Louisville and Duke will be meeting on the gridiron for just the second time when the action gets underway Friday night inside Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. This wasn't supposed to be the case.
At the beginning of this century, the Cardinals and Blue Devils signed a contract to play four games -- two in Louisville and two in Durham -- between 2002 and 2009. The first game took place without issue on Sept. 7, 2002, as U of L went on the road and destroyed Duke 40-3 inside Wallace Wade Stadium.
Although David Cutcliffe has turned the program into a perennial bowl team, the 2002 game took place in the middle of the lowest of the low years for Duke football.