From the moment the ball was kicked off, the Louisville football program enforced their will over arch rival Kentucky, leaving Lexington with a 41-14. The Cardinals snapped a five-game losing streak to the Wildcats, which had been the longest since the rivalry was renewed in 1994.

Louisville football handed the Kentucky Wildcats one of their biggest losses of the season to reclaim the Governor’s Cup in Year 2 under Jeff Brohm.

Louisville won the Governor’s Cup game against UK for the first time since 2017. Jeff Brohm talks about the Cardinals’ rivalry win.

The Kentucky Wildcats (4-8) ended their season with a 41-14 loss in the Governor’s Cup rivalry game to the Louisville Cardinals (8-4). The loss end UK’s five-game winning streak in this series.

From the point last year when No. 9 and 10-1 Louisville suffered a crushing, come-from-ahead 38-31 loss to Kentucky in Brohm’s Governor’s Cup rivalry coaching debut, the U of L head man knew his assignment: To come to Lexington and finally get U of L back on top of the team its fan base most yearns to beat.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - On the heels of suffered their embarrassing loss at Stanford, the Louisville football program was able put together a much better performance against Pitt, thrashing the Panthers with a 37-9 win in their final home game of the 2024 season.

Louisville took out six years and five games worth of rivalry frustration on Kentucky Saturday afternoon in a 41-14 thrashing that brought the Governor’s Cup back to the Derby City for the first time since 2017.