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GOLD AND BLACK ILLUSTRATED VOLUME 27, ISSUE 6 88 0-1 I n early November of last season, Louisville had only one loss, as it hoped to not only take home hardware for having the nation's best player but also get into the College Football Playoff. Only one of those happened — quarterback Lamar Jackson won the Heisman Trophy — because the Cardinals faded late, losing their last two regular-season games before falling to LSU in the Citrus Bowl. But Jackson's return this season has Louisville feeling it can win again, and quickly, with thoughts of sustaining a charge toward the playoffs. "Certainly the coaching staff and players have the playoffs in mind, but I don't get a sense the fans are focused on that," said Howie Lind- sey, the editor of CardinalSports.com, the Rivals site that covers Louis- 2016 Results (9-4) 2017 Schedule 9/1 CHARLOTTE . . . . . . . . W, 70-14 9/2 . . . . . . . . . . . vs Purdue 9/9 at Syracuse . . . . . . . . W, 62-28 9/9 . . . . . . at North Carolina 9/17 FLORIDA STATE . . . . . W, 63-20 9/16 . . . . . . . . . . CLEMSON 9/24 at Marshall . . . . . . . . . W, 59-28 9/23 . . . . . . . . KENT STATE 10/1 at Clemson . . . . . . . . . L, 42-36 9/30 . . . . . MURRAY STATE 10/15 DUKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . W, 24-14 10/5 . . . . . . . . at N.C. State 10/22 NC STATE . . . . . . . . . . W, 54-13 10/14 . . BOSTON COLLEGE 10/29 at Virginia . . . . . . . . . . W, 32-25 10/21 . . . . . at Florida State 11/5 at Boston College . . . . . W, 52-7 10/28 . . . . . at Wake Forest 11/12 WAKE FOREST . . . . . . W, 44-12 11/11 . . . . . . . . . .VIRGINIA 11/17 at HOUSTON . . . . . . . L, 36-10 11/18 . . . . . . . . SYRACUSE 11/26 KENTUCKY . . . . . . . . . L, 41-38 11/25 . . . . . . . . at Kentucky 12/31 vs LSU . . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 29-9 Louisville At age 19, Lamar Jackson became the youngest of 82 Heisman Trophy winners, winning the 2016 award after accounting for 51 touchdowns last year. Louisville Cardinals SEPT. 2 LUCAS OIL STADIUM TIME: 7:30 P.M. ∙ TV: FOX COACH: BOBBY PETRINO RECORD AT LOUISVILLE: 67-22 (7 SEASONS) RECORD VS. PURDUE: 0-0 G O L D A N D B L AC K 'S E A R LY L I N E : LO U I S V I L L E -17 Purdue's record against returning Heisman Trophy winners. Ohio State's Archie Griffin (above) ran for 130 yards in the Buckeyes' 35-6 win over Purdue in Ross-Ade Stadium in 1975. The only time Purdue faced Louisville in football was in 1987, the first home game in Fred Akers' tenure as Purdue's head coach. The game ended in a 22-22 tie and the Cards were coached by one of Jeff Brohm's mentors, Howard Schnellenberger. 2017 Opponent Preview 1