The 1990 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville as an independent during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by the sixth-year head coach Howard Schnellenberger, the Cardinals compiled a record of 10âÂÂ1âÂÂ1 and defeated Alabama in the Fiesta Bowl. Louisville team played home games at Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky.
Browning Nagle threw for a Fiesta Bowl record 451 yards and 3 touchdowns as the Cardinals routed the Crimson Tide, 34âÂÂ7.