Latest Jeff Brohm News
Louisville extends athletic director Josh Heird for 5 years through June 2030
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville has approved a five-year contract extension through June 2030 for athletic director Josh Heird, whose 2 1/2-year tenure has included the hirings of two men’s basketball coaches and football coach Jeff Brohm. The university’s Board of Trustees...
Purdue fires coach Ryan Walters after going 5-19 in his two seasons
Purdue hired Ryan Walters to keep a promising program near the top of the Big Ten Conference. Two years later, the Boilermakers have sunk to unprecedented depths — and Walters is out of a job. Athletic director Mike Bobinski fired the first-time head coach on Sunday,...
Isaac Brown, Duke Watson each rush for 2 TDs, Louisville gets 5 turnovers in 41-14 rout of Kentucky
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Isaac Brown and Duke Watson rushed for two touchdowns each, Ramon Puryear returned one of Louisville's five takeaways for a score and the Cardinals blew out rival Kentucky 41-14 on Saturday to win the Governor's Cup for the first time since 2017. Brown's...
No. 22 Louisville takes slim conference title hopes into trip to Stanford
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — By getting a breakthrough win against Clemson before a bye week, Louisville made sure the stretch run to its season would still have plenty of meaning. The 22nd-ranked Cardinals come back from their week off with a seemingly easier task as they travel to...
Brown, Shough lead Louisville to its first win over No. 11 Clemson 33-21 Saturday night
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Louisville had hoped to accomplish several firsts this season. Despite the adversity of the past month that took the Cardinals out of ACC title contention, they happily celebrated on Saturday night with their first win over No. 11 Clemson. Isaac Brown ran for...
Tyler Shough's 2nd TD pass caps big comeback, Louisville beats Boston College 31-27
BOSTON (AP) — Tyler Shough threw his second touchdown pass to Nate Kurisky, a 6-yarder midway into the final quarter, and Louisville overcame a 20-point deficit to beat Boston College 31-27 on Friday night. Coming off a high-scoring loss to No. 6 Miami last week, the Cardinals...
Coaches will never stop disputing penalties they don't like even if that L is going to stand
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney has disagreed with scores of penalties over his 17 seasons in charge. Complained about them, too. Never once did he expect to change the outcome of a game. It's a part of a college football team's week, just as much as Tuesday film...
Shough's late TD pass lifts Louisville to a 24-20 win over Virginia
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — As Louisville took the field late in Saturday’s game at Virginia, trailing by three points, quarterback Tyler Shough had a simple and direct message for his teammates. “Let’s go win it,” Shough said afterward. “This is the drive we go prove...
No. 22 Louisville seeks rebound against high-scoring SMU, with a share of the ACC lead at stake
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville's grind-it-out pattern has yielded mixed outcomes the past two games, a habit coach Jeff Brohm clearly wants to break ahead of the season’s toughest stretch. The No. 22 Cardinals must pick up their pace against a high-scoring SMU squad that has...
No. 16 Notre Dame holds off No. 15 Louisville comeback for 31-24 victory
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Riley Leonard threw two touchdown passes and ran for another, and No. 16 Notre Dame capitalized on No. 15 Louisville's first three turnovers of the season to hold on for a 31-24 victory Saturday. Notre Dame (4-1) relied on a last-minute defensive stand to...
