• The Louisville Cardinals have the top-ranked defense in the ACC, a first for a team coached by Jeff Brohm. • Louisville's defense is allowing 274 yards per game, which ranks 13th nationally. • Brohm retained defensive coordinator Ron English, and their improved plan has led to better on-field communication and efficiency.

Louisville football coach Jeff Brohm , with his background as a quarterback and his apprenticeship as an assistant under offensive-minded head coaches, has never led a team considered defensive.

Until now.

Let’s run down the numbers.

The Cardinals rank No. 1 in the ACC in total defense, allowing 274 yards per game (13th nationally). If this holds up, it will mark the first time in Brohm’s 12 seasons as a head coach that his defense held opponents to fewer than 3

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