2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team

2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football
Conference Sun Belt Conference
2015 record 4–8 (3–5 Sun Belt)
Head coach Mark Hudspeth (5th season)
Offensive coordinator Jay Johnson (5th season)
Offensive scheme Spread
Co-defensive coordinator Charlie Harbison (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator Melvin Smith (1st season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Cajun Field
(Capacity: 36,900)
2015 Sun Belt football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Arkansas State $  8 –0     9 –4  
Appalachian State  7 –1     11 –2  
Georgia Southern  6 –2     9 –4  
Georgia State  5 –3     6 –7  
South Alabama  3 –5     5 –7  
Idaho  3 –5     4 –8  
Troy  3 –5     4 –8  
Louisiana–Lafayette  3 –5     4 –8  
New Mexico State  3 –5     3 –9  
Texas State  2 –6     3 –9  
Louisiana–Monroe  1 –7     2 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
As of December 23, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll
Coach Hudspeth addresses the media at the 2015 Sun Belt Media Day before the season.

The 2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Mark Hudspeth and played their home games at Cajun Field in Lafayette, Louisiana. The Ragin' Cajuns were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in Sun Belt play to finish in a five way tie for fifth place.

Previous Season

Louisiana-Lafayette went 9-4 last season. However, in 2015, 8 wins, including their bowl victory, were vacated due to massive NCAA violations. The Ragin' Cajuns finished 2nd in the Sun Belt Conference and were awarded the New Orleans Bowl as the conference champion, Georgia Southern were ineligible for post-season play due to their FCS-FBS transition. The defeated the Nevada Wolf Pack 16-3 for their final series of 4 consecutive bowl appearances and victories.

Preseason

Award Watchlist

The following players were named to preseason award watchlist

Walter Camp Award

Lombardi Award

  • Mykhael Quave
  • Dominique Tovell

Doak Walker Award

Paul Hornung Award

Sun Belt Media Day

Sun Belt Conference Players of the Year

Offensive Player of the Year - Elijah McGuire, RB (Louisiana-Lafayette)

Preseason Standings

Sun Belt Conference Predicted Standings
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st Place)
1Georgia Southern110 (6)
2Louisiana-Lafayette108 (3)
3Arkansas State96 (1)
4Appalachian State82
5Texas State78
6South Alabama68 (1)
7UL Monroe59
8Troy39
9Georgia State32
10New Mexico State30
11Idaho24

Preseason All–Conference Team[1]

Roster

2015 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 2 Gunner Hudspeth Fr
WR 2 Al Riles Jr
RB 3 Montrel Carter Sr
WR 4 Jamal Robinson Sr
QB 6 Jalen Nixon Jr
QB 8 Dion Ray Fr
QB 9 Brooks Haack Jr
QB 11 Chris Weaver Fr
WR 13 Gabe Fuselier So
RB 15 Elijah McGuire Jr
WR 17 Ja'Marcus Bradley Fr
QB 18 Patrick Morton So
WR 18 Devin Scott Jr
WR 19 Michael Jacquet Fr
WR 20 Gary Haynes Fr
WR 21 Keenan Barnes Fr
WR 22 Mark Mornay So
RB 23 Darius Hoggins So
RB 25 Torrey Pierce Sr
RB 26 Effrem Reed Sr
RB 27 Jordan Wright Fr
WR 28 Chris Collins  Fr
WR 30 Leon Duncan Fr
WR 31 Jerry Martin Fr
TE 33 Carlos Robinson Fr
TE 39 Alex Allen Fr
RB 41 Jentrell Oliver Jr
OL 50 Robert Hunt Fr
OL 60 D’Aquin Withrow So
OL 61 Cole Prudhomme Fr
OL 62 Grant Mieling Fr
OL 63 Raynard Ford Jr
OL 65 Jessie Freeman  Fr
OL 66 Rico Robinson Fr
OL 67 Ken Marks Fr
OL 68 Octravian Anderson Sr
OL 69 Caden Cunningham Fr
OL 70 Mykhael Quave Sr
OL 72 Grant Horst So
OL 73 Ethan Rosenbalm Jr
OL 75 Kevin Dotson Fr
OL 76 Adrian Goodacre  Fr
OL 77 Donovan Williams Sr
OL 78 Allen Cummins So
OL 79 Eddie Gordon Jr
WR 80 Shelby Christy So
TE 81 Nick Byrne Jr
TE 82 Greg Siener Sr
TE 84 Jacoby Beasly So
WR 85 Jerrell Richardson Jr
TE 87 Chris Turner Fr
TE 88 Evan Tatford Sr
TE Matt Barnes So
WR Jarrod Jackson Fr
WR Jared Johnson Jr
WR Lance Pace Jr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 4 Tre’Maine Lightfoot Jr
DB 6 Savion Brown Jr
LB 7 Otha Peters Jr
DB 8 Simeon Thomas So
DB 9 Lorenzo Cryer  Fr
DB 10 Christian Goodlett Jr
DB 11 Jevante Watson Sr
DB 13 Edward Thompson So
DB 16 Travis Crawford So
DB 17 Ethan Rose Fr
DB 18 Blair Brooks Fr
DB 19 Troy McCollum So
DB 20 Dominick Jones Jr
LB 21 Alonzo Brown Fr
DB 22 Reggie Miles So
DB 23 Tracy Walker So
DB 24 Cole Bourque So
DB 25 Deuce Wallace Fr
DB 27 T.J. Worthy Sr
LB 28 Joe Dillon Fr
LB 29 Tyren Alexander Sr
LB 30 T.J. Posey So
DB 31 Corey Turner  Fr
DB 33 Zachary DeGrange Sr
LB 34 Ross Duhon So
LB 35 Chaiziere Malbrue  Fr
DL 36 David McCormick Fr
DB 37 Errol Brown Fr
LB 38 Terik Miler Fr
LB 39 Darzil Washington Sr
LB 41 Zach Jones Jr
LB 43 Kaleb Fredericks Fr
LB 44 Kevin Fouquier Jr
LB 46 Asa Miller Fr
DB 48 Vince Thomas Fr
LB 51 Trey Granier Jr
LB 52 Dominique Tovell Sr
DL 54 Rodney Baker  Fr
DL 55 Karmichael Dunbar Jr
LB 56 Terrence Jones Fr
DL 57 Chris Prater Sr
LB 59 Shay Laporte  Fr
DT 90 Jacoby Briscoe Jr
DL 91 Mario Osborne Fr
DL 92 Taboris Lee So
DL 93 Darryl Johnson Fr
DL 94 Andarious Jones Fr
DL 95 Rodrick Stephens So
DL 96 Blain Winston So
DL 97 Sherard Johnson So
DL 98 Ladarrius Kidd  Fr
DL 99 Remaine Douglas Jr
DB Kamar Greenhouse Fr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
LS 35 Sterling Miller  Fr
K 36 Stevie Artigue Fr
LS 40 Jake Guidry Sr
K 47 Dylan Scheurich  Fr
LS 49 Stephen Morella Jr
LS 58 Kel Straubmueller So
K 83 Carlos Alvarez Sr
K/P 86 Aaron Bird  Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Michael Desormeaux (Louisiana)
    Assistant Head, Wide Receivers
  • Levron Harbin (North Alabama)
    Assistant Head, Defensive Line
  • Charlie Harbison (Gardner–Webb)
    Assistant Head, Co-Defensive Coordinator, Outside Linebackers
  • Jay Johnson (Northern Iowa)
    Offensive Coordinator, Quarterbacks
  • Marquase Lovings (Howard)
    Assistant Head, Running Backs
  • Mike Lucas (Liberty)
    Assistant Head, Inside Linebackers
  • Jorge Munoz (Bethany)
    Pass Game Coordinator, Wide Receivers
  • Mitch Rodrigue (Nicholls State)
    Run Game Coordinator, Offensive Line
  • Melvin Smith
    Assistant Head, Defensive Coordinator, Defensive Backs
  • Reed Stringer (Delta State)
    Assistant Head, Recruiting Coordinator, Tight Ends
  • Troy Wingerter (Southwestern Louisiana)
    Director of Football Operations
  • Ryan Trichel (Southeastern Louisiana)
    Director of Player Personnel
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 1, 2018

Schedule

Louisiana–Lafayette announced their 2015 football schedule on February 27, 2015. The 2015 schedule consisted of six home and away games in the regular season. The Ragin' Cajuns hosted Sun Belt foes Louisiana–Monroe, New Mexico State, Texas State, and Troy, and traveled to Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Georgia State, and South Alabama.[2]

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 5 6:00 PM at Kentucky* Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY ESPNU L 33–40   62,933
September 12 6:00 PM Northwestern State* Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA ESPN3 W 44–17   26,824
September 26 6:00 PM Akron* Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA ESPN3 L 14–35   24,679
October 3 6:00 PM at Louisiana Tech* Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA ASN L 14–43   26,910
October 10 6:00 PM Texas State Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA ESPN3 W 49–27   21,377
October 20 7:00 PM at Arkansas State Centennial Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR ESPN2 L 27–37   20,495
October 31 4:00 PM Louisiana–Monroedagger Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA (Battle on the Bayou) ESPN3 W 30–24   17,410
November 7 1:00 PM at Georgia State Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA ESPN3 W 23–21   10,070
November 12 6:30 PM at South Alabama Ladd–Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL ESPNU L 25–32   14,096
November 21 4:00 PM New Mexico State Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA ESPN3 L 34–37   17,023
November 28 1:00 PM at Appalachian State Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC ESPN3 L 7–28   16,124
December 5 4:00 PM Troy Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA ESPN3 L 17–41   22,264
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time Zone.
Schedule source:[3]

Game summaries

at Kentucky

1 2 3 4 Total
Ragin' Cajuns 0 7 10 16 33
Wildcats 14 10 9 7 40
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Northwestern State

1 2 3 4 Total
Demons 0 10 7 0 17
Ragin' Cajuns 14 13 7 10 44
Overall record Last meeting Result
37–35–3 2005 ULL, 49–28

Akron

1 2 3 4 Total
Zips 7 7 14 7 35
Ragin' Cajuns 0 7 0 7 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2013 ULL, 35–30

at Louisiana Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Ragin' Cajuns 7 0 7 0 14
Bulldogs 7 22 7 7 43
Overall record Last meeting Result
33–47–6 2014 LT, 48–20

Texas State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 7 7 7 6 27
Ragin' Cajuns 7 7 28 7 49
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–0 2014 ULL, 34–10

at Arkansas State

1 2 3 4 Total
Ragin' Cajuns 0 14 7 6 27
Red Wolves 13 21 3 0 37
Overall record Last meeting Result
23–19–1 2014 ULL, 55–40

Louisiana–Monroe

1 2 3 4 Total
Warhawks 14 10 0 0 24
Ragin' Cajuns 3 6 7 14 30
Overall record Last meeting Result
26–24 2014 ULL, 34–27

at Georgia State

1 2 3 4 Total
Ragin' Cajuns 17 0 3 3 23
Panthers 7 7 7 0 21
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–0 2014 ULL, 34–31

at South Alabama

1 2 3 4 Total
Ragin' Cajuns 6 0 7 12 25
Jaguars 7 10 0 15 32
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–1 2014 ULL, 19–9

New Mexico State

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 3 17 7 10 37
Ragin' Cajuns 7 10 3 14 34
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–3 2014 ULL, 44–16

at Appalachian State

1 2 3 4 Total
Ragin' Cajuns 0 0 0 7 7
Mounaineers 7 7 7 7 28
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2014 AS, 35–16

Troy

1 2 3 4 Total
Trojans 24 0 17 0 41
Ragin' Cajuns 0 10 7 0 17
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–7 2014 ULL, 42–23

References

  1. ↑ "Sun Belt Announces 2015 Preseason Football All-Conference Teams". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved 14 Aug 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ragin' Cajuns Officially Release 2015 Schedule" (Press release). University of Louisiana–Lafayette Department of Athletics. February 27, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  3. ↑ "2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
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