Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football

Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football
2018 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team
First season 1902 (1902)
Athletic director Bryan Maggard
Head coach Billy Napier
1st season, 3–3 (.500)
Stadium Cajun Field
(Capacity: 41,426)
Year built 1971
Field surface Turf (ProGrass)
Location Lafayette, Louisiana
NCAA division Division I FBS
Conference Sun Belt Conference
Division West
All-time record 501–549–34 (.478)
Bowl record 2–1 (.667)
Conference titles 13
Rivalries Louisiana–Monroe
Arkansas State
Consensus All-Americans 4
Colors Vermilion and White[1]
         
Fight song Ragin' Cajuns Fight Song
Mascot Cayenne
Marching band Pride of Acadiana
Outfitter Adidas
Website www.ragincajuns.com

The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football program is a college football team that represents the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the Sun Belt Conference. Between 2011 and 2014, the Cajuns won four consecutive New Orleans Bowls, representing the most successful stretch in the program's history, but later had to vacate two of the victories due to NCAA violations.[2]

History

Division history

Years Division
1937–1962National Junior College Athletic Association
1963–1972NCAA College Division (Small College)
1973NCAA Division II
1974–1977NCAA Division I
1978–presentNCAA Division I-A (FBS)

Conference affiliations

Years Conference
1902–1913Independent
1914–1925Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1926–1941Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1939–1947Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference
1948–1970Gulf States Conference
1971–1981Southland Conference
1982–1992Division I-A Independent
1993–1995Big West Conference
1996–2000Division I-A Independent
2001–presentSun Belt Conference

Conference championships

Louisiana has won 13 conference championships, eight outright and five shared.[3]

Year Conference Coach Overall record Conference record
1914Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic AssociationR. B. Dunbar5–3N/A
1916Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic AssociationT. R. Mobley7–1N/A
1917Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic AssociationClement J. McNaspy8–2N/A
1924Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic AssociationT. R. Mobley6–2–1N/A
1925Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic AssociationT. R. Mobley7–2N/A
1940Louisiana Intercollegiate ConferenceJohnny Cain6–3–1N/A
1952†Gulf States ConferenceRaymond Didier5–2–23–0–2
1965†Gulf States ConferenceRuss Faulkinberry7–34–1
1968Gulf States ConferenceRuss Faulkinberry8–35–1
1970Gulf States ConferenceRuss Faulkinberry9–35–0
1976†Southland ConferenceAugie Tammariello9–24–1
1993†Big West ConferenceNelson Stokley8–35–1
2005†Sun Belt ConferenceRickey Bustle6–55–2

† Denotes shared title. Reference:[4]

Note: Louisiana vacated 2013 shared Sun Belt Conference co-championship due to major NCAA violations.[5]

Season-by-season records

Season Conference Wins Losses Ties Postseason Results Notes
Louisiana Ragin Cajuns
2017Sun Belt57
2016Sun Belt67Lost New Orleans Bowl vs. Southern Miss
2015Sun Belt48
2014Sun Belt74Won New Orleans Bowl 16–3 over NevadaVacated 2 wins
2013Sun Belt14Vacated 2013 New Orleans BowlVacated 8 wins
2012Sun Belt54Won New Orleans Bowl 43–34 over East CarolinaVacated 4 wins
2011Sun Belt14Vacated 2011 New Orleans BowlVacated 8 wins[6]
2010Sun Belt39
2009Sun Belt66
2008Sun Belt66
2007Sun Belt39
2006Sun Belt66
2005Sun Belt65Sun-Belt Conference Co-Champions
2004Sun Belt47
2003Sun Belt48
2002Sun Belt39
2001Sun Belt38
2000Independent110
1999Independent29
1998Independent29
1997Independent110
1996Independent56
1995Big West65
1994Big West65Big West Conference co-champions
1993Big West83Big West Conference co-champions
1992Independent29
1991Independent281
1990Independent56
1989Independent74
1988Independent65
1987Independent65
1986Independent65
1985Independent47
1984Independent65
1983Independent46
1982Independent731
1981Southland191
1980Southland74
1979Southland47
1978Southland38
1977Southland642
1976Southland92
1975Southland65
1974Southland29
1973Southland010
1972Southland56
1971Southland541
1970Gulf States93Lost Grantland Rice Bowl 26–25
Totals2232886(1970–2015, includes only regular season)

Postseason history

National Junior College Athletic Association

Date Coach Bowl Opponent Result
January 1, 1944Louis WhitmanOil BowlArkansas–MonticelloW 24–7

NCAA Small College Division

Date Coach Bowl Opponent Result
December 12, 1970Russ FaulkinberryGrantland Rice BowlTennessee StateL 25–26

NCAA Division I FBS

Since joining the NCAA Division I-A (FBS) in 1978, the Ragin' Cajuns have played in five bowl games, although two of those games (which were victories) were vacated due to sanctions. Officially, they have a record of 2-1 in bowl games.

Date Coach Bowl Opponent Result
December 17, 2011Mark HudspethNew Orleans BowlSan Diego StateVacated 32-30
December 22, 2012Mark HudspethNew Orleans BowlEast CarolinaW 43-34
December 21, 2013Mark HudspethNew Orleans BowlTulaneVacated 24-21
December 20, 2014Mark HudspethNew Orleans BowlNevadaW 16-3
December 17, 2016Mark HudspethNew Orleans BowlSouthern MissL 21-28

Home stadiums

McNaspy Stadium

In 1940 McNaspy Stadium was built on the campus of Southwestern Louisiana Institute (now University of Louisiana at Lafayette). It served as the Cajuns home field through the 1970 season and was demolished in 2000. McNaspy Stadium was located at the site where the current computer science building Oliver Hall now stands.

Cajun Field

Cajun Field on gameday.

Rivalries

Active rivalries

ULM Warhawks

The Battle on the Bayou is the annual rivalry game between Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns and ULM. The wooden boot-shaped rivalry trophy was created in 2002 to be awarded to the victors.[7]

Louisiana–ULM: All-time record
Games played First meeting Last meeting UL wins UL losses Ties Win %
51 September 15, 1951 (lost 7–13) December 3, 2016 (win 30–3) 28 24 0 53%

Arkansas State

The Red Wolves and Ragin' Cajuns have met 53 times, with Louisiana leading the series.

Inactive rivalries

Lamar Cardinals

The first Sabine Shoe trophy was first awarded in 1937 to the winner of the SLI–Lamar football game.[8] The name of the bronze rivalry trophy was derived from the Sabine River that forms the Texas-Louisiana border. USL defeated Lamar in the 1978 edition of the rivalry game, but the Ragin' Cajuns were not awarded the trophy as it had vanished.[9] The Sabine Shoe trophy now sits in at trophy case in the Ragin' Cajun Athletic Complex.

Louisiana–Lamar: All-time record
Games played First meeting Last meeting UL wins UL losses Ties Win %
34 October 27, 1923 (won 19–16) September 1, 2012 (won 40–0) 23 11 0 67.6%

McNeese State Cowboys

The Cajun Crown was the name of the rivalry trophy between USL and McNeese State.[10]

Louisiana–McNeese State: All-Time Record
Games played First meeting Last meeting UL wins UL losses Ties Win %
37 September 22, 1951 (won 35–14) September 10, 2016 (won 30–22) 16 20 2 44.4%

Southeastern Louisiana Lions

The Cypress Mug was the turned, polished mahogany mug awarded to the winner of the Southwestern–Southeastern football game.[11]

Louisiana–Southeastern Louisiana: All-time record
Games played First meeting Last meeting UL wins UL losses Ties Win %
39 November 11, 1930 (won 13–0) September 2, 2017 (won 51-48) 20 17 3 54.1%

Players

Future non-conference opponents

Announced schedules as of June 12, 2018.

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
vs Mississippi State vs McNeese State at Arizona State at Rice vs Tulsa vs Rice
at Ohio at New Mexico State vs Ohio
vs Tulsa at Missouri at Liberty

[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ULL Brand Guide and Graphic Standards Manual" (PDF). Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Exam fraud, recruit payments among NCAA accusations against UL-Lafayette, ex-assistant coach David Saunders". The Baton Rouge Advocate. October 11, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Championship records. Database" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "2017 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Football Media Guide". ragincajuns.com. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Big NCAA penalties for UL-Lafayette: Cajuns vacate 20-plus wins, two bowls, 2013 Sun Belt title". The Advocate. March 6, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Exam fraud, recruit payments among NCAA accusations against UL-Lafayette, ex-assistant coach David Saunders". The Baton Rouge Advocate. October 11, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-09. Retrieved 2013-12-08.
  8. ↑ "Tribal lore". The Sporting News. 1997.
  9. ↑ "The Week". CNN. October 9, 1978.
  10. ↑ "College Football Rivalries". www.1122productions.com.
  11. ↑ http://www.athleticnetwork.net/picpopup.php?piclibID=7334
  12. ↑ "UL Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Football Schedules and Future Schedules". fbschedules.com. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
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