Louisville Cardinals schedule & live scores API

Get Louisville Cardinals fixtures, live scores, odds and results as JSON from Realtime Sports API. The team id is 97 in football/college-football; filter the College Football events, live and schedule endpoints by it. Data is aggregated from public sources and is typically 20-30 seconds behind live play (about 1 second after our source). There is no SLA.

Team id
97
Abbreviation
LOU
Home venue
L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium, Louisville
2026 season
12 games · record 2-3

Next game: Louisville Cardinals host Florida State Seminoles on Fri, Oct 9, 7:00 PM ET at L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium.

Upcoming Louisville Cardinals games

Upcoming Louisville Cardinals games
DateAwayHomeTime / ResultVenue
Fri, Oct 9Florida State SeminolesLouisville Cardinals7:00 PM ETL&N Federal Credit Union Stadium · Louisville, KY
Sat, Oct 17Louisville CardinalsSyracuse Orange7:30 PM ETJMA Wireless Dome · Syracuse, NY
Sat, Oct 31Stanford CardinalLouisville CardinalsTBDL&N Federal Credit Union Stadium · Louisville, KY
Sat, Nov 7Louisville CardinalsGeorgia Tech Yellow JacketsTBDBobby Dodd Stadium · Atlanta, GA
Sat, Nov 14Louisville CardinalsNorth Carolina Tar HeelsTBDKenan Stadium · Chapel Hill, NC
Sat, Nov 21Pittsburgh PanthersLouisville CardinalsTBDL&N Federal Credit Union Stadium · Louisville, KY

Times are US Eastern; refreshed hourly. Full Louisville Cardinals schedule with JSON/CSV download

Recent Louisville Cardinals results

Recent Louisville Cardinals results
DateAwayHomeTime / ResultVenue
Sat, Oct 3Louisville CardinalsNC State Wolfpack28 - 31 FinalCarter-Finley Stadium · Raleigh, NC
Sat, Sep 26Wake Forest Demon DeaconsLouisville Cardinals30 - 27 FinalL&N Federal Credit Union Stadium · Louisville, KY
Sat, Sep 19SMU MustangsLouisville Cardinals31 - 41 FinalL&N Federal Credit Union Stadium · Louisville, KY
Fri, Sep 11Villanova WildcatsLouisville Cardinals13 - 59 FinalL&N Federal Credit Union Stadium · Louisville, KY
Sun, Sep 6Louisville CardinalsOle Miss Rebels(neutral)38 - 41 FinalNissan Stadium · Nashville, TN

Live example: team detail

Request

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $RSA_API_KEY" \
  "https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/v1/sports/football/leagues/college-football/teams/97"

Response captured from live data at 2026-10-07 15:41 UTC (refreshed every few minutes). Long arrays are trimmed; meta.rateLimit values are illustrative for a Free key. Captured hourly; logos trimmed to one.

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "97",
    "uid": "s:20~l:23~t:97",
    "slug": "louisville-cardinals",
    "location": "Louisville",
    "name": "Cardinals",
    "nickname": "Louisville",
    "abbreviation": "LOU",
    "displayName": "Louisville Cardinals",
    "shortDisplayName": "Louisville",
    "color": "c9001f",
    "alternateColor": "ffffff",
    "league": {},
    "venue": {
      "id": "3873",
      "name": "L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium",
      "city": "Louisville",
      "state": "KY",
      "indoor": false,
      "grass": false
    },
    "isActive": true,
    "isAllStar": false,
    "logos": [
      {
        "href": "https://realtimesportsapi.com/api/images/proxy?id=GgcVSgNPTUMITUgaFFQVVVQXBVwOHV5LRQBZD1lbBllDXR0CWxFaV1xZTBReSkoYVg",
        "width": 500,
        "height": 500,
        "alt": "",
        "rel": [
          "full",
          "default"
        ],
        "lastUpdated": "2025-12-19T22:33Z"
      },
      "... 13 more"
    ]
  }
}

Get Louisville Cardinals scores in code

The events endpoint returns the whole College Football scoreboard, so keep the games where either team id is 97.

curl + jq

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $RSA_API_KEY" \
  "https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/v1/sports/football/leagues/college-football/teams/97"

# This team's games in the current scoreboard (filter by team id 97)
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $RSA_API_KEY" "https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/v1/sports/football/leagues/college-football/events" \
  | jq '.data[] | select(.homeTeam.id == "97" or .awayTeam.id == "97") | {name, date, status: .status.detail, home: .homeTeam.score, away: .awayTeam.score}'

JavaScript (fetch)

const TEAM_ID = "97"; // Louisville Cardinals
const res = await fetch("https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/v1/sports/football/leagues/college-football/events", {
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.RSA_API_KEY}` }
});
const { data } = await res.json();
const games = data.filter((e) => e.homeTeam.id === TEAM_ID || e.awayTeam.id === TEAM_ID);
for (const g of games) {
  console.log(g.shortName, g.status.detail, `${g.awayTeam.score}-${g.homeTeam.score}`);
}

Python (requests)

import os, requests

TEAM_ID = "97"  # Louisville Cardinals
res = requests.get(
    "https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/v1/sports/football/leagues/college-football/events",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['RSA_API_KEY']}"},
    timeout=10,
)
for g in res.json()["data"]:
    if TEAM_ID in (g["homeTeam"]["id"], g["awayTeam"]["id"]):
        print(g["shortName"], g["status"]["detail"], g["awayTeam"]["score"], g["homeTeam"]["score"])

MCP prompt (Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT)

Using the Realtime Sports MCP server (https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/mcp), call get_schedule with sport "football" and league "college-football" for the next 14 days and list the Louisville Cardinals games (team id 97) with dates and opponents; then call get_live_events and tell me if they are playing now.

Connect the hosted MCP server first: setup guide.

More endpoints for this team: /sports/football/leagues/college-football/teams/97/roster, /sports/football/leagues/college-football/news?team=97. Step-by-step builds: guides.

FAQ

How do I get live Louisville Cardinals scores in JSON?
Call GET https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/v1/sports/football/leagues/college-football/events/live with a free API key and keep the games where homeTeam.id or awayTeam.id is "97". The live endpoint returns the score, period, clock and status for games in progress. Data is aggregated from public sources and is typically 20-30 seconds behind live play (about 1 second after our source). There is no SLA.
Is there a free Louisville Cardinals API?
Yes. The Free plan of Realtime Sports API is $0 with 1,000 calls in the first 30 days, then 125 calls per month, no card. The same key covers every College Football team and the other leagues.
What is the Louisville Cardinals team id?
"97" in league "college-football" (sport "football"). Use it with /sports/football/leagues/college-football/teams/97 for team details and /sports/football/leagues/college-football/teams/97/roster for the roster, and to filter events by homeTeam.id or awayTeam.id.
When is the next Louisville Cardinals game?
Louisville Cardinals host Florida State Seminoles on Fri, Oct 9, 7:00 PM ET at L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium. Times are US Eastern; this page refreshes hourly.
Does the API include Louisville Cardinals betting odds?
Yes, for upcoming College Football games that have a line: GET /sports/football/leagues/college-football/events/{eventId}/odds returns the spread, moneyline and total from a single source book, and /odds/history returns line moves. It is not a multi-book comparison feed.
Can I get Louisville Cardinals score alerts pushed to me?
Yes, on paid plans: register a webhook for event.score_change and event.final filtered to league "college-football", then keep deliveries where data.homeTeam.id or data.awayTeam.id is "97" (webhooks filter by league, not team). WebSocket works the same way.

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