University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
6-6 , 4-4
Texas State
4-8 , 2-6
Bowl Eligible Again! Louisiana Rolls Past Texas State, 41-13
11/26/2022 9:55:00 PM | Football
Ragin' Cajuns continue mastery of Bobcats; bowl eligible for school-record fifth straight season
SAN MARCOS, Texas – Chandler Fields tossed a pair of touchdowns while Chris Smith scored a pair of TDS as the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns became bowl eligible for a school-record fifth consecutive season after claiming a 41-13 win over Texas State in the regular-season finale for both teams on Saturday at Bobcat Stadium.
Peter LeBlanc and Lance Legendre each caught their first TD passes of the season as Louisiana (6-6, 4-4 Sun Belt) improved to 10-0 all-time over Texas State (4-8, 2-6 Sun Belt) and qualified for the fifth straight year and first under head coach Michael Desormeaux.
Jourdan Quibodeaux tallied eight tackles to increase his season total to 101 on the season – the first Ragin' Cajuns defender to notch 100-plus stops since Jacques Boudreaux in 2019. Eric Garror picked off Texas State quarterback Layne Hatcher to set up an 8-yard TD run by Dre'Lyn Washington while true freshman Zeon Chriss engineered a 10-play, 84-yard drive by connecting with Legendre for a 37-yard scoring pass.
Texas State took an early 3-0 lead as the Bobcats scored on their opening drive. Hatcher, who finished 13-for-27 for 133 yards connected with Charles Brown on a 42-yard pass before Seth Keller converted on a 38-yard field goal with 12:01 remaining.
Fields, who finished 16-for-26 through the air, led Louisiana on an 8-play, 69-yard drive as he capped off the drive with an 18-yard scoring pass to Smith with 5:35 left in the quarter.
Kenneth Almendares booted field goals of 33 and 27 yards in the second quarter to give Louisiana a 20-6 lead at halftime before Smith bulled his way in from 1-yard out to give the Ragin' Cajuns a 27-6 lead with 12:19 remaining in the third quarter.
Lincoln Pare, who rushed for a career-high 221 yards, cut the Bobcats' deficit to 27-13 when he rumbled in from 64 yards out, but Louisiana would respond as Fields connected with LeBlanc for a 3-yard scoring pass with 12:08 remaining.
Chriss finished 5-for-6 for 84 yards with Michael Jefferson catching six passes for 81 yards. Washington led Louisiana on the ground with 73 yards on 10 carries.
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Team Stats
LA 0, TXS 3
TXS - Keller,Seth 38 yd field goal 7 plays, 45 yards, TOP 02:59
LA 7, TXS 3
LA - Smith,Chris 18 yd pass from Fields,Chandler (Almendares,Kenneth kick) 8 plays, 69 yards, TOP 04:06
LA 7, TXS 6
TXS - Keller,Seth 40 yd field goal 10 plays, 74 yards, TOP 05:27
LA 10, TXS 6
LA - Almendares,Kenneth 33 yd field goal 12 plays, 59 yards, TOP 04:15
LA 17, TXS 6
LA - Washington,Dre'lyn 8 yd run (Almendares,Kenneth kick), 2 plays, 1 yards, TOP 00:49
LA 20, TXS 6
LA - Almendares,Kenneth 27 yd field goal 6 plays, 51 yards, TOP 00:47
LA 27, TXS 6
LA - Smith,Chris 1 yd run (Almendares,Kenneth kick), 8 plays, 61 yards, TOP 02:33
LA 27, TXS 13
TXS - Pare,Lincoln 64 yd run (Keller,Seth kick), 4 plays, 75 yards, TOP 01:56
LA 34, TXS 13
LA - LeBlanc,Peter 3 yd pass from Fields,Chandler (Almendares,Kenneth kick) 7 plays, 56 yards, TOP 03:32
LA 41, TXS 13
LA - LeGendre,Lance 37 yd pass from Chriss,Zeon (Almendares,Kenneth kick) 10 plays, 84 yards, TOP 06:02
