LAFAYETTE – After a few setbacks on the road, the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Football team returns to the friendly confines of Cajun Field on Saturday, where it hosts Sun Belt Conference rival South Alabama in the annual Homecoming game.
Kick-off is scheduled for 4 p.m. and will be streamed live on ESPN+ with commentary from Dan McDonald (pbp) and Eric Mouton (color).
Fans can listen to the game worldwide on Varsity Network, Hot 107.9 FM and ESPN 1420 AM with Jay Walker (pbp), Gerald Broussard (color) and Cody Junot (sideline). Live stats are available at CajunStats.com.
Louisiana (2-2, 0-1 SBC) returns home for the first time in three weeks after an impressive 49-21 victory over Eastern Michigan on September 10. The Ragin’ Cajuns will take on an explosive South Alabama (3-1, 0-0 SBC) squad with victories over Nicholls, Central Michigan and Louisiana Tech with its only blemish a 32-31 decision at UCLA on September 17.
The Ragin’ Cajuns have won eight of their ten games in the series, including the last six games. Louisiana won 20-18 against South Alabama in last season’s game in Mobile and recorded a 38-10 win in the previous game at Cajun Field.
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GAME 5 INFORMATION
Who: Louisiana (2-2, 0-1 SBC) vs. South Alabama (3-1, 0-0 SBC)
Where: Cajun Field (41,426); Lafayette, La.
When: Saturday, Oct. at 4 p.m.
Watch: ESPN+
On the Call: Dan McDonald (play-by-play), Eric Mouton (analyst)
Listen: Varsity Network, Hot 107.9 FM, ESPN 1420 AM
On the Call: Jay Walker (play-by-play), Gerald Broussard (analyst), Cody Junot (sideline)
All-Time Series: Louisiana leads, 8-2
First meeting: W, 52-30 (11/24/12 in Lafayette)
Last meeting: W, 20-18 (10/2/21 on mobile)
LOUISIANA CELEBRATES HOME AGAINST SBC RIVAL JAGUARS
• Louisiana returns home after a two-game road trip to take on SBC West Division rival South Alabama in the annual Homecoming Game at Cajun Field.
• The meeting is the 11th all-time between the schools, with Louisiana leading 8-2.
• Four out of 10 games in the series were decided by seven points or less, including last year’s 20-18 Louisiana win in Mobile.
A LOOK AT THE RAGIN’ CAJUNS
• Louisiana Football enters the 2022 season as the reigning Sun Belt Conference Champions and four-time defending champions of the Sun Belt West Division.
• The 2021 title was the program’s first outright Sun Belt Conference title in program history and the team’s first overall title in 53 years.
• For the fourth consecutive season, the Ragin’ Cajuns are predicted to win the West Division after taking 95 best points in the league and receiving 12 best votes for first place in the Preseason Coaches Poll.
• Coach Michael Desormeaux, a former 2005-08 UL quarterback, has a 3-2 career record after replacing Billy Napier (now in Florida) and led the Ragin’ Cajuns to a 36-21 win over Marshall on December 18 2021, at the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.
• Louisiana enters the weekend second among FBS schools with nine interceptions in the season.
• Louisiana ranks second among FBS schools in revenue margin (+9), fourth in forced revenue (12) and eighth in point returns (17.8).
• Louisiana’s 33-21 loss to Rice on September 17 was the first loss in 378 days.
Louisiana’s 21-17 loss at ULM last Saturday was the first in Monroe since 2004 and marked the first two-game losing streak since falling to App State (SBC Championship Game) and Tulane (Cure Bowl) in 2018.
• The loss to ULM was Louisiana’s first in 17 games to an opponent of SBC West since the Divisional format was created in 2018.
• Louisiana completed a perfect season in the Sun Belt Conference (8-0). The Ragin’ Cajuns were perfect in league games just once in their history prior to last season, going 5–0 in the Gulf States Conference during the 1970 season.
TEAM COMMENTS
• In the past four seasons, the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns have won four Sun Belt Conference West Division titles, won the 2021 Sun Belt Conference Championship, were the 2020 Sun Belt Co-Champions, and have won three bowl games (LendingTree Bowl [2020) and SERVPRO First Responder Bowl (2021), R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl [2021]).
• Louisiana has won its last 11 home games – tying the school record of the 1976-77 seasons.
• Louisiana’s roster includes 94 players (68.1 percent) who are from Pelican State—the most of the five FBS programs in the state (Louisiana, LSU, Louisiana Tech, Tulane, ULM).
• Head Coach Michael Desormeaux is the first Ragin’ Cajuns coach to start his career 3-0 since AL “Red” Swanson in 1950.
• Since the Divisional format was introduced by the Sun Belt Conference in 2018, Louisiana has held a 16-1 record against opponents from the SBC West Division and is 26-7 overall in the league.
• Since the divisional format was introduced in 2018, Louisiana is 13-3 in the regular season of SBC games at Cajun Field.
• In 2022, Louisiana ranks fourth in the Sun Belt Conference in scoring defense (20.5) and fourth in pass efficiency defense (116.54).
• Louisiana’s nine interceptions in the first four games are one of the total set during the 2021 season.
• Louisiana’s offensive line returned to a combined start of 23 careers heading into the 2022 season. AJ Gillie (12), Carlos Rubio (8) and David Hudson (3) each earned starts with newcomers Jax Harrington and Nathan Thomas earned their first career start in the season opener against Southeast Louisiana.
• Louisiana is 48-27-2 in all-time home games.
• Louisiana has not rushed more than 100 yards in back-to-back games for the first time since the start of the 2021 season (76 yards in Texas, 90 yards vs. Nicholls).
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