Ragin' Cajuns Head West To Face Boise State

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LAFAYETTE - The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns will wrap up its non-conference schedule this week when it visits Mountain West Conference opponent Boise State on Saturday (Sept. 20) at Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho.

Kickoff is scheduled for 9:34 p.m. CT and will be televised on the CBS Sports Network with Carter Blackburn (pxp), Aaron Taylor (color) and Jamie Erdhal (sideline) handling the call. The game will also be aired on the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Radio Network with Jay Walker (pxp), Gerald Broussard (color) and Steve Peloquin (sideline) handling the call.

Louisiana (1-2) looks to snap a two-game losing streak after falling at No. 14 Ole Miss, 56-15, on Saturday. The Cajuns committed four turnovers, which led to 28 points by the Rebels.

The Ragin' Cajuns gained 322 yards of total offense against Ole Miss, including 193 on the ground - the most given up by the Rebels this season. Elijah McGuire (10 carries, 66 yards), Alonzo Harris (15-62, 1 TD) and Terrance Broadway (10-59) led a Ragin' Cajuns ground game that averaged 5.2 yards per carry against the nationally-ranked Rebels.

Trae Johnson, currently ranked seventh in the Sun Belt Conference in tackles, recorded a season-high 11 stops against Ole Miss with Sean Thomas and Kevin Fouquier adding seven each. Thomas added a second-quarter interception - the first takeaway of the season by the Ragin' Cajuns - which led to a Hunter Stover field goal in the final seconds of the first half.

McGuire (210 yards, 1 TD) and Harris (183 yards, 2 TDs) are eighth and 10th respectively among Sun Belt Conference players in rushing with Broadway ranked eighth in the league in passing (172.0 yards per game).

Boise State (2-1), under first-year coach Bryan Harsin, earned a 38-21 victory at UCONN on Saturday as the Broncos scored a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns to pull away from a 24-21 lead. The Broncos scored a pair of defensive touchdowns, including a 50-yard interception return by Donte Deayon with 4:00 remaining to seal the win.

GAME FOUR
-/- LOUISIANA RAGIN' CAJUNS (1-2)
Head Coach: Mark Hudspeth (Delta State, 1992)
Record at Louisiana: 28-14 (4th season), Career Record: 94-35 (11th year)

RV/- BOISE STATE BRONCOS (2-1)
Head Coach: Bryan Harsin (Boise State, '00)
Record at Boise State: 2-1 (1st season), Career Record: 9-6 (2nd season)

* - Rankings listed are Amway Coaches' Poll/AP Poll

GAME INFORMATION
September 20, 2014 • 9:34 p.m. CDT • Boise, Idaho • Albertsons Stadium (36,387)
Series History: First meeting between schools • first of a home-and-home series • Louisiana will host Boise State on Sept. 3, 2016

CBS Sports Network: Carter Blackburn, PxP • Aaron Taylor, Color • Jamie Erdhal, Sideline
In Lafayette: DIRECTV 221 and Dish Network 158

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GAMEDAY STORYLINES
• Louisiana is 509-527-34 against all opponents dating back to 1901.
• Louisiana is 4-1 all-time against schools from the state of Idaho (3-1 vs. Idaho, 1-0 vs. Idaho State).
• The Cajuns look to avoid their first three-game losing streak since 2010.
• Louisiana is coming off its third consecutive 9-4 season.
• Louisiana's 28 wins in the past three-plus seasons (2011-13) is the best mark in school history, surpassing 22 victories (1970-72).
• The Cajuns are 4-5 in games played on Sept. 20 (last vs. Kent State in 2008).

FIVE QUICK HITTERS
1 - Daniel Cadona is fourth nationally in punting average (49.3). His 77-yard punt against Southern is the longest among FBS punters.
2 - Trae Johnson is seventh in the Sun Belt Conference in tackles (28).
3 - Senior right guard Daniel Quave has started 42 consecutive games for the Ragin' Cajuns.
4 - A victory today would give Mark Hudspeth his 29th win at Louisiana, tying him with Raymond Didier and Sam Robertson for 8th-place in school history.
5 - Fifteen different players have recorded at least one reception for the Cajuns in the first three games.

COACHES: ON THE FIELD
Head Coach - Mark Hudspeth
Offensive Line - Mitch Rodrigue
Running Backs - Marquase Lovings
Receivers - Jorge Munoz
Defensive Line - Tim Edwards
Outside Linebackers - David Saunders
Defensive Backs - Tim Rebowe

COACHES: IN THE BOOTH
Offensive Coordinator/QB - Jay Johnson
Defensive Coordinator/ILB - James Willis
Tight Ends - Reed Stringer

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.

CADONA BOOTS HIS WAY TO WEEKLY HONORS
• Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns punter Daniel Cadona earned a trio of awards on Monday as he was named the Sun Belt Conference and Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA) Special Teams Player of the Week, and the College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) National Punter of the Week.
• On Tuesday, the awards kept rolling in as Cadona was named the Ray Guy National Punter of the Week.
• Cadona, a native of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia averaged 51.1 yards on seven attempts last Saturday for the Ragin' Cajuns at No. 14-ranked Ole Miss. Cadona, who recorded a net average of 48.7 yards, recorded punts of 50 yards or greater on his first six attempts and placed three inside the Ole Miss 20-yard line.
• He opened the day with a 54-yard punt in the first quarter and followed with kicks of 54, 50, 51, 50, 61 and 38.
• On the season, Cadona is ranked fourth nationally averaging 49.3 yards per punt. Cadona has recorded nine punts of 50 yards or more, with seven kicks placed inside the 20-yard line. His 77-yard punt against Southern, which set a Cajun Field record, is the longest among FBS punters this season.
• The Sun Belt and CFPA awards were the first of the season for Cadona while the LSWA weekly award was his second in three weeks.

CONTINUTY ON THE LINE
• Louisiana enters the 2014 season with continuity on the offensive line with four of five returning starters, who have combined for 91 career starts.
• Right guard Daniel Quave has a 42-game consecutive start streak with younger brother Mykhael Quave (LT) next with a 29-game streak. Newcomers to the line in 2013 - left guard Terry Johnson (16 games) and right tackle Octravian Anderson (16 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 AMONG BEST IN SUN BELT ATTENDANCE
• Through two games at Cajun Field in 2014, Louisiana has averaged 30,888 fans to rank second in the Sun Belt Conference behind South Alabama (38,129 - 1 game).
• 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 ARE SUN BELT CHAMPIONS
• 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.

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 28 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 2,706 yards. He is also third in rushing touchdowns (34) and fourth in attempts (573).
• His career 69.4 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.

JOHNSON, MUNOZ RECEIVE PROMOTION
• Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns head football coach Mark Hudspeth announced that current offensive assistants Jay Johnson and Jorge Munoz were each elevated to the position of Associate Head Coach and Passing Game Coordinator, respectively.
• Johnson, who will continue in his role as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, has directed one of the top offensive attacks in the Sun Belt Conference entering his fourth season with the Ragin' Cajuns.
• Munoz, entering his seventh year on the staff, has coached the Ragin' Cajuns wide receivers the past three seasons under Hudspeth, helping produce some of the top receivers in school history.

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
• Five former Cajuns were on active rosters as the NFL season began on Sept. 4. Currently on active NFL rosters are:
• Bill Bentley (DB, Detroit)
• Ladarius Green (TE, San Diego)
• Ike Taylor (DB, Pittsburgh)
• Charles Tillman (DB, Chicago)
• Melvin White (DB, Carolina)
• Former Ragin' Cajuns wide receiver Darryl Surgent was added to the Practice Squad for the Kansas City Chiefs.

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

CAJUNS, TULSA TO PLAY TWO-GAME SERIES BEGINNING IN 2017
• Officials from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and the University of Tulsa announced a home-and-home football series between the two institutions beginning in the 2017 season.
• The series, which began in 1977, would resume with the Cajuns visiting Tulsa for a scheduled Sept. 9, 2017 contest at H.A. Chapman Stadium. The series would conclude on Sept. 28, 2019 with Louisiana hosting Tulsa at Cajun Field.
• The teams have met nine times in school history with Louisiana holding a 5-4 lead in the all-time series. The last meeting between the schools was Oct. 31, 1992 with Tulsa earning a 27-9 victory over the visiting Cajuns.

CAJUNS, AGGIES AGREE TO PLAY IN 2017
• The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns and Texas A&M University announced a non-conference football game scheduled for Sept. 16, 2017 in College Station at newly developed Kyle Field.
• The meeting will be the seventh between the schools since 1990 and the sixth in College Station. In the lone meeting between the schools in Lafayette, the Ragin' Cajuns defeated the No. 25-ranked Aggies, 29-22, before a Cajun Field-record crowd of 38,783.

LOUISIANA TO HOST COWBOYS IN 2016
• The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns and McNeese State University announced a non-conference football game scheduled for Sept. 10, 2016 at Cajun Field.
• The meeting will be the 38th between the schools and the first since 2007. The game against McNeese State, a member of the Southland Conference, will be one of three non-conference games already penciled in on the Ragin' Cajuns 2016 schedule with a season-opening date at home against Boise State (Sept. 3) and a road visit to Tulane (Oct. 8).

NEXT UP
• Louisiana will take a week off before opening defense of its 2013 Sun Belt Conference title on Saturday, Oct. 4 against Georgia State at Cajun Field. Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m.

SERIES INFO
Series Record: First Meeting
Series in Lafayette: Game to be played at Cajun Field on Sept. 3, 2016
Series in Boise: n/a
Neutral Site: n/a
Current Streak: n/a
Hudspeth vs. Boise State: First Meeting
Harsin vs. UL: 0-1
Last Meeting: n/a

ABOUT BOISE STATE
Location: Boise, Idaho
Founded: 1932
Enrollment: 22,003
President: Dr. Robert Kustra
Athletic Director: Mark Coyle
Affiliation: NCAA Division I Bowl Subdivision (FBS)
Conference: Mountain West
Nickname: Broncos
Colors: Blue and Orange
Stadium: Albertsons Stadium
Capacity: 36,387
Playing Surface: Blue FieldTurf
Head Coach: Bryan Harsin
Record at Boise State: 2-1 (first season)
Career Record: 9-6 (second season)
All-time Record vs. UL: 0-1
Basic Offense: Multiple | Basic Defense: Multiple

PLAYER NOTES
QUARTERBACKS
• Terrance Broadway's 40 career touchdown passes moves him into a tie with Roy Henry for second in the Louisiana record book. Jake Delhomme holds the record with 64 from 1993-96.
• Broadway is currently third in career passing yards (5,777) passing Jon Van Cleave and Brian Mitchell this season. He needs 464 yards to move into second.
• Broadway holds the record for highest completion percentage in a season completing 65.4-percent of passes in 2012.
• Broadway also moved into fourth on the career total offense list with 7,167 yards in three seasons passing Michael Desormeaux (6,736).
• Broadway along with senior wide receiver Jamal Robinson are tied for third in top scoring combos in school history with 12 TD connections. Roy Henry and David Oliver had 12 from 1975-76.
• Broadway has the most 300-plus yard passing games in Louisiana history with six in two years. He threw for a career-best 374 yds vs. Arkansas State (10/23/12).
• Brooks Haack has seen action in seven games passing for 338 yards and three touchdowns.
• Haack has thrown a TD pass in three of his last four appearances including going 14-of-17 for 114 yards and two TDs this season.

RUNNING BACKS
• Both Alonzo Harris and Elijah McGuire are coming off of All-Conference seasons as the duo was selected to the Sun Belt First Team in 2013. The pair combined to rush for 1,805 and 22 touchdowns a year ago.
• Harris ranks third on the Louisiana career list for rushing touchdowns with 34 after TDs against La Tech and Ole Miss. Tyrell Fenroy holds the record with 48 TDs in four seasons.
• Harris also ranks fourth in career rushing yards (2,706) and in career attempts (573). He needs 199 yards to move into third on the career rushing yards list. He needs 137 yards and 21 attempts to move into third all-time.
• Harris tied Brian Mitchell's single-game TD record with five TDs against New Mexico State (11/2/13).
• Harris has been a part of four 100-yd rushing duos including three with quarterback Terrance Broadway in 2012 and one with McGuire in 2013.
• McGuire became the first Ragin' Cajuns player to post 100-yards rushing and 100-yards receiving in the same game against Georgia State rushing for 107 yds and catching three passes for 125 yds.
• McGuire has rushed for 100-yards in five games including four times in 2013. His career-best came against Nicholls State rushing for 137 yards on nine attempts. He had three rushing TDs in the game.

WIDE RECEIVERS/TIGHT ENDS
• Jamal Robinson missed the Ole Miss contest with a leg injury.
• Robinson moved into ninth on the career receiving yards list with 1,710 in four seasons. He is 257 yards back of Willie Culpepper in eighth.
• Robinson needs two TDs to move into the top 5 in career receiving touchdowns. He currently has 13 after not catching a TD pass in his freshman campaign.
• Robinson has seven 100-yard receiving games posting a career-best at ULM (11/3/12) catching three passes for 153 yards and two TDs.
• James Butler has the second most receiving yards among returning wide receivers on the 2014 squad. Butler has caught 57 passes for 732 yards in four seasons.
• Eleven Cajuns receivers caught at least one pass in the Southern game including Robinson, Butler, Jared Johnson, Matt Barnes, Devin Scott, Al Riles, Gabe Fusilier, C.J. Bates, Evan Tatford, Larry Pettis and Nick Byrne.
• Fuselier is second on the squad in reception yards with 72 on eight catches in three games.
• Pettis leads the tight ends with seven catches for 42 yards and a TD this season.

OFFENSIVE LINE
• The Cajuns offensive line returns four starters from the 2013 season including Daniel Quave, Mykhael Quave, Terry Johnson and Octravian Anderson.
• Daniel Quave holds the most experience having not missed a start in four straight seasons with 42 career starts at right guard.
• Mykhael Quave has the second most experience on the line with 29 starts in three seasons moving from guard to tackle in 2013.
• Both Anderson and Johnson made starts in all 13 games last season helping guide the Cajuns to their third consecutive bowl game.
• Johnson moves from left guard to center to replace veteran Andre Huval at center in 2014. Huval made 39 starts at center from 2011-13.
• Donovan Williams has started all three games this season at left guard after transferring from Blinn JC.
• The Louisiana offensive line has allowed just one sack in three games this year and had only one penatly that was declined against Ole Miss.

DEFENSIVE LINE
• The Cajuns defensive line returns two of three starters from a year ago inlcuding all-conference performers Justin Hamilton and Christian Ringo.
• Louisiana returns seven defensive lineman who saw action in 2013 combining for 110 tackles, 25.5 tackles-for-loss (TFL) and 13.0 sacks.
• Ringo is tied for the lead on the D-Line with seven tackles (four solo) including a TFL through three games.
• Newcomer Taboris Lee is tied with Ringo posting seven tackles (six solo) and 1.0 TFL in three contests.
• Hamilton has the corps only sack this season picking up one of team's two sacks against the Bulldogs.
• Marquis White missed the Louisiana Tech contest due to an injury after making the start in the season opener. He saw action against Ole Miss.
• Jacoby Briscoe made the start in place of White at the DE position against Louisiana Tech and Ole Miss.
• The line held Southern under 100 yards rushing limiting the Jaguars to 77 yards on the ground.

LINEBACKERS
• Trae Johnson and Kevin Fouquier have started up the middle for the Cajuns in the first three games combining for 44 tackles including 2.5 tackles-for-loss and 1.5 sacks.
• Johnson leads the linebacker group with 111 career tackles (75 solo) after starting the 2014 season with a team-best 28 stops (20 solo) in three games. Johnson has 1.5 of the linebackers 7.5 tackles-for-loss (TFL) this year.
• Dominique Tovell is second with 94 tackles in three seasons including 18.0 TFL and 3.0 sacks. Tovell leads the Cajuns with 3.0 TFL on the season.
• Boris Anyama is second with 2.0 TFL on the year ranking fifth on the squad with 14 tackles (11 solo).
• Jake Molbert saw his first action of the season at Ole Miss after missing the first two games of the season due to illness.
• Tyren Alexander has made the start on the outside in all three games, while Anyama has proven to be a valuable backup.
• T.J. Posey has also seen a lot of action at linebacker posting seven tackles (2 solo) in three games.

SECONDARY
• Louisiana returns all four starters in the secondary including Corey Trim, Sean Thomas, Trevence Patt and T.J. Worthy.
• Thomas posted five tackles (four solo) against La Tech to reach 100 career tackles in four seasons. He also notched his first full career tackle-for-loss (TFL) against the Bulldogs.
• Thomas also had a season-high seven stops against Ole Miss tallying the Cajuns first turnover with a second-quarter interception.
• Patt ranks second in the secondary in tackles with 11 (eight solo). He led the squad with 12 pass breakups a year ago.
• Dominick Jones has started in all three games this season for the Cajuns at cornerback. He had four tackles against Southern, which led all members of the secondary.
• Simeon Thomas will miss the 2014 season with a knee injury after seeing action in 10 games a year ago.
• Zach DeGrange, Jevante Watson, Tracy Walker and Antoinne Adkins add depth for the Cajuns in the secondary. Watson has five stops and a pass breakup in three games this season.

SPECIAL TEAMS
• Daniel Cadona has had a good start to the 2014 season posting a 49.3 average on 15 punts to rank fourth among FBS punters. He set a new career long with a 77-yard punt against Southern.
• Hunter Stover has taken over the kicking duties this season. Stover was 1-for-1 kicking the eventual game-winning field goal against Tulane in the 2013 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl. He is 4-for-5 in his career and a perfect 11-for-11 in PATs.
• Stover was 2-for-3 on on-side kick attempts in 2013 recovering both attempts himself.
• Stover notched a career-high for field goals at Ole Miss and had a career long of 32 yards.
• Montrel Carter returned kickoffs for the Cajuns in the first three games and Elijah McGuire started as the Louisiana punt returner.
• Carter has returned 10 kicks for 210 yards (21.0 avg.) in three games including a career-best 32-yard return against La Tech.
• Jake Guidry serves as the Cajuns holder on field goal attempts for the second straight season.
• Guidry will take over as the deep snapper on punts, while Stephen Morella will snap on field goals.

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