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

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - 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.

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.

Notre Dame (4-1) earned a hard-fought victory over Louisville (3-1) this weekend, giving the Fighting Irish their third straight win. The 16th-ranked Fighting Irish beat the 15th-ranked Cardinals by a 31-24 score. Notre Dame led for over 52 minutes of the game and used a fast start and an crucial finish to earn the victory.

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.

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.

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.

The Irish could have easily folded immediately after Devyn Ford fumbled the opening kickoff. While they did give up a touchdown, they didn’t hold their head down for long. The Irish would go on to score on their first three possessions, all touchdowns, giving them a solid 21-7 cushion after the first quarter.

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

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.