The Cardinals suffered their first loss of the season with a mistake-riddled performance against the Fighting Irish.

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.

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.

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.

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,