EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut broadcast its basketball team’s season opener on the video board at Rentschler Field on Friday night, giving the Huskies fans something to cheer about before the football team took the field.

There wasn’t much applause after that.

UConn had only 237 yards in offense in a 31-10 loss to No. 20 Louisville.

UConn (0-8, 0-4 American Athletic Conference) has lost nine straight since upsetting the Cardinals in three overtimes last November in Kentucky.

“We had hoped that the way we practiced, our outcome would have been different,”’ said UConn quarterback Tim Boyle, who threw for 113 yards and had three interceptions. “We aren’t going to get down about it, because we took strides. But whenever we lose, it’s tough.”

The Huskies were unable to get much pressure on Louisville’s Heisman hopeful, Teddy Bridgewater. The junior completed 21 of 37 passes for 288 yards and a touchdown. He has thrown 24 touchdown passes this season and has at least one scoring pass in 21 straight games.

The win kept the Cardinals (8-1, 4-1) a game out of first place in the AAC, behind the winner of the game Saturday night between Houston and Central Florida.

Bridgewater threw just his third interception of the season in the third quarter when UConn’s Andrew Adams stepped in front of a pass.

But cornerback Terell Floyd got that back on the next play, intercepting Boyle’s pass and taking the ball back 17 yards down the left sideline for a touchdown. It was the first of two picks for Floyd.

Cardinals cornerback Charles Gaines, who had an interception for a touchdown against South Florida, also got on the board. He blocked a punt after a muffed snap, scooped it up and ran 7 yards to open the scoring. The Cardinals have outscored opponents 75-6 in the opening 15 minutes of games this season. Gaines added a second-quarter interception.