Jeff Brohm was destined to coach in the Boca Raton Bowl.
He had an opportunity as Western Kentucky’s football coach in 2016 but left for Purdue before the bowl game. Nick Holt filled in for Brohm as the team’s head coach, and Central graduate Anthony “Ace” Wales totaled 245 rushing yards and three touchdowns in the Hilltoppers’ 51-31 win over Memphis.
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Nine years later, Brohm will lead Louisville football in the Boca Raton Bowl against Toledo at 2 p.m. Dec. 23. A win would give the Cardinals a third straight season of at least nine wins, a program first since the 2012-14 seasons. UofL went 2-1 in bowl games during that span, including a 33-23 Sugar Bowl win over Florida in 2013.
Despite being 0-3 against Mid-American Conference programs in the postseason, Louisville is 13-13-1 in bowl games and has earned bowl eligibility in five straight seasons. Its one tie was against Long Beach State, 24-24, in the 1970 Pasadena Bowl.
Jeff Brohm and offensive coordinator Brian Brohm contributed to the Cards’ 13 bowl wins as MVPs of the 1993 Liberty Bowl and 2007 Orange Bowl, respectively. The elder Brohm played with a broken index finger on his throwing hand but still threw for 197 yards and a touchdown in the 18-7 victory over Michigan State as a senior. The younger Brohm completed 71% of his passes for 311 yards in the Cardinals’ 24-13 win over Wake Forest for the team’s first BCS win since the 1991 Fiesta Bowl.
Now past their playing days, the two Brohms are focused on getting Louisville over .500 in bowl games. They’ll look to accomplish the feat over a Rockets team that has won at least eight games in each of the past four seasons but recently had coach Jason Candle take the same position at UConn.
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Here’s a look at Louisville’s bowl history:
Louisville football bowl wins
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