TV: Bob Wischusen (play-by-play), Rod Gilmore (analyst), Quint Kessenich (sideline)
Radio: Dave Lamont (play-by-play), Anthony Becht (analyst), Brooke Weisbrod (sideline)

Nielsen ratings

3.6

Russell Athletic Bowl
< 2012	2014 >

The 2013 Russell Athletic Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 28, 2013 at the Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium in Orlando, Florida. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. The 24th edition of the Russell Athletic Bowl, it featured the Louisville Cardinals of the American Athletic Conference against the Miami Hurricanes of the Atlantic Coast Conference (which Louisville will join in 2014). It began at 6:45 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN. The game was sponsored by the Russell Athletic uniform company. Louisville defeated Miami by a score of 36–9.

The Cardinals had a regular season record of 11–1 (7–1 American). The Hurricanes finished their season at 9–3 (5–3 ACC).

The game featured the Louisville Cardinals against the Miami Hurricanes.

After the previous season saw the Cardinals score an upset victory in the Sugar Bowl against the Florida Gators by a score of 33–23, expectations were enormous heading into the next season, especially with the massive conference upheaval leading to the Big East Conference's transformation into the American Athletic Conference. While the Cardinals once again played an outstanding season, finishing at 11–1 overall and 7–1 in the American, one loss kept the Cardinals from a return trip to the BCS; that loss being a 38–35 home defeat at the hands of the UCF Knights on Friday, October 18. After a 31–24 overtime victory on the road against the rival Cincinnati Bearcats to claim The Keg of Nails, Florida Citrus Sports CEO Steve Hogan extended an invitation to play in the game. In addition to being Louisville's first Russell Athletic Bowl, this will also be the Cardinals' final game as a member of the American Athletic Conference before moving to the Atlantic Coast Conference for 2014 and will serve as a preview for future conference play, given their opponent already plays in the ACC. It will also be the final Russell Athletic Bowl to be a tie-in for the American Athletic Conference, as that tie-in will go to the Big 12 Conference from 2014 through at least 2019.

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