# 2016 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team

The 2016 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by sixth-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 6–7, 5–3 in Sun Belt play to finish in fifth place. They were invited to the New Orleans Bowl where they lost to Southern Miss.

## Preseason
### Award watchlists

| Award | Player | Position | Year |
| Walter Camp Award | Elijah McGuire | RB | SR |
| Paul Hornung Award | Elijah McGuire | RB | SR |
| Maxwell Award | Elijah McGuire | RB | SR |
| Wuerffel Trophy | Karmichael Dunbar | DL | SR |

### Sun Belt Media Day
#### Predicted standings

Sun Belt Conference predicted standings :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st Place) |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 114 (5) |
| 2 | Arkansas State | 110 (5) |
| 3 | Georgia Southern | 98 (1) |
| 4 | Georgia State | 73 |
| 5 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 70 |
| 6 | Troy | 70 |
| 7 | South Alabama | 62 |
| 8 | Idaho | 48 |
| 9 | New Mexico State | 37 |
| 10 | Texas State | 30 |
| 11 | Louisiana-Monroe | 14 |

#### Preseason All–Conference Team

Honorable Mentions
* WR Keenan Barnes
* DL Karmichael Dunbar
* OL Eddie Gordon
* LB Tre'maine Lightfoot

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 3 | 11:00 am | Boise State* | Cajun FieldLafayette, LA | ASN | L 10–45 | 22,661 |
| September 10 | 6:00 pm | No. 11 (FCS) McNeese State* | Cajun FieldLafayette, LA (Cajun Crown) | ESPN3 | W 30–22 | 26,891 |
| September 17 | 6:00 pm | South Alabama | Cajun FieldLafayette, LA | ESPN3 | W 28–23 | 19,208 |
| September 24 | 7:00 pm | at Tulane* | Yulman StadiumNew Orleans, LA | ESPN3 | L 39–41 $^{4OT}$ | 24,253 |
| October 1 | 7:00 pm | at New Mexico State | Aggie Memorial StadiumLas Cruces, NM | ESPN3 | L 31–37 $^{2OT}$ | 8,142 |
| October 12 | 7:00 pm | Appalachian State | Cajun FieldLafayette, LA | ESPN2 | L 0–24 | 16,960 |
| October 22 | 6:00 pm | at Texas State | Bobcat StadiumSan Marcos, TX | ESPN3 | W 27–3 | 18,278 |
| November 5 | 4:00 pm | Idaho | Cajun StadiumLafayette, LA | ESPN3 | L 13–23 | 21,367 |
| November 10 | 6:30 pm | at Georgia Southern | Paulson StadiumStatesboro, GA | ESPNU | W 33–26 | 16,786 |
| November 19 | 11:00 am | at Georgia* | Sanford StadiumAthens, GA | SECN | L 21–35 | 92,746 |
| November 26 | 11:00 am | Arkansas State | Cajun FieldLafayette, LA | ASN | W 24–19 | 14,259 |
| December 3 | 2:00 pm | at Louisiana–Monroe | Malone StadiumMonroe, LA (Battle on the Bayou) | ESPN3 | W 30–3 | 4,007 |
| December 17 | 8:00 pm | vs. Southern Miss* | Mercedes-Benz SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA (New Orleans Bowl) | ESPN | L 21–28 | 35,061 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to gameAll times are in Central time |||||||
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## Game summaries
### Boise State

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Broncos | 14 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 45 |
| Ragin' Cajuns | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 13 |
at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA
* Date: September 3
* Game time: 11:00 a.m. CST
* Game weather: 85 °F (29 °C); mostly sunny
* Game attendance: 22,661
* Referee: David Alvarez
* TV: ASN
Game information :
First quarter
BSU - Jeremy McNichols 1-yard TD run, Tyler Rausa kick good, 12:49 (BSU 7-0)
BSU - Cedrick Wilson 42-yard TD pass from Brett Rypien, Rausa kick good, 8:51 (BSU 14-0)
Second quarter
BSU - McNichols 48-yard TD pass from Thomas Sperbeck, Rausa kick good, 14:26 (BSU 21-0)
BSU - McNichols 7-yard TD run, Rausa kick good, 12:35 (BSU 28-0)
BSU - Sperbeck 35-yard TD pass from Rypien, Rausa kick good, 1:29 (BSU 35-0)
ULL - Stevie Artigue 44-yard field goal, 0:00 (BSU 35-3)
Third quarter
BSU - Rausa 30-yard field goal, 4:39 (BSU 38-3)
Fourth quarter
ULL - Keenan Barnes 11-yard TD pass from Anthony Jennings, Artigue kick good, 12:53 (BSU 38-10)
BSU - Alexander Mattison 2-yard TD run, Rausa kick good, 8:44 (BSU 45-10)
Top passers
BSU - Brett Rypien - 22/33, 347 yards, 2 TD
ULL - Anthony Jennings - 21/33, 186 yards, TD
Top rushers
BSU - Alexander Mattison - 11 carries, 61 yards, TD
ULL - Elijah McGuire - 14 carries, 46 yards
Top receivers
BSU - Tyler Sperbeck - 6 receptions, 130 yards, TD
ULL - Ja'Marcus Bradley - 3 receptions, 50 yards
Top defenders
BSU - Tanner Vallejo - 9 tackles, 0.5 sacks
ULL - Travis Crawford - 10 tackles :

### McNeese State

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cowboys | 3 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 22 |
| Ragin' Cajuns | 7 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 30 |
at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA
* Date: September 10
* Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
* Game weather: 79 °F (26 °C); partly cloudy
* Game attendance: 26,891
* Referee: Jason Autrey
* TV: ESPN3
Game information :
First quarter
MCNS - Trent Manuel 33-yard field goal, 8:33 (MCNS 3-0)
ULL - Ja'Marcus Bradley 17-yard TD pass from Anthony Jennings, Stevie Artigue kick good, 4:11 (ULL 7-3)
Second quarter
MCNS - Manuel 40-yard field goal, 9:36 (ULL 7-6)
ULL - Jennings 3-yard TD run, Artigue kick good, 6:14 (ULL 14-6)
MCNS - Dylan Long 1-yard TD run, two-point conversion no good, 0:30 (ULL 14-12)
Third quarter
MCNS - Manuel 28-yard field goal, 9:31 (MCNS 15-14)
ULL - Raymond Calais 7-yard TD run, Artigue kick good, 7:18 (ULL 21-15)
ULL - Jennings 5-yard TD run, two-point conversion no good, 4:02 (ULL 27-15)
Fourth quarter
ULL - Artigue 17-yard field goal, 5:01 (ULL 30-15)
MCNS - Long 3-yard TD run, Manuel kick good, 0:12 (ULL 30-22)
Top passers
ULL - Anthony Jennings - 15/21, 170 yards, TD
MCNS - James Tabary - 25/38, 237 yards
Top rushers
ULL - Elijah McGuire - 19 carries, 139 yards
MCNS - Ryan Ross - 21 carries, 118 yards
Top receivers
ULL - Ja'Marcus Bradley - 6 receptions, 97 yards, TD
MCNS - Kent Shelby - 6 receptions, 75 yards
Top defenders
ULL - Travis Crawford - 11 tackles
MCNS - Jammerio Gross-Whitaker - 12 tackles, sack :

### South Alabama

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Jaguars | 0 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 23 |
| Ragin' Cajuns | 6 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 28 |
at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA
* Date: September 17
* Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
* Game weather: 80 °F (27 °C); cloudy
* Game attendance: 19,208
* Referee: Charles Lewis
* TV: ESPN3
Game information :
First quarter
ULL - Michael Jacquet III 13-yard TD pass from Anthony Jennings, Stevie Artigue kick no good, 4:22 (ULL 6-0)
Second quarter
USA - Tyreis Thomas 6-yard TD run, Gavin Patterson kick good, 14:13 (USA 7-6)
ULL - Artigue 31-yard field goal, 0:37 (ULL 9-7)
Third quarter
ULL - Al Riles 71-yard TD pass from Jennings, Artigue kick no good, 9:46 (ULL 15-7)
ULL - Keenan Barnes 38-yard TD pass from Jennings, Dylan Schuerich kick good, 4:46 (ULL 22-7)
USA - Grant Powell 18-yard TD pass from Dallas Davis, Patterson kick good, 1:50 (ULL 22-14)
Fourth quarter
USA - Patterson 23-yard field goal, 13:36 (ULL 22-17)
ULL - Elijah McGuire 68-yard TD run, two-point conversion no good, 7:05 (ULL 28-17)
USA - Gerald Everett 11-yard TD pass from Davis, two-point conversion no good, 3:17 (ULL 28-23)
Top passers
ULL - Anthony Jennings - 18/26, 256 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
USA - Dallas Davis - 21/29, 264 yards, 2 TD
Top rushers
ULL - Elijah McGuire - 23 carries, 223 yards, TD
USA - Xavier Johnson - 17 carries, 58 yards
Top receivers
ULL - Al Riles - 8 receptions, 139 yards, TD
USA - Gerald Everett - 7 receptions, 83 yards, TD
Top defenders
ULL - Tre'maine Lightfoot - 10 tackles
USA - Kalen Jackson - 12 tackles :

### At Tulane

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT | 4OT | Total |
| Ragin' Cajuns | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 39 |
| Green Wave | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 41 |
at Yulman Stadium, New Orleans, LA
* Date: September 24
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CST
* Game weather: 81 °F (27 °C); partly cloudy
* Game attendance: 24,253
* Referee: Jason McArthur
* TV: ESPN3
Game information :
First quarter
ULL - Stevie Artigue 40-yard field goal, 5:16 (ULL 3-0)
Second quarter
ULL - Artigue 39-yard field goal, 13:48 (ULL 6-0)
TULN - Andrew DiRocco 22-yard field goal, 10:16 (ULL 6-3)
TULN - DiRocco 35-yard field goal, 4:16 (TIE 6-6)
Third quarter
TULN - DiRocco 20-yard field goal, 8:23 (TULN 9-6)
ULL - Artigue 20-yard field goal, 3:18 (TIE 9-9)
TULN - Terren Encalade 34-yard TD pass from Glen Cuiellette, DiRocco kick good, 1:07 (TULN 16-9)
Fourth quarter
ULL - Elijah McGuire 1-yard TD run, Artigue kick good, 5:55 (TIE 16-16)
First overtime
ULL - Keenan Barnes 10-yard TD pass from Anthony Jennings, Artigue kick good, (ULL 23-16)
TULN - Encalade 25-yard TD pass from Cuiellette, DiRocco kick good, (TIE 23-23)
Second overtime
TULN - Darnell Mooney 25-yard TD pass from Cuiellette, DiRocco kick good, (TULN 30-23)
ULL - McGuire 1-yard TD run, Artigue kick good, (TIE 30-30)
Third overtime
ULL - Artigue 22-yard field goal, (ULL 33-30)
TULN - DiRocco 48-yard field goal, (TULN 33-33)
Fourth overtime
TULN - Encalade 7-yard TD pass from Cuiellette, Cuiellette two-point conversion pass to Kendall Ardoin good, (TULN 41-33)
ULL - McGuire 22-yard TD pass from Jennings, two-point conversion no good, (TULN 41-39)
Top passers
TULN - Glen Cuiellette - 10/23, 165 yards, 4 TD, INT
ULL - Anthony Jennings - 19/38, 240 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
Top rushers
TULN - Dontrell Hilliard - 16 carries, 49 yards
ULL - Elijah McGuire - 38 carries, 89 yards, 2 TD
Top receivers
TULN - Terren Encalade - 7 receptions, 103 yards, 3 TD
ULL - Al Riles - 6 receptions, 70 yards
Top defenders
TULN - Nico Marley - 11 tackles, sack
ULL - Tre'maine Lightfoot - 12 tackles :

### At New Mexico State

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total |
| Ragin' Cajuns | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
| Aggies | 7 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 37 |
at Aggie Memorial Stadium, Las Cruces, NM
* Date: October 1
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CST
* Game weather: 82 °F (28 °C); mostly sunny
* Game attendance: 8,142
* Referee: Ted Pitts
* TV: ESPN3
Game information :
First quarter
NMSU - Clayton Granch 19-yard TD pass from Tyler Rodgers, Parker Davidson kick good, 11:25 (NMSU 7-0)
ULL - Keenan Barnes 5-yard TD pass from Anthony Jennings, Stevie Artigue kick good, 7:15 (TIE 7-7)
Second quarter
ULL - Artigue 23-yard field goal, 8:55 (ULL 10-7)
NMSU - Larry Rose III 6-yard TD run, Davidson kick good, 2:19 (NMSU 14-10)
NMSU - Jaden Wright 45-yard interception return for TD, Davidson kick good, 1:23 (NMSU 21-10)
ULL - Artigue 41-yard field goal, 0:00 (NMSU 21-13)
Third quarter
ULL - Jordan Wright 7-yard TD run, Jalen Nixon two-point conversion good to Jared Johnson, 8:19 (TIE 21-21)
Fourth quarter
NMSU - Davidson 33-yard field goal, 10:31 (NMSU 24-21)
ULL - Artigue 47-yard field goal, 2:58 (TIE 24-24)
First overtime
NMSU - Gregory Hogan 23-yard TD pass from Rodgers, Davidson kick good, (NMSU 31-24)
ULL - Darius Hoggins 0-yard fumble return for TD, Artigue kick good, (TIE 31-31)
Second overtime
NMSU - Sebastian Anderson 0-yard fumble return for TD, (NMSU 37-31)
Top passers
NMSU - Tyler Rodgers - 31/49, 359 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
ULL - Anthony Jennings - 12/22, 143 yards, TD, 2 INT
Top rushers
NMSU - Larry Rose III - 23 carries, 112 yards, TD
ULL - Darius Hoggins - 12 carries, 81 yards, TD
Top receivers
NMSU - Gregory Hogan - 11 receptions, 172 yards, TD
ULL - Al Riles - 8 receptions, 110 yards
Top defenders
NMSU - Jacob Nwangwa - 19 tackles
ULL - Otha Peters - 18 tackles, sack :

### Appalachian State

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountaineers | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Ragin' Cajuns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA
* Date: October 12
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CST
* Game weather: 81 °F (27 °C); clear
* Game attendance: 16,960
* Referee: Jason McArthur
* TV: ESPN2
Game information :
First quarter
APST - Jalin Moore 2-yard TD run, Michael Rubino kick good, 12:34 (APST 7-0)
APST - Rubino 21-yard field goal, 5:13 (APST 10-0)
Second quarter
APST - Moore 41-yard TD run, Rubino kick good, 13:36 (APST 17-0)
APST - Collin Reed 8-yard TD pass from Taylor Lamb, Rubino kick good, 5:43 (APST 24-0)
Top passers
APST - Taylor Lamb - 15/26, 201 yards, TD, INT
ULL - Anthony Jennings - 19/32, 121 yards
Top rushers
APST - Jalin Moore - 14 carries, 106 yards, 2 TD
ULL - Elijah McGuire - 10 carries, 43 yards
Top receivers
APST - Shaedon Meadors - 6 receptions, 128 yards
ULL - Michael Jacquet - 5 receptions, 40 yards
Top defenders
APST - Devan Stringer - 11 tackles
ULL - Denarius Howard - 6 tackles :

### At Texas State

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Ragin' Cajuns | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| Bobcats | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
at Bobcat Stadium, San Marcos, TX
* Date: October 22
* Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
* Game weather: 71 °F (22 °C); clear
* Game attendance: 18,278
* Referee: Marc Curles
* TV: ESPN3
Game information :
First quarter
TXST - Marcus Ripley 29-yard field goal, 10:37 (TXST 3-0)
ULL - Stevie Artigue 36-yard field goal, 1:39 (TIE 3-3)
Second quarter
ULL - Elijah McGuire 4-yard TD run, Artigue kick good, 8:53 (ULL 10-3)
ULL - Artigue 42-yard field goal, 0:00 (ULL 13-3)
Third quarter
ULL - McGuire 1-yard TD run, Artigue kick good, 7:56 (ULL 20-3)
Fourth quarter
ULL - Keenan Barnes 18-yard TD pass from Anthony Jennings, Artigue kick good, 8:17 (ULL 27-3)
Top passers
ULL - Anthony Jennings - 17/21, 156 yards, TD, INT
TXST - Tyler Jones - 20/28, 142 yards, INT
Top rushers
ULL - Elijah McGuire - 20 carries, 112 yards, 2 TD
TXST - Stedman Mayberry - 17 carries, 54 yards
Top receivers
ULL - Michael Jacquet - 2 receptions, 54 yards
TXST - Elijah King - 2 receptions, 42 yards
Top defenders
ULL - Tre'maine Lightfoot - 8 tackles
TXST - Bryan London II - 10 tackles :

### Idaho

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vandals | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
| Ragin' Cajuns | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA
* Date: November 5
* Game time: 4:00 p.m. CST
* Game weather: 81 °F (27 °C); clear
* Game attendance: 21,387
* Referee: Kevin Stine
* TV: ESPN3
Game information :
First quarter
IDAHO - Denzal Brantley 1-yard TD run, Austin Rehkow kick good, 10:15 (IDAHO 7-0)
ULL - Stevie Artigue 37-yard field goal, 8:13 (IDAHO 7-3)
IDAHO - Rehkow 29-yard field goal, 4:51 (IDAHO 10-3)
Second quarter
ULL - Anthony Jennings 3-yard TD run, Artigue kick good, 13:31 (TIE 10-10)
IDAHO - Isaiah Saunders 1-yard TD run, Rehkow kick good, 4:33 (IDAHO 17-10)
ULL - Artigue 29-yard field goal, 0:28 (IDAHO 17-13)
Third quarter
IDAHO - Rehkow 50-yard field goal, 4:29 (IDAHO 20-13)
Fourth quarter
IDAHO - Rehkow 44-yard field goal, 7:22 (IDAHO 23-13)
Top passers
IDAHO - Matt Linehan - 20/30, 227 yards
ULL - Anthony Jennings - 17/30, 161 yards
Top rushers
IDAHO - Isaiah Saunders - 21 carries, 86 yards, TD
ULL - Elijah McGuire - 17 carries, 55 yards
Top receivers
IDAHO - Isaiah Saunders - 5 receptions, 55 yards
ULL - Michael Jacquet - 3 receptions, 77 yards
Top defenders
IDAHO - Tony Lashley - 13 tackles
ULL - Tre'maine Lightfoot - 13 tackles :

### At Georgia Southern

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Ragin' Cajuns | 7 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 33 |
| Eagles | 3 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 26 |
at Paulson Stadium, Statesboro, GA
* Date: November 10
* Game time: 6:30 p.m. CST
* Game weather: 49 °F (9 °C); calm
* Game attendance: 16,786
* Referee: Charles Lewis
* TV: ESPNU
Game information :
First quarter
GASO - Younghoe Koo 39-yard field goal, 10:44 (GASO 3-0)
ULL - Elijah McGuire 1-yard TD run, Stevie Artigue kick good, 3:15 (ULL 7-3)
Second quarter
GASO - Koo 27-yard field goal, 10:48 (ULL 7-6)
ULL - Dion Ray 16-yard TD run, Artigue kick good, 6:09 (ULL 14-6)
GASO - Myles Campbell 10-yard TD pass from Seth Shuman, Koo kick good, 1:18 (ULL 14-13)
ULL - Anthony Jennings 10-yard TD run, Artigue kick good, 0:06 (ULL 21-13)
Third quarter
ULL - Artigue 34-yard field goal, 8:51 (ULL 24-13)
ULL - Keenan Barnes 48-yard TD pass from Al Riles, Artigue kick good, 6:34 (ULL 31-13)
Fourth quarter
GASO - L.A. Ramsby 2-yard TD run, two-point pass conversion no good, 13:05 (ULL 31-19)
ULL - Otha Peters defensive PAT conversion, 13:05 (ULL 33-19)
GASO - L.A. Ramsby 1-yard TD run, Koo kick good, 4:23 (ULL 33-26)
Top passers
ULL - Anthony Jennings - 17/26, 210 yards
GASO - Seth Shuman - 21/36, 228 yards, TD
Top rushers
ULL - Anthony Jennings - 9 carries, 96 yards, TD
GASO - Seth Shuman - 5 carries, 20 yards
Top receivers
ULL - Keenan Barnes - 3 receptions, 89 yards, TD
GASO - BJ Johnson III - 9 receptions, 127 yards
Top defenders
ULL - Otha Peters - 8 tackles, fumble recovery, safety
GASO - Ukeme Eligwe - 12 tackles :

### At Georgia

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Ragin' Cajuns | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| Bulldogs | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
at Sanford Stadium, Athens, GA
* Date: November 19
* Game time: 11:00 a.m. CST
* Game weather: 61 °F (16 °C); fair
* Game attendance: 92,746
* Referee: James Carter
* TV: SEC Network
Game information :
First quarter
UGA - Isaiah McKenzie 55-yard TD run, Rodrigo Blankenship kick good, 14:37 (UGA 7-0)
UGA - McKenzie 82-yard punt return for TD, Blankenship kick good, 8:30 (UGA 14-0)
Second quarter
UGA - Isaac Nauta 9-yard TD pass from Jacob Eason, Blankenship kick good, 2:50 (UGA 21-0)
ULL - Anthony Jennings 9-yard TD run, Stevie Artigue kick good, 2:04 (UGA 21-7)
Third quarter
UGA - Nick Chubb 1-yard TD run, Blankenship kick good, 4:45 (UGA 28-7)
Fourth quarter
UGA - Chubb 49-yard TD pass from Eason, Blankenship kick good, 9:34 (UGA 35-7)
ULL - Jennings 13-yard TD run, Artigue kick good, 4:50 (UGA 35-14)
ULL - Jennings 1-yard TD run, Artigue kick good, 1:34 (UGA 35-21)
Top passers
UGA - Jacob Eason - 13/19, 165 yards, 2 TD, INT
ULL - Anthony Jennings - 14/24, 189 yards, 3 INT
Top rushers
UGA - Nick Chubb - 16 carries, 108 yards, TD
ULL - Elijah McGuire - 19 carries, 129 yards
Top receivers
UGA - Nick Chubb - 1 reception, 49 yards, TD
ULL - Al Riles - 7 receptions, 105 yards
Top defenders
UGA - Roquan Smith - 7 tackles
ULL - Travis Crawford - 9 tackles :

### Arkansas State

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Red Wolves | 7 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| Ragin' Cajuns | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA
* Date: November 26
* Game time: 11:00 a.m. CST
* Game weather: 63 °F (17 °C); partly cloudy
* Game attendance: 14,259
* Referee: Kevin Stine
* TV: ASN
Game information :
First quarter
ARST - Dijon Paschal 24-yard TD pass from Justice Hansen, J.D. Houston kick good, 6:41 (ARST 7-0)
ULL - Taboris Lee 17-yard interception return for TD, Stevie Artigue kick good, 4:52 (TIE 7-7)
Second quarter
ULL - Elijah McGuire 14-yard TD pass from Anthony Jennings, Artigue kick good, 8:29 (ULL 14-7)
Third quarter
ARST - Houston 20-yard field goal, 8:54 (ULL 14-10)
ULL - Al Riles 34-yard TD pass from Jennings, Artigue kick good, 8:08 (ULL 21-10)
Fourth quarter
ARST - Houston 30-yard field goal, 14:57 (ULL 21-13)
ULL - Artigue 34-yard field goal, 10:24 (ULL 24-13)
ARST - Warren Wand 1-yard TD run, two-point conversion pass no good, 9:07 (ULL 24-19)
Top passers
ULL - Anthony Jennings - 13/24, 242 yards, 2 TD
ARST - Justice Hansen - 35/57, 393 yards, TD, INT
Top rushers
ULL - Elijah McGuire - 10 carries, 27 yards
ARST - Justice Hansen - 10 carries, 47 yards
Top receivers
ULL - Ja'Marcus Bradley - 4 receptions, 113 yards
ARST - Kendall Sanders - 6 receptions, 90 yards
Top defenders
ULL - Christian Goodlett - 12 tackles
ARST - Ja'Von Rolland-Jones - 10 tackles, 2 sacks :

### At Louisiana–Monroe

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Ragin' Cajuns | 7 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 30 |
| Warhawks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
at Malone Stadium, Monroe, LA
* Date: December 3
* Game time: 2:00 p.m. CST
* Game weather: 48 °F (9 °C); cloudy, rain
* Game attendance: 4,007
* Referee: Kevin Stine
* TV: ESPN3
Game information :
First quarter
ULL - Elijah McGuire 1-yard TD run, Stevie Artigue kick good, 8:53 (ULL 7-0)
ULM - Craig Ford 23-yard field goal, 5:22 (ULL 7-3)
Second quarter
ULL - Trev Miller 73-yard fumble return for TD, Artigue kick good, 10:28 (ULL 14-3)
ULL - Otha Peters 29-yard fumble return for TD, Artigue kick good, 5:10 (ULL 21-3)
ULL - Artigue 26-yard field goal, 0:00 (ULL 24-3)
Third quarter
ULL - Artigue 35-yard field goal, 7:08 (ULL 27-3)
ULL - Artigue 37-yard field goal, 0:23 (ULL 30-3)
Top passers
ULL - Anthony Jennings - 2/5, 0 yards, 2 INT
ULM - Caleb Evans - 3/14, 31 yards, 2 INT
Top rushers
ULL - Elijah McGuire - 28 carries, 110 yards, TD
ULM - Austin Vaughn - 11 carries, 61 yards
Top receivers
ULL - Al Riles - 1 reception, 0 yards
ULM - Nathan Meadors Jr. - 1 reception, 15 yards
Top defenders
ULL - Karmichael Dunbar - 4 tackles
ULM - Wesley Thompson - 15 tackles :

### Southern Miss (New Orleans Bowl)

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Eagles | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Ragin' Cajuns | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
at Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA
* Date: December 17
* Game time: 8:00 p.m. CST
* Game weather: 74 °F (23 °C); N/A (indoors)
* Game attendance: 35,061
* Referee: Tom Stapleton
* TV: ESPN
Game information :
First quarter
USM - Ito Smith 11-yard TD run, Parker Shaunfield kick good, 9:39 (USM 7-0)
USM - Smith 6-yard TD pass from Nick Mullens, Shaunfield kick good, 7:17 (USM 14-0)
ULL - Anthony Jennings 4-yard TD run, Stevie Artigue kick good, 3:15 (USM 14-7)
Second quarter
ULL - Dion Ray 12-yard TD run, Artigue kick good, 7:28 (TIE 14-14)
Third quarter
USM - Allenzae Staggers 5-yard TD pass from Mullens, Shaunfield kick good, 10:42 (USM 21-14)
Fourth quarter
USM - Smith 1-yard TD run, Shaunfield kick good, 12:26 (USM 28-14)
ULL - Jennings 3-yard TD run, Artigue kick good, 5:10 (USM 28-21)
Top passers
USM - Nick Mullens - 25/40, 346 yards, 2 TD, INT
ULL - Anthony Jennings - 8/20, 95 yards, INT
Top rushers
USM - Ito Smith - 26 carries, 138 yards, 2 TD
ULL - Elijah McGuire - 17 carries, 99 yards
Top receivers
USM - Allenzae Staggers - 11 receptions, 230 yards, TD
ULL - Al Riles - 5 receptions, 64 yards
Top defenders
USM - Ja'Boree Poole - 9 tackles, 3 sacks
ULL - Christian Goodlett - 7 tackles :