University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Tuesday, October 14
San Marcos, Texas
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Cajuns Visit Bobcats In Tuesday Nationally-Televised Battle
10/13/2014 8:31:00 AM | Football
First of back-to-back national appearances for Louisiana
LAFAYETTE - The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns return to Sun Belt Conference action on Tuesday, Oct. 14, when it travels to San Marcos, Texas to face Texas State in a nationally-televised contest at Jim Wacker Field at Bobcat Stadium.
Kickoff is scheduled for 7:04 p.m. and will be televised on ESPN2. Kevin Dunn (pxp), Ahmad Brooks (color) and Sean Adams (sideline) will provide the commentary. The game will also be aired on the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Radio Network with Jay Walker (pxp), Gerald Broussard (color) and Steve Peloquin (sideline) calling the action.
Louisiana (2-3, 1-0 SBC) snapped a three-game losing streak last week as it rallied to defeat Georgia State, 34-31, at Cajun Field. Terrance Broadway completed 20 of 26 passes for 216 yards and a pair of touchdowns, including a 21-yard scoring pass to Jamal Robinson for the go-ahead score with 3:34 remaining.
Elijah McGuire led the Cajuns ground game with 90 yards, as the sophomore opened the scoring in the first quarter with a 54-yard touchdown. Alonzo Harris added a pair of 1-yard scoring runs for Louisiana while Robinson caught eight passes for 119 yards and two TDs in his first action since missing the past two games with an injury.
Texas State (3-2, 1-0 SBC) won its second straight game after holding off Idaho, 35-30, in the Sun Belt Conference opener in San Marcos. Terrance Franks set a school-record with 295 yards rushing for the Bobcats, scoring on runs of 95, 70 and 70 yards. Craig Mager recorded 12 tackles and a pair of sacks for Texas State, which improved to 2-1 at home.
Louisiana claimed a 48-24 victory last season at Cajun Field in the first meeting between the schools.
Game No. 6
-/- LOUISIANA RAGIN' CAJUNS (2-3, 1-0 Sun Belt)
Head Coach: Mark Hudspeth (Delta State, 1992)
Record at Louisiana: 29-15 (4th season), Career Record: 95-36 (11th year)
-/- TEXAS STATE BOBCATS (3-2, 1-0 Sun Belt)
Head Coach: Dennis Franchione (Pittsburg State, '73)
Record at Texas State: 32-31 (6th season), Career Record: 206-123-21 (29th season)
* - Rankings listed at Amway Coaches' Poll/AP Poll
October 14, 2014 • 7:04 p.m. CDT • San Marcos, Texas
Jim Wacker Field at Bobcat Stadium (30,00)
Series History: Louisiana leads, 1-0 ... first-ever meeting in San Marcos ... Louisiana claimed 48-24 victory in 2013 Sun Belt Conference opener at Cajun Field (Oct. 5, 2013)
GAME INFORMATION
ESPN2: Kevin Dunn, PxP • Ahmad Brooks, Color • Sean Adams, Sideline
Ragin' Cajuns Radio Network: Jay Walker, PxP • Gerald Broussard, Color • Steve Peloquin, Sideline
In Lafayette: KPEL 1420-AM (Flagship); KHXT 107.9-FM
Affiliates: KTUX 98.9-FM (Shreveport); WGSO 990-AM (New Orleans); KJEF 1290-AM (Jennings), KLCL 1470-AM (Lake Charles); KRJO 1680-AM (Monroe); KTIB 640-AM (Thibodaux)
Live Stats: RaginCajuns.com
Twitter Updates: @ULRaginCajuns; Facebook: RaginCajunsAthletics;
YouTube: IAm4RaginCajuns; Instagram: ULRaginCajuns
FIVE QUICK HITTERS
1 - Terrance Broadway is 88 yards shy of tying Jerry Babb for second in school history in passing yards (6,241 yards).
2 - The Ragin' Cajuns are No. 125 nationally, out of 125 FBS teams, in takeaways (1).
3 - Punter Daniel Cadona is ranked No. 6 nationally in punting averaging 46.5 yards per attempt.
4 - The Cajuns are third nationally in sacks allowed (3).
5 - Senior right guard Daniel Quave has started in 44 consecutive games.
GAME NOTES
WE ARE LOUISIANA
• There is confusion among the national sports organizations as how to refer to the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns.
• Our official name is the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, but much like our opponents around the country, we simply go by Louisiana when referring to our athletic programs.
• Although we proudly refer to our University with its full title for academic purposes, we ask that Louisiana, Ragin' Cajuns or Cajuns be used to refer to us athletically.
CAJUNS ARE UNANIMOUS SUN BELT CHOICE
• The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team were the unanimous choice to repeat as champions as the 2014 Sun Belt Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll was released in July.
• Louisiana, which finished 9-4 last season and clinched its second league title overall and its first since 2005, garnered all 11 first-place votes by the league's head coaches. Arkansas State was picked to finish second in the poll with South Alabama picked third, Troy fourth and ULM fifth.
• Texas State was picked to finish sixth in the poll with league newcomers Appalachian State and Georgia Southern picked seventh and eighth, respectively. Idaho, Georgia State and New Mexico State rounded out the 11-team field.
Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll
First Place Votes in Parentheses
1. Louisiana (11) 121
2. Arkansas State 102
3. South Alabama 98
4. Troy 84
5. ULM 78
6. Texas State 70
7. Appalachian State 47
8. Georgia Southern 44
9. Idaho 29
10. Georgia State 27
11. New Mexico State 26
BROADWAY EARNS PRESEASON HONORS; 10 CAJUNS NAMED TO ALL-SBC TEAM
• Led by Preseason Offensive Player of the Year selection Terrance Broadway, the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns placed 10 players on the 2014 Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference Football team that was announced by the league office.
• The 54-member team, which consisted of 12 players on both offense and defense and three special team selections, was picked by the league's head coaches and media members from each of the Sun Belt Conference's 11 football playing schools.
• Broadway, a senior from Baton Rouge, was one of eight Cajuns named to the first team where he was joined in the backfield by teammates Alonzo Harris and Elijah McGuire. Also named to the first-team were wide receiver Jamal Robinson, offensive lineman Daniel Quave, defensive tackle Justin Hamilton, linebacker Dominique Tovell and defensive back Trevence Patt.
• Named to the second-team for the Ragin' Cajuns were offensive lineman Mykhael Quave and defensive tackle Christian Ringo.
CONTINUTY ON THE LINE
• Louisiana entered the 2014 season with four returning starters who had combined for 91 career starts. Through the first five games, Louisiana's starters up front have combined for 116 starts.
• Right guard Daniel Quave has a 44-game consecutive start streak with younger brother Mykhael Quave (LT) next with a 31-game streak. Newcomers to the line in 2013 - left guard Terry Johnson (18 games) and right tackle Octravian Anderson (18 games) - started all 13 games for the Ragin' Cajuns.
• The new starter for Louisiana in 2014 is Donovan Williams at left guard, with Johnson moving to center to replace the Cajuns' lone departed starter from 2013 - center Andre Huval, who started 39 straight games for the Cajuns from 2011-13.
CAJUNS BEST IN SUN BELT HOME ATTENDANCE
• Through two games at Cajun Field in 2014, Louisiana has averaged 30,888 fans to lead the Sun Belt Conference.
• In five games in 2013, the Ragin' Cajuns drew 129,878 fans to Cajun Field for a league-best 25,976 average, edging Arkansas State (24,913) to claim the crown for the second time in three years.
• The 2013 average was the second-highest in a single-season, trailing only the 29,171 from 2011.
CAJUNS CLAIM 2013 SUN BELT CHAMPIONSHIP
• After finishing third in the Sun Belt Conference in 2011 and second in 2012, the Cajuns claimed a share of the Sun Belt title in 2013.
• The title, its second crown in 13 years as a member in the Sun Belt, marks the sixth time that Louisiana has won a conference title in its 50th season playing in a conference.
• The Ragin' Cajuns previously won the Gulf States Conference title in 1970, the Southland in 1976, the Big West in 1993 and 1994, and the Sun Belt in 2005.
CAJUNS ALSO CHAMPIONS IN THE CLASSROOM
• The Sun Belt Conference recently honored teams for their work in the classroom as the league announced the winners of its Team Academic Awards.
• Louisiana's football and baseball teams were among 16 teams honored by the league for excellence in the classroom during the 2013-14 season. During the Spring 2014 semester, both sports recorded their highest team GPA - baseball (3.331) and football (2.849) – in school history.
• During the Fall 2013 semester, football performed well in the classroom, leading all sports with 45 student-athletes with a 3.0 GPA or above.
SETTING A STANDARD
• In addition to the first-ever, back-to-back-to-back seasons appearing in a bowl game, Mark Hudspeth has helped Louisiana to tie the school record for wins in a season with nine.
• Prior to the 9-4 mark in 2011, the Cajuns set the school record for wins with a 9-2 record in both 1921 and 1976.
• The 18 wins in Hudspeth's first two years, and the 29 victories in the first three-plus seasons, are the most in a two and three-year period in school history.
HARRIS RUSHING UP THE CHARTS
• With 942 yards rushing in 2013, Alonzo Harris became the fourth runner in school history to total, 2,500 yards rushing in a career.
• Harris, who finished third in the Sun Belt in rushing last season (72.5 ypg), is fourth in school history with 2,772 yards. He is also third in rushing touchdowns (36) and attempts (595).
• His career 67.6 yards rushing per game is third best in school history, trailing only Tyrell Fenroy (101.0 from 2005-08) and Brian Mitchell (77.6 from 1986-89). Harris gained 700 yards as a freshman in 2011 and totalled 881 yards in 2012.
CAJUN FIELD SCORING RECORD FALLS
• Despite a home season-low 28 points against ULM in the 2013 regular-season finale, Louisiana broke the Cajun Field record for points scored at home in a single season with 236.
• The Ragin' Cajuns scored 40 or more points in each of the first four home games, including a stadium-record 70 points in the home-opening win over Nicholls State on Sept. 14. The 229 points broke the old mark of the 216 that was scored in five games in 1995.
• The Ragin' Cajuns have scored over 200 points at home in a single season three times in school history, the first coming in 1923 when Louisiana tallied 206 points in five games. The home average of 47.2 points a game broke the previous stadium record of 43.2 set in 1995.
RAGIN' CAJUNS ATHLETICS RANKED 34TH BY NACDA
• After a record-setting year in which five sports claimed conference championships, the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns athletic program were rated as the 34th-best nationally according to the National Association of College Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and released by CBSSports.com.
• Louisiana, which claimed regular-season titles in football, baseball and softball while adding Sun Belt Conference tournament titles in men's basketball, men's tennis, baseball and softball, finished as the top non-BCS school in the rankings.
CAJUNS HAVE ENJOYED BOWLING IN PAST THREE SEASONS
• Louisiana is one of six schools nationally to have won a bowl/postseason game in each of the past three seasons.
• The Cajuns, with three victories in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, are part of a list that includes Florida State (Champs Sports, Orange, BCS National Championship), Michigan State (Outback, Buffalo Wild Wings, Rose), Oregon (Rose, Fiesta, Alamo), South Carolina (Capitol One, Outback, Capitol One) and Texas A&M (Meinke Car Care, Cotton, Chick-Fil-A).
CURE BOWL ADDED TO SUN BELT BOWL ROTATION IN 2015
• The Orlando Sports Foundation and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer announced the creation of the Cure Bowl, a postseason college football game matching-up the Sun Belt Conference against the American Athletic Conference beginning in December 2015. The game will be played yearly at the newly renovated Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Fla., the weekend before the Christmas holiday.
• The Cure Bowl will be the Sun Belt Conference's fourth primary postseason bowl game. The Cure Bowl is the second bowl game to join the Sun Belt's lineup in the past year (the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl was announced in August 2013) and the Sun Belt has grown from having just one primary bowl game from 2001 through 2010 to now having four primary postseason bowl game tie-ins.
• In addition to the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, the GoDaddy Bowl, the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl and the Cure Bowl, the Sun Belt Conference is also part of a coalition that will send teams to the Miami Beach Bowl and the Bahamas Bowl on a rotating basis.
MCGUIRE NAMED FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICA
• Elijah McGuire capped off a brilliant 2013 season for the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns when he was selected to the 13th annual Football Writers Association of America Freshman All-America Team.
• McGuire, a 5-11, 185-pound running back from Houma, La., was the lone Sun Belt student-athlete on the team.
• A first-team All-Sun Belt selection, McGuire ranked fourth in the conference in rushing, carrying 103 times for 863 yards, a national-best 8.4 average and seven touchdowns while catching 22 passes for 384 yards and three scores. He had a team-high 16 plays of 20 yards or better during the season.
• McGuire had four 100-yard rushing games, including a career-high 137 yards and three touchdowns against Nicholls State in his Cajun Field debut. At Georgia State on Nov. 16, he became one of just four players in the nation during the year, and the first in school history, to rush for 100 yards and catch passes for 100 yards in the same game.
"PEANUT" RECEIVES WALTER PAYTON NFL MAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
• Chicago Bears cornerback and Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football alumnus Charles Tillman was named the 2013 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year. The award was presented to him during the NFL Honors awards show at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
• The prestigious award, which is named after the late Bears Hall of Fame running back, is the only league honor that recognizes a player's community service as well as his playing excellence.
• Nicknamed "Peanut", Tillman was a four-year letterman in football for Louisiana from 1999-2002. In 2002, he received All-American recognition; was named an All-Independent selection in 2000; and was a two-time All-Sun Belt Conference selection. He ended his career as a Ragin' Cajun with 284 tackles, 12 interceptions, seven fumble recoveries and three blocked punts.
SIX CAJUNS ON NFL ROSTERS
• Six former Cajuns were on active rosters as the NFL season as of Oct. 9.
• Currently on active NFL rosters are:
Bill Bentley (DB, Detroit)
Ladarius Green (TE, San Diego)
Ike Taylor (DB, Pittsburgh)
Charles Tillman (DB, Chicago) - IR
Melvin White (DB, Carolina)
• Named to NFL Practice Squads is:
Jacob Maxwell (TE, Miami)
• Named to CFL Practice Squads is:
Darryl Surgent (WR, Toronto)
CAJUNS ON THE WATCH LIST
Seven members of the Ragin' Cajuns football team were named to national watch lists over the summer, including Terrance Broadway who was named to both the Davey O'Brien and the Manning Award Watch List.
Four members were named to the Lombardi Award Watch List, led by offensive linemen Daniel Quave and Mykhael Quave - the only tandem of brothers on a national watch list.
A complete list of players named to national watch lists is below:
Lombardi Award Watch List
• OL Daniel Quave
• OL Mykhael Quave
• DL Justin Hamilton
• LB Dominique Tovell
Doak Walker Award
• RB Alonzo Harris
Biletnikoff Award
• WR Jamal Robinson
Davey O'Brien Award
• QB Terrance Broadway
Manning Award
• QB Terrance Broadway
NEXT UP
• Louisiana will play its second consecutive Tuesday night game of the season on Oct. 21 when it returns to Cajun Field to host Arkansas State. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:04 p.m. and will be televised nationally on ESPN2.
Kickoff is scheduled for 7:04 p.m. and will be televised on ESPN2. Kevin Dunn (pxp), Ahmad Brooks (color) and Sean Adams (sideline) will provide the commentary. The game will also be aired on the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Radio Network with Jay Walker (pxp), Gerald Broussard (color) and Steve Peloquin (sideline) calling the action.
Louisiana (2-3, 1-0 SBC) snapped a three-game losing streak last week as it rallied to defeat Georgia State, 34-31, at Cajun Field. Terrance Broadway completed 20 of 26 passes for 216 yards and a pair of touchdowns, including a 21-yard scoring pass to Jamal Robinson for the go-ahead score with 3:34 remaining.
Elijah McGuire led the Cajuns ground game with 90 yards, as the sophomore opened the scoring in the first quarter with a 54-yard touchdown. Alonzo Harris added a pair of 1-yard scoring runs for Louisiana while Robinson caught eight passes for 119 yards and two TDs in his first action since missing the past two games with an injury.
Texas State (3-2, 1-0 SBC) won its second straight game after holding off Idaho, 35-30, in the Sun Belt Conference opener in San Marcos. Terrance Franks set a school-record with 295 yards rushing for the Bobcats, scoring on runs of 95, 70 and 70 yards. Craig Mager recorded 12 tackles and a pair of sacks for Texas State, which improved to 2-1 at home.
Louisiana claimed a 48-24 victory last season at Cajun Field in the first meeting between the schools.
Game No. 6
-/- LOUISIANA RAGIN' CAJUNS (2-3, 1-0 Sun Belt)
Head Coach: Mark Hudspeth (Delta State, 1992)
Record at Louisiana: 29-15 (4th season), Career Record: 95-36 (11th year)
-/- TEXAS STATE BOBCATS (3-2, 1-0 Sun Belt)
Head Coach: Dennis Franchione (Pittsburg State, '73)
Record at Texas State: 32-31 (6th season), Career Record: 206-123-21 (29th season)
* - Rankings listed at Amway Coaches' Poll/AP Poll
October 14, 2014 • 7:04 p.m. CDT • San Marcos, Texas
Jim Wacker Field at Bobcat Stadium (30,00)
Series History: Louisiana leads, 1-0 ... first-ever meeting in San Marcos ... Louisiana claimed 48-24 victory in 2013 Sun Belt Conference opener at Cajun Field (Oct. 5, 2013)
GAME INFORMATION
ESPN2: Kevin Dunn, PxP • Ahmad Brooks, Color • Sean Adams, Sideline
Ragin' Cajuns Radio Network: Jay Walker, PxP • Gerald Broussard, Color • Steve Peloquin, Sideline
In Lafayette: KPEL 1420-AM (Flagship); KHXT 107.9-FM
Affiliates: KTUX 98.9-FM (Shreveport); WGSO 990-AM (New Orleans); KJEF 1290-AM (Jennings), KLCL 1470-AM (Lake Charles); KRJO 1680-AM (Monroe); KTIB 640-AM (Thibodaux)
Live Stats: RaginCajuns.com
Twitter Updates: @ULRaginCajuns; Facebook: RaginCajunsAthletics;
YouTube: IAm4RaginCajuns; Instagram: ULRaginCajuns
FIVE QUICK HITTERS
1 - Terrance Broadway is 88 yards shy of tying Jerry Babb for second in school history in passing yards (6,241 yards).
2 - The Ragin' Cajuns are No. 125 nationally, out of 125 FBS teams, in takeaways (1).
3 - Punter Daniel Cadona is ranked No. 6 nationally in punting averaging 46.5 yards per attempt.
4 - The Cajuns are third nationally in sacks allowed (3).
5 - Senior right guard Daniel Quave has started in 44 consecutive games.
GAME NOTES
WE ARE LOUISIANA
• There is confusion among the national sports organizations as how to refer to the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns.
• Our official name is the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, but much like our opponents around the country, we simply go by Louisiana when referring to our athletic programs.
• Although we proudly refer to our University with its full title for academic purposes, we ask that Louisiana, Ragin' Cajuns or Cajuns be used to refer to us athletically.
CAJUNS ARE UNANIMOUS SUN BELT CHOICE
• The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team were the unanimous choice to repeat as champions as the 2014 Sun Belt Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll was released in July.
• Louisiana, which finished 9-4 last season and clinched its second league title overall and its first since 2005, garnered all 11 first-place votes by the league's head coaches. Arkansas State was picked to finish second in the poll with South Alabama picked third, Troy fourth and ULM fifth.
• Texas State was picked to finish sixth in the poll with league newcomers Appalachian State and Georgia Southern picked seventh and eighth, respectively. Idaho, Georgia State and New Mexico State rounded out the 11-team field.
Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll
First Place Votes in Parentheses
1. Louisiana (11) 121
2. Arkansas State 102
3. South Alabama 98
4. Troy 84
5. ULM 78
6. Texas State 70
7. Appalachian State 47
8. Georgia Southern 44
9. Idaho 29
10. Georgia State 27
11. New Mexico State 26
BROADWAY EARNS PRESEASON HONORS; 10 CAJUNS NAMED TO ALL-SBC TEAM
• Led by Preseason Offensive Player of the Year selection Terrance Broadway, the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns placed 10 players on the 2014 Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference Football team that was announced by the league office.
• The 54-member team, which consisted of 12 players on both offense and defense and three special team selections, was picked by the league's head coaches and media members from each of the Sun Belt Conference's 11 football playing schools.
• Broadway, a senior from Baton Rouge, was one of eight Cajuns named to the first team where he was joined in the backfield by teammates Alonzo Harris and Elijah McGuire. Also named to the first-team were wide receiver Jamal Robinson, offensive lineman Daniel Quave, defensive tackle Justin Hamilton, linebacker Dominique Tovell and defensive back Trevence Patt.
• Named to the second-team for the Ragin' Cajuns were offensive lineman Mykhael Quave and defensive tackle Christian Ringo.
CONTINUTY ON THE LINE
• Louisiana entered the 2014 season with four returning starters who had combined for 91 career starts. Through the first five games, Louisiana's starters up front have combined for 116 starts.
• Right guard Daniel Quave has a 44-game consecutive start streak with younger brother Mykhael Quave (LT) next with a 31-game streak. Newcomers to the line in 2013 - left guard Terry Johnson (18 games) and right tackle Octravian Anderson (18 games) - started all 13 games for the Ragin' Cajuns.
• The new starter for Louisiana in 2014 is Donovan Williams at left guard, with Johnson moving to center to replace the Cajuns' lone departed starter from 2013 - center Andre Huval, who started 39 straight games for the Cajuns from 2011-13.
CAJUNS BEST IN SUN BELT HOME ATTENDANCE
• Through two games at Cajun Field in 2014, Louisiana has averaged 30,888 fans to lead the Sun Belt Conference.
• In five games in 2013, the Ragin' Cajuns drew 129,878 fans to Cajun Field for a league-best 25,976 average, edging Arkansas State (24,913) to claim the crown for the second time in three years.
• The 2013 average was the second-highest in a single-season, trailing only the 29,171 from 2011.
CAJUNS CLAIM 2013 SUN BELT CHAMPIONSHIP
• After finishing third in the Sun Belt Conference in 2011 and second in 2012, the Cajuns claimed a share of the Sun Belt title in 2013.
• The title, its second crown in 13 years as a member in the Sun Belt, marks the sixth time that Louisiana has won a conference title in its 50th season playing in a conference.
• The Ragin' Cajuns previously won the Gulf States Conference title in 1970, the Southland in 1976, the Big West in 1993 and 1994, and the Sun Belt in 2005.
CAJUNS ALSO CHAMPIONS IN THE CLASSROOM
• The Sun Belt Conference recently honored teams for their work in the classroom as the league announced the winners of its Team Academic Awards.
• Louisiana's football and baseball teams were among 16 teams honored by the league for excellence in the classroom during the 2013-14 season. During the Spring 2014 semester, both sports recorded their highest team GPA - baseball (3.331) and football (2.849) – in school history.
• During the Fall 2013 semester, football performed well in the classroom, leading all sports with 45 student-athletes with a 3.0 GPA or above.
SETTING A STANDARD
• In addition to the first-ever, back-to-back-to-back seasons appearing in a bowl game, Mark Hudspeth has helped Louisiana to tie the school record for wins in a season with nine.
• Prior to the 9-4 mark in 2011, the Cajuns set the school record for wins with a 9-2 record in both 1921 and 1976.
• The 18 wins in Hudspeth's first two years, and the 29 victories in the first three-plus seasons, are the most in a two and three-year period in school history.
HARRIS RUSHING UP THE CHARTS
• With 942 yards rushing in 2013, Alonzo Harris became the fourth runner in school history to total, 2,500 yards rushing in a career.
• Harris, who finished third in the Sun Belt in rushing last season (72.5 ypg), is fourth in school history with 2,772 yards. He is also third in rushing touchdowns (36) and attempts (595).
• His career 67.6 yards rushing per game is third best in school history, trailing only Tyrell Fenroy (101.0 from 2005-08) and Brian Mitchell (77.6 from 1986-89). Harris gained 700 yards as a freshman in 2011 and totalled 881 yards in 2012.
CAJUN FIELD SCORING RECORD FALLS
• Despite a home season-low 28 points against ULM in the 2013 regular-season finale, Louisiana broke the Cajun Field record for points scored at home in a single season with 236.
• The Ragin' Cajuns scored 40 or more points in each of the first four home games, including a stadium-record 70 points in the home-opening win over Nicholls State on Sept. 14. The 229 points broke the old mark of the 216 that was scored in five games in 1995.
• The Ragin' Cajuns have scored over 200 points at home in a single season three times in school history, the first coming in 1923 when Louisiana tallied 206 points in five games. The home average of 47.2 points a game broke the previous stadium record of 43.2 set in 1995.
RAGIN' CAJUNS ATHLETICS RANKED 34TH BY NACDA
• After a record-setting year in which five sports claimed conference championships, the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns athletic program were rated as the 34th-best nationally according to the National Association of College Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and released by CBSSports.com.
• Louisiana, which claimed regular-season titles in football, baseball and softball while adding Sun Belt Conference tournament titles in men's basketball, men's tennis, baseball and softball, finished as the top non-BCS school in the rankings.
CAJUNS HAVE ENJOYED BOWLING IN PAST THREE SEASONS
• Louisiana is one of six schools nationally to have won a bowl/postseason game in each of the past three seasons.
• The Cajuns, with three victories in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, are part of a list that includes Florida State (Champs Sports, Orange, BCS National Championship), Michigan State (Outback, Buffalo Wild Wings, Rose), Oregon (Rose, Fiesta, Alamo), South Carolina (Capitol One, Outback, Capitol One) and Texas A&M (Meinke Car Care, Cotton, Chick-Fil-A).
CURE BOWL ADDED TO SUN BELT BOWL ROTATION IN 2015
• The Orlando Sports Foundation and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer announced the creation of the Cure Bowl, a postseason college football game matching-up the Sun Belt Conference against the American Athletic Conference beginning in December 2015. The game will be played yearly at the newly renovated Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Fla., the weekend before the Christmas holiday.
• The Cure Bowl will be the Sun Belt Conference's fourth primary postseason bowl game. The Cure Bowl is the second bowl game to join the Sun Belt's lineup in the past year (the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl was announced in August 2013) and the Sun Belt has grown from having just one primary bowl game from 2001 through 2010 to now having four primary postseason bowl game tie-ins.
• In addition to the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, the GoDaddy Bowl, the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl and the Cure Bowl, the Sun Belt Conference is also part of a coalition that will send teams to the Miami Beach Bowl and the Bahamas Bowl on a rotating basis.
MCGUIRE NAMED FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICA
• Elijah McGuire capped off a brilliant 2013 season for the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns when he was selected to the 13th annual Football Writers Association of America Freshman All-America Team.
• McGuire, a 5-11, 185-pound running back from Houma, La., was the lone Sun Belt student-athlete on the team.
• A first-team All-Sun Belt selection, McGuire ranked fourth in the conference in rushing, carrying 103 times for 863 yards, a national-best 8.4 average and seven touchdowns while catching 22 passes for 384 yards and three scores. He had a team-high 16 plays of 20 yards or better during the season.
• McGuire had four 100-yard rushing games, including a career-high 137 yards and three touchdowns against Nicholls State in his Cajun Field debut. At Georgia State on Nov. 16, he became one of just four players in the nation during the year, and the first in school history, to rush for 100 yards and catch passes for 100 yards in the same game.
"PEANUT" RECEIVES WALTER PAYTON NFL MAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
• Chicago Bears cornerback and Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football alumnus Charles Tillman was named the 2013 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year. The award was presented to him during the NFL Honors awards show at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
• The prestigious award, which is named after the late Bears Hall of Fame running back, is the only league honor that recognizes a player's community service as well as his playing excellence.
• Nicknamed "Peanut", Tillman was a four-year letterman in football for Louisiana from 1999-2002. In 2002, he received All-American recognition; was named an All-Independent selection in 2000; and was a two-time All-Sun Belt Conference selection. He ended his career as a Ragin' Cajun with 284 tackles, 12 interceptions, seven fumble recoveries and three blocked punts.
SIX CAJUNS ON NFL ROSTERS
• Six former Cajuns were on active rosters as the NFL season as of Oct. 9.
• Currently on active NFL rosters are:
Bill Bentley (DB, Detroit)
Ladarius Green (TE, San Diego)
Ike Taylor (DB, Pittsburgh)
Charles Tillman (DB, Chicago) - IR
Melvin White (DB, Carolina)
• Named to NFL Practice Squads is:
Jacob Maxwell (TE, Miami)
• Named to CFL Practice Squads is:
Darryl Surgent (WR, Toronto)
CAJUNS ON THE WATCH LIST
Seven members of the Ragin' Cajuns football team were named to national watch lists over the summer, including Terrance Broadway who was named to both the Davey O'Brien and the Manning Award Watch List.
Four members were named to the Lombardi Award Watch List, led by offensive linemen Daniel Quave and Mykhael Quave - the only tandem of brothers on a national watch list.
A complete list of players named to national watch lists is below:
Lombardi Award Watch List
• OL Daniel Quave
• OL Mykhael Quave
• DL Justin Hamilton
• LB Dominique Tovell
Doak Walker Award
• RB Alonzo Harris
Biletnikoff Award
• WR Jamal Robinson
Davey O'Brien Award
• QB Terrance Broadway
Manning Award
• QB Terrance Broadway
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• Louisiana will play its second consecutive Tuesday night game of the season on Oct. 21 when it returns to Cajun Field to host Arkansas State. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:04 p.m. and will be televised nationally on ESPN2.
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