Louisville football has much to learn after its first loss of the season to Notre Dame. Here are three takeaways from the Week 5 road contest.

Notre Dame earned a 31-24 victory against Louisville, and the Irish certainly made a statement. Notre Dame got some payback against a team that whipped them and embarrassed them the year prior. No one watching that game,

As a reminder, in PFF's grading scale, 60.0 is the baseline for an "average" grade. 70.0-79.9 is considered above average, 80.0-89.9 is good, whereas 90.0 and higher is elite. On the opposite end of the spectrum, 59.9-50.0 is below average, 49.9-40.0 is considered poor, whereas 39.9 and below is very poor.

It was a great Saturday in South Bend this weekend, as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team held off the Louisville Cardinals to win 31-24. The game against the Cardinals had a bit of everything for both teams,

As his Louisville team prepares for Notre Dame Saturday, here's a look back at Jeff Brohm choosing the Cardinals over the Irish as a player in 1989

Those numbers must have spoken loudly to ESPN's Football Power Index because Notre Dame saw a rise in its ranking and a significant rise in its College Football Playoff chances ac

Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love (4) lays out to score a touchdown during a NCAA college football game between Notre Dame and Louisville at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in South Bend.

Notre Dame is 3-1. Notre Dame opened the season with a 23-13 victory over Texas A&M in College State, Texas, before falling in its home opener to Mid-American Conference school Northern Illinois, 16-14, in a stunner for the Irish. The Irish bounced back with a 66-7 victory at Purdue and then dispatched Miami (Ohio), 28-3, last weekend at home.

Jeff Brohm has Louisville rising in the national polls, as the Cardinals are out to a 3-0 start behind first-year starting quarterback Tyler Shough. Notre Dame will be tasked with a challenge all afternoon in trying to stop Louisville's offense, which ranked 12th in the country in scoring offense at 47.3 points per game.

Irish Breakdown gives you all the ways to watch and listen to the football matchup between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Louisville Cardinals

Jeff Brohm was surprised to learn Louisville football has never won at Miami. With a lot on the line, here's how Cards plan to reverse that Saturday.