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.

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

Louisville’s first three games, all of which were wins, ranged from relatively easy to incredibly easy. Facing Notre Dame in South Bend would be a different type of task. While the Cardinals held their own against the Irish, they ultimately suffered their first loss of the season, 31-24.

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.

Louisville football, in its first season under Jeff Brohm, is in the Associated Press poll and coaches poll for the first time since September 2020.

Playing in their first road game of the young 2024 season, the Louisville football program was unable to get out of their own way against Notre Dame, suffering a 31-24 up in Notre Dame Stadium. "Well,