Rarefied air we’re breathing.
With its 6-0 start, the current University of Louisville football team occupies a special place in the program’s history. With the 45-35 win over Pittsburgh Saturday, the Cardinals are off to their best start since 2006 when UofL won eight straight games
before bowing to Rutgers and concluding the season at 12-1.
Louisville had four previous seasons starting at 6-0. Among those teams was one coached by Lee Corso in 1972, which ended the season with a 9-1 record but didn’t receive a bowl bid.
Frank Camp’s 1957 team, which featured Lenny Lyles and Ernie Green as running backs, finished 9-1 after a 13-7 loss to Kent State but made its first post season appearance, a 34-20 Sun Bowl victory.
Only one UofL team has ever gone undefeated, the 1925 squad coached by Tom King. That team didn’t allow a point until the final game when it coughed up a safety in a 7-2 win over Marshall.
| Season | Coach | After 6 | Final |
| 1925 | Tom King |
6-0 |
8-0 |
| 1957 | Frank Camp |
6-0 |
9-1 |
| 1972 | Lee Corso |
6-0 |
9-1 |
| 2006 | Bobby Petrino |
6-0 |
12-1 |
| 2012 | Charlie Strong |
6-0 |
— |