Louisville football's spring game moved from Saturday to Friday night due to weather

The Louisville spring football game will now be Friday night instead of Saturday afternoon, due to thunderstorms in the forecast Saturday, the school announced Wednesday.

The last of Louisville's 15 spring practices will start at 7:30 p.m. at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium.

“In discussing with coach (Bobby) Petrino on Wednesday morning, we agreed for the safety of the players and fans that the best conclusion for everyone involved was to move the game to Friday night," athletic director Vince Tyra said in a release. "The Wendy’s Wonderful Kids Spring Game was the first opportunity for our fans to see this team this spring, and we didn’t want that impacted by the threat of heavy rains and lightning forecasted for the entire day.”

Petrino and the players will still be available for autographs on the field after the game, and the 2017 team awards will proceed at halftime. New men's basketball coach Chris Mack was going to sign autographs before the game, but will now be unavailable at the new time, the release said.

Spring game admission is open to the public at no charge.

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