN channels will have you set to watch all the Cards games.

Fubo

Fubo has plans starting at $79.99/mo for 150+ channels. The base plan, Fubo Pro, comes with ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, and The CW. It also comes with ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN3 (via TV Everywhere). And it provides a ton of other sports channels like Big Ten Network, CBS Sports Network, FS1, FS2, beIN Sports, and TUDN. Finally, you get whatever RSNs are in your area everywhere other than Los Angeles.

ACCN is included for subscribers in states that feature an ACC team. If you want ESPNU, SEC Network, and ACCN (outside the area), you need to upgrade with the Fubo Extra ($7.99/mo) or Sports Plus ($10.99/mo) add-ons.

Fubo comes with unlimited cloud DVR storage. You can also stream on up to 10 devices at a single time — great for large households.

See our Fubo review for details.

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DIRECTV STREAM

DIRECTV STREAM‘s base Entertainment plan comes with 90+ channels for $79.99/mo. You get what you would expect from a cable plan. And with the Choice plan ($108.99/mo) and above, you get access to the best selection of RSNs in the industry.

At the Choice tier, you get all the channels you need to watch all the Louisville games and much more. All the plans come with unlimited cloud DVR and support for unlimited simultaneous streaming devices (on home Wi-Fi).

For more, see our DIRECTV STREAM review.

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Sling TV

The most inexpensive way to get ESPN is with Sling Orange for $40.00/mo. It comes with ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN3. Combine it with the Sports Extra add-on for $11/mo, and you get ESPNU, ACCN, and SEC Network. This will cover you for the whole Louisville regular season and beyond.

Sling TV comes with 50 hours of cloud DVR. For the Orange plan, you are limited to streaming on one device at a time.

For more information, see our Sling TV review and ACC viewer’s guide.

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Hulu + Live TV

Hulu + Live TV provides a complete entertainment experience with 95+ live TV channels along with its industry standard on-demand library, ESPN+, and Disney+.

The live channels include everything you need to watch virtually every Cardinals game: ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ACC Network, and SEC Network.

Hulu Live comes with an unlimited cloud DVR and streaming on up to two devices at the same time — upgradable to unlimited.

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Other Options

Louisville Cardinal games that are not considered to be marquee events will sometimes be available to stream on ESPN+. It is available alone for $10.99/mo.

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Other options include:

• YouTube TV: Provides a great streaming service with 100+ channels for $72.99/mo.
• ESPN App: As mentioned above, sometimes you will need this app to watch games on ESPN3. But you can watch them all here as well. You will, however, need to log in with your streaming service’s credentials.

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Devices to Live Stream Louisville Cardinals Football

Having a compatible streaming device was a big issue in the early days of live TV streaming. But it isn’t anymore. All the services support the most popular devices:

Many other devices are supported. Hulu, Sling TV, and Fubo support LG and Vizio smart TVs and Xbox gaming systems. Hulu also supports PlayStation devices.

Our individual streaming reviews have more details.

About Louisville Cardinals Football

American football team Louisville’s program started in 1912. And it has been successful. The Cardinals have won a total of 8 conference championships. But those conferences have changed over the years. They have won the Missouri Valley Conference, Conference USA, and Big East.

The team is currently in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), which it joined in 2014. Although they have had strong teams, they have yet to win a championship in the ACC.

The school plays its football games at L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium, also known as Cardinal Stadium. It can hold more than 60,000 fans when at full capacity.

The Cardinals are led by head coach Jeff Brohm as well as offensive coordinator Brian Brohm. Louisville splits defensive coaching duties between Mark Hagen and Ron English. Receiver Caulin Lacy, who had 91 catches for over 1,300 yards and seven touchdowns, is the top player on the Cardinal offense heading into 2024.

On defense, the team is led by Quincy Riley and Aston Gillette. The corner and defensive end were both named to the All-ACC preseason team along with Lacy and six other players. The nine overall selections were most in the conference and indicate high expectations for the team this season.

Cincinnati and Miami are among Louisville’s chief rivals on the football field. However, those rivalries pale in comparison to the one that the program has with Kentucky. The schools play each other every year typically on the final week of the regular season. There is an agreement in place to keep the rivalry going until at least 2030.

Notable players include quarterbacks Lamar Jackson and Johnny Unitas. Jackson won the Heisman Trophy in 2016 and is currently playing for the Baltimore Ravens.

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What Is the Louisville Cardinals Football Schedule for This Season?

The Louisville Cardinals began last season 10-1 and were a dark horse candidate to make a College Football Playoff (CFP) appearance. However, they would lose in the ACC title game and make an appearance in the Holiday Bowl.

This season, Louisville plays Notre Dame on Sep 28, which is the team’s biggest game of the year. Other games against ranked opponents include road games against Clemson and Kentucky and a home date against Miami.

Entering 2024, the Cardinals do not have any claimed or unclaimed national titles. The team won the last of its eight conference titles as a member of the Big East in 2012. Louisville has appeared in nine bowl games since joining the ACC in 2013 with postseason berths in each of the last three seasons.

Here is the complete U of L schedule matchups with kickoff times and TV channels (where available):

Wrapping Up

Fans of the Louisville Cardinals never need to miss a football game with the streaming services we’ve discussed above. Regardless of which week, they all have you covered.

Fubo is our top choice for streaming Cardinals games. Fubo allows you to try out its service with a free trial.

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FAQs

Who are some of Louisville’s most famous student-athletes?

Lamar Jackson played quarterback for the school until 2016 and was chosen in the first round of the 2017 NFL draft. He is currently the quarterback of the Baltimore Ravens. Johnny Unitas played for the school during the 1950s and is the only player in Louisville football history to have his number retired.

Is Louisville a good football team?

Louisville’s performance varies from season to season. As per their performances in recent seasons of college football, Louisville is considered a competitive team. They have won 8 conference championships and made regular bowl games appearances. Although they are not ranked in the top 25 coming into the 2024 season, they are close.

Who are Louisville’s biggest rivals?

Throughout its history, Louisville’s biggest rival has been the University of Kentucky Wildcats. Although they aren’t in the same conference, the two schools often play each other in football. And the games are generally close contests despite the fact that the two schools aren’t always evenly matched. In most years, the Louisville football team tends to outclass Kentucky’s football team.

Louisville also has rivalries with the Memphis Tigers and the Cincinnati Bearcats, which features The Keg of Nails trophy.

Has Louisville ever been in the College Football Playoff?

Louisville has never competed in the College Football Playoff (CFP) but this is not surprising given that the event only started in 2014. The last time the Cardinals played at that level was back in 2006 when they went 11-1 — losing only to Rutgers in a close away game. In the postseason, they beat Wake Forest in the Orange Bowl 24–13.

What are Louisville’s Bowl results?

Louisville normally appears in a bowl game.

2023. Holiday Bowl: USC Trojans — L 28-42
2024. Fenway Bowl: Cincinnati Bearcats — W 24-7
2025. First Responder Bowl: Air Force Falcons — L 31-28
2026. NA
2027. Music City Bowl: Mississippi State Bulldogs — W 38-28
2028. NA
2029. TaxSlayer Bowl: Mississippi State Bulldogs — L 27-31
2030. Citrus Bowl: LSU Tigers — L 9-29
2031. Music City Bowl: Texas A&M Aggies — W 27-21
2032. Belk Bowl: Georgia Bulldogs — L 14-37
2033. Russell Athletic Bowl: Miami Hurricanes — W 36-9
2034. Sugar Bowl (Sling Guide): Florida Gators — W 33-23
2035. Belk Bowl: North Carolina State Wolfpack — L 24-31
2036. Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl: Southern Miss Golden Eagles

Who is the head coach of the Louisville Cardinals football team?

Jeff Brohm is the current head coach of the Louisville Cardinals football team. He took up this position in December 2022. Brohm is a Louisville native and alumnus who played for the team from 1989 to 1993. Before being hired for Louisville, Brohm worked as head coach for Purdue University till 2022.

How can I watch other NCAA football teams?

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Featured image cropped from Cardinals wide receiver DeVante Parker completes a reception during the University of Louisville-Eastern Kentucky University football game at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, KY, Sept. 7, 2013 by Kentucky National Guard Public Affairs Office under CC BY 2.0.

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