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2019 Week 1-Notre Dame vs. Louisville – Go for the 2

2019 Week 1-Notre Dame vs. Louisville

ARLINGTON, TX - DECEMBER 29: Notre Dame Fighting Irish players including cornerback Shaun Crawford (#20), wide receiver Chase Claypool (#83) and linebacker Bo Bauer (#52) celebrate a special teams play during the Goodyear Cotton Bowl College Football Playoff Semifinal game between the Clemson Tigers and Notre Dame Fighting Irish on December 29, 2018 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Matthew Visinsky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Notre Dame (12-1) vs. Louisville (2-10)

 

-Notre Dame won 12 games in 2018 against FBS opponents (Michigan, Vanderbilt, Ball State, Wake Forest, Stanford, Virginia Tech, Pitt, Navy, Northwestern, Florida State, Syracuse and USC) who had a combined overall record of 81-74 or .522%. 

-The Irish won those twelve games by a total score of 405-207 or 16.5 ppg. 

-Notre Dame lost 1 game in 2018 in the College Football Playoff to Clemson (15-0) by a score of 30-3. 

-Notre Dame defeated 2 Big 10 teams in 2018 (Michigan & Northwestern) by a total score of 55-38 or 8.5 ppg. 

-Notre Dame defeated 5 ACC teams in 2018 (Wake Forest, Va. Tech, Pitt, FSU and Syracuse) by a total score of 198-80 or 16.0 ppg. 

-Notre Dame defeated 2 Pac-12 teams in 2018 (Stanford & USC) by a total score of 62-34 or 14.0 ppg. 

 

-Louisville hired former Appalachian State head coach Scott Satterfield for the 2019 season. 

-Louisville won 2 games in 2018 against one FBS opponent-Western Kentucky (3-9) by a score of 20-17. 

-The Cardinals also defeated FCS opponent Indiana State by a score of 31-7. 

-Louisville lost 10 games in 2018 against FBS opponents (Alabama, Virginia, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Boston College, Wake Forest, Clemson, Syracuse, NC State and Kentucky) who had a combined overall record of 92-40 or .696%. 

-The Cardinals lost those ten games by a total score of 505-186 or 31.9 ppg. 

 

 

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About Joseph Lisi

Joseph Lisi is a member of the FWAA (Football Writers Association of America), the Maxwell Football Club and the National Football Foundation. He is the owner of the website: www.goforthe2.com and hosts a weekly college football radio show on SB Nation Radio and FNSTY Sports Radio from 10-12pm EST every Saturday morning. Listen live at: www.sbnationradio.com or www.fntsy.com/radio. Joseph is a former college football researcher for ABC Sports and has been featured on: SportsXRadio with Ken Thomson, ESPN Radio, Sirius XM Radio, FNTSY Sports Network, the Sid Rosenberg Show (640 AM Sports-South Florida), 1560 AM CBS Sports Melbourne, FL and multiple media outlets throughout the nation. Joe appears every Friday with Ken Thomson on SportsXRadio for the Football Fiasco in which every game on the college board is broken down during the show. Follow Joe on Twitter: @goforthe2

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