Louisville Cardinals Football

Jim Bolus & Billy Reed

Cardinal Football book cover

Longtime Courier-Journal writers Jim Bolus and Billy Reed trace the University of Louisville’s up-and-down football history, an urban program that took decades to find its footing in big-time college football.

The book highlights the NFL talent the Cardinals produced along the way, including Johnny Unitas, Joe Jacoby, Mark Clayton, and Frank Minnifield, tying the program’s struggles to the larger-than-life players who came out of it.

Published 1999
151 pages

Get the book