With the ACC's decision to remain at eight conference games settled for the foreseeable future, Louisville set announced today that it has begun filling out its non-conference schedule for 2018-2020 by agreeing to three year series with Western Kentucky. Louisville will host Western Kentucky at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium in 2018 and 2020. In 2019, the two teams will play in Nashville at Nissan Stadium, the home of the NFL's Tennessee Titans.
Of the game, Louisville athletic Tom Jurich had this to say:
"It’s great for both schools that we were able to resume this series against an in-state school of Western Kentucky’s caliber," Vice-President/Director of Athletics Tom Jurich said.