2014 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Guide

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OFFICIAL BOWL GUIDE

DANIEL QUAVE

DOMINIQUE TOVELL

ELIJAH M CG U I R E

CHRISTIAN RINGO

14TH EDITION

TERRANCE BROADWAY

COREY TRIM

NEW ORLEANS, LA

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LOUISIANA S I PORTS NFORMATION

Matt Sullivan (Primary Football Contact) Sports Information Director Office: 337.482.6331 Cell: 985.981.0009 sullivan@louisiana.edu

Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Football Media Services Contacting Coach Hudspeth Head coach Mark Hudspeth will be available for interviews on Monday during the Sun Belt Coaches Teleconference and at his weekly luncheon. He is also available in his office from 8:15-11:15 a.m., TuesdayThursday for telephone and in-person interviews. Once a request is approved by the Sports Information Office, a representative of the football office will coordinate an appointment.

Contacting Student-Athletes MEDIA MEMBERS SHOULD NEVER CONTACT A STUDENT-ATHLETE DIRECTLY AT ANY TIME. That contact rule begins the minute the S-A enrolls in school as a freshman until the time they run out of eligibility – offseason and summers included. Contact includes, but is not limited to, in-person interviews outside of an athletic event or practice, phone calls, text messages, e-mail and any other form of online communication (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, etc.). Student-athletes have been instructed to immediately terminate any contact initiated by a member of the media. Player interviews MUST be arranged through the SID office. During the season, select Cajuns players are available to the media twice a week, typically Tuesdays and Wednesdays. To arrange an interview before or after practice, please call or e-mail Matt Sullivan or Jeff Schneider at least one day in advance. Players will not be available for game-day interviews until the post-game press conference. Interviews will always be scheduled around a studentathlete’s academic schedule.

Jeff Schneider (Secondary Football Contact) Assistant Sports Information Director Office: 337.482.6332 Cell: 225.241.8430 schneider@louisiana.edu Ben Rikard Assistant Sports Information Director Office: 337.482.6330 ben.rikard@louisiana.edu

Monday Press Luncheon Each Monday during the regular season, Mark Hudspeth will hold a weekly media luncheon beginning at noon in Room 140 of the Cox Communications Athletic Center. This event is open ONLY to credentialed members of the media. Lunch will be served between 12-12:30 p.m. with Hudspeth’s opening comments scheduled to follow shortly after. Schedule permitting, student-athletes may be available to address the media during this time (if there are not class conflicts) . Media are asked to please arrive early. There will be no luncheon the weeks of Sept. 22-28 and Oct. 20-26.

Blake Barington Sports Information Assistant Office: 337.482.6329 blake.barington@louisiana.edu Ragin’ Cajuns Radio Network Sports Radio 1420 ESPN/KPEL-AM 1749 Bertrand Drive Lafayette, LA 70506 337.233.6000

Sun Belt Conference Teleconference The Sun Belt Conference will have a weekly teleconference of the football coaches around the league on Mondays beginning Aug. 25. The teleconference will begin at 10:30 a.m. (CT) with general announcements from around the conference. Coach Hudspeth will be available via the teleconference at approximately 11:19 a.m. For access to the teleconference, members of the media can call 212-812-4494, passcode 1359 9868. For quick access, go to https://sportssystems.spiderphone.com/13599868.

Play-by-Play Announcer Jay Walker (jay@espn1420.com)

Practices Practices are only open for the first 25 minutes from Tuesday-Thursday (or Friday-Sunday on Tuesday game weeks). Media must contact the SID office if they plan to attend an open practice and should be aware of the designated areas around the practice field from which to view practice. Post practice interviews must be arranged at least 24 hours in advance of each practice.

Analyst Gerald Broussard Sideline Steve Peloquin (steve@espn1420.com) On the Internet Listen to the game audio at 1079ishot.com, then click ‘Listen Live.’ Streaming video for all home games is available at www.RaginCajuns.com

Postgame Requested Cajuns players and head coach Mark Hudspeth are available in the interview room following the mandatory 10-minute cooling-off period. The Louisiana locker room is CLOSED to the media at all times. Media outlets may request players to be brought to the interview room for post-game interviews.

The Cajun Field elevator will be held for working press midway through the fourth quarter and will promptly leave with 5:00 left on the clock to take media members to the post-game interview area.

Members of the Louisiana Sports Information staff will escort media to the interview room and will be available to handle requests. Game books and Louisiana player and coach quotes will be distributed in the media work room (Cox Communications Athletic Center, Room 140).

www.RaginCajuns.com The official website of Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns Athletics is home to all the football information you need - schedules, results, game recaps, rosters, bios, CollegePressBox.com statistics, game notes and the 2014 team guide. It’s all Collegepressbox.com is the official media website for Sun Belt Conference football. Access and download weekly game notes, quotes, statistics, media guides, headshots, logos and more for the conference and available... wherever you need it.

On Television

The game will be televised on ESPN with Bob Wischusen calling the action, Mack Brown providing color and Kaylee Hartung on the sideline.

each of its member schools. Login information will be distributed to accredited media or you can apply for a password by sending an e-mail to password@collegepressbox.com.

LOUISIANA FOOTBALL WEEKLY MEDIA PLANNER: Week 13 vs. Nevada Sunday

December 14 _______________ NO INTERVIEWS PLAYERS DAY OFF

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Practice 10:00 a.m.

Practice Field Closed

Travel to New Orleans

Practice 11:30 a.m.

Mercedes-Benz Superdome

Practice 11:00 a.m.

Mercedes-Benz Superdome

Walkthrough Saints Practice Facility 4:30 p.m.

Closed

Game 13 - 10:00 a.m. vs. Nevada

Players and coaches available following practice by advance request only.

Players and coaches available following practice by advance request only.

No Coach or Player Interviews

December 15 _______________

NO PRACTICE

NO INTERVIEWS

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Postgame interviews in designated area following cooldown period.

See Matt Sullivan

Sunday NO PRACTICE NO PLAYER INTERVIEWS

Monday Practice: 10:00 a.m.

Cajun Field CLOSED NO PLAYER INTERVIEWS

Thursday Practice: 11:00 a.m.

Mercedes-Benz Superdome Players and coaches available following practice. Interviews must be requested 24 hours in advance.

Friday Walkthrough - Saints Practice Facility 4:30 p.m.

CLOSED NO PLAYER OR COACH INTERVIEWS

Tuesday NO PRACTICE Road Headquarters New Orleans Marriott 555 Canal Street New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone: 504.581.1000 Fax: 504.523.6755

Wednesday Practice: 11:30 a.m.

Mercedes-Benz Superdome Players and coaches available following practice. Interviews must be requested 24 hours in advance.

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Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Football Media Services Calendar

Saturday Game 13 vs. Nevada Mercedes-Benz Superdome 10:00 a.m.

Post Game Requested players and Coach Hudspeth are available following a mandatory 10-minute cooldown period.

Interviews will be conducted in the designated postgame area.

Louisiana’s locker room is CLOSED to the media AT ALL TIMES.

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R+L CARRIERS NEW ORLEANS BOWL Louisiana 24, Tulane 21 %FDFNCFS ‰ /FX 0SMFBOT -B NEW ORLEANS – Hunter Stover kicked a 27-yard field goal – the first of his collegiate career – with 9:56 remaining and the -PVJTJBOB 3BHJO $BKVOT FBSOFE JUT UIJSE TUSBJHIU CPXM WJDUPSZ XIFO 5VMBOF T $BJSP 4BOUPT NJTTFE B QPUFOUJBM UZJOH ZBSE öFME HPBM JO B XJO PWFS UIF (SFFO 8BWF CFGPSF BO 3 - $BSSJFST /FX 0SMFBOT #PXM SFDPSE DSPXE PG BU UIF .FSDFEFT #FO[ 4VQFSdome.

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Tulane, playing in its final game after 38 years in the iconic downtown building, had one final chance to send the game to overtime after a Daniel Cadona punt was downed at the Tulane 5 with 1:35 remaining. Devin Powell connected with Justyn Shackleford on a 34-yard pass on third-and-10 to the Tulane 39 before a ZBSE QBTT UP 3ZBO (SBOU QVTIFE UIF CBMM UP UIF $BKVOT Powell, who completed 10 of 21 passes for 223 yards, found Kendrick Banks on a nine-yard catch to the Cajuns 25 before Chris Hill made a key defensive stop for Louisiana with a five-yard sack forcing Tulane to call its final timeout with 13 seconds left.

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TLN - Darkwa 7 run (Santos kick), 1:58 Third Quarter TLN - Darkwa 22 run (Santos kick), 2:34 Fourth Quarter 6- '( 4UPWFS Attendance: 54,728 First Downs Rushes-yards Passing Yards Return Yards 1BTTJOH " $ * Punts-Yds.-Avg. Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time

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THE GREATEST RAGIN’ CAJUNS CLASS SAYS GOODBYE

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CONTINUITY ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE

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MCGUIRE NAMED SUN BELT PLAYER OF THE YEAR

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CAJUNS PLACE LEAGUE-HIGH EIGHT ON ALL-SUN BELT TEAM

t -FE CZ 4VO #FMU $POGFSFODF 1MBZFS PG UIF :FBS Elijah McGuire UIF -PVJTJBOB 3BHJO $BKVOT placed a league-best eight players on the 2014 All-Sun Belt Conference team which was released on Dec. 10. t -PVJTJBOB FBSOFE öWF TQPUT PO UIF öSTU UFBN MFE CZ .D(VJSF XIP OBNFE BU SVOOJOH CBDL and as the all-purpose back. He was joined by right guard Daniel Quave and the defensive lineman tandem of Justin Hamilton and Christian Ringo. t /BNFE UP UIF TFDPOE UFBN XFSF PòFOTJWF UBDLMF Mykhael Quave, defensive back Corey Trim and kicker Hunter Stover. t Dominique Tovell (LB), Terry Johnson 0- Terrance Broadway (QB) and Larry Pettis (TE) were named to the honorable mention team with defensive back Tracy Walker named to the All-Newcomer team.

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CAJUNS CLAIM 2013 SUN BELT CHAMPIONSHIP

t "GUFS ĂśOJTIJOH UIJSE JO UIF 4VO #FMU $POGFSFODF JO BOE TFDPOE JO UIF $BKVOT claimed a share of the Sun Belt title in 2013. t 5IF UJUMF JUT TFDPOE DSPXO JO ZFBST BT B NFNCFS JO UIF 4VO #FMU NBSLT UIF TJYUI UJNF that Louisiana has won a conference title in its 50th season playing in a conference. t 5IF 3BHJO $BKVOT QSFWJPVTMZ XPO UIF (VMG 4UBUFT $POGFSFODF UJUMF JO UIF 4PVUIMBOE in 1976, the Big West in 1993 and 1994, and the Sun Belt in 2005.

CAJUNS ALSO CHAMPIONS IN THE CLASSROOM

t 5IF 4VO #FMU $POGFSFODF SFDFOUMZ IPOPSFE UFBNT GPS UIFJS XPSL JO UIF DMBTTSPPN BT UIF league announced the winners of its Team Academic Awards. t -PVJTJBOB T GPPUCBMM BOE CBTFCBMM UFBNT XFSF BNPOH UFBNT IPOPSFE CZ UIF MFBHVF GPS FYDFMMFODF JO UIF DMBTTSPPN EVSJOH UIF TFBTPO %VSJOH UIF 4QSJOH TFNFTUFS CPUI TQPSUT SFDPSEFE UIFJS IJHIFTU UFBN (1" CBTFCBMM BOE GPPUCBMM o JO school history. t %VSJOH UIF 'BMM TFNFTUFS GPPUCBMM QFSGPSNFE XFMM JO UIF DMBTTSPPN MFBEJOH BMM TQPSUT XJUI TUVEFOU BUIMFUFT XJUI B (1" PS BCPWF

HARRIS IS LATEST “MR. 3,000�

t 8JUI ZBSET SVTIJOH JO UIF 3BHJO $BKVOT XJO PWFS 6-. PO /PW Alonzo Harris became the third player in school history to eclipse the 3,000-yard barrier. t )BSSJT XIP IBT SVTIFE GPS ZBSET BOE UPVDIEPXOT UIJT TFBTPO QBTTFE UIF ZBSE mark on his first carry against the Warhawks - a 54-yard rush to the ULM 5 which would set up a Hunter Stover field goal. t 8JUI ZBSET JO IJT DBSFFS )BSSJT KPJOT Tyrell Fenroy (4,646 yards, 2005-08) and Brian Mitchell (3,335 yards, 1986-89) as the only players in school history to rush for over 3,000 yards. Harris gained a career-high 942 yards and 14 touchdowns as a junior in 2013. He rushed for 700 yards as a freshman in 2011 and totalled 881 yards in 2012. t )F JT BMTP UIJSE JO SVTIJOH UPVDIEPXOT BOE BUUFNQUT

t )JT DBSFFS ZBSET SVTIJOH QFS HBNF JT GPVSUI CFTU JO TDIPPM IJTUPSZ USBJMJOH POMZ Tyrell Fenroy (101.0 from 2005-08), Elijah McGuire (77.5, 2013-SA) and Brian Mitchell (77.6 from 1986-89).

MCGUIRE REACHES RUSHING MILESTONES

t 4PQIPNPSF Elijah McGuire FOUFST UPEBZ T HBNF BHBJOTU /FWBEB MPPLJOH UP DPOUJOVF IJT climb up the Louisiana single-season and career record books. t 8JUI ZBSET PO UIF TFBTPO .D(VJSF KPJOFE GPSNFS $BKVOT Brian Mitchell (1989), Michael Desormeaux (2007) and Tyrell Fenroy (2005-2008) as the only 1,000-yard rushers JO TDIPPM IJTUPSZ .D(VJSF BOE 'FOSPZ BSF UIF POMZ SVOOJOH CBDL UP SFBDI UIF ZBSE NBSL BT .JUDIFMM BOE %FTPSNFBVY CPUI SFBDIFE UIF NBSL BT RVBSUFSCBDLT t *O IJT DBSFFS XJUI UIF 3BHJO $BKVOT .D(VJSF IBT SVTIFE GPS ZBSET NPWJOH JOUP TFWFOUI QMBDF PO UIF TDIPPM T BMM UJNF SVTIJOH MJTU BOE KPJOJOH 'FOSPZ BT UIF POMZ players to reach the 2,000-yard mark in his first two years.

A PERFECT OCTOBER CARRIED INTO NOVEMBER FOR THE CAJUNS

t "GUFS HPJOH UISPVHI B XJOMFTT 4FQUFNCFS -PVJTJBOB CPVODFE CBDL XJUI TJY DPOTFDVUJWF XJOT UIBOLT UP B QFSGFDU 0DUPCFS UIBU TBX UIF 3BHJO $BKVOT FBSO XJOT PWFS (FPSHJB 4UBUF 5FYBT 4UBUF BOE "SLBOTBT 4UBUF t 5IF $BKVOT BWFSBHFE QPJOUT QFS HBNF JO 0DUPCFS XIJMF BWFSBHJOH ZBSET QFS HBNF JO UPUBM PòFOTF 5IF 3BHJO $BKVOT SVTIFE GPS ZBSET QFS HBNF XJUI Elijah McGuire averaging 139.7 (419 yards) per game and Alonzo Harris 82.0 (246). t 5IF EVP DPNCJOFE GPS UPVDIEPXOT PO UIF HSPVOE JODMVEJOH GPVS FBDI JO B XJO PWFS "SLBOTBT 4UBUF PO 0DU

THE LAST GAME

Louisiana 42, Troy 23

November 29, 2014 — Troy, Ala. TROY, Ala. – &MJKBI .D(VJSF SVTIFE GPS ZBSET BOE CFDBNF the fourth player in school history to rush for 1,000 yards in a TFBTPO BOE UIF -PVJTJBOB 3BHJO $BKVOT HPU B TUSPOH EFGFOTJWF effort in the second half to erase a halftime deficit and earn a 42-23 victory over Troy in the Sun Belt Conference regular-season finale for both teams on Saturday at Veterans Memorial Stadium.

Alonzo Harris added 86 yards and three touchdowns while Terrance Broadway completed 14 of 19 passes for 142 yards as Louisiana (8-4, 7-1 Sun Belt) earned eight wins in the regular season for the fourth consecutive season under head coach Mark Hudspeth. Troy, which was playing its final game under legendary coach Larry Blakeney, finished its season at 3-9 overall and 3-5 in league play.

After Troy built a 23-21 lead at halftime behind an offensive QFSGPSNBODF UIBU QSPEVDFE ZBSET UIF 3BHJO $BKVOT TUVòFE the Trojans in the final 30 minutes as Louisiana yielded 52 yards and finished with a 486-394 advantage.

Louisiana, which controlled the football for 11:45 in the third RVBSUFS BOE OFBSMZ NJOVUFT JO UIF TFDPOE IBMG PQFOFE UIF IBMG with a 10-play, 74-yard drive to take a 28-23 lead it would not SFMJORVJTI .D(VJSF XIP TDPSFE UXJDF BOE KPJOFE #SJBO .JUDIFMM .JDIBFM %FTPSNFBVY BOE 5ZSFMM 'FOSPZ BT ZBSE SVTIFST JO school history, opened the drive with a 13-yard gain before BroadXBZ SVTIFE GPS FJHIU ZBSET BOE DPOOFDUFE XJUI (BCF 'VTFMJFS PO a 6-yard gain to the Troy 47.

Three plays later on third-and-7, Broadway hit C.J. Bates for a 26-yard gain to the Troy 18 and Harris would score four plays later on a 1-yard scoring plunge to drive that took 5:00 off the clock.

Broadway, who rushed for 78 yards on 14 carries, gained 13 yards on second-and-10 to the UL 26 before Harris kept the drive BMJWF BGUFS HBJOJOH ZBSET UP UIF 6- PO UIJSE BOE .D(VJSF added a 15-yard run around right end for a first down to the Troy 28 before Broadway hit Larry Pettis for a 13-yard gain on secondand-8 to the Troy 13.

Broadway capped the drive two plays later when he faked a handoff to Harris and rushed around the left side for a 9-yard score that gave Louisiana a 35-23 lead with :33 remaining in the RVBSUFS Harris added his third TD of the game for Louisiana when he scored on 1-yard run with 3:48 remaining that capped an 11-play, 65-yard drive.

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CAJUNS ARE BEST IN SUN BELT HOME ATTENDANCE

Louisiana 7 14 14 7 42 Troy 2 21 0 0 23 First Quarter 6- .D(VJSF SVO 4UPWFS LJDL

530: 5&". TBGFUZ Second Quarter 530: )PMNFT QBTT GSPN 4JMWFST ,BZ LJDL

UL - Harris 2 run (Stover kick), 5:34 530: 3VCFO QBTT GSPN 4JMWFST ,BZ LJDL

6- .D(VJSF SVO 4UPWFS LJDL

530: $IJUUZ QBTT GSPN 4JMWFST ,BZ LJDL

Third Quarter UL - Harris 1 run (Stover kick), 10:00 UL - Broadway 9 run (Stover kick), :33 Fourth Quarter UL - Harris 1 run (Stover kick), 3:48 First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards 1BTTFT "UU $PNQ *OU Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time

UL 25 49-344 142

2-33.5 0-0 6-57 32:19

TROY 24 32-122 272

3-31.3 3-2 4-40 27:41

Individual Statistics Rushing: Louisiana - .D(VJSF )BSSJT #SPBEXBZ 14-78; Reed 3-13; TEAM 1-minus 2. Troy - Burks 6-50; Franklin 7-43; Chunn 11-26; Silvers 7-10; Worthy 1-minus 7.

Passing: Louisiana - Broadway 14-19-0-142. Troy - Silvers 29-340-272.

Receiving: Louisiana - Fuselier 5-44; Riles 3-20; Pettis 2-27; Butler 2-19; Bates 1-26; Scott 1-6. Troy - Worthy 8-72; Ruben 5-67; Chitty 4-20; Burks 3-18; Holmes 2-41; Bentley 2-14; Edenfield 2-1; Harris 1-27; Anderson 1-6; Dent 1-6.

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RINGO LOOKS TO BECOME THE NEW โ SACK MASTERโ

t 4FOJPS Christian Ringo bounced back from an injury-plagued 2013 season in a big way as he led the Sun Belt Conference in both sacks and tackles for loss during the 2014 season. t 5ISPVHI HBNFT 3JOHP IBT SFDPSEFE TBDLT TIZ PG UIF TJOHMF TFBTPO SFDPSE TFU CZ Jeff Mitchell and Conrad Lewis in 1993. With 2.5 sacks against ULM on Nov. 15, Ringo increased IJT DBSFFS UPUBM UP OJOUI JO 4VO #FMU $POGFSFODF IJTUPSZ BOE POF TIZ PG .JUDIFMM T TDIPPM SFDPSE set between 1992-95. t 3JOHP IBT BMTP UFSSPSJ[FE CBDLรถFMET JO XJUI UBDLMFT GPS MPTT UIF CFTU JO UIF 4VO #FMU $POGFSFODF BOE UI OBUJPOBMMZ *O B TJOHMF TFBTPO 3JOHP T OVNCFST SBOL TFDPOE CFIJOE .JUDIFMM T 5'- T JO t 3JOHP SFDPSEFE B TDIPPM SFDPSE TUPQT GPS MPTT BHBJOTU 6-. BOE IJT UBDLMFT GPS MPTT BSF fourth-best in school history behind Mitchell (45, 1992-95), Paul Cabble (37, 1993-96) and Andy Martin (36, 1979-82).

SETTING A STANDARD

t *O BEEJUJPO UP UIF รถSTU FWFS CBDL UP CBDL UP CBDL TFBTPOT BQQFBSJOH JO B CPXM HBNF Mark Hudspeth has helped Louisiana to tie the school record for wins in a season with nine. t 1SJPS UP DPOTFDVUJWF SFDPSET GSPN UIF $BKVOT TFU UIF TDIPPM SFDPSE GPS XJOT XJUI B 9-2 record in both 1921, 1970 and 1976. t 5IF XJOT JO )VETQFUI T รถSTU UISFF ZFBST BOE UIF WJDUPSJFT EVSJOH IJT UFOVSF BSF UIF NPTU in a three- and four-year stretch in school history.

TILLMANโ S NO. 5 HEADS TO THE CAJUN FIELD WALL

t %VSJOH IBMGUJNF PG UIF 3BHJO $BKVOT /PW HBNF XJUI "QQBMBDIJBO 4UBUF $IBSMFT 5JMMNBO T /P PรณDJBMMZ CFDBNF UIF FJHIUI KFSTFZ UP NBLF JUT XBZ POUP UIF $BKVO 'JFME XBMM t 5JMMNBO KPJOT Brian Mitchell (1), Damon Mason (9), Jake Delhomme (12), Brandon Stokley (14), Glenn LaFleur (28), Tyrell Fenroy (32) and Orlando Thomas (42) as the only Cajuns to have their number retired.

CAJUNS HONORING FORMER GREAT ORLANDO THOMAS

t8JUI UIF QBTTJOH PG POF PG UIF HSFBUFTU QMBZFST JO TDIPPM IJTUPSZ UIF -PVJTJBOB 3BHJO $BKVOT football team will honor the late Orlando Thomas for the remainder of the 2014 season. t 5IF 3BHJO $BKVOT XJMM IPOPS UIF GPSNFS "MM "NFSJDBO BOE UXP UJNF #JH 8FTU $POGFSFODF %FGFOTJWF Player of the Year, who passed away on Nov. 9 after a 10-year battle with amyotrophic lateral TDMFSPTJT -PV (FISJH T EJTFBTF CZ XFBSJOH B TQFDJBM EFDBM XJUI UIF MFUUFST i05w PO UIFJS IFMNFUT for the remainder of the season. t 1SJPS UP UIF 6-. HBNF PO /PW IFBE DPBDI Mark Hudspeth BOOPVODFE UIBU 5IPNBT /P o POF PG TFWFO SFUJSFE OVNCFST JO 3BHJO $BKVOT IJTUPSZ o XPVME CF SF JOTUBUFE GPS UIF 6-. HBNF with senior defensive back Sean Thomas (no relation) given the honor of wearing the number.

MCGUIRE RANKS IN AMONG TOP RBโ S IN CARRIES, RECEPTIONS

t Louisiana sophomore running back Elijah McGuire is one of nine running backs in the nation to record 130 or more carries and 30 or more receptions during the 2014 season. Below are the other running backs who have recorded the same numbers: Name D.J. Foster, Arizona State Jay Ajayi, Boise State Leon Allen, WKU Elijah McGuire, Louisiana Javorius Allen, USC Devontae Booker, Utah Daniel Lasco, Cal Duke Johnson, Miami +PTI 'FSHVTPO *MMJOPJT

Atts 183 325 259 150 250 266 210 218

Rushing Yds 1002 1689 1490 1165 1337 1350 1115 1520

TDs 9 25 12 14 9 9 12 10

Recs 59 45 46 40 40 39 33 33

Receiving Yds 646 536 431 414 442 282 356 370

RAGINโ CAJUNS LAGNIAPPE Statistically NCAA t *O UIF 3BHJO $BKVOT /PW HBNF BU 6-.

Louisiana limited the Warhawks to a schoolrecord minus-39 yards on the ground - the fewest yards allowed in an FBS game this season. t *O HBNFT EVSJOH UIF TFBTPO -PVJTJBOB SBOLT 7th nationally in red zone offense scoring in 49 of 53 possessions (92%) on the season. t %FGFOTJWFMZ UIF 3BHJO $BKVOT SBOL UI nationally in red zone defense holding opponents to 74% (32-for-43) on the season. t -PVJTJBOB SBOLT SE OBUJPOBMMZ JO SVTIJOH offense averaging 229.2 yards per game. t %FGFOTJWFMZ UIF 3BHJO $BKVOT SBOL UI nationally in rushing defense, allowing 146.7 yards per game. t "GUFS UVSOJOH UIF GPPUCBMM PWFS UJNFT JO OPO conference play, Louisiana committed three turnovers in its last eight games to rank 11th nationally in turnovers lost (13).

In The Month of December t 5IF 3BHJO $BKVOT XJMM QMBZ UIFJS UI HBNF all-time in the month of December, posting a 7-7 record.

Against The Mountain West t -PVJTJBOB JT BMM UJNF JO HBNFT QMBZFE against current members of the Mountain West Conference, facing 10 schools. t 5IF 3BHJO $BKVOT SFDPSE BHBJOTU UIF .8$ Air Force 0-0 Boise State 0-1 Colorado State 1-0 Fresno State 2-1 )BXBJ J

/FX .FYJDP

Nevada 0-1 UNLV 4-0 San Diego State 1-0 San Jose State 3-3 Utah State 1-1 Wyoming 0-1

TDs 3 4 3 2 1 2 2 2

NEXT UP

t Louisiana will open the 2015 season on Sept. 5, 2015 when it visits SEC opponent Kentucky at $PNNPOXFBMUI 4UBEJVN JO -FYJOHUPO ,Z

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Standings (FPSHJB 4PVUIFSO †Louisiana x Appalachian State †Arkansas State Y 5FYBT 4UBUF ^ South Alabama Y ULM Troy /FX .FYJDP 4UBUF *EBIP (FPSHJB 4UBUF

SBC 8-0 7-1 6-2 5-3 5-3 5-3 3-5 3-5

Pct. 1.000 .875 .750 .625 .625 .625 .375 .375

PF 306 278 280 336 248 187 194 200

PA Overall Pct. 154 9-3 .750 191 8-4 .667 200 7-5 .583 234 7-5 .583 221 7-5 .583 183 6-6 .500 205 4-8 .333 248 3-9 .250

PF 469 367 428 433 406 265 241 262

PA 281 335 328 333 332 310 315 434

H 5-0 4-2 4-2 5-1 3-3 3-3 3-2 2-4

A 4-3 4-2 3-3 2-4 4-2 3-3 1-6 1-5

N 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Str W1 W1 W6 W1 W2 L2 L1 L1 - - -

9 RVBMJĂśFE GPS B CPXM HBNF ? RVBMJĂśFE GPS B CPXM CVU XBT OPU TFMFDUFE p EJE OPU RVBMJGZ GPS B CPXM HBNF EVF UP '$4 5SBOTJUJPO

SUN BELT BOWL SCHEDULE

December 20, 2014 3 - $BSSJFST /FX 0SMFBOT #PXM /FX 0SMFBOT -B .FSDFEFT #FO[ 4VQFSEPNF

Louisiana vs. Nevada, 10 a.m.

Raycom Media Camellia Bowl (Montgomery, Ala.; Cramton Bowl) 4PVUI "MBCBNB WT #PXMJOH (SFFO Q N January 4, 2015 (P%BEEZ #PXM .PCJMF "MB -BEE 1FFCMFT 4UBEJVN

Arkansas State vs. Toledo, 8 p.m.

CAJUNS IN THE FINAL SUN BELT CONFERENCE RANKINGS (all games) TEAM STATISTICS 4DPSJOH 0òFOTF ___________ 5th _________ 30.6 Scoring Defense ___________ 7th _________ 27.9 5PUBM 0òFOTF ______________ 6th ________ 417.9 Total Defense _____________ 6th ________ 421.9 3VTIJOH 0òFOTF ___________ 4th ________ 229.4 Rushing Defense____________1st ________ 146.7 1BTTJOH 0òFOTF ___________ 10th _______ 188.5 Passing Defense ___________ 11th _______ 275.2 1BTT &óDJFODZ_____________ 7th ________ 126.9 1BTT &óDJFODZ %FGFOTF _____ 9th ________ 145.0 Kickoff Returns ____________ 7th _________ 20.4 Punt Returns ______________ 7th __________ 6.9 *OUFSDFQUJPOT _____________ 9th ____________ 7 Net Punting_______________ 4th _________ 37.8 Kickoff Coverage___________ 2nd _________ 41.1 'JFME (PBMT ______________ T-2nd __ .833 (15-18) Sacks By _________________T-3rd _____2.33 (28) Sacks Against _____________ 4th ______1.67 (20) 3rd-Down Conversion ______ 4th __ 42.2 (70-166) 0QQ SE %PXO $POWFSTJPO __T-4th _ 40.0 (72-180) 4th-Down Conversion ______ 7th ____ 52.9 (9-17) 0QQ UI %PXO $POWFSTJPO __ 5th ___ 53.6 (15-28) Penalties _________________T-4th ______64/44.8 Turnover Margin ___________ 5th ______0.25 (+3) 3FE ;POF 0òFOTF ___________1st ___ 92.5 (49-53) Red Zone Defense __________1st ___ 74.4 (32-43) Attendance Home Avg. ______1st _______ 25,775

Total Offense Terrance Broadway _________ 7th ________ 226.2

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Yards/Game &MJKBI .D(VJSF _____________ 6th _________ 97.1 Alonzo Harris _____________ 8th _________ 67.0

Sacks Christian Ringo _____________1st ____ 0.88 (10.5) Justin Hamilton ___________ 14th ____ 0.33 (4.0)

Passing Yards/Game Terrance Broadway _________ 8th ________ 172.3 Passing Efficiency Terrance Broadway _________ 6th ________ 123.9

Scoring &MJKBI .D(VJSF _____________ 4th __________ 8.0 Hunter Stover _____________ 5th __________ 7.2 Scoring (TDs) &MJKBI .D(VJSF _____________ 4th __________ 8.0 Alonzo Harris _____________ 7th __________ 6.5 Punt Return Average &MJKBI .D(VJSF _____________ 3rd __________ 7.7 Kick Return Average Montrel Carter ____________ 9th _________ 20.7 All Purpose &MJKBI .D(VJSF ______________1st ________ 141.2 Punting Daniel Cadona ____________ 3rd _________ 43.3 Field Goals Hunter Stover ____________ T-2nd __ 83.3 (15-18) PAT Kicking Hunter Stover _____________ 7th ___ 93.3 (42-45)

Tackles For Loss Christian Ringo _____________1st ____ 1.62 (19.5) Justin Hamilton ___________t18th ____ 0.67 (8.0)

KEEPING UP WITH THE CAJUNS

0WFSBMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4 Sun Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 Non-Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 Away. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 Neutral. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Current Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Won 1 Current Home Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lost 1 Current Road Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Won 4 Last win . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42-23 at Troy (11/29/14) Last loss. . . . 35-16 vs. Appalachian St. (11/29/14)

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FINAL 2014 SUN BELT STANDINGS

Day game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Night game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 TV game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4 CBS Sports Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 ESPN2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 ESPN3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 SEC Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 August . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-3 0DUPCFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-0 November. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1 December. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 vs. Top-25 teams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 vs. non-ranked teams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3 vs. FCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 0O OBUVSBM HSBTT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 on artificial surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4 Scoring first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 Coming-from-behind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-0 -FBEJOH BGUFS TU RVBSUFS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-0 5SBJMJOH BGUFS TU RVBSUFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-4 5JFE BGUFS TU RVBSUFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 Leading at halftime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-0 Trailing at halftime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 Tied at halftime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 -FBEJOH BGUFS SE RVBSUFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-0 5SBJMJOH BGUFS SE RVBSUFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-4 5JFE BGUFS SE RVBSUFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 0WFSUJNF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Scoring 20 points or less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 Scoring 20+ points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-0 Scoring 30+ points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-0 Allowing 21 points or less. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-0 Allowing 10 points or less. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 With 100-yard rusher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-0 Allow 100-yard rusher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-3 With 300-yard passer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Allow 300-yard passer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 0VUHBJO PQQPOFOU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-0 Total offense + 300 yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2 Allow + 300 yards total offense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4 No turnovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1 Less than three turnovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3 Three or more turnovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 No takeaways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Three or more takeaways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 Fewer turnovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 &RVBM UVSOPWFST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 More turnovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Control time of possession. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 0QQPOFOU DPOUSPMT UJNF PG QPTTFTTJPO . . . . . . 2-2 1PTTFTTJPO UJNF FRVBM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0

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QUARTERBACKS

TERRANCE BROADWAY

Terrance Broadway became the new total offense Broadway had a season-best 113 yards on 19 career record holder with 162 yards of total offense carries at Texas State. He fell six yards short of 100 against Appalachian State. Broadway has 9,186 yards yards at ULM with 94 on 19 carries. of total offense in three seasons.

Brooks Haack has seen action in 11 games in his Broadway is second in career touchdown passes at career passing for 403 yards and three touchdowns.

Louisiana with 48 in three seasons. Delhomme holds the record with 64 from 1993-96, but only had 44 in Haack stepped up and helped to engineer the his first three seasons game-winning drive against Georgia State, seeing action in all but one play on the drive, the gameBroadway also ranks second in career passing winning TD pass by Broadway. yards (7,329), and third in completions (562).

Jalen Nixon saw his first action of the season Broadway passed for 3 TDs for the second time on against Arkansas State rushing twice for nine yards the season and the seventh time in his career at New after missing the first six games due to a suspension.

Mexico State.

RUNNING BACKS Alonzo Harris and Elijah McGuire have combined The Cajuns have rushed for at least 170 yards in 10 for 28 of the team’s 46 TDs this season. The duo had of 12 games this season including a season-best 419 22 combined touchdowns a year ago. McGuire leads yards against Arkansas State at home. the team with 16 TDs. Harris ranks third on the Louisiana career list for Harris became the third person in school history rushing touchdowns with 44 after notching three at to rush for 3,000 yards in a career after tallying 133 Troy. He needs four TDs to tie the school record set by yards on 13 carries at ULM. He has 3,281 currently.

Tyrell Fenroy from 2005-08.

McGuire has scored at least one TD in the last nine McGuire is third in the nation averaging 7.77 yards contests accounting for 15 of his 16 TDs during the per carry. He is also tied for 17th in rushing TDs (14) stretch. and 19th in all-purpose yards (141.25 avg).

ALONZO HARRIS

Harris and McGuire became the first duo in the McGuire is the fourth Cajun to post a 1,000 nation to post four rushing TDs apiece in the same yard rushing season joining Tyrell Fenroy, Michael game against Arkansas State combining for 8 TDs. Desormeaux and Brian Mitchell.

RECEIVERS & TIGHT ENDS

JAMES BUTLER

James Butler had a career-high 95 yards on five Riles had a career game against GSU recording catches at New Mexico State. eight catches for 80 yards including a key 22-yd grab on third down leading to the game-winning score.

Butler has caught at least one pass in 10 of 12 He had a career-best 81 yds on three catches at Texas games this season. His 61 yards receiving at ULM put State. him over 1,000 for his career.

Jamal Robinson was sidelined for the remainder Butler has the most career receiving yards among of the 2014 season after suffering foot injury at Texas active wide receivers on the 2014 squad. Butler has State. The coaching staff is hopeful that he will qualify caught 79 passes for 1,077 yards in four seasons. for a medical hardship. Robinson ranks top 5 in school history with 15 TDs and 1,829 receiving yards.

Al Riles has posted at least two catches in 10 of 12 games this season including a season-best eight 15 Cajuns have caught at least one pass this season grabs against Georgia State and his first career TD including receivers Robinson, Riles, Butler, Jared catch at ULM. Johnson, Matt Barnes, Devin Scott, Gabe Fusilier, C.J. Bates, Evan Tatford, Larry Pettis and Nick Byrne.

OFFENSIVE LINE

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The Cajuns offensive line returns four starters from Both Anderson and Johnson made starts in all 13 the 2013 season including Daniel Quave, Mykhael games last season and in the 12 games in 2014.

Quave, Terry Johnson and Octravian Anderson.

Johnson moved from left guard to center to Daniel Quave holds the most experience having replace veteran Andre Huval at center in 2014. Huval not missed a start in four straight seasons with a made 39 consecutive starts at center from 2011-13. school record 51 career starts at right guard.

Donovan Williams has started all 12 games this Quave is tied for the national lead in consecutive season at left guard after transferring from Blinn JC. starts with Kaleb Eulls of Mississippi State.

After allowing just two sacks in the first five games Mykhael Quave has the second-most experience of the season, the Cajuns have surrendered 16 sacks on the line with 38 starts in three seasons moving in the last seven games including a season-high six from guard to tackle in 2013. to Appalachian State in a 35-16 loss.

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DEFENSIVE LINE Christian Ringo set a new school record for Ringo also moved into fourth on the career TFL list tackles-for-loss (TFL) in a game with 5.5 including 2.5 with 34.5 after his career day at ULM. Mitchell holds sacks at ULM in a 34-27 win. The 5.5 TFL is tied for the the career TFL record with 45. Paul Cabble is second most in a game this season in college football. with 37 and Andy Martin is third with 36.

Ringo ranks seventh in the nation in TFL with 19.5 Justin Hamilton is second on the team with 5.0 and is fifth averaging 1.6 TFL a game. He is also 12th sacks. Hamilton also has 26 tackles (22 solo) and in the nation in sacks with 10.5. Ringo is fifth in the 9.0 TFL. Hamilton has 28.0 TFL and 14.0 sacks in his nation in TFL by a defensive lineman. career and is 2.5 sacks away from cracking the career top 5 at Louisiana.

Ringo needs just one sack to tie the program career record of 21 set by Jeff Mitchell from 1992-95. He also The line set a school record holding ULM to -39 needs 0.5 sacks to equal the season record of 11. yards rushing on 21 attempts causing the Cajuns to jump from 63rd to 38th in nation in rush defense at The senior tied the school single season record for the time. Louisiana has held four teams under 100 yardage lost on sacks with 83. yards rushing this season.

CHRISTIAN RINGO

LINEBACKERS Jake Molbert had a career day against ULM The Cajuns linebacker corps has forced seven posting 3.0 tackles-for-loss (TFL) and 2.0 sacks while fumbles this season led by Boris Anyama who has a forcing two fumbles. team-best three forced fumbles.

Dominique Tovell leads the group with 158 Anyama had his third forced fumble of the season including 25.0 TFL and 6.0 sacks, while Molbert is at ULM to clinch a 34-27 win with less than a minute second with 153 career tackles (86 solo) in four remaining. seasons including 24 in 2014.

Darzil Washington and Tre’maine Lightfoot Tovell is second on the team this season in tackles each had a fumble recovery at ULM as the Cajuns with 70 (51 solo) after posting a season-high nine forced and recovered three fumbles in the contest. tackles against at Troy.

Anyama had a standout game against Arkansas Trae Johnson is third on the squad in tackles with State tallying a career-high 4.0 TFL and 1.0 sacks. The 46 (37 solo). senior is second on the team with 8.0 TFL.

DOMINIQUE TOVELL

SECONDARY Louisiana has featured six different starting lineups Walker and Trim lead the team with two in the secondary this season with Corey Trim and interceptions apiece, while Thomas, Worthy and Trevence Patt at corner and Travis Crawford and Jevante Watson have one each.

Tracy Walker as the safeties in the last three games of the season.

Patt is fifth on the team and second in the secondary with 44 tackles (37 solo).

Trim joined Sean Thomas, T.J. Worthy and Patt as the fourth member of the secondary to post 100Trim also leads the team with four pass breakups, plus career tackles with his team-high nine tackles at while Watson is second with three.

ULM. Worthy leads the way with 146 career stops.

The Ragin' Cajuns secondary has accounted for 15 Trim leads the Cajuns with 71 tackles (60 solo) on of the team's 22 pass breakups. the season after posting a career-high 10 at Troy.

Dominick Jones has seen action in all 12 games at The Cajuns secondary has accounted for all seven corner and on special teams. of the team’s interceptions.

SEAN THOMAS

SPECIAL TEAMS The Cajuns kick return defense ranks eighth in the Stover equaled a career-long 38 yard field goal at nation limiting opponents to an average of 17.24 ULM against Appalachian State. yards per return.

Stover took over the kicking duties this season Daniel Cadona ranks 27th in the nation with a 43.3 after seeing action in one game in 2013. Stover was average on 55 punts this season. He set a career long 1-for-1, kicking the eventual game-winning field with a 77-yard punt against Southern. goal against Tulane in the 2013 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl. He is 16-for-19 in his career and 44-forCadona ranks fifth in the nation pinning 43.6 47 in PATs. percent of his punts inside the 20. He has placed 24 punts inside of the 20 with 11 of those 24 downed Stover was 2-for-3 on on-side kick attempts in inside the 10.

2013, recovering both attempts himself. He has yet to attempt an on-side kick in 2014.

Hunter Stover set a new career-best with four made field goals against South Alabama.

HUNTER STOVER

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Mark Hudspeth t 'PVSUI TFBTPO BU -PVJTJBOB t UI TFBTPO PWFSBMM Delta State, 1992

A 22-year coaching veteran, Hudspeth carries a 101-37 career record in his 11th season as a collegiate head coach, winning 10 or more games five times and having winning records in nine straight campaigns.

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After three years as an assistant coach at Delta State (1999-2000) and Navy (2001), Hudspeth took over as head coach at North "MBCBNB BOE UIF XJOOJOH RVJDLMZ DPNmenced. He guided the Lions to a 66-21 record in seven seasons (2002-08), winning UXP (VMG 4PVUI $POGFSFODF UJUMFT BOE NBLJOH ĂśWF BQQFBSBODFT JO UIF /$"" %JWJTJPO ** Championship, advancing to the semi-finals three times (2003, 2005, 2008).

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the Year by the American Football Coaches Association.

UNA went 11-1 in 2006, including 8-0 JO MFBHVF QMBZ UP DMBJN JUT TFDPOE (VMG 4PVUI title, with Hudspeth earning his second coach of the year award while also being selected BT UIF /$"" %JWJTJPO ** 3FHJPO $PBDI PG UIF Year again. The Lions followed that up with a 10-2 record and an appearance in the NCAA %JWJTJPO ** RVBSUFSĂśOBMT JO Hudspeth capped off his tenure at North Alabama by guiding the Lions to a 12-2 record in 2008 and making their fourth straight NCAA appearance, falling in the semifinals.

Born on Nov. 10, 1968 in Montgomery, Ala., Hudspeth moved to Louisville, Miss., CFGPSF UIF BHF PG POF *O B UPXO XJUI B QPQVMBUJPO PG KVTU IF RVJDLMZ CFDBNF POF PG UIF UPXOT NPTU OPUBCMF ZPVOH NFO (SFX VQ with Louisville natives Andy Kennedy (head CBTLFUCBMM DPBDI BU 0MF .JTT BOE .BUUIFX .JUDIFMM IFBE XPNFO T CBTLFUCBMM DPBDI BU Kentucky).

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His high school alma mater beckoned in 1996 as Hudspeth returned to Winston Academy as head coach, guiding the team to a 25-1 record and the 1997 state title during his two seasons.

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Hudspeth is married to the former Tyla .D$POOFMM BOE IBT UISFF TPOT (VOOFS .BKPS and Captain, and one daughter, Carley.

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OFFENSE WR (X)

21 18

C.J. Bates (6-1, 200, Jr.) Devin Scott (5-11, 180, So.)

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70

LG

DEFENSE DE

57 90

Chris Prater (6-3, 287, Jr.) Jacoby Briscoe (6-3, 325, So.)

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Donovan Williams (6-3, 315, Jr.) Jarad Martin (6-5, 306, Sr.)

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9 92

Christian Ringo (6-1, 277, Sr.) Taboris Lee (6-2, 277, Fr.)

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Terry Johnson (6-2, 295, Sr.) &EEJF (PSEPO +S

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27

T.J. Worthy (6-2, 195, Jr.) 5ZSFO "MFYBOEFS +S

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67

Daniel Quave (6-3, 324, Sr.) (SFH 4JFOFS +S

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T.J. Posey (6-0, 235, Fr.)

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Trae Johnson (6-1, 234, Sr.)

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10 81

Larry Pettis (6-4, 245, Sr.) Nick Byrne (6-3, 228, So.)

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35 39

Boris Anyama (6-3, 232, Sr.) Darzil Washington (6-3, 215, Jr.)

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4 11

Trevence Patt (6-0, 197, Sr.) Jevante Watson (5-10, 175, Jr.)

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11 7

James Butler (6-3, 217, Sr.) Jared Johnson (6-5, 215, So.)

FS

16 24

Travis Crawford (5-11, 185, Fr.) Sean Thomas (5-10, 170, Sr.)

QB

8 9

Terrance Broadway (6-2, 221, Sr.) Brooks Haack (6-1, 219, So.)

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Tracy Walker (6-2, 180, R-Fr.) Trevence Patt (6-0, 197, Sr.)

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Corey Trim (5-11, 180, Sr.) Dominick Jones (5-11, 174, So.)

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Hunter Stover (6-1, 208, Sr.) Carlos Alvarez (5-9, 195, Jr.)

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Hunter Stover (6-1, 208, Sr.) Carlos Alvarez (5-9, 195, Jr.)

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Daniel Cadona (6-4, 218, Sr.) Carlos Alvarez (5-9, 195, Jr.)

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James Butler (6-3, 217, Sr.)

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

PLAYERS 68 0$53"7*"/ Anderson . . . . . . 0DL USBZ WFF JO 35 Boris ANYAMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0O ZB NBI 26 Cole #06326& . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bork 48 Daniel $"%0/" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kuh-doan-uh 15 Zachary %&(3"/(& . . . . Rhymes with Range 34 Russ %6)0/. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Do-yawn 44 Kevin '0626*&3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Foo-kway (BCF '64&-*&3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fuse-uh-lay 51 Trey (3"/*&3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (SBXO ZFB 9 Brooks HAACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hack 23 Darius )0((*/4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hog-gens 92 5"#03*4 Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tah-bore-is 59 Jake .0-#&35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mo-bear 5 JALEN /JYPO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jay-lynn 4 TREVENCE Patt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trev-vince (SFH 4*&/&3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See-nur %PNJOJRVF 507&-- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toe-vell 11 JEVANTE Watson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Juh-vahn-tay 93 ."326*4 White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mar-keese 60 % "26*/ Withrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dee-ack-win

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Name 5ZSFO "MFYBOEFS Carlos Alvarez 0DUSBWJBO "OEFSTPO Boris Anyama Scott Austin Matthew Barnes C.J. Bates Darrien Batiste Aaron Bird $PMF #PVSRVF Jacoby Briscoe Terrance Broadway James Butler Nick Byrne Daniel Cadona Montrel Carter Travis Crawford Lorenzo Cryer "MMFO $VNNJOT Jordan Davis ;BDIBSZ %F(SBOHF Remaine Douglas /JDL %VHHFS Ross Duhon ,BSNJDIBFM %VOCBS Ken Edwards ,FWJO 'PVRVJFS +FTTF 'SFFNBO (BCF 'VTFMJFS "ESJBO (PPEBDSF &EEJF (PSEPO 5SFZ (SBOJFS +BLF (VJESZ Brooks Haack Justin Hamilton Alonzo Harris Darius Hoggins (SBOU )PSTU Marcus Jackson Jared Johnson Sherard Johnson 5FSSZ +PIOTPO Trae Johnson Anthony Jones Dominick Jones Ladarrius Kidd Taboris Lee 5SF NBJOF -JHIUGPPU +POBUIBO -VOEZ Chaiziere Malbrue /PBI .BSLT +BSBE .BSUJO Marvin Martin Troy McCollum &MJKBI .D(VJSF Jake Molbert %SFX .PPSF Stephen Morella Patrick Morton +BMFO /JYPO Lance Pace Trevence Patt Larry Pettis Torrey Pierce Dalvin Populist T.J. Posey Chris Prater %BOJFM 2VBWF .ZLIBFM 2VBWF Effrem Reed Reginald Miles, Jr

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Pos. -# K 0- LB WR TE WR DL K/P %# DT QB WR TE P RB DB WR 0- QB 4 DL 0- DB 0- DL -# 0- 83 0- 0- -# %4 QB DL RB RB 0- LB WR DL 0- LB TE CB DL DL -# 0- LB 0- 0- DL DB 3# LB 0- DS QB 2# WR S TE RB QB LB DE 0- 0- RB DB

ALPHABETICAL ROSTER Jerrell Richardson Al Riles Christian Ringo Jamal Robinson Jarrell Rogers &UIBO 3PTFOCBMN Christian Sager Taylor Schartle Dylan Scheurich Devin Scott (SFH 4JFOFS Cardaye Spencer Rodrick Stephens Hunter Stover Evan Tatford Sean Thomas Simeon Thomas %PNJOJRVF 5PWFMM Corey Trim Corey Turner Tracy Walker Darzil Washington Jevante Watson .BSRVJT 8IJUF %POPWBO 8JMMJBNT % BRVJO 8JUISPX T.J. Worthy

The Last Time the Cajuns…

WR WR DL WR WR 0- LB LB K WR 0- RB DL K TE CB CB %& CB DB S LB CB %- 0- 0- S

The Last Time…

2014 GAME CAPTAINS Week 1 (Southern)

Terrance Broadway (QB), James Butler (WR), Trevence Patt (SS), Sean Thomas (FS)

Week 2 (Louisiana Tech)

Jamal Robinson (WR), Corey Trim (DB), Christian Sager (LB), 0DUSBWJBO "OEFSTPO 0-

Week 3 (Ole Miss)

Justin Hamilton (DL), Christian Ringo (DL), Larry Pettis (TE), 5FSSZ +PIOTPO 0-

Week 4 (Boise State)

Hunter Stover (K), Daniel Cadona (P)

Week 5 (Georgia State)

%BOJFM 2VBWF 0- #PSJT "OZBNB -# +VTUJO )BNJMUPO %-

Alonzo Harris (RB)

Week 6 (Texas State)

Boris Anyama (LB), Brooks Haack (QB), Trae Johnson (LB), %POPWBO 8JMMJBNT 0-

Week 7 (Arkansas State)

Terrance Broadway (QB), Alonzo Harris (RB), Christian Ringo (DL), Justin Hamilton (DL)

Week 8 (South Alabama)

+BLF .PMCFSU -# %BOJFM 2VBWF 0- "M 3JMFT 83

%PNJOJRVF 5PWFMM -#

Week 9 (New Mexico State)

Marcus Jackson (LB), Effrem Reed (RB), T.J. Worthy (LB/DB), .ZLIBFM 2VBWF 0-

Week 10 (ULM)

Christian Sager (LB), Jared Johnson (WR), Jevante Watson %# 0DUSBWJBO "OEFSTPO 0-

Week 11 (Appalachian State)

.POUSFM $BSUFS 3# 5ZSFO "MFYBOEFS -# %BS[JM 8BTIJOHUPO (LB), Evan Tatford (TE)

Week 12 (Troy)

Had a game decided in the last 10 seconds (non-OT) – Won - Brett Baer 50 yd field goal at 0:00 vs. San Diego State, 12/17/11 Lost - Jelani Jenkins 36 yd blocked punt return at 0:02 at Florida, 11/10/12 Came back from a two touchdown or greater deficit – 11/2/13 vs. New Mexico State, trailed 28-7 at 9:23 of 2nd quarter Came back from a three touchdown or greater deficit – 11/2/13 vs. New Mexico State, trailed 28-7 at 9:23 of 2nd quarter Lost when leading by at least two touchdowns – 11/30/13 vs. ULM, led 14-0 at 5:50 of 1st quarter Held an opponent scoreless in a half – First – 8/30/14 vs. Southern, led 24-0 at the half, won 45-6 Second – 11/29/14 at Troy, trailed 23-21 at the half, won 42-23 Were shutout in the first half – 12/7/13 at South Alabama, trailed 30-0 at the half Had a player attempt 30 rushes or more – Alonzo Harris 33 carries (189 yards) at Middle Tennessee, 10/29/11 Had a player make 10 receptions or more in a game – Elijah McGuire 10 catches (106 yards) at Boise State, 9/20/14 Had a quarterback attempt 40 passes – Terrance Broadway 41 attempts (26 completions) at North Texas, 10/16/12 Attempted an onsides kick – Failed – 11/30/13 vs. ULM, (Stover)-recovered by ULM Successful – 9/21/13 at Akron, (Stover)-recovered by Stover Opponent attempted an onsides kick – Failed – 10/21/14 by Arkansas State, recovered by Louisiana Successful – 11/11/06 vs. North Texas, recovered by NT

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31 2 9 4 87

56 41 17 18

39 95 45 88 24 2

7 21 23 39 11

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Marcus Jackson (LB), Alonzo Harris (RB), T.J. Worthy (LB), +BSBE .BSUJO 0-

A kickoff was returned for a touchdownBy Cajuns: Darryl Surgent at Kansas State, 2013 (100 yards)

By Opponent: Brandon Smith, Texas State, 2013 (92 yards, 100 yards) A punt was returned for a touchdownBy Cajuns: Darryl Surgent vs. San Diego State, 2011 (87 yards)

By Opponent: Bobo Beathard, Appalachian State, 2014 (33 yards) An interception was returned for a touchdownBy Cajuns: Corey Trim vs. Tulane, 2013 (82 yards)

By Opponent: Senquez Golden, Ole Miss, 2014 (59 yards) A fumble was returned for a touchdownBy Cajuns: Christian Ringo at Texas State, 2014 (41 yards)

By Opponent: Jamarcus Allen, WKU, 2010 (69 yards) An extra point kick was blockedBy Cajuns: Darzil Washington at New Mexico State, 2014

By Opponent: Josh Hunt, E. Michigan, 2006 (Drew Edmiston kick) A defensive extra point was recordedBy Cajuns: Corey Trim at New Mexico State, 2014

By Opponent: Has never happened A punt was blockedBy Cajuns: Bradley Brown at Florida, 2012

By Opponent: Adam Shapiro, New Mexico State 2014 (Daniel Cadona punt) A blocked punt was returned for a touchdownBy Cajuns: Blake Comminie at Florida, 2012, (22 yards)

By Opponent: Jelani Jenkins, Florida, 2012 (36 yards) A field goal was blockedBy Cajuns: Le’Marcus Gibson vs. North Texas, 2011

By Opponent: Julius Warmsley, Tulane, 2012 (Brett Baer, 27-yard att., 4Q) A blocked field goal was returned for a touchdownBy Cajuns: Melvin White vs. Nicholls State (68 yards)

By Opponent: Jorrick Calvin, Troy, 2008 (65 yards) A safety was recordedBy Cajuns: Justin Hamilton at Ole Miss, 2014

By Opponent: Terrance Broadway down in end zone at Troy, 2014

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scouting the opposition NEVADA QUICK FACTS

Series Record: Nevada leads 1-0 Series in Lafayette: N/A Series in Reno: Nevada leads 1-0 Neutral Site: N/A Current Streak: Nevada, 1 Hudspeth vs. Nevada: 0-0 Polian vs. UL: 0-0 Last Meeting: Nevada 38, Louisiana 14 (9/2/95)

Location: Reno, Nev. Founded: 1874 Enrollment: 19,000 President: Dr. Marc Johnson Director of Athletics: Doug Knuth NCAA Division I Bowl Subdivision (FBS) Conference: Mountain West Nickname: Wolfpack Colors: Navy Blue and Silver Stadium: Mackay Stadium Capacity: 30,000 Playing Surface: FieldTurf Head Coach: Brian Polian Record at Nevada: 11-13 (second season) Career Record: 11-13 (second season) All-time Record vs. UL: 0-0 Basic Offense: Pistol | Basic Defense: 4-3 Football Media Relations Contact: Chad Hartley Phone: 775-682-6982 | E-mail: hartleyc@unr.edu Athletics Web Site: www.NevadaWolfPack.com

NCAA STATISTICAL COMPARISON FBS Ranking

Year 1995

2014 Statisical Standings

FBS Ranking

CATEGORY Passing Offense (yds/gm) Rushing Offense (yds/gm) Total Offense (yds/gm) Scoring Offense (pts/gm)

WOLFPACK 197.8 (92nd) 122.50 (76th) 215.2 (30th) 413.0 (56th) 31.3 (49th)

37.80 (56th) 6.94 (79th) 10.21 (100th) 19.74 (88th) 17.24 (8th)

Net Punting (yds/punt) Punt Returns (yds/ret) Punt Return Defense (yds/ret) Kickoff Returns (yds/ret) Kickoff Return Defense (yds/ret)

37.50 (63rd) 9.59 (39th) 7.80 (67th) 21.61 (51st) 20.50 (58th)

275.3 (117th) 144.96 (109th) 146.7 (44th) 421.9 (85th) 27.9 (76th)

Pass Defense (yds/gm) Rush Defense (yds/gm) Total Defense (yds/gm) Scoring Defense (yds/gm)

271.0 (112th) 134.68 (90th) 179.1 (79th) 450.1 (103rd) 28.2 (77th)

0.25 (t-45th) 16 (t-95th) 13 (t-11th)

Turnover Margin per game Turnovers Gained (fm/int) Turnovers Lost (fm/int)

0.92 (t-11th) 26 (t-23rd) 15 (t-20th)

RAGIN’ CAJUNS 188.5 (100th) 126.91 (67th) 229.4 (23rd) 417.9 (53rd) 30.6 (52nd)

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SERIES INFO

NEvADA WOLFPACK (7-5, 4-4 MW)

ALL-TIME MEETINGS Modern Era (1970 and after) Date Result Location Sept. 2 L, 14-38 Reno, Nev.

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With the 2014-15 year marking the debut of the College Football Playoff (CFP) the Sun Belt continues to find itself among the 10 premier college football conferences and the new system is guaranteed universal access based on performance - there are no automatic qualifiers for the playoffsystem. Additionally, the CFP will mean that a spot amonf the premier bowl games of college football will be guaranteed to the highest-ranked champion from the other “Group of Five” conferences: the Sun Belt Conference, American Athletic Conference, Mountain West Conference, Mid-American Conference and Conference USA. The Sun Belt Conference will also be part of the rotation for the newly created Bahamas Bowl and the Miami Beach Bowl.

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The Sun Belt Conference maintains primary bowl tie-ins with the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, the GoDaddy Bowl and the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl. A team from the Sun Belt Conference has played in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl since its inception in 2001. The SBC has won five consecutive R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl games and seven of the last eight. The GoDaddy Bowl matches teams from the Sun Belt Conference and Mid-American Conference.

Arkansas State has helped lead the Sun Belt to two consecutive wins in the GoDaddy Bowl. The Camellia Bowl will match-up the Sun Belt Conference against the Mid-American Conference beginning in December 2014. The game will be played yearly at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Ala., before the Christmas holiday and be televised nationally on ESPN or ESPN2.

Come 2015, the Cure Bowl will feature a team from the Sun Belt Conference against the American Athletic Conference. The game will be played yearly at the newly renovated Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Fla., the weekend before the Christmas Holiday. The Cure Bowl is the first of its kind to combine the passions of college football with the goal of supporting breast cancer research.

2014-15 COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL SCHEDULE

Bowl Game R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Gildan New Mexico Bowl Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Raycom Media Camellia Bowl Miami Beach Bowl Boca Raton Bowl San Diego County CU Poinsettia Bowl Popeyes Bahamas Bowl Hawaii Bowl Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl Quick Lane Bowl Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl Military Bowl pres. by Northrop Grumman Hyundai Sun Bowl Duck Commander Independence Bowl New Era Pinstripe Bowl National University Holiday Bowl AutoZone Liberty Bowl Russell Athletic Bowl AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl Franklin Amer. Mort. Music City Bowl Belk Bowl Foster Farms Bowl Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl VIZIO Fiesta Bowl Capital One Orange Bowl Outback Bowl Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl Rose Bowl Game pres. Northwestern Mutual Allstate Sugar Bowl Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl TaxSlayer Bowl Valero Alamo Bowl TicketCity Cactus Bowl Birmingham Bowl GoDaddy Bowl College Football Championship Game

Date/Time (ET) Sat., Dec. 20 / 11:00 a.m.

Sat., Dec. 20 / 2:20 p.m.

Sat., Dec. 20 / 3:30 p.m.

Sat., Dec. 20 / 5:45 p.m.

Sat., Dec. 20 / 9:15 p.m.

Mon., Dec. 22 / 2:00 p.m.

Tue., Dec. 23 / 6:00 p.m.

Tue., Dec. 23 / 9:30 p.m.

Wed., Dec. 24 / 12:00 p.m.

Wed., Dec. 24 / 8:00 p.m.

Fri., Dec. 26 / 1:00 p.m.

Fri., Dec. 26 / 4:30 p.m.

Fri., Dec. 26 / 8:00 p.m.

Sat., Dec. 27 / 1:00 p.m.

Sat., Dec. 27 / 2:00 p.m.

Sat., Dec. 27 / 4:00 p.m.

Sat., Dec. 27 / 4:30 p.m.

Sat., Dec. 27 / 8:00 p.m.

Mon., Dec. 29 / 2:00 p.m.

Mon., Dec. 29 / 5:30 p.m.

Mon., Dec. 29 / 9:00 p.m.

Tue., Dec. 30 / 3:00 p.m.

Tue., Dec. 30 / 6:30 p.m.

Tue., Dec. 30 / 10:00 p.m.

Wed., Dec. 31 / 1:00 p.m.

Wed., Dec. 31 / 5:00 p.m.

Wed., Dec. 31 / 8:30 p.m.

Thu., Jan. 1 / 12:00 p.m.

Thu., Jan. 1 / 12:30 p.m.

Thu., Jan. 1 / 1:00 p.m.

Thu., Jan. 1 / 5:00 p.m.

Thu., Jan. 1 / 8:30 p.m.

Fri., Jan. 2 / 12:00 p.m.

Fri., Jan. 2 / 3:20 p.m.

Fri., Jan. 2 / 6:45 p.m.

Fri., Jan. 2 / 10:15 p.m.

Sat., Jan. 3 / 1:00 p.m.

Sun., Jan. 4 / 9:00 p.m.

Mon., Jan. 12 / 8:30 p.m.

Site New Orleans, La. Albuquerque, N.M. Las Vegas, Nev. Boise, Idaho Montgomery, Ala. Miami, Fla. Boca Raton, Fla. San Diego, Calif.

Nassau, Bahamas Honolulu, Hawaii Dallas, Texas Detroit, Mich.

St. Petersburg, Fla. Annapolis, Md. El Paso, Texas Shreveport, La. Bronx, N.Y. San Diego, Calif.

Memphis, Tenn.

Orlando, Fla. Houston, Texas Nashville, Tenn.

Charlotte, N.C. Santa Clara, Calif.

Atlanta, Ga. Glendale, Ariz.

Miami Gardens, Fla. Tampa, Fla. Arlington, Texas Orlando, Fla. Pasadena, Calif.

New Orleans, La. Fort Worth, Texas Jacksonville, Fla. San Antonio, Texas Tempe, Ariz.

Birmingham, Ala. Mobile, Ala. Arlington, Texas

Matchup Louisiana vs. Nevada Utah State vs. UTEP Utah vs. Colorado State Western Michigan vs. Air Force South Alabama vs. Bowling Green BYU vs. Memphis Marshall vs. Northern Illinois San Diego State vs. Navy Central Michigan vs. WKU Fresno State vs. Rice Illinois vs. Louisiana Tech Rutgers vs. North Carolina N.C. State vs. UCF Cincinnati vs. Virginia Tech Arizona State vs. Duke Miami (Fla.) vs. South Carolina Boston College vs. Penn State Nebraska vs. USC Texas A&M vs. West Virginia Oklahoma vs. Clemson Arkansas vs. Texas Notre Dame vs. LSU Georgia vs. Louisville Marlyand vs. Stanford Ole Miss vs. TCU Boise State vs. Arizona Mississippi State vs. Georgia Tech Auburn vs. Wisconsin Michigan State vs. Baylor Missouri vs. Minnesota Oregon vs. Florida State Alabama vs. Ohio State Houston vs. Pittsburgh Iowa vs. Tennessee Kansas State vs. UCLA Washington vs. Oklahoma State East Carolina vs. Florida Arkansas State vs. Toledo Rose Winner vs. Sugar Winner

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RAGIN’ CAJUNS SINGLE-SEASON RECORDS

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RUSHING ATTEMPTS 1.

Brian Mitchell 2.

Tyrell Fenroy 3.

Tyrell Fenroy 4.

Marcus Prier 5.

Alonzo Harris 6.

Darren Brister 7.

Kenyon Cotton

.JDIBFM %FTPSNFBVY

Year 1989 2008 2006 1995 2013 1999 1996

Att 237 226 223 222 199 195 194

RUSHING YARDS 1.

Tyrell Fenroy 2.

Brian Mitchell 3.

Tyrell Fenroy 4.

Elijah McGuire

.JDIBFM %FTPSNFBVY 6.

Tyrell Fenroy

.JDIBFM %FTPSNFBVY 8.

Tyrell Fenroy 9.

Marcus Prier 10.

Alonzo Harris 11.

Alonzo Harris

&MJKBI .D(VJSF 13.

Kenyon Cotton

Year 2008 1989 2006 2014

2005

2007 1995 2013 2012

1996

Yards 1,375 1,311 1,197 1,165

1,053

1,021 979 942 881

858

RUSHING TDS T-1.

Tyrell Fenroy Brian Mitchell 3.

Brian Mitchell T-4.

Elijah McGuire Marcus Prier Alonzo Harris T-7.

Alonzo Harris Tyrell Fenroy 9.

Terrance Broadway 10.

Alonzo Harris

Year 2008 1989 1988 2014 1995 2013 2014 2005 2012 2012

TDs 19 19 15 14 14 14 12 12 11 10

RUSHING AVG.

&MJKBI .D(VJSF 2.

Elijah McGuire

' ( .JYPO

Year

2014

Avg.

7.8

PASSING COMPLETIONS 1.

Jon Van Cleave 2.

Jerry Babb 3.

Chris Masson

#MBJOF (BVUJFS 5.

Terrance Broadway 6.

Jake Delhomme T-7.

Jake Delhomme Terrance Broadway 9.

Jon Van Cleave 10.

Terrance Broadway

Year Comp.

2001 224 2004 223 2009 222

2012 206 1996 201 1995 190 2014 190 2002 169 2013 166

PASSING YARDS

#MBJOF (BVUJFS 2.

Jake Delhomme 3.

Terrance Broadway 4.

Jake Delhomme 5.

Jon Van Cleave 6.

Terrance Broadway 7.

Chris Masson 8.

Jerry Babb

Year

1996 2012 1995 2001 2013 2009 2004

Yards

2,901 2,842 2,761 2,499 2,419 2,406 2,345

PASSING YARDS PER GAME 1.

Jake Delhomme 2.

Jake Delhomme

#MBJOF (BVUJFS 4.

Jon Van Cleave 5.

Terrance Broadway

Year 1996 1995

2001 2012

Avg. 263.7 251.0

227.2 218.6

6.

7.

8.

Jerry Babb Chris Masson Terrance Broadway

2004 2010 2013

213.2 204.7 201.6

TOUCHDOWN PASSES

#MBJOF (BVUJFS 2.

Jake Delhomme Jake Delhomme T-4.

Terrance Broadway Roy Henry 6.

Terrance Broadway

Year

1995 1996 2013 1976 2012

TDS

20 20 19 18 17

COMPLETION PCT. 1.

Terrance Broadway

#MBJOF (BVUJFS 3.

Terrance Broadway

Year 2012

2013

Pct. .654

.624

PASSING EFFICIENCY

#MBJOF (BVUJFS T-2.

Terrance Broadway Terrance Broadway

.JDIBFM %FTPSNFBVY

Year

2013 2012

Effic.

153.3 153.3

TOTAL OFFENSE Terrance Broadway 1.

#MBJOF (BVUJFS 3.

Brian Mitchell

.JDIBFM %FTPSNFBVY 5.

Terrance Broadway 6.

Jerry Babb 7.

Jake Delhomme 8.

Jake Delhomme -Terrance Broadway

Year 2012

1989

2013 2004 1996 1995 2014

Yds 3,611

3,277

2,861 2,843 2,822 2,769 2,714

RECEIVING YARDS

(BSSJDL .BZXFBUIFS 2.

Brandon Stokley 3.

Brandon Stokley 4.

Brandon Stokley 5.

Javone Lawson 6.

Fred Stamps 7.

Fred Stamps

%BWJE 0MJWFS 9.

Jamal Robinson 10.

Harry Peoples

Year

1998 1996 1995 2011 2002 2003

2013 2012

Yards

1,173 1,160 1,121 1,092 1,002 973

862 817

SCORING T-1.

Tyrell Fenroy Brian Mitchell 3.

Brett Baer 4.

Brett Baer 5.

Elijah McGuire 6.

Keener Cagle 7.

Brian Mitchell 8.

Marcus Prier 9.

Hunter Stover 10.

Alonzo Harris

Year Points 2008 114 1989 114 2012 113 2011 100 2014 96 1925 93 1988 92 1995 88 2014 87 2013 84

EXTRA POINTS MADE 1.

Brett Baer 2.

Stephen Brauchle

Year 2012 2013

XPM 53 52

EXTRA POINTS ATTEMPTED 1.

Brett Baer 2.

Stephen Brauchle

Year 2012 2013

XPA 56 54

TACKLES 1.

Frank Bartley 2.

Steve Spinella 3.

Damon Mason T-4.

Steve Spinella Justin Anderson

Year Tackles 1978 208 1985 144 1996 135 1984 131 2013 131

2014 COACHES’ WEEKLY HONORS Week 1 (Southern)

0òFOTF 83 +BNBM 3PCJOTPO Defense - DL Christian Ringo Special Teams - P Daniel Cadona

Week 2 (Louisiana Tech) 0òFOTF /POF Defense - None Special Teams - None

Week 3 (Ole Miss)

0òFOTF %BOJFM 2VBWF -BSSZ 1FUUJT Defense - Christian Ringo, Justin Hamilton Special Teams - Daniel Cadona

Week 4 (Boise State)

0òFOTF &MJKBI .D(VJSF Defense - Christian Ringo, Boris Anyama Special Teams - None

Week 5 (Georgia State)

0òFOTF +BNBM 3PCJOTPO Defense - Christian Ringo Special Teams - Daniel Cadona

Week 6 (Texas State)

0òFOTF 5FSSBODF #SPBEXBZ &MJKBI .D(VJSF Defense - Christian Ringo Special Teams - Marcus Jackson

Week 7 (Arkansas State)

0òFOTF &MJKBI .D(VJSF "MPO[P )BSSJT Defense - Christian Ringo, Corey Trim Special Teams - Daniel Cadona

Week 8 (South Alabama)

0òFOTF &MJKBI .D(VJSF +BNFT #VUMFS Defense - Christian Ringo, Jake Molbert Special Teams - Hunter Stover

Week 9 (New Mexico State)

0òFOTF +BSFE +PIOTPO 5FSSBODF #SPBEXBZ Defense - Tracy Walker, Justin Hamilton Special Teams - Corey Trim, Darzil Washington

Week 10 (ULM)

0òFOTF "MPO[P )BSSJT 5FSSBODF #SPBEXBZ %FGFOTF %PNJOJRVF 5PWFMM +BLF .PMCFSU 4QFDJBM 5FBNT ;BDIFSZ %F(SBOHF

Week 11 (Appalachian State) 0òFOTF /POF Defense - None Special Teams - None

Week 11 (Troy)

0òFOTF &MJKBI .D(VJSF 5FSSBODF #SPBEXBZ %FGFOTF $PSFZ 5SJN %PNJOJRVF 5PWFMM Special Teams - Hunter Stover

2014 WEEKLY HONORS Sun Belt Conference

Special Teams - P Daniel Cadona (9/15) Defense - DL Christian Ringo (10/20) 0òFOTF 3# &MJKBI .D(VJSF

Special Teams - P Daniel Cadona (10/27)

LSWA

Special Teams - P Daniel Cadona (9/1) Special Teams - P Daniel Cadona (9/15) 0òFOTF 3# &MJKBI .D(VJSF

Defense - DT Christian Ringo (11/17)

College Football Performance Awards

Daniel Cadona (National Punter of the Week, 9/15) &MJKBI .D(VJSF /BUJPOBM 3# PG UIF 8FFL

Ray Guy Award

Daniel Cadona (9/15)

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RUSHING ATTEMPTS 1. Tyrell Fenroy 2. Alonzo Harris 3. Brian Mitchell 4. Darren Brister 5. Kenyon Cotton

Years 2005-08 2011-12 1986-89 1996-00 1993-96

Att 808 691 678 594 559

RUSHING TDS 1. Tyrell Fenroy 2. Brian Mitchell 3. Alonzo Harris

Years 2005-08 1986-89 2011-12

TDs 48 47 44

RUSHING YARDS 1. Tyrell Fenroy 2. Brian Mitchell 3. Alonzo Harris 4. .JDIBFM %FTPSNFBVY

Years 2005-08 1986-89 2011-SA 2005-08

Yards 4,646 3,335 3,260 2,843

RUSHINGYARDS PER GAME 1. Tyrell Fenroy 2. Elijah McGuire 3. Brian Mitchell 4. Alonzo Harris 5. .JDIBFM %FTPSNFBVY

Years 2005-08 2013-SA 1986-89 2011-SA 2005-08

Avg. 101.0 81.1 77.6 69.4 66.1

PASSES ATTEMPTED 1. Jake Delhomme 2. Jerry Babb 3. Terrance Broadway 4. Jon Van Cleave 5. Brian Mitchell 6. Chris Masson 7. Roy Henry 8. .JDIBFM %FTPSNFBVY

Years 1993-96 2003-06 2012-SA 2000-02 1986-89 2008-11 1975-77 2005-08

ATT 1,246 1,025 892 855 843 745 679 615

PASSES COMPLETED 1. Jake Delhomme 2. Jerry Babb 3. Terrance Broadway 4. Jon Van Cleave 5. Chris Masson 6. Brian Mitchell

Years 1993-96 2003-06 2012-SA 2000-02 2008-11 1986-89

Comp.

655 583 562 456 421 385

PASSING YARDS 1. Jake Delhomme 2. Terrance Broadway 3. Jerry Babb 4. Brian Mitchell 5. Jon Van Cleave

Years 1993-96 2012-SA 2003-06 1986-89 2000-02

Yds 9,216 7,329 6,241 5,447 5,267

COMPLETION PERCENTAGE 1. Terrance Broadway 2. Erik Rekieta

Years 2012-SA 2002-03

Pct .630 .590

PASSING TOUCHDOWNS 1. Jake Delhomme 2. Terrance Broadway 3. Roy Henry 4. Tom Hauser

Years 1993-96 2012-SA 1975-77 1967-70

TDs 64 48 40 39

PASSINGYARDS PER GAME 1. Jake Delhomme 2. Terrance Broadway

Years 1993-96 2012-SA

Avg 209.5 198.1

PASSING EFFICIENCY 1. Terrance Broadway #MBJOF (BVUJFS

Years 2012-SA

Avg 143.1

POINTS 1. Tyrell Fenroy 2. Brian Mitchell 3. Alonzo Harris 4. Brett Baer 5. Sean Comiskey T-6. Drew Edmiston Mike Lemoine

Years 2005-08 1986-89 2011-SA 2010-12 2002-05 2006-08 1988-90

Ret. 294 280 270 257 229 192 192

RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS 1. Brandon Stokley -BEBSJVT (SFFO 3. Donald Richard 4. Fred Stamps 5. Javone Lawson Jamal Robinson 7. Darryl Surgent 5 %BWJE 0MJWFS Leonard Kleinpeter Willie Culpepper

Years 1995-98

1993-96 2000-03 2009-12 2011-SA 2010-13

1965-66 1985-88

TDS 25

20 19 15 15 14

12 11

RECEIVING YARDS 1. Brandon Stokley 2. Fred Stamps -BEBSJVT (SFFO 4. Javone Lawson 5. Wayde Butler 6. Bill Sampy 7. Willie Culpepper 8. Jamal Robinson 9. Marcus Wilridge 10. Quent McCollum 11. Darryl Surgent

Years 1995-98 2000-03

2009-12 1989-92 2002-05 1985-88 2011-SA 1997-01 1988-90 2010-13

Yds 3,702 2,789

2,108 2,076 1,988 1,967 1,829 1,742 1,700 1,642

TOTAL OFFENSE 1. Terrance Broadway 2. Jake Delhomme 3. Brian Mitchell 4. Jerry Babb .JDIBFM %FTNPSFBVY

Years 2012-SA 1993-96 1986-89 2003-06

Yds 9,186 8,876 8,782 7,730

TOTAL OFFENSE/GAME 1. Terrance Broadway 2. Brian Mitchell

Years 2012-SA 1986-89

Avg 248.3 204.2

ALL TOUCHDOWNS 1. Tyrell Fenroy 2. Brian Mitchell 3. Alonzo Harris

Years 2005-08 1986-89 2011-SA

Avg 49 47 45

KICKOFF RETURNS 1. Darryl Surgent 2. Joe Redding

Years 2010-13 1985-88

Ret. 129 114

KICKOFF RETURN YARDS 1. Darryl Surgent 2. Joe Redding

Years 2010-13 1985-88

Yards 2,757 2,642

PUNT RETURNS 1. Nat Durant 2. Todd Scott $MBSFODF (MFOO T-4. Damon Mason Darryl Surgent

Years 1975-78 1987-90

1994-96 2010-13

Ret. 83 70

53 53

PUNT RETURN YARDS 1. Louis Roth 2. Todd Scott 3. Reggie Dupre 4. Nat Durant 5. Bill Bayard 6. Darryl Surgent

Years 1952-55 1987-90 19769-72 1975-78 1963-66 2010-13

ALL-PURPOSE YARDS 1. Tyrell Fenroy 2. Darryl Surgent

Years 2005-08 2010-13

Ret. 5,231 4,945

ALL-PURPOSE YPG 1. Elijah McGuire 2. Tyrell Fenroy 3. Brandon Stokley 4. Darryl Surgent 5. John Bernard

Years 2013-SA 2005-08 1995-98 2010-13 1998-00

Avg. 119.5 113.7 111.4 100.9 100.0

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Yds 589 558 516 514 466 446

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RAGIN’ CAJUNS CAREER RECORDS

TOP 20 CAJUN FIELD CROWDS

41,357 _____________Southern (Sept. 5, 2009) 38,783 __________ 5FYBT " . 4FQU

36,170 __________Southern (Aug. 30, 2014) 36,133 ______________ "MBCBNB 0DU

33,828 _______ McNeese State (Sept. 15, 2007) 32,823 ________ North Texas (Oct. 15, 2011) 30,176 _________ Arkansas State (Nov. 6, 1976) 30,028 ___ New Mexico State (Nov. 2, 2013) 29,775 ________________Troy (Oct. 8, 2011) 29,758 _____________ Tulane (Oct. 2, 2012) 29,031 __________________ '*6 /PW

28,871 _____ Nicholls State (Sept. 14, 2013) 28,752 ____Northwestern State (Nov. 12, 1977) 28,741 _____ Nicholls State (Sept. 17, 2011) 28,176 _______________ ULM (Nov. 5, 2011) 27,814 ________ 4BO +PTF 4UBUF 0DU

27,300 _______ /PSUIFSO *MMJOPJT 0DU

26,640 _________ -PVJTJBOB 5FDI 0DU

26,339 ______ Florida Atlantic (Oct. 1, 2011) 25,881 ____ 0LMBIPNB 4UBUF 0DU

(BNFT JO bold have been under head coach Mark Hudspeth

RAGIN’ CAJUNS FUTURE SCHEDULES 2015 Sept. 5 ___________________________ at Kentucky Sept. 19 or 26 _______________________ AKRON 0DU _______________________ at Louisiana Tech 2016 Sept. 3 ________________________ BOISE STATE Sept. 10 _____________________McNEESE STATE 0DU ______________________________ at Tulane Nov. 19 ___________________________ BU (FPSHJB 2017 Sept. 9 ______________________________ at Tulsa Sept. 16 _________________________BU 5FYBT " .

2019 Sept. 28 _____________________________TULSA

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2014 opponent schedules Southern (9-3, 8-1 SWAC)

Date Aug. 30 Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Nov. 29 Dec. 6 Date Aug. 30 Sept. 6 Sept. 11 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Nov. 29 Dec. 6

Team at LOUISIANA Central Methodist Northwestern State at Prairie View A&M* at Alcorn State* Arkansas-Pine Bluff* at Alabama A&M* -OPENat Jackson State* Alabama State* Texas Southern* Mississippi Valley State* -OPENvs. Grambling State* vs. Alcorn State$

W, 48-28 W, 28-21 W, 30-20 W, 44-13 W, 52-45 L, 24-38

Boise State (11-2, 7-1 MWC) Date Aug. 28 Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 17 Oct. 24 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Nov. 29 Dec. 6

Louisiana Tech (8-5, 7-1 CUSA)

Date Aug. 28 Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Nov. 29

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Time/Result L, 6-45 W, 56-14 L, 27-51 W, 34-24 L, 16-56 W, 51-36 W, 35-34

Team at Oklahoma at LOUISIANA at North Texas* Northwestern State at Auburn UTEP* -OPENUTSA* at Southern Miss* Western Kentucky* at UAB* -OPENat Old Dominion* Rice* at Marshall$

Time/Result L, 16-48 W, 48-20 W, 42-21 L, 27-30 L, 17-45 W, 55-3 W, 27-20 W, 31-20 W, 59-10 W, 40-24 L, 27-30!

W, 76-31 L, 23-26

#18/19 Ole Miss (9-3, 5-3 SEC) Team Time/Result vs. Boise State W, 35-13 at Vanderbilt* W, 41-3 LOUISIANA W, 56-15 -OPENMemphis W, 24-3 Alabama* W, 23-17 at Texas A&M* W, 35-20 Tennessee* W, 34-3 at LSU* L, 7-10 Auburn* L, 31-35 Presbyterian W, 48-0 -OPENat Arkansas* L, 0-30 Mississippi State* W, 31-17

Date Aug. 27 Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Nov. 29

Date Aug. 30 Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 14 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 20 Nov. 29

Team vs. Ole Miss Colorado State* at Connecticut LOUISIANA at Air Force* at Nevada* -OPENFresno State* BYU -OPENNew Mexico* San Diego State* at Wyoming* Utah State* Fresno State$

Time/Result L, 13-35 W, 37-24 W, 38-21 W, 34-9 L, 14-28 W, 51-46 W, 37-27 W, 55-30 W, 60-49 W, 38-29 W, 63-14 W, 50-19 W, 28-14

Georgia State (1-11, 0-8 SBC) Team Abilene Christan New Mexico State* Air Force at Washington -OPENat LOUISIANA* Arkansas State* at South Alabama* Georgia Southern* at Appalachian State* at Troy* -OPENat Clemson Texas State*

Time/Result W, 38-37 L, 31-34 L, 38-48 L, 14-45 L, 31-34 L, 10-52 L, 27-30 L, 39-61 L, 0-44 L, 21-45 L, 28-0 L, 31-54

Texas State (7-5, 5-3 SBC) Team Arkansas-Pine Bluff -OPENNavy at Illinois at Tulsa Idaho* -OPENLOUISIANA* at ULM* at New Mexico State* Georgia Southern* at South Alabama* Arkansas State* at Georgia State*

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Time/Result W, 65-0 L, 21-35 L, 35-42 W, 37-34!

W, 35-30 L, 10-34 W, 22-18 W, 37-29 L, 25-28 L, 20-24 W, 45-27 W, 54-31

Date Aug. 30 Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 18 Oct. 24 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Nov. 28

Arkansas State (7-5, 5-3 SBC) Team Montana State at Tennessee at Miami (Fla.) Utah State -OPENULM* at Georgia State* -OPEN at LOUISIANA* at Idaho* South Alabama* Appalachian State* at Texas State* New Mexico State*

Time/Result W, 37-10 L, 19-34 L, 20-41 W, 21-14!

W, 28-14 W, 52-10 L, 40-55 W, 44-28 W, 45-10 L, 32-37 L, 27-45 W, 68-35

South Alabama (6-6, 5-3 SBC) Team -OPENat Kent State Mississippi State Georgia Southern* at Idaho* at Appalachian State* -OPENGeorgia State* Troy* at LOUISIANA* at Arkansas State* Texas State* at South Carolina Navy

Time/Result W, 23-13 L, 3-35 L, 6-28 W, 34-10 W, 47-21 W, 30-27 W, 27-13 L, 9-19 L, 10-45 W, 24-20 L, 12-37 L, 40-42

New Mexico State (2-10, 1-7 SBC)

Date Aug. 28 Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Nov. 29

Team Cal Poly at Georgia State* at UTEP New Mexico at LSU Georgia Southern* at Troy* at Idaho* -OPENTexas State* LOUISIANA* -OPENULM* at Arkansas State*

Time/Result W, 28-10 W, 34-31 L, 24-42 L, 35-38 L, 7-63 L, 28-36 L, 24-41 L, 17-29 L, 29-37 L, 16-44 L, 17-30 L, 35-68

Combined Opponents Record: (74-72)

Date Aug. 28 Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Nov. 29

ULM (4-8, 3-5 SBC)

Team Wake Forest Idaho* at LSU -OPENTroy* at Arkansas State* at Kentucky -OPENTexas State* at Texas A&M at Appalachian State* LOUISIANA* at New Mexico State* at Georgia Southern*

Time/Result W, 17-10 W, 38-31 L, 0-31 W, 22-20 L,14-28 L, 14-48

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Date Aug. 30 Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 18 Oct. 21 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 20 Nov. 29

L, 18-22 L, 16-21 L, 29-31 L, 27-34 W, 30-17 L, 16-22

Appalachian State (7-5, 6-2 SBC)

Date Aug. 30 Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 25 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Nov. 29

Date Aug. 30 Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 18 Oct. 24 Oct. 30 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Nov. 29

Team at Michigan Campbell -OPENat Southern Miss at Georgia Southern* South Alabama* Liberty at Troy* -OPENGeorgia State* ULM* at Arkansas State* at LOUISIANA* Idaho*

Troy (3-9, 3-5 SBC)

Team at UAB Duke Abilene Christian at Georgia at ULM* -OPENNew Mexico State* Appalachian State* at South Alabama* at Georgia Southern* Georgia State* at Idaho* -OPENLOUISIANA*

Time/Result L, 14-52 W, 66-0 L, 20-21 L, 14-34 L, 21-47 L, 48-55!

W, 53-14 W, 44-0 W, 31-29 W, 37-32 W, 35-16 W, 45-28

Time/Result L, 10-48 L, 17-34 L, 35-38 L, 0-66 L, 20-22 W, 41-24 L, 14-53 L, 13-27 L, 10-42 W, 45-21 W, 34-17 L, 23-42

Combined Opponents Conference Record: (55-42)

05 1FSJPE t $POGFSFODF (BNF t $ $POGFSFODF $IBNQJPOTIJQ (BNF t "MM UJNFT BSF DFOUSBM

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GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS Date

Opponent

LT

LG

C

RG

RT

TE

WR

WR

WR

RB

QB

Aug. 30 Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Oct. 4 Oct. 14 Oct. 21 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Nov. 29

SOUTHERN LOUISIANA TECH at Ole Miss at Boise State GEORGIA STATE at Texas State ARKANSAS STATE SOUTH ALABAMA at New Mexico State at ULM APPALACHIAN STATE at Troy

M. Quave M. Quave M. Quave M. Quave M. Quave M. Quave M. Quave M. Quave M. Quave M. Quave M. Quave M. Quave

Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams

Te. Johnson Te. Johnson Te. Johnson Te. Johnson Te. Johnson Te. Johnson Te. Johnson Te. Johnson Te. Johnson Te. Johnson Te. Johnson Te. Johnson

D. Quave D. Quave D. Quave D. Quave D. Quave D. Quave D. Quave D. Quave D. Quave D. Quave D. Quave D. Quave

Anderson Anderson Anderson Anderson Anderson Anderson Anderson Anderson Anderson Anderson Anderson Anderson

Pettis Pettis Pettis Pettis Pettis Pettis Pettis Pettis Pettis Pettis Pettis Pettis

Robinson Robinson J. Johnson Bates Robinson Robinson Bates Scott Tatford (TE) Scott Scott Bates

Butler Butler Butler Butler Butler Butler Byrne (TE) Butler Butler Butler Butler Butler

Byrne (TE) Riles Riles Riles Riles Riles Riles Riles Riles Riles Riles Riles

Harris Harris Harris McGuire Harris Harris Harris Harris McGuire McGuire Harris McGuire

Broadway Broadway Broadway Broadway Broadway Broadway Broadway Broadway Broadway Broadway Broadway Broadway

Date Aug. 30 Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Oct. 4 Oct. 14 Oct. 21 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Nov. 29

Opponent SOUTHERN LOUISIANA TECH at Ole Miss at Boise State GEORGIA STATE at Texas State ARKANSAS STATE SOUTH ALABAMA at New Mexico State at ULM APPALACHIAN STATE at Troy

DE White Briscoe Briscoe Briscoe Briscoe Douglas Douglas Prater Prater Prater Worthy (DB) Molbert

NT Hamilton Hamilton Hamilton Hamilton Hamilton Hamilton Hamilton Hamilton Hamilton Hamilton Hamilton Hamilton

DT Ringo Ringo Ringo Ringo Ringo Ringo Ringo Ringo Ringo Ringo Ringo Ringo

LB (B) Tovell Tovell Tovell Tovell Tovell Washington Anyama Anyama Anyama Anyama Anyama Tovell

LB (M) Fouquier Fouquier Fouquier Fouquier Worthy (DB) Tovell Tovell Tovell Tovell Tovell Tovell Lightfoot

LB (W) Tr. Johnson Tr. Johnson Tr. Johnson Posey Crawford (DB) Tr. Johnson Tr. Johnson Lightfoot Lightfoot Thomas (DB) Lightfoot Tr. Johnson

LB (S) Alexander Alexander Alexander Anyama Washington Worthy Worthy Worthy Worthy Worthy Molbert Anyama

CB Jones Jones Jones Patt Watson Watson Watson Watson Watson Patt Patt Patt

CB Trim Trim Trim Trim Trim Trim Trim Trim Trim Trim Trim Trim

FS Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Crawford Crawford Crawford Crawford Crawford

SS Patt Patt Patt Worthy Patt Walker Walker Walker Walker Walker Walker Walker

Total 25 3 33 19 2 1 37 2 25 8 12 2 51 38 1 16 17 3 1 12

2013 13 12 8 1 11 1 13 3 0 2 13 13 0 5 10 0 -

TOTAL Player D. Quave M. Quave Harris Hamilton Broadway Tovell Ringo Patt Anderson Te. Johnson Trim Worthy Se. Thomas Butler Molbert Robinson Tr. Johnson Riles Pettis Williams Anyama McGuire Walker

Total 51 38 37 35 33 31 30 26 25 25 25 22 21 19 18 17 16 16 12 12 11 8 7

START LISTS OFFENSE Player Consecutive Anderson 25 Bates 1 Broadway 13 Butler 5 Byrne Haack Harris J. Johnson Te. Johnson 25 McGuire 1 Pettis 12 Pierce D. Quave 51 M. Quave 38 Reed Riles 11 Robinson Scott Tatford Williams 12

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DEFENSE Player Consecutive Alexander Anyama 6 Briscoe Carter Crawford 5 Douglas Fouquier Hamilton 24 Hill Tr. Johnson 1 D. Jones Lightfoot 2 M. Martin Molbert 2 Patt 3 Posey Prater Ringo 16 Se. Thomas Tovell 25 Trim 25 Watson Walker 7 Washington White Worthy -

Total 6 11 4 1 6 2 4 35 4 15 3 4 1 18 26 1 5 30 21 31 25 5 7 2 5 22

2013 3 4 0 0 0 12 4 3 0 1 0 13 2 10 12 13 13 0 4 10

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Alexander Crawford Prater Watson White Briscoe Fouquier Hill Lightfoot Bates D. Jones Scott Byrne Douglas J. Johnson Pierce Washington Carter Haack M. Martin Posey Reed Tatford

6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1

First Downs

In Defeat (4 games in 2014)

F O R

188 / (23.5)

Rushing Yards 376-2,216 / (47.0-277.0) Passing Yards

1,562 / (195.3)

Total Yards

3,778 / (472.3)

Turnovers

5 / (0.6)

Penalties

50-411 / (6.3-51.4)

First Downs

149 / (18.6)

A G A I N S T

Rushing Yards 262-814 / (32.8-101.8) Passing Yards

2,236 / (279.5)

Total Yards

3,050 / (381.3)

Turnovers

13 / (1.6)

Penalties

39-306 / (4.9-38.3)

THE CAJUNS’ LONGEST DRIVES OF THE 2014 SEASON Date/Opp. 11-1/USA 11-29/Troy 10-21/AState 10-4/Ga. State 9-6/LA Tech 10-21/AState 10-14/Texas St. 10-4/Ga. State 9-20/Boise 9-6/LA Tech 8-30/Southern 11-29/Troy 9-13/Ole Miss 11-29/Troy 11-15/ULM 11-8/NMSU 11-8/NMSU 10-21/AState 10-4/Ga. State 10-4/Ga. State 9-13/Ole Miss 11-29/Troy 10-4/Ga. State 11-8/NMSU 11-22/App State 11-15/ULM 10-14/Texas St. 9-20/Boise 11-1/USA 11-1/USA 11-29/Troy 11-29/Troy 11-15/ULM 11-1/USA 11-1/USA 8-30/Southern 8-30/Southern 10-14/Texas St. 11-15/ULM 9-13/Ole Miss

Started at own 9 own 13 own 15 own 16 own 16 own 19 own 17 own 20 own 20 own 20 own 20 own 22 own 16 own 25 own 25 own 25 own 25 own 25 own 25 own 25 own 25 own 26 own 27 own 29 own 21 own 25 own 30 own 25 own 25 own 27 own 35 own 35 own 35 own 20 own 25 own 35 own 21 own 38 own 39 own 25

Plays 6 plays, 91 yards 12 plays, 87 yards 4 plays, 85 yards 9 plays, 84 yards 15 plays, 84 yards 9 plays, 81 yards 13 plays, 81 yards 6 plays, 80 yards 11 plays, 80 yards 10 plays, 80 yards 6 plays, 80 yards 13 plays, 78 yards 6 plays, 78 yards 1 play, 75 yards 7 plays, 75 yards 7 plays, 75 yards 15 plays, 75 yards 9 plays, 75 yards 12 plays, 75 yards 7 plays, 75 yards 15 plays, 75 yards 10 plays, 74 yards 13 plays, 73 yards 9 plays, 71 yards 16 plays, 70 yards 7 plays, 70 yards 2 plays, 70 yards 12 plays, 70 yards 13 plays, 69 yards 9 plays, 68 yards 8 plays, 65 yards 11 plays, 65 yards 4 plays, 65 yards 9 plays, 65 yards 11 plays, 65 yards 11 plays, 65 yards 10 plays, 64 yards 4 plays, 62 yards 5 plays, 61 yards 12 plays, 60 yards

Time 3:19 6:25 2:05 3:55 4:56 3:37 6:48 2:16 4:56 4:31 1:40 4:41 3:43 0:10 3:53 3:37 7:08 3:38 5:50 3:01 6:44 5:00 5:17 2:52 4:06 4:01 0:44 4:20 5:41 3:59 3:17 6:36 1:42 3:32 3:45 4:17 3:52 1:20 2:01 5:13

First Downs

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In Victory (8 games in 2014)

69 / (17.3)

Rushing Yards 129-537 / (32.3-134.3) Passing Yards

700 / (175.0)

Total Yards

1,237 / (309.3)

Turnovers

8 / (2.0)

Penalties

14-103 / (3.5-25.8)

First Downs

91 / (22.8)

Rushing Yards 165-946 / (41.3-236.5) Passing Yards

1,067 / (266.8)

Total Yards

2,013 / (503.3)

Turnovers

3 / (0.8)

Penalties

20-155 / (5.0-38.8)

CAJUNS BEST AND WORST STARTING FIELD POSITION Result TD TD TD TD TD TD FG TD TD TD TD TD Fumble TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD FG FG TD FG FG FG TD TD TD FG FG TD FG TD TD FG

BEST

Date/Opp. 10-21/AState 10-21/AState 11-8/NMSU 11-15/ULM 11-15/ULM 10-14/Texas St. 11-22/App State 9-20/Boise 9-13/Ole Miss 11-1/USA 10-4/Ga. State 11-8/NMSU 11-1/USA 9-6/LA Tech 11-8/NMSU 8-30/Southern 11-15/ULM 11-8/NMSU

Start ASU 01 ASU 05 NMSU 13 ULM 16 ULM 19 TXST 20 APP 21 BSU 24 OM 24 USA 29 GSU 33 NMSU 38 USA 39 LA Tech 39 NMSU 42 SUBR 43 ULM 46 NMSU 49

Obtained INT Downs INT Fumble Fumble INT INT Punt INT Punt Downs INT Downs Kickoff Punt Punt Punt Fumble

Date/Opp. 11-29/Troy 11-22/App State 8-30/Southern 11-1/USA 11-8/NMSU 10-21/AState 10-14/Texas St. 9-13/Ole Miss 10-14/Texas St. 11-29/Troy 10-14/Texas St. 10-21/AState 9-13/Ole Miss 9-6/LA Tech

Start UL 3 UL 8 UL 8 UL 9 UL 10 UL 10 UL 10 UL 10 UL 12 UL 13 UL 13 UL 15 UL 15 UL 15

Obtained Downs Kickoff Punt Fumble Punt Kickoff Punt Punt Kickoff Punt Punt Punt Kickoff Punt

WORST

Drive 1-1 (0:03) 2-5 (0:44) 3-13 (1:19) 3-16 (1:32) 1-(-1) (0:33) 4-4 (2:00) 4-(-1) (1:29) 5-16 (2:13) 5-20 (0:25) 1-1 (0:08) 2-(-3) (1:07) 3-(-8) (1:57) 6-23 (4:17) 4-39 (1:29) 3-42 (1:03) 4-43 (0:58) 3-(-9) (1:34) 5-10 (1:08)

Result TD TD TD TD End of Game FG FG Downs FG Fumble End of Game Punt End of Game TD TD TD INT Punt

Drive 1-(-3) (0:09) 3-(-6) (1:25) 6-32 (1:45) 6-91 (3:19) 3-5 (1:26) 6-10 (2:24) 3-0 (1:45) 3-9 (1:51) 4-13 (1:00) 12-87 (6:25) 8-48 (3:39) 4-85 (2:05) 5-19 (2:40) 8-46 (3:56)

Result Safety Punt Punt TD Punt Punt Punt Punt End of Game TD INT TD Punt Downs

Drives started inside opponent 35-yard line: 11 (Results: 4 TD, 3 FG, 1 Downs, 2 EOG, 1 Fumble) Drives started at or inside own 15-yard line: 14 (Results: 7 Punts, 1 Downs, 1 INT, 1 EOG, 3 TD, 1 Safety )

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LOUISIANA RAGIN’ CAJUNS NUMERICAL ROSTER

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21

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31

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38 39 39

45

48 49 50

53 55 56 57

59

Name Al Riles Simeon Thomas Montrel Carter +PSEBO %BWJT 5SFWFODF 1BUU Jamal Robinson +BMFO /JYPO Justin Hamilton Dalvin Populist Jared Johnson Corey Trim Terrance Broadway #SPPLT )BBDL Christian Ringo -BSSZ 1FUUJT James Butler Jevante Watson &MJKBI .D(VJSF 5SBWJT $SBXGPSE Patrick Morton -BODF 1BDF Dylan Scheurich Devin Scott Lorenzo Cryer Troy McCollum %PNJOJDL +POFT C.J. Bates $PSFZ 5VSOFS 4DPUU "VTUJO 3FHJOBME .JMFT +S Darius Hoggins 5SBDZ 8BMLFS (BCF 'VTFMJFS 4FBO 5IPNBT Torrey Pierce $PMF #PVSRVF &òSFN 3FFE 5 + 8PSUIZ .BSDVT +BDLTPO 5ZSFO "MFYBOEFS 5 + 1PTFZ Jerrell Richardson ;BDIBSZ %F(SBOHF Ross Duhon #PSJT "OZBNB .BUUIFX #BSOFT Trae Johnson Cardaye Spencer Darzil Washington +BLF (VJESZ 5BZMPS 4DIBSUMF ,FWJO 'PVRVJFS Hunter Stover "MPO[P )BSSJT %BSSJFO #BUJTUF Daniel Cadona Stephen Morella Chaiziere Malbrue 5SFZ (SBOJFS %PNJOJRVF 5PWFMM Marvin Martin Karmichael Dunbar Christian Sager Chris Prater 5SF NBJOF -JHIUGPPU Jake Molbert % BRVJO 8JUISPX (SBOU )PSTU +BSFE .BSUJO /JDL %VHHFS

Pos. WR CB RB 2# %# WR 2# DL QB WR CB QB 2# DL 5& WR CB 3# %# QB 83 K WR WR DB $# WR %# 83 $# RB %# 83 $# RB %# 3# -# -# -# -# WR 4 DB -# 5& LB RB LB %4 -# -# K 3# %- P LS LB -# -# DL DL LB LB -# LB 0- 0- 0- 0-

Ht. 5-10 6-3 5-10

6-4

6-2 6-2 6-5 5-11 6-2

6-1

6-3 5-10

6-1

5-8 5-11 6-2 6-0

6-1

5-7

5-9

5-8

6-2

6-1 5-8 6-3

6-1

6-4 5-11 6-2

6-3 6-2 6-0 6-5

6-1

Wt. 209 180 195

205

310 205 215 180 221

277

217 175

200

185 180 185 170

200

170

177

177

200

234 195 215

208

218 228 206

287 317 222 258

223

Cl. Jr. So. Jr. 'S 4S Sr. 4P Sr. Fr. So. Sr. Sr. 4P Sr. 4S Sr. Jr. 4P 'S Fr. 4P Fr. So. Fr. So. 4P So. 'S 'S 'S Fr. 'S 'S 4S Jr. 4P +S +S 4S +S 'S So. +S Fr. 4S 'S Sr. Fr. Jr. +S 'S 4P Sr. 4S 4P Sr. So. Fr. 4P +S Sr. So. Sr. Jr. 4P Sr. 'S 'S 4S 'S

Exp. 2L 1L 3L )4 - 3L 42 3L HS 1L 1L 2L - 3L - 3L 2L - )4 RS 42 HS 1L HS SQ - JC )4 34 34 RS 34 )4 - 2L 42 - - - - )4 SQ - RS - 34 3L HS JC - )4 - 3L - - 1L SQ HS 53 - 3L SQ 3L 2L 34 3L 34 34 - )4

Hometown /Previous School Mandeville, La. / Lakeshore Miami, Fla. / Carol City Cecilia, La. / Cecilia 4QSJOH 5FYBT ,MFJO 0BL -BGBZFUUF -B #SFBVY #SJEHF Slidell, La. / Salmen -BGBZFUUF -B $BSFODSP

Natchez, Miss. / Natchez Slidell, La. / Northshore Minden, La. / Minden Baton Rouge, La. / Jones County CC Baton Rouge, La. / Capitol ,BUZ 5FYBT ,BUZ Jackson, Miss. / Forest Hill 0YGPSE .JTT 0YGPSE Luling, La. / Hahnville Bastrop, La. / Bastrop )PVNB -B 7BOEFCJMU $BUIPMJD /FX 0SMFBOT -B )PMZ $SPTT River Ridge, La. / John Curtis -VNCFSUPO 5FYBT -VNCFSUPO Metairie, La. / Haynes Academy Harvey, La. / West Jefferson Jefferson, La. / Riverdale Miami, Fla. / North Miami /FX 0SMFBOT -B 4U "VHVTUJOF Louisville, Miss. / East Mississippi CC /FX 0SMFBOT -B .JMMFS .D$PZ "DBEFNZ #JMPYJ .JTT #JMPYJ "MFYBOESJB -B 1FBCPEZ .BHOFU Coconut Creek, Fla. / Monarch #SVOTXJDL (B #SVOTXJDL 4U .BSUJOWJMMF -B $BUIPMJD /FX *CFSJB /FX 0SMFBOT -B 4U "VHVTUJOF River Ridge, La. / John Curtis &SBUI -B &SBUI (FJTNBS -B %VUDIUPXO

(BETEFO "MB .JTTJTTJQQJ (PTIFO "MB (PTIFO

#SFBVY #SJEHF -B #SFBVY #SJEHF (BETEFO "MB (BETEFO $JUZ Baton Rouge, La. / Christian Life Academy /FX 0SMFBOT -B 4U "VHVTUJOF Abbeville, La. / Abbeville 4UBòPSE 5FYBT 4UBòPSE

(SPFTCFDL 5FYBT (SPFTCFDL Mendenhall, Miss. / Mendenhall Lafayette, La. /Acadiana Edgard, La. / East Los Angeles CC $BSFODSP -B $BSFODSP

%PVHMBTWJMMF (B "MFYBOEFS -BGBZFUUF -B $PNFBVY

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LOUISIANA (53)

Abbeville (2) - Ross Duhon, Hunter Stover Alexandria (1) - Reginald Miles Baldwin (1) - Carlos Alvarez Bastrop (1) - Jevante Watson Baton Rouge (5) - Terrance Broadway, Drew Moore, Jerrell Richardson, Jarrell Rogers, Corey Trim Breaux Bridge (1) - 5ZSFO "MFYBOEFS Carencro (4) - +BDPCZ #SJTDPF +BLF (VJESZ Chaiziere Malbrue, Noah Marks Cecilia (1) - Montrel Carter Delcambre (1) - Christian Umphries Edgard (1) - Darzil Washington Erath (1) - $PMF #PVSRVF Geismar (1) - Darrien Batiste, Effrem Reed Harvey (2) - +BSBE .BSUJO %FWJO 4DPUU % BRVJO Withrow Houma (1) - &MJKBI .D(VJSF Jefferson (1) - Lorenzo Cryer Lafayette (7) - +BDPC #FBTMFZ ,FWJO 'PVRVJFS 4UFQIFO .PSFMMB +BMFO /JYPO 5SFWFODF 1BUU Cardaye Spencer, Evan Tatford Luling (1) - James Butler Mandeville (2) - "M 3JMFT (SFH 4JFOFS Metairie (1) - Dylan Scheurich Minden (1) - Jared Johnson Monroe (1) - Christian Sager New Iberia (1) - Aaron Bird New Orleans (6) - Travis Crawford, Zachary %F(SBOHF "OUIPOZ +POFT %PNJOJDL +POFT 4FBO Thomas, Corey Turner Patterson (1) - 5SF NBJOF -JHIUGPPU Rayne (1) - Jake Molbert River Ridge (1) - Patrick Morton, Torrey Pierce St. Martinville (1) - (BCF 'VTFMJFS

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FLORIDA (8)

Coconut Creek (1) - Darius Hoggins Gulf Breeze (1) - Nick Dugger Hialeah (1) - Rodrick Stephens Lake Forest (1) - Sharard Johnson Miami (2) - Troy McCollum, Simeon Thomas Orlando (1) - .BSRVJT 8IJUF Parkland (1) - Remaine Douglas

San Antonio (1) - Donovan Williams Spring (1) - Jordan Davis Stafford (1) - Boris Anyama

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Brunswick (1) - Tracy Walker Cumming (1) - Ethan Rosenbalm Douglasville (1) - Taylor Schartle Leesburg (1) - Jesse Freeman

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Rogers (1) - Nick Byrne

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Prior Lake (1) - Karmichael Dunbar

SOUTH CAROLINA (1)

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AUSTRALIA (1)

Darwin, N.T. (1) - Daniel Cadona

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Carthage (1) - "ESJBO (PPEBDSF Cibola (1) - Jonathan Lundy Groesbeck (1) - Matthew Barnes Katy (1) - Brooks Haack Lumberton (1) - Lance Pace

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• Saw action in nine games making three starts at outside linebacker. • Three starts came in the first three games of the season. • Had a season-best four tackles (three solo) against Louisiana Tech (Sept. 6).

• Appeared in 12 games with three starts on the season. • Eighth on team in receptions (11) and sixth in yards (150). • Season-high three catches against Louisiana Tech. • Caught season-long 26-yard catch in regular-season finale at Troy. • Earned starts against Boise State, Arkansas State and Troy.

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ALEXANDER’s siNgLE gAmE HigHs Tackles: 6, at Akron, Sept. 21, 2013 Tackles for loss: 2.0, Lamar, Sept. 1, 2012; at South Alabama, Dec. 7, 2013 sacks: 1.0, at South Alabama, Dec. 7, 2013 TACkLEs 2012 2013 2014 Total

g 9 12 9 30

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ALEXANDER’s CAREER sTATs A Total TFL Yds sacks Yds 3 12 2.0 5 0.0 0 7 22 5.5 26 1.0 16 3 11 0.0 0 0.0 0 13 45 7.5 31 1.0 16

PBU 0 0 0 0

FF 0 0 0 0

FR 0 0 0 0

• Started all 13 games at right tackle for second consecutive season. • Part of a unit that has helped spark a rushing attack that ranked 23rd nationally and produced the school’s fourth 1,000-yard rusher (Elijah McGuire) in school history. • Has started 26 straight games dating back to the start of the 2013 season.

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ANYAmA’s siNgLE gAmE HigHs Tackles: 9, at South Alabama, Dec. 7, 2013 Tackles for loss: 4.0, Arkansas State, Oct. 21, 2014 sacks: 1.0, Arkansas State, Oct. 21, 2014 Fumbles forced: 1, four times Pass breakups: 1, three times UA 12 14 9 38 73

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ANYAmA’s CAREER sTATs Total TFL Yds sacks Yds 16 0.0 0 0.0 0 21 0.0 0 0.0 0 19 2.0 1 0.0 0 45 8.0 22 1.0 2 101 10.0 23 1.0 2

PBU 0 0 1 2 3

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BARNEs’ siNgLE gAmE HigHs Receptions: 1, Southern, Aug. 30, 2014 Receiving Yards: 4, Southern, Aug. 30, 2014 Long reception: 4, Southern, Aug. 30, 2014

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• Saw action in just three games as a reserve defensive lineman. • Had one tackle against Southern (Aug. 30) and New Mexico State (Nov. 8). • Also was in action against Louisiana Tech.

BATisTE’s siNgLE gAmE HigHs Tackles: 1, Southern, Aug. 30, 2014; at New Mexico State, Nov. 8, 2014 TACkLEs 2013 2014 Total

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BRisCoE’s siNgLE gAmE HigHs Tackles: 4, Georgia State, Oct. 4, 2014; Appalachian State, Nov. 22, 2014 Tackles for loss: 2.0, Appalachian State, Nov. 22, 2014 TACkLEs 2014

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• Started all 12 games during the regular-season for the Ragin’ Cajuns completing 190 of 311 passes (61.1 percent) for 2,068 yards and 12 touchdowns. • Honorable mention All-Sun Belt Conference • Finished third on the team in rushing with 626 yards and three touchdowns. • Directed an offense that ranked seventh in the nation in red zone offense (92.5 percent). • In three seasons directing the Ragin’ Cajuns offense, ranks second in school history passing yards (7,329), second in touchdowns (48), third in pass attempts (892) and pass completions (562) • Ranks 10th in school history, and third among quarterbacks, in rushing (1,857). • Nominated for the Davey O’Brien Award, the Manning Award and the Wuerffel Award. • Became the school’s all-time leader in total offense (9,186), passing former Ragin’ Cajuns quarterback Jake Delhomme (8,876). • Accounted for 2,714 yards of total offense during the season, ranking ninth in school history. • During Sun Belt Conference play, ranked second among league quarterbacks in passing efficiency (141.8). • Had four games with 200 or more passing yards. • Threw for a season-high 237 yards with three TDs in win over Southern. • Passed for 225 yards and a touchdown while adding 113 yards on the ground in a

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BRoADWAY’s siNgLE gAmE HigHs Points scored: 12, three times Touchdowns: 2, three times Rush attempts: 19, at Texas State, Oct. 14, 2014; at ULM, Nov. 15, 2014 Rush yards: 145, WKU, Nov. 17, 2012 (14 carries) Rush TDs: 2, three times Long rush: 77, at FAU, Dec. 1, 2012 Pass attempts: 41, at North Texas, Oct. 10, 2012 Pass completions: 28, Arkansas State, Oct. 23, 2012 Pass yards: 374, Arkansas State, Oct. 23, 2012 Pass TDs: 4, three times Had intercepted: 3, Arkansas State, Oct. 23, 2012; ULM, Nov. 30, 2013 Long pass: 81, at ULM, Nov. 3, 2012 Total offense attempts: 47, WKU, Nov. 17, 2012; vs. ECU, Dec. 22, 2012 Total offense yards: 460, at ULM, Nov. 3, 2012 All-purpose yards: 145, WKU, Nov. 17, 2012

Att Yds 119 769 131 442 133 646 383 1857

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Rush 769 442 646 1857

TD Rush 9 9 8 8 3 3 20 20

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• Ranks 26th in the nation in punting averaging 43.3 yards on 55 punts. • Pinned 24 punts inside the 20-yard line which ranks fifth in the nation averaging 43.6 percent of punts inside the 20 • Placed 11 punts inside the 10-yard line. • Had 17 punts of 50-plus yards including a career-best 77-yard boot in the season-opener against Southern. • His 77-yard punt was the third longest in the nation and the longest in the Sun Belt Conference. • Named the Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week on Sept. 15 following a strong performance at Ole Miss. • Recorded a net average of 48.7 yards against the Rebels, with punts of 50 yards or greater on his first six attempts. • Placed three inside the Ole Miss 20-yard line. • Also was named the Sun Belt Special Teams Player of the Week on Sept. 15 and Oct. 20. • Received LSWA Special Teams Player of the Week honors on Sept. 1 and Sept. 15. • Was the College Football Performance Award National Punter of the Week on Sept. 15. • Named to the Ray Guy Award Watch List.

BUTLER’s siNgLE gAmE HigHs Points scored: 6, four times Touchdowns: 1, four times Receptions: 6, at ULM, Nov. 27, 2010 Receiving Yards: 95, at New Mexico State, Nov. 8, 2014 Receiving TDs: 1, four times Long reception: 45, at ULM, Nov. 27, 2010

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• Posted career-highs in receptions (30) and yards (417) during regular season. • Started in 11 of 12 games during the regular-season. • Increased career totals in receptions (79) and yards (1,077). • Has caught a pass in his last nine games. • Recorded season-high five receptions in games at Ole Miss and New Mexico State. • Posted four catches for 91 yards in Homecoming victory against South Alabama.

BUTLER’s CAREER sTATs Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/g Avg/C 14 200 1 45 1.2 14.3 9 97 2 26 0.7 10.8 26 363 1 42 2.0 14.0 30 417 0 40 2.5 13.9 79 1077 4 45 1.6 13.6

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nationally-televised Sun Belt Conference victory at Texas State. • Threw three TD passes at New Mexico State and tossed two TDs in games against Georgia State and ULM.

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• Ranks ninth in the Sun Belt Conference in kick return average (20.7). • Season-long 34-yard return in regular-season finale at Troy. • Set career-bests for kick returns (6) and yards (133) against Louisiana Tech.

CARTER’s siNgLE gAmE HigHs Points scored: 6, Nicholls State, Sept. 14 2013 Touchdowns: 1, Nicholls State, Sept. 14 2013 Rush attempts: 8, Nicholls State, Sept. 14 2013 Rush yards: 64, Nicholls State, Sept. 14 2013 (8 carries) Rush TDs: 1, Nicholls State, Sept. 14 2013 Long rush: 22, Nicholls State, Sept. 14 2013 kick returns: 6, Louisiana Tech, Sept. 6, 2014 kick return yards: 133, Louisiana Tech, Sept. 6, 2014 Long kick return: 32, Louisiana Tech, Sept. 6, 2014 RUsHiNg 2012 2013 Total TACkLEs 2014

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• Saw action in eight games making six starts including the last five games of the season. • First career start came against Georgia State (Oct. 4). • Recorded a career-best nine tackles against Applachian State (Nov. 22). • First career TFL came on the road at Troy (Nov. 29) in the season finale. • Had pass breakups against Georgia State (Oct. 4) and Arkansas State (Oct. 21). • Forced a fumble against Applachain State (Nov. 22). • Is one of four true freshmen to see action in 2014.

• One of four true freshman to see action for the Ragin’ Cajuns in 2014. • Only true freshman on offense to see playing time, appearing in all 12 games. • Fourth on the team in receptions (24) and fifth in yards (214). • Averaged 8.9 yards per reception. • Scored touchdowns in games against Louisiana Tech and ULM. • Caught season-high six passes against Louisiana Tech. • Posted five catches against Troy and four against Appalachian State.

CRAWFoRD’s siNgLE gAmE HigHs Tackles: 9, Applachian State, Nov. 22, 2014 Tackles for loss: 1.0, at Troy, Nov. 29, 2014 Fumbles forced: 1, Applachian State, Nov. 22, 2014 Pass breakups: 1, Georgia State, Oct. 4, 2014; Arkansas State, Oct. 21, 2014

FUsELiER’s siNgLE gAmE HigHs Points scored: 6, Louisiana Tech, Sept. 6, 2014; at ULM, Nov. 15, 2014 Touchdowns: 1, Louisiana Tech, Sept. 6, 2014; at ULM, Nov. 15, 2014 Receptions: 6, Louisiana Tech, Sept. 6, 2014 Receiving Yards: 52, Louisiana Tech, Sept. 6, 2014 Receiving TDs: 1, Louisiana Tech, Sept. 6, 2014; at ULM, Nov. 15, 2014 Long reception: 36, at ULM, Nov. 15, 2014

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FoUqUiER’s siNgLE gAmE HigHs Tackles: 8, at Boise State, Sept. 20, 2014 Tackles for loss: 1.0, Louisiana Tech, Sept. 6, 2014 sacks: 1.0, Louisiana Tech, Sept. 6, 2014 Fumbles recovered: 1, at Troy, Nov. 29, 2014 TACkLEs 2013 2014 Total

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HAACk’s siNgLE gAmE HigHs Rush attempts: 8, at South Alabama, Dec. 7, 2013 Rush yards: 7, ULM, Nov. 30, 2013 (3 carries) Long rush: 7, at Arkansas, Aug. 31, 2013 Pass attempts: 14, ULM, Nov. 30, 2013; at South Alabama, Dec. 7, 2013 Pass completions: 10, ULM, Nov. 30, 2013; Louisiana Tech, Sept. 6, 2014 Pass yards: 126, ULM, Nov. 30, 2013 Long pass: 42, ULM, Nov. 30, 2013 Pass TDs: 1, three times Had intercepted: 1, at South Alabama, Dec. 7, 2013 Total offense attempts: 22, at South Alabama, Dec. 7, 2013 Total offense yards: 133, ULM, Nov. 30, 2013 PAssiNg G 2013 5 2014 6 Total 11

HAACk’s CAREER sTATs Att Cmp Int Yds TD Lg Pct Avg/P Avg/G Effic 35 21 1 224 1 42 60.0 6.4 44.8 117.5 23 20 0 179 2 30 87.0 7.8 29.8 181.0 58 41 1 403 3 42 70.7 6.9 36.6 142.7

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Pass 224 179 423

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Avg/g -0.2 1.5 0.7 Avg/g 44.6 31.3 38.5

4&/*03 Þ %&'&/4*7& -*/&."/ Þ Þ • A First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference selection and part of a defensive unit that led the Sun Belt Conference in rushing defense and was third in sacks. • Started in all 12 games as a defensive lineman for the Ragin’ Cajuns. • Ranks ninth in the conference in sacks and 15th in TFL. • Leads the squad with seven quarterback hurries on the year. • Recorded a safety at Ole Miss and also had a fumble recovery at ULM. • Had a season-high 2.0 TFL/sacks against the Warhawks • Recorded a season-best five tackles came against Arkansas State • Named to the Lombardi Award Watch List.

HAmiLToN’s siNgLE gAmE HigHs Tackles: 6, three times Tackles for loss: 4.0, Lamar, Sept. 1, 2012 sacks: 1.5, at ULM, Nov. 15, 2014 safeties: 1, at Ole Miss, Sept. 13, 2014 Fumbles forced: 2, Lamar, Sept. 1, 2012 Fumbles recovered: 1, Texas State, Oct. 5, 2013; at ULM, Nov. 15, 2014 TACkLEs 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total

g 13 12 13 12 50

UA 6 18 25 22 71

A 2 11 13 4 30

HAmiLToN’s CAREER sTATs Total TFL Yds sacks Yds 8 2.0 13 2.0 13 29 8.0 32 3.0 24 38 9.0 37 4.0 27 26 9.0 45 5.0 31 101 28.0 125 14.0 95

PBU 0 0 0 0 0

FF FR 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 4 1

• A preseason First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference selection and Doak Walker Award nominee. • Ranked second on the team and eighth in the Sun Belt Conference in rushing yards (737 yards). • Added 12 rushing touchdowns to rank ninth in the league in scoring (6.5 points/game). • Ranks third in school history in career rushing yards (3,260) trailing former Cajuns Tyrell Fenroy (4,646) and Brian Mitchell (3,335). • Recorded a pair of 100-yard rushing games, increasing his career total to 11. • Rushed for a season-high 133 yards on 13 carries in a Sun Belt Conference victory at ULM. • Rushed for 107 yards and four touchdowns in a nationally-televised win over Arkansas State. • Rushed for three touchdowns at Troy in the regular-season finale. • The game marked the fourth of his career with three or more rushing touchdowns. • Rushed for touchdowns in games against Louisiana Tech and Ole Miss before rushing for 60 yards and scoring a pair of TDs in the Ragin’ Cajuns Sun Belt opener against Georgia State. • Rushed for 79 yards and touchdown in a nationally-televised contest at Texas State.

g 12 11 13 11 47

Att Yds 163 700 170 881 199 942 159 758 691 3281

HARRis’ CAREER sTATs TD Lg Avg/C Avg/g 8 28 4.3 58.3 10 68 5.2 80.1 14 65 4.7 72.5 12 54 4.6 67.0 44 68 4.7 69.8

g 12 11 13 11 47

Yds 146 27 30 31 234

TD Rush 9 8 10 10 14 14 12 12 45 44

TD 1 0 0 0 1

Lg 22 15 12 14 22

Rec 1 0 0 0 1

Retn 0 0 0 0 0

Rec/g 1.3 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.6 PAT 0 0 0 0 0

Avg/C 9.7 6.8 7.5 5.2 8.1 2PAT 0 0 0 0 0

Avg/g 12.2 2.5 2.3 2.8 5.0 Fg 0 0 0 0 0

Total 54 60 84 72 270

Avg/g 4.5 5.5 6.5 6.5 5.7

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HARRis’ siNgLE gAmE HigHs Points scored: 30, New Mexico State, Nov. 2, 2013 Touchdowns: 5, New Mexico State, Nov. 2, 2013 Rush attempts: 33, at Middle Tennessee, Oct. 29, 2011 Rush yards: 189, at Middle Tennessee, Oct. 29, 2011 (33 carries) Rush TDs: 5, New Mexico State, Nov. 2, 2013 Long rush: 68, vs. ECU, Dec. 22, 2012 Receptions: 7, at Arkansas State, Nov. 12, 2011 Receiving Yards: 81, at Arkansas State, Nov. 12, 2011 Receiving TDs: 1, at Arizona, Nov. 26, 2011 Long reception: 22, at Arkansas State, Nov. 12, 2011 Total touches: 33, at Middle Tennessee, Oct. 29, 2011 Total offensive yards: 189, at Middle Tennessee, Oct. 29, 2011

RECEiviNg g 2011 12 2012 11 2013 13 2014 11 Total 47

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• Saw action in 9 games primarily on special teams before being sidelined with an injury for the final two games of the season. • Posted a tackle against Southern (Aug. 30), at Ole Miss (Sept. 13), at Texas State (Oct. 14) and at New Mexico State (Nov. 8). jACksoN’s siNgLE gAmE HigHs Points scored: 6, at Oklahoma State, Sept. 15, 2012 Touchdowns: 1, at Oklahoma State, Sept. 15, 2012 Rush attempts: 9, Nicholls State, Sept. 14 2013 Rush yards: 27, Nicholls State, Sept. 14 2013 (9 carries) Rush TDs: 1, at Oklahoma State, Sept. 15, 2012 Long rush: 9, Nicholls State, Sept. 14 2013 RUsHiNg 2012 2013 Total TACkLEs 2014

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Att 2 15 17 g 9

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PBU 0

FF FR 0 0

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Rec 6 10 16

joHNsoN’s CAREER sTATs Yds TD Lg Rec/g Avg/C 65 0 27 0.5 10.8 96 3 14 0.8 9.6 161 3 27 0.7 10.0

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• Made an appearance in 11 games on the season. • Started in six games as an inside linebacker including the season finale at Troy. • Opened the season with three straight starts. • Missed the Boise State contest due to an injury. • Ranks third on the team in tackles. • Posted a season-best 11 tackles at Ole MIss (Sept. 13). • Had 1.0 TFL against Lousiana Tech (Sept. 6) and at Texas State (Oct. 14). • Equaled a career-best with his sack at Texas State (Oct. 14). • Also forced at fumble against the Bobcats. • Had two quarterback hurries and one pass breakup. • Recored eight-plus tackles in the first three games of the season.

• Appeared in all 12 games for the Ragin’ Cajuns in a reserve role. • Played primarily on special teams.

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joHNsoN’s siNgLE gAmE HigHs Tackles: 12, at Georgia State, Nov. 16, 2013 Tackles for loss: 2.0, at Georgia State, Nov. 16, 2013 sacks: 1.0, three times Fumbles forced: 1, at Texas State, Oct. 14, 2014 Pass breakups: 1, at North Texas, Oct. 16, 2012; Arkansas State, Oct. 21, 2014 TACkLEs 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total

g 12 13 10 11 46

UA 10 22 23 37 92

joHNsoN’s CAREER sTATs A Total TFL Yds sacks Yds 12 22 2.0 7 2.0 7 7 29 0.0 0 0.0 0 9 32 5.5 13 0.0 0 9 46 2.0 12 1.5 8 37 129 9.5 27 3.5 15

PBU 0 1 0 1 2

FF 0 0 0 1 1

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FR 0 0 0 0 0

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13). joNEs’ siNgLE gAmE HigHs Tackles: 4, Southern, Aug. 30, 2014; at Ole Miss, Sept. 13, 2014 interceptions: 1, at Kansas State, Sept. 7, 2013 TACkLEs 2013 2014 Total

g 13 12 25

UA 1 12 13

iNTERCEPTioNs 2013 2014 Total

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A 3 2 5

No. Yds 1 20 0 0 1 20

TD 0 0 0

Lg 20 0 20

Avg/R 20.0 0.0 20.0

PBU 0 0 0

FF 0 0 0

FR 0 0 0

Avg/g 1.5 0.0 0.8

• Made an appearance in all 12 games as a reserve defensive lineman. • One of four true freshman to see action in 2014. • Notched a season-best three tackles in the first two games of the season. • Recorded first career sack at Troy (Nov. 29). • Had TFL agaisnt Louisiana Tech (Sept. 6), at Nex Mexico State (Nov. 8) and at Troy. • Forced at fumble against Louisiana Tech. • Has at least one tackle in the last four contests. • Posted his only quarterback hurry of the year at ULM (Nov. 15).

LEE’s siNgLE gAmE HigHs Tackles: 3, Southern, Aug. 30, 2014; Louisiana Tech, Sept. 6, 2014 Tackles for loss: 1.0, three times sacks: 1.0, at Troy, Nov. 29, 2014 Fumbles forced: 1, Louisiana Tech, Sept. 6, 2014

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FF 0

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PBU 0

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FF 1

FR 0

• The 2014 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year. • Rushed for a team-high 1,165 yards and 14 touchdowns during the regular season, ranking fourth in school history for most yards in a season and tied for fourth in touchdowns. • Team’s leading receiver with 40 catches. • Joined former quarterbacks Brian Mitchell (1989), Michael Desormeaux (2007-08) and running back Tyrell Fenroy (2005-08) as the only players in school history to rush for 1,000 yards in a season. • Increased his rushing total to 2,028 yards in his career, joining Fenroy as the only players in school history to rush for over 2,000 yards in their first two seasons. • Led the Sun Belt Conference and ranked 19th nationally in all-purpose yards (141.2). • Has recorded a rushing touchdown in nine consecutive games. • Ranked third in the league in punt returns, averaging 7.7 yards per attempt. • Recorded five 100-yard games on the season, increasing his career total to nine. • Rushed for a career-high 265 yards (the 12th-best total among NCAA rushers) on 19 carries with four touchdowns in a nationally-televised victory over Arkansas State. • The 265-yard performance was the first of three straight 100-yard games that included 116 yards against South Alabama and 136 yards at New Mexico State. • Opened the season with a 129-yard, 13-carry performance against Southern. • Gained 165 yards and two TDs at Troy in the regular-season finale. mcgUiRE’s siNgLE gAmE HigHs Points scored: 24, Arkansas State, Oct. 21, 2014 Touchdowns: 4, Arkansas State, Oct. 21, 2014 Rush attempts: 26, at New Mexico State, Nov. 8, 2014 Rush yards: 265, Arkansas State, Oct. 21, 2014 (19 carries) Rush TDs: 4, Arkansas State, Oct. 21, 2014 Long rush: 74, Arkansas State, Oct. 21, 2014 Receptions: 10, at Boise State, Sept. 20, 2014 Receiving Yards: 125, at Georgia State, Nov. 16, 2013 Receiving TDs: 2, at Georgia State, Nov. 16, 2013 Long reception: 80, at Georgia State, Nov. 16, 2013 Total touches: 27, South Alabama, Nov. 1, 2014; at New Mexico State, Nov. 8, 2014 Total offensive yards: 266, Arkansas State, Oct. 21, 2014

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mcgUiRE’s CAREER sTATs TD Lg Avg/C Avg/g 8 70 8.4 66.4 14 75 7.8 97.1 22 75 8.0 81.1

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Rec 22 40 62

Yds 384 414 763

TD 3 2 5

Lg 80 62 80

Rec/g 1.7 3.3 2.5

Avg/C 17.5 10.4 12.3

Avg/g 29.5 34.5 30.5

sCoRiNg g 2013 13 2014 12 Total 25

TD Rush 11 8 16 14 27 22

Rec 3 2 5

Retn 0 0 0

PAT 0 0 0

2PAT 0 0 0

Fg 0 0 0

PUNT RETURNs 2013 2014 Total

g 13 12 25

Yds 0 116 116

TD 0 0 0

Lg 0 26 26

Avg/R 0.0 7.7 7.7

Avg/g 0.0 9.7 6.6

No. 0 15 15

Total 66 96 162

Avg/g 5.1 8.0 6.5

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moLBERT’s CAREER sTATs Total TFL Yds sacks Yds 65 5.0 8 1.0 1 49 2.0 2 0.0 0 15 2.0 2 1.0 1 24 3.5 23 2.0 11 153 12.5 35 4.0 13

No. Yds 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 1 7

TD 0 0 0 0 0

Lg 0 7 0 0 7

Avg/R 0.0 7.0 0.0 0.0 7.0

PBU 0 2 0 0 2 Avg/g 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.2

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NiXoN’s siNgLE gAmE HigHs Rush attempts: 7, vs. Tulane, Dec. 21, 2013 Rush yards: 29, vs. Tulane, Dec. 21, 2013 (7 carries) Long rush: 11, vs. Tulane, Dec. 21, 2013 Pass attempts: 9, at South Alabama, Dec. 7, 2013 Pass completions: 4, at South Alabama, Dec. 7, 2013 Pass yards: 94, at South Alabama, Dec. 7, 2013 Long pass: 47, at South Alabama, Dec. 7, 2013 Pass TDs: 1, at South Alabama, Dec. 7, 2013 Had intercepted: 1, at South Alabama, Dec. 7, 2013 Total offense attempts: 11, at South Alabama, Dec. 7, 2013 Total offense yards: 99, at South Alabama, Dec. 7, 2013

NiXoN’s CAREER sTATs Att Cmp Int Yds TD Lg Pct Avg/P Avg/G Effic 12 6 1 108 1 47 50.0 9.0 8.3 136.4 1 1 0 1 0 1 100.0 1.0 0.2 108.4 13 7 1 109 1 47 53.8 8.4 5.7 134.3

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Yds 34 9 43

TD 0 0 0

Lg 11 5 7

Avg/C 3.8 4.5 3.9

Avg/g 2.6 1.5 2.3

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TD 0 0 0 0 0

Lg 0 0 0 0 0

Avg/R 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

PBU 0 2 12 2 16

FF 0 0 1 0 1

FR 0 0 0 0 0

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PETTis’ siNgLE gAmE HigHs Points scored: 6, Troy, Oct. 8, 2011; Southern, Aug. 30, 2014 Touchdowns: 1, Troy, Oct. 8, 2011; Southern, Aug. 30, 2014 Receptions: 3, Louisiana Tech, Sept. 6, 2014 Receiving Yards: 27, at Troy, Nov. 29, 2014 Receiving TDs: 1, Troy, Oct. 8, 2011; Southern, Aug. 30, 2014 Long reception: 18, Georgia State, Oct. 4, 2014 RECEiviNg 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total

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• The Ragin’ Cajuns primary third-down back and key member of the special teams. • Appeared in all 12 games on the season. • Gained 130 yards on 27 carries on the season with one touchdown. • Posted season-highs in attempts (11) and yards (65) with a 2-yard touchdown run in Sun Belt Conference win at New Mexico State. • Caught five passes on the season with season-high two receptions against Louisiana Tech.

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PRATER’s siNgLE gAmE HigHs Tackles: 4, South Alabama, Nov. 1, 2014 Tackles for loss: 1.5, at WKU, Oct. 15, 2013 sacks: 1.0, Lamar, Sept. 1, 2012; at WKU, Oct. 15, 2013 Fumbles recovered: 1, Appalachian State, Nov. 22, 2014 TACkLEs 2012 2013 2014 Total

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Att 86 11 27 124 g 13 13 12 38

g 13 13 12 38

Yds 414 57 131 602

Rec 8 10 5 23

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Yds 82 100 44 226

TD Rush 5 5 1 0 2 1 8 6

TD 0 1 1 2

Lg 22 36 20 36

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+6/*03 Þ 8*%& 3&$&*7&3 Þ Þ • Converted defensive back finished second on the team in receptions (31) on the season. • Third on the team in receiving yards (331). • Caught career-high eight passes for 80 yards in Sun Belt Conference win over Georgia State. • Kept eventual game-winning drive alive with acrobatic 22-yard reception from Brooks Haack on third-and-4. • Had four catches against Appalachian State and three in games against Boise State, Texas State and Troy. • Caught a 16-yard touchdown pass from Terrance Broadway at ULM. RiLEs’ siNgLE gAmE HigHs Points scored: 6, at WKU, Oct. 15, 2013; at ULM, Nov. 15, 2014 Touchdowns: 1, at WKU, Oct. 15, 2013; at ULM, Nov. 15, 2014 Rush attempts: 2, at Ole Miss, Sept. 13, 2014 Rush yards: 6, at Ole Miss, Sept. 13, 2014 (2 carries) Long rush: 4, at Ole Miss, Sept. 13, 2014 Receptions: 8, Georgia State, Oct. 4, 2014 Receiving Yards: 81, at Texas State, Oct. 14, 2014 Receiving TDs: 1, at ULM, Nov. 15, 2014 Long reception: 29, at Texas State, Oct. 14, 2014 Tackles: 8, New Mexico State, Nov. 2, 2013 Tackles for loss: 1.5, at WKU, Oct. 15, 2013 interceptions: 1, at WKU, Oct. 15, 2013 Fumbles forced: 1, Texas State, Oct. 5, 2013 Fumbles recovered: 1, Nicholls State, Sept. 14, 2013; Texas State, Oct. 5, 2013 kick returns: 1, at Arkansas, Aug. 31, 2013; at Kansas State, Sept. 7, 2013 kick return yards: 18, at Arkansas, Aug. 31, 2013 Long kick return: 18, at Arkansas, Aug. 31, 2013 Pass breakups: 1, New Mexico State, Nov. 2, 2013

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Yds 5

RECEiviNg g 2014 12

Rec 31

Yds 331

TACkLEs 2012 2013 Total

g 4 13 17

UA 4 27 31

A 0 12 12

iNTERCEPTioNs 4 2013 Total

g 0 13 17

kiCk RETURNs g 2012 4 2013 13 Total 17

TD 1 Total 4 39 43

No. Yds 0 0 1 99 1 99 No. 0 2 2

Yds 0 34 34

Lg 29

Rec/g 2.6

Avg/C 10.7

Avg/g 27.6

TFL Yds sacks Yds 0.0 0 0.0 0 3.5 7 0.0 0 3.5 7 0.0 0 TD 0 1 1 TD 0 0 0

Lg 0.0 99 99 Lg 0 18 18

Avg/R 0.0 99.0 99.0 Avg/R 0.0 17.0 17.0

TACkLEs 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total

PBU 0 1 1

FF 0 1 1

Avg/g

FR 0 2 2 2012

7.6 5.8 Avg/g 0.0 2.6 2.0

4&/*03 Þ %&'&/4*7& -*/&."/ Þ Þ • First Team All-Sun Belt selection. • Anchors a defensive line that boasts the best rushing defense in the conference while ranking third overall in sacks. • Ranks seventh in the nation in tackles-for-loss (TFL) with 19.5 and is fifth among defensive linemen. • Also ranks 12th in the nation in sacks with 10.5 and is seventh among defensive linemen. • Tied for the conference lead recovering two fumbles on the season including a 41-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown at Texas State. • His 5.5 TFL against ULM set a new school single-game record and is tied for the most in a game this year. • Also posted a career-best 2.5 sacks against the Warhawks. • Named the Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 20. • Received LSWA Defensive Player of the Week honors on Nov. 17. • Started in all 12 games for the Cajuns. • Notched a season-best eight tackles at ULM. • Posted four quarterback hurries on the year. • Is just 0.5 sack back of the school single season record for sacks set in 1993 and 1.0 sacks away from the career record for sacks. • Also needs 1.5 TFL to tie the school single season TFL record set in 1993. • Led the Sun Belt with 9.5 sacks in conference play. • Also led the league with 15.5 TFL in conference play averaging almost 2.0 TFL per game (1.94/per game).

RiNgo’s siNgLE gAmE HigHs Tackles: 8, Arkansas State, Oct. 23, 2012; at ULM, Nov. 15, 2014 Tackles for loss: 5.5, at ULM, Nov. 15, 2014 sacks: 2.5, at ULM, Nov. 15, 2014 Fumbles forced: 1, Tulane, Oct. 6, 2012; at ULM, Nov. 3, 2012 Fumbles recovered: 1, four times Defensive TDs: 1, at Texas State, Oct. 14, 2014 (41-yd FR) Pass breakups: 1, at Arkansas, Aug. 31, 2013; ULM, Nov. 30 2013 TACkLEs 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total

g 8 13 11 12 43

UA 8 18 13 35 74

A 11 11 3 7 33

UA 0 1 2 4 7

A 0 2 2 1 5

sAgER’s CAREER sTATs Total TFL Yds sacks Yds 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 3 0.0 0 0.0 0 4 0.0 0 0.0 0 5 0.0 0 0.0 0 9 0.0 0 0.0 0

PBU 0 0 0 0 0

FF 0 0 0 0 0

FR 0 0 1 0 0

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401)0.03& Þ 8*%& 3&$&*7&3 Þ Þ • Young receiver caught five passes, averaging 17.4 yards per reception on the season. • Helped Ragin’ Cajuns convert a third-and-28 situation with a 45-yard reception against South Alabama, leading to a Hunter Stover field goal. • Caught passes against Louisiana Tech, Texas State, Arkansas State and Troy. sCoTT’s siNgLE gAmE HigHs Receptions: 1, six times Receiving Yards: 45, South Alabama, Nov. 1, 2014 Long reception: 45, South Alabama, Nov. 1, 2014

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RiNgo’s CAREER sTATs Total TFL Yds sacks Yds 19 2.5 13 1.5 12 29 10.5 51 7.0 41 16 2.0 6 1.0 2 42 19.5 101 10.5 83 107 34.5 171 20.0 138

g 0 13 13 12 37

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RECEiviNg g 2013 9 2014 12 Total 21

Rec 1 5 6

Yds 37 87 124

sCoTT’s CAREER sTATs TD Lg Rec/g Avg/C 0 37 0.1 37.0 0 21 0.4 17.4 0 37 0.3 20.7

Avg/g 4.1 7.2 5.9

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4&/*03 Þ ,*$,&3 Þ Þ • A Second Team All-Sun Belt Conference selection. • Tied for the Sun Belt Conference lead in field goal percentage connecting on 15 of his 18 attempts (83.3 percent). • Ranks second in the conference in made field goals with 15. • Notched a career-best four field goals against South Alabama to help guide the Ragin’ Cajuns to a 19-9 victory. • Also ranks fifth in the conference in scoring with 87 points and leads all Sun Belt kickers in points per game (7.2). • Finished the regular season 42 of 45 on PATs. • Recorded a career-long 38-yard field goal twice, the first time against ULM and then equaled the feat against Appalachian State. • Has six special teams tackles on the season including a game-high three against Arkansas State. • Has 29 touchbacks on 72 kicks leading a kickoff team that ranks eighth in the nation in kick return defense limiting opponents to a 17.24 yard return average. • Is averaging 60.2 yards on 72 kickoffs. • Also completed a 14-yard pass on fourth down at Boise State for a first down. sTovER’s siNgLE gAmE HigHs kickoffs: 11, Nicholls State, Sept. 14, 2013 Yards: 669, Nicholls State, Sept. 14, 2013 Field goals: 4, South Alabama, Nov. 1, 2014 Long field goal: 38, at ULM, Nov. 15, 2014 PATs: 6, Southern, Aug. 30, 2014

PBU 0 0 2 0 2

FF 0 2 0 0 2

FR 0 1 1 2 4

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No. 47 40 77 72 236

made 1 15 16 Yds 2833 2509 4683 4336 14361

sTovER’s CAREER sTATs Att Pct. Long Blkd 1 100.0 27 0 18 83.3 38 0 19 84.2 38 0 Avg. 60.3 62.7 60.8 60.2 60.9

TB 1 13 26 29 69

PAT 2-2 42-45 44-47

oB 2 0 2 3 9

• Saw action in all 12 games primarily on special teams. • Equaled a career-high two tackles against Arkansas State (Oct. 21) and at ULM (Nov. 15).

Tackles: 2, three times

sAgER’s siNgLE gAmE HigHs

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• Notched sacks against Boise State, South Alabama and ULM. • A preseason First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference selection.

• Reserve offensive lineman saw action in all 12 games. • Saw majority of action on the Ragin’ Cajuns special teams.

TovELL’s siNgLE gAmE HigHs Tackles: 9, at Georgia State, Nov. 16, 2013 Tackles for loss: 3.5, New Mexico State, Nov. 2, 2013 sacks: 1.0, four times Fumbles forced: 1, Nicholls State, Sept. 14, 2013; at WKU, Oct. 15, 2013 Pass breakups: 1, three times

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+6/*03 Þ 5*()5 &/% Þ Þ • Reserve tight end saw action in all 12 games in his first year with the Ragin’ Cajuns. • Sat out the 2013 season after transferring from Tulane. • Caught three passes on the season, averaging 11 yards per catch. • Kept a drive alive with a season-high reception (14 yards) from kicker Hunter Stover at Boise State after a botched snap on a field goal was picked up on fourth-and-14. • Currently serving a two-year term as the Sun Belt Conference representative on the NCAA Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

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TATFoRD’s CAREER sTATs Yds TD Lg Rec/g Avg/C 33 0 14 0.3 11.0

Avg/g 2.8

4&/*03 Þ %&'&/4*7& #"$, Þ Þ • Made an appearance in all 12 games posting starts in the first seven games of the season at free safety. • Had a season-high seven tackles against Georgia State (Oct. 4). • Recorded his fifth career interception at Ole Miss (Sept. 13). • Posted 1.0 TFL against Louisiana Tech (Sept. 6) and Georgia State. • Had a pass breakup at Troy (Nov. 29). • Also had six tackles on the road at Ole Miss and Boise State (Sept. 20). • Was honored with the priviledge of wearing Ragin’ Cajuns great Orlando Thomas’ number 42 following his passing in the ULM contests.

THomAs’ siNgLE gAmE HigHs Tackles: 13, at Arkansas, Aug. 31, 2013 Tackles for loss: 1.0, Louisiana Tech, Sept. 6, 2014; Georgia State, Oct. 4, 2014 interceptions: 2, vs. Tulane, Dec. 21, 2013 Fumbles forced: 1, Troy, Nov. 7, 2013; vs. Tulane, Dec. 21, 2013 Pass breakups: 1, four times TACkLEs 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total

g 9 13 13 12 47

UA 9 8 45 28 90

iNTERCEPTioNs 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total

g 9 13 13 12 47

A 4 7 18 10 39

No. Yds 0 0 1 -5 3 34 1 28 5 57

TD 0 0 0 0 0

Lg 0 -5 21 28 28

Avg/R 0.0 -5.0 11.3 28.0 11.4

A 8 27 19 54

TovELL’s CAREER sTATs Total TFL Yds sacks Yds 21 3.0 11 1.0 7 67 12.0 37 2.0 11 70 10.0 47 3.0 24 158 25.0 95 6.0 42

PBU 1 2 0 3

FF 0 2 0 2

FR 0 0 0 0

PBU 1 0 3 0 4

FF 0 0 2 0 2

• Named to the All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team. • Led the Ragin’ Cajuns with 71 tackles (60 solo) posting 5.0 tackles-for-loss (TFL) • Started all 12 games at corner. • Ranks seventh in passes defended in conference games (6) and eighth in interceptions (2) in conference games. • Also is ranked 22nd in tackles in conference games with 54 averaging 6.8 a game. • Had a career-high 10 tackles on the road at Troy (Nov. 29) to close out the season. • Posted a career-best 2.0 TFL against Arkansas State (Oct. 21). • Also had 1.0 TFL against Boise State (Sept. 20), Appalachian State (Nov. 22.) and Troy. • Notched interceptions against Texas State (Oct. 14) and Arkansas State. • Had two pass breakups against ULM (Nov. 15). • Recorded six-plus tackles in six games on the season. • Returned a blocked PAT 98 yards for two points at New Mexico State (Nov. 8).

TRim’s siNgLE gAmE HigHs Tackles: 10, at Troy, Nov. 29, 2014 Tackles for loss: 2.0, Arkansas State, Oct. 21, 2014 interceptions: 1, four times Pass breakups: 2, at ULM, Nov. 15, 2014 TACkLEs 2013 2014 Total

FR 0 0 0 0 0

Avg/g 0.0 -0.4 2.6 2.3 1.2

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+6/*03 Þ -*/&#"$,&3 Þ Þ • Received Honorable Mention All-Sun Belt Conference honors. • Started all 12 games at linebacker moving from outside linebacker to the inside position halfway through the season. • Totaled 70 tackles (51 solo) including 10.0 tackles-for-loss and 3.0 sacks. • Ranks 12th in the Sun Belt in TFL. • Also ranks 27th in the Sun Belt in tackles in conference games with 50 (31 solo) averaging 6.2 per game. • Has two quarterback hurries on the year. • Tied a career-high with nine tackles at Troy. • Had at least seven tackles in six games. • Was named to the Lombardi Award Watch List.

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THomAs’ CAREER sTATs Total TFL Yds sacks Yds 13 0.0 0 0.0 0 15 0.5 8 0.0 0 63 0.5 2 0.0 0 38 2.0 2 0.0 0 129 3.0 12 0.0 0

g 12 13 12 37

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TATFoRD’s siNgLE gAmE HigHs Receptions: 1, three times Receiving Yards: 14, at Boise State, Sept. 20, 2014 Long reception: 14, at Boise State, Sept. 20, 2014 RECEiviNg g 2014 12

TACkLEs 2012 2013 2014 Total

g 13 12 25

UA 35 60 95

iNTERCEPTioNs 2013 2014 Total

g 13 12 25

A 10 11 21

TRim’s CAREER sTATs Total TFL Yds sacks Yds 45 2.5 4 0.0 0 71 5.0 14 0.0 0 116 7.5 18 0.0 0

No. Yds 2 82 2 49 4 131

TD 1 0 1

Lg 82 30 82

Avg/R 41.0 24.5 32.8

PBU 3 4 7

FF 0 0 0

FR 0 0 0

Avg/g 6.3 4.1 5.2

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'3&4)"./ Þ %&'&/4*7& #"$, Þ Þ • Saw action in all 12 games for the Ragin’ Cajuns starting as a safety in the last seven games of the season. • Posted 29 of his 40 tackles during conference play. • Is tied for eighth in interceptions during conference play with two. • Had a season-high six tackles against Arkansas State and South Alabama. • Notched two interceptions against New Mexico State. • Forced a fumble at Troy.

WALkER’s siNgLE gAmE HigHs Tackles: 6, Arkansas State, Oct. 21, 2014; South Alabama, Nov. 1, 2014 interceptions: 2, at New Mexico State, Nov. 8, 2014 Fumbles forced: 1, at Troy, Nov. 29, 2014 Pass breakups: 1, South Alabama, Nov. 1, 2014

TACkLEs 2014

g 12

UA 33

iNTERCEPTioNs 2014

g 12

A 7

WALkER’s CAREER sTATs Total TFL Yds sacks Yds 40 0.0 0 0.0 0

No. Yds 2 19

TD 0

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Avg/R 9.5

PBU 1 Avg/g 1.6

FF 1

FR 0

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• Saw action in the final nine games of the season making two starts at outside linebacker. • Posted a career-best six tackles against Arkansas State (Oct. 21). • Has at least one tackle in the last eight contests. • Recorded a sack in four games this year. • Notched 1.0 TFL at Texas State (Oct. 14), against Arkansas State and at Troy (Nov. 29). • Blocked an extra point that was returned for two points at New Mexico State (Nov. 8). • Recovered a fumble at ULM (Nov. 15).

• Junior college transfer has started all 12 games at left guard. • Part of a unit that has helped spark a rushing attack that ranked 23rd nationally and produced the school’s fourth 1,000-yard rusher (Elijah McGuire) in school history.

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WAsHiNgToN’s siNgLE gAmE HigHs Tackles: 6, Arkansas State, Oct. 21, 2014 Tackles for loss: 1.0, three times sacks: 1.0, Arkansas State, Oct. 21, 2014; at Troy, Nov. 29, 2014 Fumbles recovered: 1, at ULM, Nov. 15, 2014 Blocks: 1, at New Mexico State, Nov. 8, 2014 TACkLEs 2014

g 9

UA 16

• Junior college transfer has started all 12 games at left guard. • Part of a unit that has helped spark a rushing attack that ranked 23rd nationally and produced the school’s fourth 1,000-yard rusher (Elijah McGuire) in school history.

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WAsHiNgToN’s CAREER sTATs A Total TFL Yds sacks Yds 4 20 3.0 22 3.0 20

PBU 0

FF 0

FR 1

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+6/*03 Þ %&'&/4*7& #"$, Þ Þ • Saw action in 11 games making five starts at cornerback. • Tied a career-best with three tackles at Boise State (Sept. 20). • Is second on the squad with three pass breakups. • Recorded an interception at New Mexico State (Nov. 8).

g 12 12 11 35

UA 8 1 16 25

iNTERCEPTioNs 2012 2013 2014 Total

g 12 12 11 35

A 1 0 0 1

WATsoN’s CAREER sTATs Total TFL Yds sacks Yds 9 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 16 0.0 0 0.0 0 26 0.0 0 0.0 0

No. Yds 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0

TD 0 0 0 0

Lg 0 0 0 0

Avg/R 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

+6/*03 Þ -*/&#"$,&3 %&'&/4*7& #"$, Þ Þ • Played in 11 games making eight starts. • Notched at lease tackle in eight straight contests. • Had a season-high seven tackles against Boise State (Sept. 20) and ULM (Nov. 15). • Posted five-plus tackles in six games. • Recorded his third career interception against Appalachian State (Nov. 22). • Registered two pass breakups. • Missed the final contest of the regular season due to a leg injury.

WoRTHY’s siNgLE gAmE HigHs Tackles: 11, at Oklahoma State, Sept. 15, 2012; at Arkansas State, Oct. 22, 2013 Tackles for loss: 1.0, 3 times interceptions: 1, three times Fumbles recovered: 1, South Alabama, Nov. 24, 2012 Pass breakups: 1, at New Mexico State, Nov. 8, 2014; at ULM, Nov. 15, 2014

WATsoN’s siNgLE gAmE HigHs Tackles: 3, FIU, Sept. 29, 2012; at Boise State, Sept. 20, 2014 interceptions: 1, at New Mexico State, Nov. 8, 2014 Pass breakups: 1, four times TACkLEs 2012 2013 2014 Total

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PBU 1 0 3 4

FF 0 0 0 0

FR 0 0 0 0

Avg/g 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

TACkLEs 2012 2013 2014 Total

g 11 13 11 35

UA 28 40 24 92

iNTERCEPTioNs 2012 2013 2014 Total

g 11 13 11 35

A 19 19 16 54

WoRTHY’s CAREER sTATs Total TFL Yds sacks Yds 47 1.0 1 0.0 0 59 4.0 10 0.0 0 40 0.0 0 0.0 0 146 5.0 11 0.0 0

No. Yds 0 0 2 1 1 3 3 4

TD 0 0 0 0

Lg 0 1 3 3

Avg/R 0.0 0.5 3.0 1.3

PBU 0 0 2 2

FF 0 0 0 0

FR 1 0 0 1

Avg/g 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.1

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+6/*03 Þ %&'&/4*7& -*/&."/ Þ Þ • Played in nine games while making a start against Southern (Aug. 30) to open the season. • Equaled a career-best four tackles against Boise State (Sept. 20) and Texas State (Oct. 14). • Also had 1.0 TFL/sack in both of those contests. • Had two pass breakups on the season.

WHiTE’s siNgLE gAmE HigHs Tackles: 4, three times Tackles for loss: 2.0, at WKU, Oct. 15, 2013 sacks: 1.0, three times Pass breakups: 1, at Boise State, Sept. 20, 2014; Arkansas State, Oct. 21, 2014

TACkLEs 2013 2014 Total

g 11 8 19

UA 11 15 26

A 8 1 9

WHiTE’s CAREER sTATs Total TFL Yds sacks Yds 19 4.0 10 2.0 7 16 2.0 12 2.0 12 35 6.0 22 4.0 19

PBU 0 2 2

FF 0 0 0

FR 0 0 0

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GAME 2

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Louisiana 45, Southern 6

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*O UIF รถSTU RVBSUFS UIF $BKVOT TUSVDL รถSTU XJUI UP HP JO UIF QFSJPE BGUFS B 31-yard field goal from Hunter Stover for a 3-0 Louisiana advantage. After Southern (0-1) missed a 29-yard attempt, the Cajuns reached the end zone for the first time on UIFJS OFYU QPTTFTTJPO BT .D(VJSF DBQQFE Pรฒ B TJY QMBZ ZBSE ESJWF XJUI BO FJHIU ZBSE UPVDIEPXO SVO XJUI SFNBJOJOH JO UIF RVBSUFS The Louisiana defense continued to cause the Jaguars problems, forcing back-toCBDL UISFF BOE PVUT CFGPSF UIF $BKVOT FYUFOEFE UIFJS MFBE #SPBEXBZ SFDPSEFE IJT รถSTU touchdown of the evening with 12:11 left in the half as he found Robinson for a 32-yard touchdown to make it 17-0.

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Southern 0 0 6 0 6 Louisiana 10 14 7 14 45 Scoring Summary First quarter 6- '( 4UPWFS 6- .D(VJSF SVO 4UPWFS LJDL

Second quarter UL - Robinson 32 pass from Broadway (Stover kick), 12:11 UL - J. Johnson 13 pass from Broadway (Stover kick), 7:35 Third quarter SU - Coleman 23 pass from Howard (kick failed), 8:54 UL - Robinson 7 pass from Broadway (Stover kick), 4:37 Fourth quarter UL - Broadway 8 run (Stover kick), 13:52 UL - Pettis 2 pass from Haack (Stover kick), 6:42 Team Statistics First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards 1BTTFT " $ * Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time

SU 14 32-77 202

9-44.0 1-0 5-35 30:19

UL 28 41-248 264

4-54.8 0-0 4-30 29:41

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PASSING: SU - Howard 18-31-0-181; Shorts 2-9-0-21. UL - Broadway 20-32-2-237; Haack 4-4-0-27.

RECEIVING: SU - Quinn 8-105; Coleman 4-41; Jones 2-14; Morgan 2-13; Baker 1-10; Beard 1-9; Waddel 1-5; Jones 1-5. UL - Robinson 5-112; Pierce 3-21; Butler 3-20; Byrne 3-17; J. Johnson 2-24; Fuselier 2-20; Pettis 2-10; Bates 1-15; Harris 1-14; Tatford 1-7; Barnes 1-4.

Louisiana Tech 48, Louisiana 20

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Terrance Broadway went 19-for-31 for 150 yards with one touchdown and one interDFQUJPO XIJMF SVTIJOH GPS ZBSET PO BUUFNQUT (BCF 'VTFMJFS MFE UIF $BKVOT XJUI SFDFJWJOH ZBSET PO TJY DBUDIFT -PVJTJBOB SFDPSEFE ZBSET PO UIF OJHIU UISPVHI the air and 178 on the ground. Trae Johnson led the Cajuns defense with nine tackles, eight being solo.

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After the Cajuns were halted on a fourth-and-one attempt from the Bulldog 39, Louisiana Tech put together a nine-play, 61-yard drive to go up 14-7 with 4:33 to play in the half. Sokol then completed five-consecutive passes for positive yardage, capping it off with a 16-yard touchdown pass to Hunter Lee.

-PVJTJBOB 5FDI FYUFOEFE JUT MFBE GVSUIFS JO UIF รถOBM QFSJPE UBMMZJOH QPJOUT JO UIF RVBSUFS XJUI B ZBSE SVO CZ %JYPO UP DBQ Pรฒ B OJOF QMBZ ZBSE ESJWF CFGPSF B 32-yard field goal attempt by Barnes made it 41-7 four minutes into the fourth. A 20-yard touchdown pass from Broadway to Effrem Reed ended the Louisiana scoring drought for a 41-14 game with 9:34 to go.

Louisiana added a score as the clock hit zero with Brooks Haack finding Fuselier for the four-yard touchdown pass for a 48-20 final.

Louisiana Tech 7 10 14 17 Louisiana 0 7 0 13 Scoring Summary First quarter -5 %JYPO SVO #BSOFT LJDL

Second quarter UL - Harris 6 run (Stover kick), 14:54 LT - Lee 16 pass from Sokol (Barnes kick), 4:33 -5 '( #BSOFT Third quarter -5 (SJรณO QBTT GSPN 4PLPM #BSOFT LJDL

LT - Woods 46 interception return (Barnes kick), 3:45 Fourth quarter -5 %JYPO SVO #BSOFT LJDL

-5 '( #BSOFT UL - Reed 20 pass from Broadway (Stover kick), 9:34 LT - Craft 2 run (Barnes kick), 4:56 UL - Fuselier 4 pass from Haack, :00 Team Statistics First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards 1BTTFT "UU $PNQ *OU Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time

LT 20 35-238 295

4-37.5 2-0 5-35 29:14

48 20

UL 20 34-178 237

4-40.5 2-2 4-36 30:46

RUSHING: LT - %JYPO $SBGU .BSUJO 4PLPM ,JOH NJOVT Louisiana - #SPBEXBZ )BSSJT .D(VJSF )BBDL 1JFSDF PASSING: LT - Sokol 22-33-0-295. Louisiana - Broadway 19-31-1-150; Haack 10-13-0-87.

RECEIVING: LT - 5VSOFS -FF (SJรณO 5BZMPS %JYPO .BSUJO Louisiana - 'VTFMJFS .D(VJSF +PIOTPO #BUFT 1FUUJT 3PCJOTPO 2-29; Reed 2-24; Riles 2-6; Pierce 1-12; Scott 1-8; Harris 1-6; Byrne 1-5.

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No. 14/15 Ole Miss 56, Louisiana 15

OXFORD, Miss. โ #P 8BMMBDF UISFX GPS UISFF รถSTU IBMG UPVDIEPXOT BOE /P 0MF .JTT CVJMU B IBMGUJNF MFBE UP EFGFBU UIF -PVJTJBOB 3BHJO $BKVOT PO 4BUVSEBZ before an announced crowd of 60,937 at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.

8BMMBDF DPNQMFUFE PG QBTTFT GPS ZBSET BOE GPVS UPVDIEPXOT BT 0MF Miss (3-0) piled up 554 yards of total offense and scored 28 points off four Louisiana turnovers.

Louisiana (1-2) recorded 322 of total offense, including 193 yards on the ground.

Terrance Broadway, who became the fourth player in school history to record 7,000 yards of total offense in his career, completed 15 of 30 passes for 129 yards for the CaKVOT XIJMF BEEJOH ZBSET PO UIF HSPVOE JO DBSSJFT &MJKBI .D(VJSF HBJOFE ZBSET on 10 carries to lead Louisiana while Alonzo Harris added 62 yards on 15 carries and a touchdown.

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#SPBEXBZ DPOOFDUFE XJUI "M 3JMFT PO BO ZBSE QBTT UP UIF 0MF .JTT PO UIJSE and-9. Louisiana got as close as the Rebel 15 when Larry Pettis caught a 5-yard pass on third-and-8 and Hunter Stover booted a 32-yard field goal with 1:55 remaining.

The Cajuns defense would get into the act as Sean Thomas picked off a Wallace QBTT BOE SFUVSOFE JU ZBSET UP UIF 0MF .JTT 5IF $BKVOT ESPWF UP UIF CFGPSF 4FORVF[ (PMEFO CSPLF VQ B UIJSE EPXO QBTT 4UPWFS BEEFE B ZBSE รถFME HPBM XJUI seconds remaining to close the gap to 28-6 at halftime.

Louisiana reached the end zone when Harris scored on an 8-yard TD with 1:04 reNBJOJOH JO UIF UIJSE RVBSUFS -PVJTJBOB BEEFE B TBGFUZ JO UIF GPVSUI RVBSUFS XIFO +VTUJO Hamilton tackled Eugene Brazley for a 5-yard loss with 2:25 remaining.

Louisiana 0 6 7 2 Ole Miss 14 14 21 7 Scoring Summary First Quarter 0. .BUIFST SVO 'MFUDIFS LJDL

0. 8BMUPO QBTT GSPN 8BMMBDF 'MFUDIFS LJDL

Second Quarter 0. 4BOEFST QBTT GSPN 8BMMBDF 'MFUDIFS LJDL

0. 4BOEFST QBTT GSPN 8BMMBDF 'MFUDIFS LJDL

6- '( 4UPWFS 6- '( 4UPWFS Third Quarter 0. $PSF QBTT GSPN 8BMMBDF 'MFUDIFS LJDL

0. (PMTPO JOUFSDFQUJPO SFUVSO 'MFUDIFS LJDL

0. 8BMUPO SVO 'MFUDIFS LJDL

UL - Harris 8 run (Stover kick), 1:04 Fourth Quarter 0. -JHHJOT SVO 'MFUDIFS LJDL

UL - Hamilton safety, 2:25 Team Statistics First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards 1BTTFT "UU $PNQ *OU Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time

UL 18 37-193 129

7-51.1 2-1 0-0 31:19

15 56

OM 27 35-214 340

3-36.7 1-0 4-30 28:41

Boise State 34, Louisiana 9

BOISE, Idaho โ Jay Ajayi rushed for 150 yards and three first-half touchdowns while #PJTF 4UBUF T (SBOU )FESJDL DPNQMFUFE PG QBTTFT GPS ZBSET UP MFBE UIF #SPODPT UP B WJDUPSZ PWFS UIF -PVJTJBOB 3BHJO $BKVOT JO B OPO DPOGFSFODF HBNF PO 4BUVSEBZ at Albertsons Stadium.

Louisiana (1-3), playing its final tuneup before opening Sun Belt Conference play PO 0DU BHBJOTU (FPSHJB 4UBUF XBT MFE CZ &MJKBI .D(VJSF XIP DBVHIU B DBSFFS IJHI passes for 106 yards while rushing for a team-high 31 yards and a touchdown.

Ajayi scored on runs of 2, 2 and 16 yards as Boise State (3-1) scored on its first two possessions and built a 21-3 lead at halftime. Hedrick completed his first 15 passes in the game as the Broncos outgained Louisiana, 499-241, in total offense.

5IF $BKVOT HPU PO UIF CPBSE JO UIF รถSTU RVBSUFS BGUFS B CPUDIFE TOBQ PO BO BUtempted field goal resulted on a 14-yard pass from Hunter Stover to Evan Tatford on GPVSUI BOE UP UIF #46 #PJTF 4UBUF IFME BGUFS UIF 5BUGPSE T SFDFQUJPO XJUI 4UPWFS DPOWFSUJOH PO B ZBSE CPPU XJUI SFNBJOJOH JO UIF รถSTU RVBSUFS %BO (PPEBMF HBWF #PJTF 4UBUF B MFBE XIFO IF NBEF B ZBSE รถFME HPBM XJUI MFGU JO UIF UIJSE RVBSUFS CFGPSF %FWBO %FNBT TDPSFE PO B ZBSE SVO -PVJTJBOB SFBDIFE UIF FOE [POF BGUFS ESJWJOH ZBSET JO QMBZT XJUI .D(VJSF TDPSing on a 7-yard run with 11:56 remaining in the game.

Playing without leading tackler Trae Johnson (injury), Trevence Patt led Louisiana XJUI B DBSFFS IJHI UBDLMFT XJUI %PNJORVF 5PWFMM ,FWJO 'PVRVJFS BOE $PSFZ 5SJN BEEJOH FJHIU TUPQT FBDI 5PWFMM .BSRVJT 8IJUF BOE $ISJTUJBO 3JOHP FBDI SFDPSEFE TBDLT GPS UIF 3BHJO $BKVOT Louisiana 3 0 0 Boise State 14 7 10 Scoring Summary First Quarter #46 "KBZJ SVO (PPEBMF LJDL

#46 "KBZJ SVO (PPEBMF LJDL

6- '( 4UPWFS Second Quarter #46 "KBZJ SVO (PPEBMF LJDL

Third Quarter #46 '( (PPEBMF #46 %FNBT SVO (PPEBMF LJDL

Fourth Quarter 6- .D(VJSF SVO LJDL GBJMFE

#46 '( (PPEBMF Team Statistics First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards 1BTTFT " $ * Punts-Yds.-Avg. Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time

6 3

UL 14 23-67 174

7-42.4 0-0 7-40 26:00

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GAME 3

9 34

BSU 24 48-262 237

3-39.7 0-0 8-60 34:00

RUSHING: Louisiana - .D(VJSF #SPBEXBZ 1JFSDF )BSSJT Boise State - "KBZJ %FNBT 8JMMJBNT 3IPEFT )FESJDL 'JFMET (PPEBMF 1-minus 7; TEAM 2-minus 17.

PASSING: Louisiana - Broadway 20-38-1-160; Stover 1-1-0-14. Boise State - Hedrick 24-31-0-237.

RECEIVING: Louisiana - .D(VJSF 3JMFT 1JFSDF Harris 2-5; Pettis 2-5; Tatford 1-14. Boise State - Miller 5-107; Ajayi 5-37; Williams-Rhodes 5-32; Roh 3-23; Anderson 3-12; Burroughs 2-10; Huff 1-16.

RUSHING: Louisiana - .D(VJSF )BSSJT #SPBEXBZ 3JMFT Ole Miss - Walton 7-89; Mathers 3-57; Brazley 6-29; Kincade 3-15; Liggins 3-12; Dodson 5-11; Wallace 4-2; Wilkins 4-minus 1.

PASSING: Louisiana - Broadway 15-30-3-129; TEAM 0-1-0-0. Ole Miss - Wallace 23-28-1316; Kincade 5-6-0-20; Buchanan 1-2-0-4.

RECEIVING: Louisiana - #VUMFS 3JMFT .D(VJSF 1FUUJT +PIOTPO Bates 1-24; Harris 1-3. Ole Miss - Sanders 8-125; Treadwell 4-48; Core 4-41; Adeboyejo 4-35; Pack 3-28; Walton 2-48; Burdette 2-6; Bledsoe 1-6; Liggins 1-3.

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GAME 5

GAME 6

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LAFAYETTE – Terrance Broadway went 20-for-26 for 216 yards and two touchdowns while Jamal Robinson caught eight passes for 119 yards and two scores in -PVJTJBOB T 4VO #FMU PQFOJOH XJO PWFS (FPSHJB 4UBUF PO 4BUVSEBZ OJHIU

-PVJTJBOB 4#$ UPUBMFE ZBSET PG PòFOTF DPNQBSFE UP (FPSHJB 4UBUF T BOE PVUHBJOFE UIF 1BOUIFST PO UIF HSPVOE &MJKBI .D(VJSF MFE UIF $BKVOT XJUI SVTIJOH ZBSET PO TJY BUUFNQUT 'PS (FPSHJB 4UBUF /JDL "SCVDLMF XFOU GPS with 276 yards. Donovan Harden led the Panthers with 91 receiving yards on four catches, while Marcus Caffey totaled 90 yards on the ground on 27 carries.

After forcing the Panthers (1-4, 0-2 SBC) to punt on their opening drive, the Cajuns made the most of their first possession. Broadway completed an eight-yard pass to Al 3JMFT UP NPWF -PVJTJBOB OFBS NJEöFME CFGPSF .D(VJSF DBQQFE Pò UIF $BKVOT QMBZ 80-yard touchdown drive with a 54-yard run around the right side, the longest play of UIF TFBTPO GPS UIF $BKVOT UP HJWF -PVJTJBOB B MFBE XJUI MFGU JO UIF öSTU RVBSUFS However, the Panthers would not go away as Caffey found the end zone for the third time on the night with a two-yard touchdown run. An Arbuckle pass to Ruiz for 36 yards put the Panthers near midfield before Arbuckle found Harden for 15 yards to SFBDI UIF -PVJTJBOB ZBSE MJOF $BòFZ T ZBSE HBJO QVTIFE UIF 1BOUIFST DMPTFS UP UIF FOE [POF CFGPSF QBTT JOUFSGFSFODF XBT DBMMFE PO -PVJTJBOB UP CSJOH VQ $BòFZ T TDPSF with 6:35 left in the game.

0O UIF OFYU ESJWF #SPPLT )BBDL GPVOE -BSSZ 1FUUJT GPS BO ZBSE HBJO CFGPSF completing another large gain, this one to Al Riles, for 22 yards to place the ball on the (FPSHJB 4UBUF 0OF QMBZ MBUFS #SPBEXBZ GPVOE 3PCJOTPO JO UIF FOE [POF UP QVU UIF Cajuns ahead for good.

SAN MARCOS, Texas – Terrance Broadway completed 14 of 21 passes for 225 yards BOE B UPVDIEPXO BOE BEEFE ZBSET PO UIF HSPVOE UP MFBE UIF -PVJTJBOB 3BHJO $BKVOT UP B EPNJOBUJOH WJDUPSZ PWFS 5FYBT 4UBUF JO B OBUJPOBMMZ UFMFWJTFE 4VO #FMU $POGFSence contest on Tuesday at Jim Wacker Field at Bobcat Stadium.

Alonzo Harris rushed for 79 yards and a touchdown for Louisiana (3-3, 2-0 SBC) while &MJKBI .D(VJSF SVTIFE GPS ZBSET BEEFE PO GPVS SFDFQUJPOT BOE TDPSFE B QBJS PG 5%T 5IF -PVJTJBOB EFGFOTF XIJDI SFDPSEFE POF UBLFBXBZ JO JUT öSTU öWF HBNFT IFME 5FYBT State (3-3, 1-1 SBC) to 270 yards of total offense while forcing a pair of turnovers, including B ZBSE GVNCMF SFDPWFSZ GPS B UPVDIEPXO JO UIF TFDPOE RVBSUFS CZ $ISJTUJBO 3JOHP Louisiana took the opening kickoff and needed two plays to reach the end zone for B RVJDL MFBE "GUFS BO ZBSE SVO PO UIF PQFOJOH QMBZ CZ "MPO[P )BSSJT UP UIF 6- #SPBEXBZ GPVOE B XJEF PQFO .D(VJSF GPS B ZBSE UPVDIEPXO QBTT XJUI SFNBJOJOH to cap a 70-yard drive.

The Cajuns missed a 46-yard field goal on its third drive of the game and had a 16ZBSE QVOU UIBU XFOU PVU PG CPVOET BU UIF 6- HJWJOH 5FYBT 4UBUF B DIBODF UP QPTTJCMZ UJF the game. The Bobcats got as close as the UL 3 after Trae Johnson stopped Tyler Jones on UIJSE BOE HPBM BOE 5FYBT 4UBUF TFUUMFE GPS B ZBSE öFME HPBM GSPN 8JMM +PIOTPO UP DVU UIF lead to 7-3 with 14:22 remaining in the first half.

5FYBT 4UBUF ESPWF TFWFO QMBZT UP UIFJS PXO CFGPSF +POFT GVNCMFE BGUFS CFJOH sacked by Johnson and Ringo picked up the loose ball and rumbled 41 yards to give -PVJTJBOB B MFBE XJUI SFNBJOJOH JO UIF TFDPOE RVBSUFS -PVJTJBOB GPSDFE 5FYBT 4UBUF JOUP B UISFF BOE PVU PO JUT OFYU QPTTFTTJPO CFGPSF driving 62 yards in four plays to push its lead to 21-3. Broadway opened the drive with a ZBSE QBTT UP .D(VJSF CFGPSF #SPBEXBZ TDBNQFSFE GPVS ZBSET BSPVOE MFGU FOE UP UIF 5945 .D(VJSF GPMMPXFE XJUI B EB[[MJOH ZBSE SVO UP UIF 5945 CFGPSF )BSSJT TDPSFE PO UIF OFYU QMBZ BOE B MFBE XJUI SFNBJOJOH JO UIF IBMG

Louisiana 34, Texas State 10

Louisiana 34, Georgia State 31

Georgia State 7 10 7 7 -- 31 Louisiana 7 7 7 13 -- 34 Scoring Summary First Quarter 6- .D(VJSF SVO 4UPWFS LJDL

(46 4NJUI SVO -VU[ LJDL

Second Quarter (46 $BòFZ SVO -VU[ LJDL

UL - Robinson 19 pass from Broadway (Stover kick), 1:13 (46 '( -VU[ Third Quarter UL - Harris 1 run (Stover kick), 9:43 (46 $BòFZ SVO -VU[ LJDL

Fourth Quarter UL - Harris 1 run (Stover kick), 11:13 (46 $BòFZ SVO -VU[ LJDL

UL - Robinson 21 pass from Broadway (kick failed), 3:34 Team Statistics First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards 1BTTFT "UU $PNQ *OU Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time

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GSU 24 37-138 287

3-38.0 1-0 10-79 32:11

UL 21 32-195 266

3-42.3 2-0 13-130 27:49

Louisiana 7 14 7 6 34 Texas State 0 3 0 7 10 Scoring Summary First Quarter 6- .D(VJSF QBTT GSPN #SPBEXBZ 4UPWFS LJDL

Second Quarter 5945 '( +PIOTPO UL - Ringo 41 fumble recovery (Stover kick), 9:07 UL - Harris 1 run (Stover kick), 5:59 Third Quarter 6- .D(VJSF SVO 4UPWFS LJDL

Fourth Quarter 6- '( 4UPWFS 6- '( 4UPWFS 5945 (VOUFS QBTT GSPN +POFT +PIOTPO LJDL

Team Statistics First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards 1BTTFT "UU $PNQ *OU Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time

UL 25 58-288 240

4-33.5 1-0 7-35 38:38

TXST 12 35-94 176

8-46.2 1-1 4-20 21:22

RUSHING: Georgia State - Caffey 27-90; Lutz 1-26; Bell 1-9; Arbuckle 3-9; Smith 4-4; Lytle 1-0. Louisiana - .D(VJSF )BSSJT #SPBEXBZ 1JFSDF 5&".

2-minus 3.

RUSHING: Louisiana - #SPBEXBZ )BSSJT .D(VJSF 3FFE )BBDL 5-16; TEAM 1-minus 2. Texas State - Lowe 8-36; Franks 7-30; Best 4-17; Jones 16-11.

PASSING: Georgia State - Arbuckle 19-27-0-276; Bell 1-4-0-11. Louisiana - Broadway )BBDL .D(VJSF

PASSING: Louisiana - Broadway 14-21-1-225; Haack 2-2-0-15. Texas State - Jones 14-231-176.

RECEIVING: Georgia State - Davis 6-63; Harden 4-91; Ruiz 4-75; Blair 3-40; Caffey 2-14; Minor 1-4. Louisiana - 3PCJOTPO 3JMFT .D(VJSF 1JFSDF 1FUUJT 1-18; Fuselier 1-11; Butler 1-9; Harris 1-3.

RECEIVING: Louisiana - .D(VJSF 3JMFT 'VTFMJFS 1FUUJT #VUMFS Tatford 1-12; Byrne 1-7; Scott 1-7. Texas State - *KBI (VOUFS 8IJUF (BJOFT 2-23; Miller 2-22; Price 2-13; Best 1-3.

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November 1, 2014 โ Lafayette, La.

Louisiana 55, Arkansas State 40

Louisiana 19, South Alabama 9

LAFAYETTE โ 4PQIPNPSF &MJKBI .D(VJSF SVTIFE GPS B DBSFFS IJHI BOE GPVS UPVDIEPXOT UP IFMQ UIF -PVJTJBOB 3BHJO $BKVOT UP B UISJMMJOH WJDUPSZ PWFS "SLBOsas State in a nationally-televised game Tuesday night at Cajun Field.

The Cajuns (4-3, 3-0 SBC), who rushed for 419 yards, totaled 521 total yards of PรฒFOTF PO UIF OJHIU XIJMF "SLBOTBT 4UBUF QVU VQ ZBSET .D(VJSF T ZBSET PO UIF HSPVOE XBT UIF UIJSE NPTU CZ B $BKVO JO TDIPPM IJTUPSZ "MPO[P )BSSJT KPJOFE .D(VJSF in leading the Cajuns rushing attack, gaining 107 yards and also recording four touchEPXOT JO UIF WJDUPSZ $PSFZ 5SJN MFE UIF $BKVOT EFGFOTF XJUI TFWFO UBDLMFT TJY TPMP UXP tackles for loss and one interception.

The Cajuns evened the contest on their second drive of the game with a four-yard touchdown run by Harris to complete a nine-play, 81-yard drive over 3:37. Broadway found James Butler for 34 yards to move the ball inside the redzone before runs by .D(VJSF TFU VQ UIF )BSSJT UPVDIEPXO UP LOPU JU BU 5IF 3FE 8PMWFT LFQU UIF HBNF UJFE XJUI UP HP JO UIF รถSTU CZ CMPDLJOH UIF $BKVOT FYUSB QPJOU BUUFNQU Back-to-back touchdowns for Louisiana propelled the Cajuns to a 20-9 lead less UIBO POF NJOVUF JOUP UIF TFDPOE RVBSUFS "GUFS )BSSJT GPVOE UIF FOE [POF GPS UIF TFDPOE time in the game with a 22-yard run, Trim intercepted and returned a Knighten pass for ZBSET UP UIF "SLBOTBT 4UBUF POF ZBSE MJOF 0OF QMBZ MBUFS )BSSJT QVODIFE JU JO GPS IJT third score of the contest to make it 20-9 with 14:16 left in the half.

"GUFS GPSDJOH BO "SLBOTBT 4UBUF QVOU -PVJTJBOB DPOUJOVFE JUT PรฒFOTJWF FYQMPTJPO XJUI B GPVS QMBZ ZBSE ESJWF IJHIMJHIUFE CZ B ZBSE UPVDIEPXO SVO CZ .D(VJSF UP give the Cajuns a 27-9 advantage with just over 11 minutes to go in the half.

5IF 3FE 8PMWFT DSFQU DMPTFS MBUF JO UIF GPVSUI RVBSUFS BT B ,OJHIUFO QBTT GPVOE Paschal in the end zone to make it a 41-32 contest after the two-point conversion failed with 5:32 to play.

Arkansas State 9 14 0 17 40 Louisiana 13 21 7 14 55 First Quarter ASU - Knighten 60 run (kick failed), 11:12 UL - Harris,Alonzo 4 yd run (kick blocked), 7:45 "46 '( 'FSHVTPO UL - Harris 22 run (Stover kick), 1:20 Second Quarter UL - Harris 1 run (Stover kick), 14:16 6- .D(VJSF SVO 4UPWFS LJDL

6- .D(VJSF SVO 4UPWFS LJDL

"46 (PSEPO SVO 'FSHVTPO LJDL

ASU - Paschal 87 pass from Knighten (Ferguson kick), 4:29 Third Quarter UL - Harris 4 run (Stover kick), 6:14 Fourth Quarter "46 '( 'FSHVTPO ASU - Paschal 6 pass from Knighten (pass failed), 5:37 6- .D(VJSF SVO 4UPWFS LJDL

ASU - Houston 12 pass from Knighten (Leapheart pass from Knighten), 1:12 6- .D(VJSF SVO 4UPWFS LJDL

First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards 1BTTFT "UU $PNQ *OU Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time

ASU 22 37-253 342

4-39.2 2-0 7-51 27:41

UL 25 56-419 102

6-45.0 0-0 9-83 32:19

RUSHING: Arkansas State - (PSEPO ,OJHIUFO .D,JTTJD )BZFT 8IJUF 5&". NJOVT $PY NJOVT Louisiana - .D(VJSF )BSSJT #SPBEXBZ /JYPO PASSING: Arkansas State - Knighten 26-37-1-344; Stone 1-1-0-minus 2; McKissic 0-1-00. Louisiana - Broadway, Terrance 9-17-0-102.

RECEIVING: Arkansas State - Paschal 8-141; McKissic 7-99; Houston 5-58; Trosin2-17; (PSEPO 3BJOT #ZOFS 'FSHVTPO NJOVT Louisiana - Bates 2-28; Pettis 3JMFT #VUMFS 4DPUU .D(VJSF

-"'":&55& o )VOUFS 4UPWFS DPOOFDUFE PO GPVS รถFME HPBMT XIJMF &MJKBI .D(VJSF BEEFE B GPVSUI RVBSUFS UPVDIEPXO UP DBSSZ UIF -PVJTJBOB 3BHJO $BKVOT GPPUCBMM UFBN UP UIFJS fourth-straight victory Saturday night in a 19-9 Homecoming win over South Alabama.

Louisiana outgained the Jaguars 412-336 with a 196-66 edge in rushing yards, while USA held a 270-216 advantage in passing yards. Terrance Broadway went 16-for-28 with ZBSET XJUI +BNFT #VUMFS DBUDIJOH GPVS QBTTFT GPS ZBSET BOE .D(VJSF NBLJOH OJOF DBUDIFT GPS ZBSET 0O UIF HSPVOE .D(VJSF MFE UIF $BKVOT 4#$ XJUI ZBSET and one touchdown on 18 carries.

5IF $BKVOT SVOOJOH HBNF DBSSJFE -PVJTJBOB EPXO UIF รถFME PO UIFJS รถSTU QPTTFTTJPO of the game before a Broadway pass to Devin Scott for 45 yards to the USA 10 put the Cajuns in the redzone. However, the Louisiana drive would stall, forcing a 23-yard field HPBM CZ )VOUFS 4UPWFS UP QVU UIF $BKVOT VQ XJUI UP QMBZ JO UIF รถSTU RVBSUFS

64" FWFOFE UIF HBNF BU UIF CFHJOOJOH PG UIF TFDPOE RVBSUFS XJUI B ZBSE รถFME goal by Aleem Sunanon. After Braedon Bowman caught a nine-yard pass from Bridge, USA went to the running game with back-to-back runs by Johnson to put the Jaguars at the Louisiana 10-yard line. Facing a third-and-goal, a roughing the passer call on the Cajuns gave USA an automatic first down at the four. However, the Jaguars would be stopped short of the end zone, turning to Sunanon to get on the board.

-PVJTJBOB CFHBO UIF GPVSUI RVBSUFS XJUI UIF CBMM PO JUT PXO .D(VJSF TUBSUFE Pรฒ UIF $BKVOT ESJWF XJUI B ZBSE HBJO GPMMPXFE CZ B ZBSE SVO UP DBSSZ UIF $BKVOT UP UIF USA 33. After a 13-yard rush by Broadway, the Cajuns were unable to find the end zone once again, looking to Stover to give Louisiana the lead. Stover converted the 32-yard attempt to put the Cajuns ahead, 12-9, with 11:28 to play.

The Cajuns recorded their first touchdown of the game three minutes later. Broadway UISFX B ZBSE QBTT UP .D(VJSF CFGPSF BOTXFSJOH XJUI B ZBSE DPNQMFUJPO UP #VUMFS UP TFU VQ BO FJHIU ZBSE UPVDIEPXO SVO GPS .D(VJSF UP QVU UIF $BKVOT VQ South Alabama 0 9 0 0 Louisiana 3 3 3 10 First Quarter 6- '( 4UPWFS Second Quarter 64" '( 4VOBOPO USA - Jones 12 pass from Bridge (kick failed), 8:15 6- '( 4UPWFS Third Quarter 6- '( 4UPWFS Fourth Quarter 6- '( 4UPWFS 6- .D(VJSF SVO 4UPWFSLJDL

First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards 1BTTFT "UU $PNQ *OU Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time

USA 18 35-66 270

6-38.0 1-1 8-76 28:40

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GAME 7

9 19

UL 22 39-196 216

4-32.2 1-1 5-39 31:20

Individual Statistics RUSHING: South Alabama - Johnson 10-43; Houston 15-42; Timmons 2-5; Floyd 2-0; Bridge 6-minus 24. Louisiana - .D(VJSF #SPBEXBZ )BSSJT 3FFE TEAM 1-minus 1.

PASSING: South Alabama - Bridge 16-27-0-177; Floyd 4-8-0-93.

Louisiana - Broadway 16-28-0-216.

RECEIVING: South Alabama - Smith 8-116; Bowman 3-54; Jones 3-35; Shinn 2-51; WoodTPO 5JNNPOT (MPWFS Louisiana - .D(VJSF #VUMFS 4DPUU 'VTFMJFS 1-7; Broadway 1-minus 25; Riles 0-8.

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GAME 9

GAME 10

November 8, 2014 — Las Cruces, N.M.

November 15, 2014 — Monroe, La.

Louisiana 44, New Mexico State 16 LAS CRUCES, N.M. – &MJKBI .D(VJSF SVTIFE GPS ZBSET BOE TDPSFE B QBJS PG touchdowns while Terrance Broadway completed 12 of 23 passes for 158 yards and three UPVDIEPXOT BT UIF -PVJTJBOB 3BHJO $BKVOT TDPSFE VOBOTXFSFE QPJOUT BOE DSVJTFE UP B XJO PWFS /FX .FYJDP 4UBUF JO B 4VO #FMU $POGFSFODF HBNF PO 4BUVSEBZ BU "HHJF Memorial Stadium.

Jared Johnson caught TD passes of 5 and 9 yards and Tracy Walker picked off a pair of passes as Louisiana (6-3, 5-0 Sun Belt) became bowl eligible for the fourth consecutive year and opened 5-0 in league play for the second straight season.

Louisiana gained 402 yards of total offense, including 244 on the ground. James Butler caught five passes for 95 yards for Louisiana with Jevante Watson adding an interception.

5IF 3BHJO $BKVOT EFGFOTF GPSDFE GPVS UVSOPWFST BHBJOTU UIF IJHI QPXFSFE /. 4UBUF 1-5 Sun Belt) offense and allowed 307 yards of total offense, including 103 on the ground.

"GUFS BMMPXJOH /. 4UBUF UP UBLF B MFBE PO B ZBSE ĂśFME HPBM CZ .BYXFMM +PIOTPO UIF 3BHJO $BKVOT UPPL UIF MFBE GPS HPPE BT #SPBEXBZ DPOOFDUFE XJUI +PIOTPO PO B ZBSE TD pass to complete a 15-play, 75-yard drive.

.D(VJSF BEEFE B ZBSE TDPSJOH SVO GPS -PVJTJBOB JO UIF TFDPOE RVBSUFS CFGPSF &òSFN 3FFE BEEFE B ZBSE TDPSJOH SVO UP HJWF UIF 3BHJO $BKVOT B MFBE BU IBMGUJNF

.D(VJSF BEEFE B ZBSE TDPSJOH QBTT GSPN #SPBEXBZ XJUI SFNBJOJOH JO UIF UIJSE RVBSUFS UP HJWF -PVJTJBOB B MFBE BOE UIF 3BHJO $BKVOT BEEFE B EFGFOTJWF FYUSB QPJOU XIFO $PSFZ 5SJN SFUVSOFE B /. 4UBUF FYUSB QPJOU BUUFNQU UIBU XBT CMPDLFE CZ %BS[JM Washington.

Broadway closed out the night with a 9-yard scoring pass to Johnson for a 37-9 lead before redshirt freshman Darrius Hoggins recorded his first career TD when he scored on a 3-yard run.

NM State, which dropped its eighth straight game after opening the season 2-0, scored its first touchdown of the game with Tyler Rogers connected with Teldrick Morgan on a ZBSE TDPSJOH QBTT JO UIF UIJSE RVBSUFS 9BWJFS )BMM BEEFE B ZBSE 5% SVO GPS /. 4UBUF with 2:09 remaining.

Rogers finished 19-for-34 for 204 yards for the Aggies with three interceptions. Hall gained 47 yards on 19 carries for the Aggies with Morgan posting game-highs with eight receptions for 117 yards.

Louisiana 7 14 9 14 44 /FX .FYJDP 4UBUF

First quarter /.46 '( +PIOTPO UL - J. Johnson 5 pass from Broadway (Stover kick), 2:26 Second quarter 6- .D(VJSF SVO 4UPWFS LJDL

UL - Reed 2 run (Stover kick), :44 Third quarter 6- .D(VJSF QBTT GSPN #SPBEXBZ 4UPWFS LJDL

NMSU - Morgan 42 pass from Rogers (kick blocked), 9:15 UL - Trim PAT return, 9:15 Fourth quarter UL - J. Johnson 9 pass from Broadway (Stover kick), 14:16 UL - Hoggins 3 run (Stover kick), 10:26 NMSU - Hall 5 run (Johnson kick), 2:09 First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards 1BTTFT "UU $PNQ *OU Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time

UL 22 54-244 158

7-40.0 0-0 1-5 36:17

NMSU 14 33-103 204

5-40.8 1-1 1-5 23:43

Individual Statistics RUSHING: Louisiana - .D(VJSF 3FFE #SPBEXBZ )PHHJOT 5&".

1-minus 1; Riles 1-minus 1; Haack 1-minus 12. New Mexico State - )BMM 3PTF *** Rogers 5-20; Allen 1-7; Washington 4-4.

PASSING: Louisiana - Broadway 12-23-0-158; Haack 0-0-0-0. New Mexico State - Rogers 19-34-3-204.

RECEIVING: Louisiana - #VUMFS 3JMFT +PIOTPO #BUFT .D(VJSF Reed 1-3. New Mexico State - Morgan #PXFO .BUUIFXT #SPXO 3PTF *** )BMM

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Louisiana 34, ULM 27

MONROE – Terrance Broadway tossed for a pair of touchdowns and rushed for BOPUIFS "MPO[P )BSSJT SVTIFE GPS ZBSET BOE UIF -PVJTJBOB 3BHJO $BKVOT EFGFOTF recorded seven sacks, forced three turnovers and set a single-game school-record for rushing defense as it held off ULM, 34-27, in a Sun Belt Conference game on Saturday at JPS Field at Malone Stadium.

$ISJTUJBO 3JOHP NPWFE DMPTFS UP CFDPNJOH UIF TDIPPM T BMM UJNF TBDL MFBEFS GPS Louisiana (7-3, 6-0 Sun Belt) as he registered 2.5 sacks to increase his season total to 10.5 and career total to 20.5.

Head coach Mark Hudspeth earned his 100th career victory at the NCAA level as -PVJTJBOB CVJMU B MFBE JO UIF ĂśSTU RVBSUFS CFGPSF TDPSJOH B QBJS PG UPVDIEPXOT UP withstand a ULM (3-7, 2-4 Sun Belt) rally.

Harris, who entered the game needing 19 yards to join Tyrell Fenroy and Brian Mitchell as the only players in school history to rush for over 3,000 yards, needed one DBSSZ UP FDMJQTF UIF NBSL XIFO IJT ZBSE SVO PO UIF HBNF T UIJSE QMBZ GSPN TDSJNNBHF put the ball at the ULM 5. The drive would stall and Hunter Stover would boot a 22-yard ĂśFME HPBM UP DBQ B TFWFO QMBZ ZBSE ESJWF UP HJWF UIF 3BHJO $BKVOT B MFBE

5IF $BKVOT XPVME TDPSF BHBJO PO UIFJS OFYU QPTTFTTJPO BGUFS 6-. GBJMFE UP DPOWFSU B GPVSUI BOE QMBZ BU UIF 6- &MJKBI .D(VJSF PQFOFE UIF ESJWF XJUI B ZBSE SVO before Broadway rushed for 23 to the ULM 29 before connecting with James Butler for B ZBSE HBJO UP UIF 6-. 5XP QMBZT MBUFS .D(VJSF TDPSFE PO B ZBSE QMVOHF UIBU DBQQFE B ĂśWF QMBZ ZBSE ESJWF GPS B MFBE XJUI SFNBJOJOH JO UIF ĂśSTU RVBSUFS Broadway, who added 92 yards on the ground, scored on a 12-yard TD with 11:00 remaining in the game to give Louisiana a 27-13 lead before ULM attempted to come back.

#VU UIF $BKVOT BOTXFSFE XJUI B TFWFO QMBZ ESJWF UIBU FOEFE XJUI #SPBEXBZ T TFDond TD pass of the night. After Broadway rushed for 12 yards on second-and-10 to the 6-. UIF TFOJPS øJQQFE B TIPWFM QBTT UP 'VTFMJFS PO UIF OFYU QMBZ BOE UIF GSFTINBO tip-toed his way down the right sideline with 2:53 remaining for a 34-20 advantage.

Louisiana 17 3 0 14 34 ULM 7 6 0 14 27 First quarter 6- '( 4UPWFS 6- .D(VJSF SVO 4UPWFS LJDL

ULM - Jackson 5 pass from Thomas (Mantonkick), 2:24 UL - Riles 16 pass from Broadway (Stover kick), :42 Second quarter 6-. '( .BOUPO 6- '( 4UPWFS 6-. '( .BOUPO Fourth quarter UL - Broadway 12 run (Stover kick), 11:00 ULM - Thomas 2 run (Manton kick), 6:46 UL - Fuselier 36 pass from Broadway (Stoverkick), 2:53 ULM - Ceaser 45 pass from Thomas (Manton kick), 1:47 First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards 1BTTFT "UU $PNQ *OU Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time

UL 20 47-282 174

2-43.0 0-0 5-32 30:38

ULM 21 21-(-39) 483

2-44.0 3-3 0-0 29:22

Individual Statistics Rushing: Louisiana - )BSSJT #SPBEXBZ .D(VJSF 3FFE 5&".

1-minus 1. ULM - Donald 7-1; Manton 2-minus 11; Thomas 12-minus 29.

Passing: Louisiana - #SPBEXBZ /JYPO ULM - Thomas 38-54-0-472; TEAM 0-1-0-0; Brown 1-1-0-11.

Receiving: Louisiana - #VUMFS 'VTFMJFS .D(VJSF 3JMFT #BUFT ULM - $FBTFS +BDLTPO %POBME $BJO 0TCPSOF )PMMFZ

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November 22, 2014 โ Lafayette, La.

November 29, 2014 โ Troy, Ala.

Appalachian State 35, Louisiana 16 LAFAYETTE โ Appalachian State totaled 427 yards of offense and put together a QPJOU GPVSUI RVBSUFS UP SFDPSE B WJDUPSZ 4BUVSEBZ BGUFSOPPO BU $BKVO 'JFME TOBQQJOH UIF -PVJTJBOB 3BHJO $BKVOT GPPUCBMM UFBN T TJY HBNF XJO TUSFBL

)PMEJOH B MFBE IFBEJOH JOUP UIF GPVSUI RVBSUFS UPVDIEPXO SVOT CZ .BSDVT $PY BOE 5FSSFODF 6QTIBX JO UIF รถOBM TJY NJOVUFT PG UIF HBNF TFBMFE UIF .PVOUBJOFFST victory.

"QQ 4UBUF 4#$ SBO GPS ZBSET MFE CZ ZBSET GSPN .BSDVT $PY 5BZMPS Lamb went 11-of-22 for 195 yards and one interception.

For Louisiana (7-4, 6-1 SBC), Terrance Broadway went 11-of-22 for 160 yards as the Cajuns were held to 259 yards of offense, their lowest total yardage since recording 241 in B MPTT UP #PJTF 4UBUF CBDL PO 4FQU &MJKBI .D(VJSF MFE BMM $BKVOT SFDFJWFST XJUI yards on five catches while adding 36 rushing yards and one touchdown on nine carries.

Alonzo Harris paced the Louisiana running game with 60 yards on 13 attempts.

*O UIF รถSTU )VOUFS 4UPWFS HBWF UIF $BKVOT B MFBE BGUFS DPOOFDUJOH PO B ZBSE field goal with 7:05 to play in the period. T.J. Worthy set up the Cajuns with good field position after picking off Lamb to give Louisiana the ball at the Mountaineers 21-yard line.

"QQ 4UBUF BOTXFSFE XJUI UXP UPVDIEPXOT MBUF JO UIF รถSTU RVBSUFS $PY DBQQFE Pรฒ BO 11-play, 82-yard drive with an eight-yard run to make it a 7-3 game with 1:45 remaining in the first. The Mountaineers added to their lead a little over a minute later as Bobo Beathard returned a Daniel Cadona punt 33 yards for a 14-3 score at the end of the first.

5IF $BKVOT DVU JOUP UIFJS EFรถDJU PO UIFJS TFDPOE ESJWF PG UIF TFDPOE RVBSUFS BT .D(VJSF found the end zone from eight yards out to make it a 14-10 game with 7:46 remaining in the half. A Stover 26-yard field goal ended the half as the Mountaineers took a 14-13 lead into the break.

*O UIF UIJSE RVBSUFS -BNC GPVOE .D(VJSF GPS B ZBSE UPVDIEPXO QBTT UP FYUFOE the App State advantage to 21-13 with 5:39 to play in the period. Stover recorded his third รถFME HPBM PG UIF BGUFSOPPO MBUF JO UIF RVBSUFS DPOOFDUJOH PO B ZBSEFS UP NBLF JU after three.

" ZBSE UPVDIEPXO SVO CZ $PY XJUI UP QMBZ JO UIF HBNF FYUFOEFE UIF .PVOUBJOFFST BEWBOUBHF UP CFGPSF B ZBSE UPVDIEPXO SVO CZ 6QTIBX XJUI MFGU Appalachian State 14 0 7 14 35 Louisiana 3 10 3 0 16 First quarter 6- '( 4UPWFS "11 $PY SVO $SJUDIFS LJDL

APP - Beathard 33 punt return (Critcher kick), :20 Second quarter 6- .D(VJSF SVO 4UPWFS LJDL

6- '( 4UPWFS Third quarter "11 .D(VJSF QBTT GSPN -BNC $SJUDIFS LJDL

6- '( 4UPWFS Fourth quarter "11 $PY SVO $SJUDIFS LJDL

APP - Upshaw 36 run (Critcher kick), 2:26 First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards 1BTTFT "UU $PNQ *OU Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time

APP 20 47-232 195

3-34.3 1-1 3-30 31:42

UL 17 35-99 160

6-41.8 0-0 3-27 28:18

Individual Statistics Rushing: Appalachian State - $PY 6QTIBX -BNC 5&". NJOVT Louisiana - )BSSJT .D(VJSF #SPBEXBZ 3FFE Passing: Appalachian State - Lamb 11-22-1-195. Louisiana - Broadway 21-33-0-160; TEAM 0-1-0-0.

Receiving: Appalachian State - .D(VJSF .FBEPST #FBUIBSE .D&MGSFTI 2-24; Sumler 2-13; Jones 1-33. Louisiana - .D(VJSF 3JMFT #VUMFS 'VTFMJFS 4-21; Reed 2-17; Johnson 1-14; Bates 1-9.

Louisiana 42, Troy 23

TROY, Ala. โ &MJKBI .D(VJSF SVTIFE GPS ZBSET BOE CFDBNF UIF GPVSUI QMBZFS JO TDIPPM IJTUPSZ UP SVTI GPS ZBSET JO B TFBTPO BOE UIF -PVJTJBOB 3BHJO $BKVOT HPU a strong defensive effort in the second half to erase a halftime deficit and earn a 42-23 victory over Troy in the Sun Belt Conference regular-season finale for both teams on Saturday at Veterans Memorial Stadium.

Alonzo Harris added 86 yards and three touchdowns while Terrance Broadway completed 14 of 19 passes for 142 yards as Louisiana (8-4, 7-1 Sun Belt) earned eight wins in the regular season for the fourth consecutive season under head coach Mark Hudspeth. Troy, which was playing its final game under legendary coach Larry Blakeney, finished its season at 3-9 overall and 3-5 in league play.

After Troy built a 23-21 lead at halftime behind an offensive performance that QSPEVDFE ZBSET UIF 3BHJO $BKVOT TUVรฒFE UIF 5SPKBOT JO UIF รถOBM NJOVUFT BT Louisiana yielded 52 yards and finished with a 486-394 advantage.

-PVJTJBOB XIJDI DPOUSPMMFE UIF GPPUCBMM GPS JO UIF UIJSE RVBSUFS BOE OFBSMZ 22 minutes in the second half, opened the half with a 10-play, 74-yard drive to take a MFBE JU XPVME OPU SFMJORVJTI .D(VJSF XIP TDPSFE UXJDF BOE KPJOFE #SJBO .JUDIFMM .JDIBFM %FTPSNFBVY BOE 5ZSFMM 'FOSPZ BT ZBSE SVTIFST JO TDIPPM IJTUPSZ PQFOFE the drive with a 13-yard gain before Broadway rushed for eight yards and connected XJUI (BCF 'VTFMJFS PO B ZBSE HBJO UP UIF 5SPZ Three plays later on third-and-7, Broadway hit C.J. Bates for a 26-yard gain to the Troy 18 and Harris would score four plays later on a 1-yard scoring plunge to drive that took 5:00 off the clock.

"GUFS UIF 3BHJO $BKVOT GPSDFE B QVOU PO 5SPZ T รถSTU ESJWF PG UIF TFDPOE IBMG -PVJTJBOB drove 87 yards in 12 plays that took 6:25 off the clock.

Broadway, who rushed for 78 yards on 14 carries, gained 13 yards on second-and-10 to the UL 26 before Harris kept the drive alive after gaining 11 yards to the UL 46 on UIJSE BOE .D(VJSF BEEFE B ZBSE SVO BSPVOE SJHIU FOE GPS B รถSTU EPXO UP UIF 5SPZ 28 before Broadway hit Larry Pettis for a 13-yard gain on second-and-8 to the Troy 13.

Broadway capped the drive two plays later when he faked a handoff to Harris and rushed around the left side for a 9-yard score that gave Louisiana a 35-23 lead with :33 SFNBJOJOH JO UIF RVBSUFS Harris added his third TD of the game for Louisiana when he scored on 1-yard run with 3:48 remaining that capped an 11-play, 65-yard drive.

game ReCaPs

GAME 11

Louisiana 7 14 14 7 42 Troy 2 21 0 0 23 First Quarter 6- .D(VJSF SVO 4UPWFSLJDL

530: 5&". TBGFUZ Second Quarter 530: )PMNFT QBTT GSPN 4JMWFST ,BZ LJDL

UL - Harris 2 run (Stover kick), 5:34 530: 3VCFO QBTT GSPN 4JMWFST ,BZ LJDL

6- .D(VJSF SVO 4UPWFS LJDL

530: $IJUUZ QBTT GSPN 4JMWFST ,BZ LJDL

Third Quarter UL - Harris 1 run (Stover kick), 10:00 UL - Broadway 9 run (Stover kick), :33 Fourth Quarter UL - Harris 1 run (Stover kick), 3:48 First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards 1BTTFT "UU $PNQ *OU Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time

UL 25 49-344 142

2-33.5 0-0 6-57 32:19

TROY 24 32-122 272

3-31.3 3-2 4-40 27:41

Individual Statistics Rushing: Louisiana - .D(VJSF )BSSJT #SPBEXBZ 3FFE 5&".

1-minus 2. Troy - Burks 6-50; Franklin 7-43; Chunn 11-26; Silvers 7-10; Worthy 1-minus 7.

Passing: Louisiana - Broadway 14-19-0-142. Troy - Silvers 29-34-0-272.

Receiving: Louisiana - Fuselier 5-44; Riles 3-20; Pettis 2-27; Butler 2-19; Bates 1-26; Scott 1-6. Troy - Worthy 8-72; Ruben 5-67; Chitty 4-20; Burks 3-18; Holmes 2-41; Bentley 2-14; Edenfield 2-1; Harris 1-27; Anderson 1-6; Dent 1-6.

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BoWL HIstoRY

1944 Oil Bowl

1970 Grantland Rice Bowl

Louisiana 24, Arkansas A&M 7 Tennessee St. 26, Louisiana 25 Louisiana 32, San Diego State 30 Jan. 1, 1944 Houston, Texas

Dec. 12, 1970

HOUSTON — What many consider to be “The Best Team in Louisiana History”, Louisiana (then known as Southwestern Louisiana Institute) defeated Arkansas A&M (the present-day University of Arkansas at Monticello) 24-7 to claim the 1944 Oil Bowl Championship.

The New Year’s Day rematch was played under the same rainy, muddy and foggy conditions as the earlier meeting between the two teams on Nov. 6 in Memphis, Tenn. That game ended in a 20-20 tie.

The Cajuns versatile backs and strong offensive line was no match for the Aggies.

“I say that no team, and I put the emphasis on Notre Dame, could have beaten us that day,” said Louisiana-Lafayette head coach Louis Whitman.

Louisiana-Lafayette was led by quarterback Alvin Dark, who either scored or set-up each of the Cajuns tallies.

The Cajuns struck in the first quarter when Dark returned an Aggies punt 24 yards down to the AAM 21 yard-line. Following an offsides penalty and a first down run by Dark, Dark then split the uprights from 16 yards to give the Cajuns a 3-0 lead.

Louisiana-Lafayette upped their lead to 10-0 just two possessions later. Moe Richmond made a sensational leaping catch between two defenders for a 12-yard score from Dark.

Arkansas A&M moved down to the Cajuns 19 on the next possession, but came away empty handed. AAM’s quarterback needed just two completions to move the Aggies 51 yards, but then threw three consecutive incompletions to turn the ball back over to Louisiana-Lafayette.

The Aggies scored on their first possession of the second half to cut the Cajuns lead to 10-7. A running into the kicker penalty on the Cajuns helped extend the AAM 64-yard drive that ended in a 27 yard touchdown pass from Gray to Bill Coomer.

Louisiana Arkansas A&M

3 0

7 0

7 7

7 — 24 0 — 7

1st Quarter: UL - Dark 17 yd field goal.

2nd Quarter: UL - Richmond 12 yd pass from Dark (Dark kick).

3rd Quarter: AAM - Cromer 27 yd pass from Gray (Marshall kick); UL - Pillow 7 yd run (Dark kick).

4th Quarter: UL - Dark 10 yd run (Dark kick)

Baton Rouge, La.

BATON ROUGE, La. — The Ragin’ Cajuns, appearing in their second bowl in school history, fell victim to turnovers and special teams miscues en route to a 26-25 loss to the Tennessee State University Tigers.

Tennessee State scored two touchdowns in 1:28 to take a 14-0 lead after one quarter.

Louisiana responded with two touchdowns in the second quarter.

Nelson Schexnayder hauled in a seven-yard touchdown pass from George Coussan, but Roy Pendergraft’s extra point was blocked. Robert Gill scored on a four yard run just 3:46 later, but Coussan’s pass to Dickie Haik was broken-up, and the Cajuns trailed 14-12 at the half.

A scoreless third quarter led to a frenzy of activity in the fourth stanza.

Schexnayder caught his second touchdown of the game on a 17-yard toss from Coussan with 8:57 remaining in the game. Pendergraft’s extra point gave the Cajuns a 19-14 lead.

The ensuing kickoff was fumbled by J. Thaxton into the end zone where Mike Courville recovered for a Cajuns touchdown. Pendergraft’s extra point was blocked again, giving Louisiana a 25-14 lead.

TSU traveled 55 yards on seven plays in 2:45 culminating in a threeyard touchdown scramble by Joe Gilliam. Albert Davis was cut down on the try for two, keeping the score 25-20 in favor of the Cajuns.

Coussan’s seventh interception of the game led to a short touchdown run by Davis with 3:22 remaining in the game.

The Cajuns comeback hopes were dashed when Tom Hauser’s pass was intercepted by Donald Pinson, his fifth pick of the game and TSU’s eighth.

Tennessee State Louisiana

14 0

0 12

0 12 — 26 0 13 — 25

1st Quarter: TSU - Coleman 18 yd pass from Gilliam (Reese kick), 1:58; TSU - Reese 63 yd pass from Gilliam (Reese kick), 0:30.

2nd Quarter: UL - Schexnayder 7 yd pass from Coussan (Pedergraft kick Blocked), 11:38; UL - Gill 4 yd run (Coussan pass failed), 7:52.

3rd Quarter: No Scoring.

4th Quarter: UL - Schexnayder 17 yd pass from Coussan (Pendergraft kick), 8:57; UL - Courville fumble recovery in end zone (Pendergraft kick blocked), 8:57; TSU - Gilliam 3 yd run (Albert Davis run failed), 6:12; TSU - Albert Davis 5 yd run (Gilliam pass failed), 3:22.

Attendance: 13,400 UL First Downs ......................................... 13 Rushes-Yards (Net) .........................41-22 Passing-Yards (Net) ................ 10/31-106 Total Offense (Plays-Yards) ...........72-128 Punt Returns-Yards.............................1-9 Kick Returns-Yards..........................7-158 Punts-Average ..............................7-35.1 Fumbles-Lost .....................................5-1 Penalties-Yards.................................8-84

Individual Statistics

TSU 16 35-(-1) 19/37-302 72-301 4-53 3-46 5-34.6 7-4 18-149

RUSHING: TSU: Lane 8-18, Reese 7-17, Davis, A. 10-14, Gilliam 10-(-50). UL: Gill 22-44, English 4-14, Haik 2-8, Dupre 1-4, Coussan 12-(-48) PASSING: TSU: Gilliam19-37-2-280, Davis, A. 1-1-0-22.

UL: Coussan 10-31-7-107; Hauser 0-1-1-0.

RECEIVING: TSU: Davis, D. 9-131, Reese 7-111, Coleman 2-42, Lane 2-18. UL: Schexnayder 3-48, Hauser 2-33, Michel 1-15, Dupre 1-13, English 1-1, Gill 2-(-3).

DEFENSE: TSU: Pinson 5 INT (5-19), Herring 2 INT (2-17), West 1 INT (1-18), Stevenson 3 SK (-29), Wynn 1 SK (-11), TEAM 1 SK (-3) Sims 1 FR. UL: St. Amant 1 INT (1-27) Inhern 1 INT, (1-0), Blanchard 1 SK (-12), TEAM 5 SK (-52), Kleinpeter 2 FR, McDonald 1 FR, Courville 1 FR.

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2011 R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Dec. 17, 2011

New Orleans, La.

NEW ORLEANS, La. — Brett Baer’s 50-yard field goal as time expired lifted Louisiana to a 32-30 victory over San Diego State in the 2011 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl in front of a record 42,841 fans at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

Trailing 30-29 with 35 seconds remaining, Blaine Gautier capped off a record-setting performance of 470 yards passing by directing Louisiana (9-4) 49 yards for Baer’s game clincher. Starting at the UL 18, Gautier completed back-to-back passes to Javone Lawson that covered 39 yards and moved the Cajuns to the SDSU 43.

Gautier found Harry Peoples on the sideline for five yards to the SDSU 38 to move into the 50-yard field goal range, then a five-yard penalty against the Aztecs (8-5) set up Baer’s heroics.

The Aztecs used a 10 play, 69 yard drive capped off by a Ryan Lindley touchdown pass to Colin Lockett to take a 30-29 lead.

Gautier’s 470 yards passing established an R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl record. He eclipsed the previous record of 387 passing yards set by Troy’s Corey Robinson (vs. Ohio in 2010), giving him 2,958 yards for the year, toppling Jake Delhomme’s record of 2901 yards passing in 1996.

Lawson joined Gautier in the history book after posting 193 yards on nine catches to become only the third Cajuns receiver to post 1,000-plus yards in a season.

Aberlardo Perez gave the Aztecs a 3-0 lead after his 27-yard attempt was true at the 9:53 mark in the first quarter.

With 25 seconds left in the first quarter, the Cajuns grabbed a 6-3 advantage on an 18-yard touchdown strike from Gautier to Lawson. The extra point attempt was blocked.

The Cajuns increased their lead to 13-3 on an electrifying 87-yard punt return for touchdown by Darryl Surgent at the 14:00 mark in the second quarter.

UL used a 20-yard TD connection from Gautier to Ladarius Green to take a 19-3 lead at the start of the third quarter.

San Diego State capitalized on a long kick return by Lockett to pull within nine points after a 16-yard touchdown pass from Lindley to Lockett at the 12:54 mark in the third quarter. Lockett and Lindley hooked up for another 16-yard score to pull the Aztecs to within 19-17.

Gautier connected with Lawson for his second TD reception of the contest with an 11-yard TD reception with 12:48 left in the game to extend the Louisiana edge to 26-17.

San Diego State Louisiana

3 6

0 14 13 — 30 7 6 13 — 32

1st Quarter: SDSU - Perez 27 yd field goal, 9:35; UL - Lawson 18 yd pass from Gautier (Baer kick blocked), 0:25.

2nd Quarter: UL - Surgent 87 yd punt return (Baer kick), 14:00.

3rd Quarter: UL - Green 20 yd pass from Gautier (Baer kick failed), 14:01; SDSU - Lockett 16 yd pass from Lindley (Peres kick), 12:54; SDSU - Lockett 16 yd pass from Lindley (Perez kick), 3:40.

4th Quarter: UL - Lawson 11 yd pass from Gautier (Baer kick), 12:48; SDSU Muema 5 yd run (Perez kick), 5:40; UL - Baer 22 yd field goal, 2:09; SDSU - Lockett 12 yd pass from Lindley (Lindley pass failed); 0:35; UL - Baer 50 yd field goal, 0:00.

Attendance: 42,841 (Bowl Game Record) SDSU First Downs ......................................... 29 Rushes-Yards (Net) .........................31-68 Passing-Yards (Net) ................ 28/49-413 Total Offense (Plays-Yards) ...........80-481 Punt Returns-Yards.............................0-0 Kick Returns-Yards..........................5-121 Punts-Average ..............................4-49.2 Fumbles-Lost .....................................1-0 Penalties-Yards.................................4-30 Time of Possession ......................... 33:29

Individual Statistics

UL 25 30-76 25/44-492 74-568 2-92 6-110 4-36.8 1-0 9-76 26:31

RUSHING: SDSU - Hillman 24-55; Muema 3-9, 1; Lindley 2-6; Young 1-0; Team 1-(-2). UL - Harris 14-62; Gautier 9-22; McGuire 2-6; Lawson 1-1; Walker 1-0; Spikes 1-(-2).

PASSING: SDSU - Lindley 28-49-0-413-3. UL - Gautier 24-50-1-470-3; McGuire 1-1-0-22-0; Masson 0-1-0-0-0; Harris 0-1-0-0-0.

RECEIVING: SDSU - Lockett 6-85-3; Russell 6-79; Denso 5-109; Escobar 4-70; Hillman 4-49; Young 2-21; Roberts 1-0. UL - Lawson 9-193-2; Green 5-121-1; Peoples 5-50; Surgent 3-93; Bentley 1-22; Thompson 1-11; McGuire 1-2.

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2013 R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl

Louisiana 43, East Carolina 34

Louisiana 24, Tulane 21

Dec. 22, 2012

New Orleans, La.

/&8 03-&"/4 -B o 5FSSBODF #SPBEXBZ BDDPVOUFE for 424 yards of total offense as Louisiana repeated BT 3 - $BSSJFST /FX 0SMFBOT #PXM DIBNQJPOT XJUI B 43-34 victory over East Carolina before a bowl record crowd of 48,828 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

Broadway, who completed 21-of-32 passes for 316 yards and a touchdown and had 15 rushes for 108 ZBSET XBT OBNFE /FX 0SMFBOT #PXM .71 The Cajuns jumped out to a 14-0 lead early in the TFDPOE RVBSUFS XIFO #SPBEXBZ BOE )BSSZ 1FPQMFT scored on runs of 12 and 10 yards, respectively.

ECU answered with the first of two Reggie Bullock TD runs, a five-yard scamper at the 12:48 mark.

"MPO[P )BSSJT TDPSFE PO UPVDIEPXO SVOT PG TJY BOE ZBSET UP FYUFOE UIF MFBE UP XJUI MFGU A pair of ECU touchdowns just 13 seconds apart closed the gap to 28-21 before Baer closed the half XJUI B ZBSE ĂśFME HPBM BT UJNF FYQJSFE The Pirates ran off 10 straight points to tie the HBNF JO UIF UIJSE RVBSUFS UIF MBTU TFWFO DPNJOH PO a 13-yard run by Bullock with 5:57 left.

5IF $BKVOT BOTXFSFE RVJDLMZ BT +BWPOF -BXTPO made an acrobatic grab of a 14-yard pass from BroadXBZ XJUI MFGU #BFS T FYUSB QPJOU XBT CMPDLFE BT Louisiana led, 37-31. &$6 DMPTFE UP XJUIJO PO 8BSSFO )BSWFZ T second field goal of the day, a 26-yard effort with 13:36 left, but the Cajuns defense stiffened, holding the Pirates scoreless in their final three possessions to secure the win.

East Carolina Louisiana

0 21 10 7 24 6

3 — 34 6 — 43

1st Quarter: UL - Terrance Broadway 12-yard run (Brett Baer kick), 8:10.

2nd Quarter: UL - Harry Peoples 10-yard run (Baer kick), 6:33; ECU - Reggie Bullock 5-yard run (Warren Harvey kick), 12:48; UL - Alonzo Harris 6-yard run (Baer kick), 11:07; UL - Harris 68-yard run (Baer kick), 7:05; ECU - Justin Hardy 19-yard pass from Shane Carden (Harvey kick), 3:09; ECU - Danny Webster 16-yard pass from Carden (Harvey kick), 2:56; UL - Baer 50-yard field goal, 0:00.

3rd Quarter: ECU - Harvey 45-yard field goal, 9:46; ECU Bullock 13-yard run (Harvey kick), 5:57: UL - Javone Lawson 14-yard pass from Broadway (Baer kick blocked), 3:07).

4th Quarter: ECU - Harvey 26-yard field goal, 13:36; UL - Baer 25-yard field goal, 3:11; UL - Baer 39-yard field goal, 0:10.

Attendance: 48,828 ECU First downs .....................................24 Rushes-yards ............................30-143 Passing yards............................... 278 Return yards ..................................96 Passing A-C-I ........................... 43-25-1 Punts-Yds.-Avg. .................... 6-278-46.3 Fumbles-Lost ................................1-0 Penalties-Yards.............................0-0 Time of Possession ....................27:17

*OEJWJEVBM 4UBUJTUJDT

UL 25 42-267 324 159 1-1 4-50 32:43

35-22-1 5-212-42.4

RUSHING: ECU - Bullock 17-104, 2; Cooper 9-19; Solomon 1-19; Carden 3-1. UL - Harris 21-120, 2; Broadway 15-108, 1; (BVUJFS 1FPQMFT 1JFSDF 3FFE PASSING: ECU - Carden 42-25-1, 278, 2; Hardy 1-0-0. UL #SPBEXBZ (BVUJFS 1FPQMFT .

RECEIVING: ECU - Bodenheimer 5-65; Hardy 5-59, 1; Webster 4-42, 1; Solomon 3-56; Harris 2-14; Cooper 2-3; Wiggins 1-18; Bullock 1-11; Jones 1-5; Pasut 1-5. UL - Robinson 6-116, 1; Lawson 4-71, 1; Peoples 3-43; Thompson 3-27; Brown 2-30; 3FFE 4VSHFOU .BYXFMM #VUMFS

Dec. 21, 203

New Orleans, La.

/&8 03-&"/4 -B o 5XP ZFBST BHP B NBEF MBTU TFDPOE field goal gave Louisiana its first bowl victory since 1944. Two years, and a pair of bowl victories later, a missed field goal in the final seconds would give the Cajuns their third straight postseason victory.

Hunter Stover kicked a 27-yard field goal – the first of his collegiate career – with 9:56 remaining and the LouiTJBOB 3BHJO $BKVOT FBSOFE JUT UIJSE TUSBJHIU CPXM WJDUPSZ XIFO 5VMBOF T $BJSP 4BOUPT NJTTFE B QPUFOUJBM UZJOH ZBSE ÜFME HPBM JO B XJO PWFS UIF (SFFO 8BWF CFGPSF BO 3 - $BSSJFST /FX 0SMFBOT #PXM SFDPSE DSPXE PG at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

The dramatic victory in its postseason home away from home helped Louisiana (9-4) claim its third consecutive nine-win season while becoming the first school in /FX 0SMFBOT #PXM IJTUPSZ UP XJO UISFF DPOTFDVUJWF HBNFT Stover, who served as the Cajuns primary kickoff specialist before assuming all kicking duties against South Alabama, helped Louisiana stave off a furious comeback

by Tulane (7-6) after Sean Thomas picked off his second pass of the game at the Tulane 28.

Tulane, playing in its final game after 38 years in the iconic downtown building, had one final chance to send the game to overtime after a Daniel Cadona punt was downed at the Tulane 5 with 1:35 remaining. Devin Powell connected with Justyn Shackleford on a 34-yard pass on third-and-10 to the Tulane 39 CFGPSF B ZBSE QBTT UP 3ZBO (SBOU QVTIFE UIF CBMM UP UIF Cajuns 34.

Powell, who completed 10 of 21 passes for 223 yards, found Kendrick Banks on a nine-yard catch to the Cajuns 25 before Chris Hill made a key defensive stop for Louisiana with a five-yard sack forcing Tulane to call its final timeout with 13 seconds left.

Tulane Louisiana

0 14 14 7

7 0

BoWL HIstoRY

2012 R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl

0 — 21 3 — 24

First Quarter 6- &MJKBI .D(VJSF SVO )VOUFS 4UPWFS LJDL

UL - Alonzo Harris 15 run (Stephen Brauchle kick), 2:10 Second Quarter UL - Corey Trim 82 interception return (Stover kick), 12:31 5-/ 0SMFBOT %BSLXB SVO $BJSP 4BOUPT LJDL

TLN - Darkwa 7 run (Santos kick), 1:58 Third Quarter TLN - Darkwa 22 run (Santos kick), 2:34 Fourth Quarter 6- '( 4UPWFS Attendance: 54,728 TLN First downs .....................................15 Rushes-yards ............................38-102 Passing yards............................... 286 Return yards ..................................46 Passing A-C-I ........................... 30-15-3 Punts-Yds.-Avg. .................... 7-339-48.4 Fumbles-Lost ................................2-0 Penalties-Yards.......................... 10-85 Time of Possession ....................23:42

UL 19 46-168 157 160 0-0 7-73 36:18

21-14-2 7-286-40.9

*OEJWJEVBM 4UBUJTUJDT

RUSHING: TLN - Darkwa 16-83; Powell 5-14; Butler 3-7; Rounds 1-5; Montana 1-4; Kelley 1-(-2); Team 1-(-9). UL - HarSJT .D(VJSF /JYPO #SPBEXBZ 5FBN 1-(-1).

PASSING: TLN - Powell 10-21-1-223; Montana 5-8-1-63; (SBOU UL - #SPBEXBZ /JYPO RECEIVING: TLN - (SBOU 4IBDLMFGPSE #BOLT #SFBVY ,FMMFZ #VUMFS .BSĂśTJ UL .D(VJSF 3PCJOTPO 4VSHFOU )BSSJT

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RAGIN’ CAJUNS BOWL RECORDS Scoring

1PJOUT (BNF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 by Brett Baer, 2012 5%T (BNF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CZ /FMTPO 4DIFYOBZEFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 by Javone Lawson, 2011; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 by Alonzo Harris, 2012 Points (Career): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 by Brett Baer, 2011-12 TDs (Career): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 by Javone Lawson, 2011-12; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alonzo Harris, 2011-13 ,JDL 1PJOUT (BNF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 by Brett Baer, 2012 Kick Points (Career): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 by Brett Baer, 2011-12 1"5 .BEF (BNF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 by Brett Baer, 2012 1"5 "UU (BNF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 by Brett Baer, 2012 PAT Made (Career): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 by Brett Baer, 2012 PAT Att. (Career): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 by Brett Baer, 2012 '(. (BNF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 by Brett Baer, 2012 '(" (BNF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 by Brett Baer, 2012 '(. $BSFFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 by Brett Baer, 2011-12 '(" $BSFFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 by Brett Baer, 2011-12

Rushing

Attempts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CZ 3PCFSU (JMM Yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120 by Alonzo Harris, 2012 Touchdowns: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 by Alonzo Harris, 2012 Longest Rush: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68 by Alonzo Harris, 2012 Attempts (Career): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 by Alonzo Harris, 2011-13 Yards (Career): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 by Alonzo Harris, 2011-13 TDs (Career): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 by Alonzo Harris, 2011-13

Passing

Attempts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CZ #MBJOF (BVUJFS Completions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CZ #MBJOF (BVUJFS Yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CZ #MBJOF (BVUJFS Touchdowns: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CZ #MBJOF (BVUJFS *OUFSDFQUJPOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CZ (FPSHF $PVTTBO Longest Pass: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CZ (BVUJFS UP 4VSHFOU Attempts (Career): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CZ #MBJOF (BVUJFS Comp. (Career): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 by Terrance Broadway, 2011-13 Yards (Career): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CZ #MBJOF (BVUJFS

Total Offense

Most Plays: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CZ #MBJOF (BVUJFS Most Yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CZ #MBJOF (BVUJFS Plays (Career): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CZ #MBJOF (BVUJFS Yards (Career): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CZ #MBJOF (BVUJFS

Receiving

Receptions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 by Javone Lawson, 2011 Yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193 by Javone Lawson, 2011 Touchdowns: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 by Javone Lawson, 2011 Recep. (Career): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 by Javone Lawson, 2011-12 Yards (Career): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 by Javone Lawson, 2011-12 TDs (Career): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 by Javone Lawson, 2011-12

All-Purpose Yards

Most Yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 by Darryl Surgent, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FD 13 ,03

Most Yards (Career): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .434 by Darryl Surgent, 2011-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FD 13 ,03

Punt Returns

Returns: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 by Darryl Surgent, 2013 Return Yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92 by Darryl Surgent, 2011 Longest Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 by Darryl Surgent, 2011

Kickoff Returns

Returns: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 by Darryl Surgent, 2012 Return Yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 by Darryl Surgent, 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 by C. Reggie Dupre, 1970 Best Average: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.8 by C. Reggie Dupre, 1970 Longest Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 by C. Reggie Dupre, 1970

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Punting

Punts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 by Roy Pendergraft, 1970; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 by Daniel Cadona, 2013 Punting Yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 by Daniel Cadona, 2013 Highest Avg.: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42.4 by Brett Baer, 2012 Long Punt: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 by Roy Pendergraft, 1970 Most Punts (Career): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 by Brett Baer, 2011-12 Most Yards (Career): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 by Brett Baer, 2011-12 Best Avg. (Career): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.0 by Brett Baer, 2011-12

Defense

Total Tackles: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 by Jemarlous Moten, 2011; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 by Lance Kelley, 2011 Solo Tackles: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 by Trae Johnson, 2012 Assisted Tackles: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 by Jemarlous Moten, 2011 Tackles For Loss: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 by Bill Bentley, 2011; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 by Trae Johnson, 2013 TFL Yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 by Bill Bentley, 2011; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 by Justin Hamilton, 2011 QB Sacks: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 done many times QB Sacks Yds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 by Justin Hamilton, 2011 *OUFSDFQUJPOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 by Sean Thomas, 2013 *OU 3FUVSO :BSET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 by Corey Trim, 2013 -POH *OU 3FUVSO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 by Corey Trim, 2013 Passes Defended: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 by Melvin White, 2011

Team Game Records Total Offense

Most Plays: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 in 2012 Most Yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591 in 2012

First Downs

First Downs, Total: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 in 2011, 2012 First Downs, Rushing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 in 2012 First Downs, Passing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 in 2011 First Downs, Penalty: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 in 1970

Rushing

Most Attempts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 in 2013 Most Yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 in 2012 Most Touchdowns: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 in 2012 Fewest Attempts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 in 2011 Fewest Yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 in 1970 Fewest Touchdowns: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 in 2011

Passing

Most Attempts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 in 2011 Most Completions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 in 2011 Most Yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492 in 2011 Most Touchdowns: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 in 2011 .PTU *OUFSDFQUJPOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 in 1970 Fewest Attempts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 in 2013 Fewest Completions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 in 1970 Fewest Yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 in 1970 'FXFTU *OUFSDFQUJPOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 in 2011

Miscellaneous Offense

Most Points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 in 2012 Least Points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 in 1944; 2013 Touchdowns: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 in 2012 Most Fumbles: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 in 1970 Most Fumbles Lost: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JO Most Penalties: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 in 2011 Most Penalty Yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 in 1970 .PTU *OUFSDFQUJPOT .BEF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 in 2013 .PTU *OU 3FUVSO :BSET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 in 2013 Time of Possession: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36:18 in 2013 Third Down Conv.: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .611 (11-18) in 2012 Fourth Down Conv.: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500 (1-2) in 2011 Bowl Attendance: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,728, 2013

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Opponent SOUTHERN LOUISIANA TECH at #14 Ole Miss at Boise State GEORGIA STATE at Texas State ARKANSAS STATE SOUTH ALABAMA at New Mexico State at ULM APPALACHIAN STATE at Troy

Rushing

McGuire, Elijah Harris, Alonzo Broadway, Terrance Reed, Effrem Pierce, Torrey Hoggins, Darius Nixon,Jalen Haack, Brooks Riles, Al Total Opponents Passing

Broadway, Terrance Haack, Brooks TEAM Nixon,Jalen Stover, Hunter McGuire, Elijah Total Opponents Receiving

McGuire, Elijah Riles, Al Butler, James Fuselier, Gabe Pettis, Larry Robinson, Jamal Bates, C.J. Johnson, Jared Pierce, Torrey Harris, Alonzo Scott, Devin Reed, Effrem Byrne, Nick Tatford, Evan Barnes, Matthew Total Opponents Field Goals

Stover, Hunter Scoring

McGuire, Elijah Stover, Hunter Harris, Alonzo Robinson, Jamal Johnson, Jared Broadway, Terrance Reed, Effrem Fuselier, Gabe Ringo, Christian Riles, Al Hoggins, Darius Pettis, Larry Hamilton, Justin Trim, Corey Total Opponents Score by Quarters

gp

12 11 12 12 6 8 5 6 12 12 12

gp

12 6 9 5 12 12 12 12 gp

att

gain loss

effic comp-att-int

pct

Att. 36170 25607 60937 33337 24616 18509 21760 25861 10299 19544 20638 12241

td

yds

no.

yds

avg

pct. 01-19

fg

16 - 15-18 12 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 - - 46 15-18 43 12-19 1st

2 1 0 2 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 19

20-29

7-7

kick

42-45 42-45 37-41 2nd

td

10.4 10.7 13.9 8.9 7.3 17.3 13.6 9.6 6.7 5.2 17.4 8.8 5.8 11.0 4.0 10.7 12.0

td

lg avg/g

3rd

62 172.3 30 29.8 0 0.0 1 0.2 14 1.2 0 0.0 62 188.5 87 275.1

4th

Interceptions

lg avg/g

7-7

40-49

0-2

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1-2

OT

no.

Trim, Corey Walker, Tracy Thomas, Sean Watson, Jevante Worthy, T.J.

62 34.5 29 27.6 40 34.8 36 17.8 18 9.8 36 65.0 26 12.5 14 8.0 12 10.0 14 2.8 45 7.2 20 3.7 12 2.4 14 2.8 4 0.4 62 188.5 87 275.1

30-39

Overall 8-4 7-1 1-3

2 2 1 1 1

Punting

lg blk

38

1 1 -

Total

pts

- 96 - 87 - 72 - 24 - 18 - 18 - 12 - 12 6 6 6 6 1 2 2 1 367 1 335

0

Punt Returns

no.

Kick Returns

no.

15 2 1 18 14

Carter, Montrel Pierce, Torrey Hoggins, Darius Fuselier, Gabe Thomas, Sean Total Opponents All Purpose

McGuire, Elijah Harris, Alonzo Broadway, Terra Carter, Montrel Butler, James Total Opponents Total Offense

yds avg

49 19 28 0 3

24.5 9.5 28.0 0.0 3.0

lg

55 2380 43.3 77 1 0 0.0 0

McGuire, Elijah Bates, C.J. Pierce, Torrey Total Opponents

0-1

Away 4-2 4-0 0-2

UL 257 147 101 9 2751 505 5.4 229.2 31 2262 212-339-9 6.7 10.7 188.5 14 5013 5.9 417.8 31-612 18-125 7-99 8-4 64-514 56-42.5 31:17 70/166 9/17

no. yds avg

Cadona, Daniel TEAM

50-99

Home 4-2 3-1 1-1

Team Statistics FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty RUSHING YARDAGE Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Average Per Game TDs Rushing PASSING YARDAGE Comp-Att-Int Average Per Pass Average Per Catch Average Per Game TDs Passing TOTAL OFFENSE Average Per Play Average Per Game KICK RETURNS: #-Yards PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards INT RETURNS: #-Yards FUMBLES-LOST PENALTIES-Yards PUNTS-AVG TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3RD-DOWN Conversions 4TH-DOWN Conversions

75 97.1 54 67.0 33 53.8 27 10.8 11 7.2 9 2.6 5 1.8 7 1.5 4 0.4 75 229.2 99 146.7

PAT rush rcv pass dxp saf

-

Record: All games Conference Non-Conference

lg avg/g

14 12 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 31 21

123.89 190-311-9 61.1 2068 12 181.03 20-23-0 87.0 179 2 0.00 0-2-0 0.0 0 0 108.40 1-1-0 100.0 1 0 217.60 1-1-0 100.0 14 0 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 126.91 212-339-9 62.5 2262 14 144.92 274-414-7 66.2 3301 19

15-18 83.3 1-1 td

net avg

150 1186 21 1165 7.8 159 758 21 737 4.6 133 768 122 646 4.9 27 131 1 130 4.8 11 43 0 43 3.9 5 21 0 21 4.2 2 9 0 9 4.5 7 21 12 9 1.3 3 6 1 5 1.7 505 2943 192 2751 5.4 427 2132 372 1760 4.1

12 40 414 12 31 331 12 30 417 12 24 214 12 16 117 4 15 260 12 11 150 12 10 96 6 9 60 11 6 31 12 5 87 12 5 44 12 5 29 12 3 33 10 1 4 12 212 2262 12 274 3301 fg

Score 45-6 20-48 15-56 9-34 34-31 34-10 55-40 19-9 44-16 34-27 16-35 42-23

W L L L W W W W W W L W

24 3 2 1 1 31 38

g

rush

td

td

rcv

20.7 24.0 19.0 6.0 0.0 19.7 17.2 pr

fc i20 50+ blk

6 13 24 17 0 0 0 0

yds avg

496 72 38 6 0 612 655

30 14 28 0 3

tb

td

7.7 0.0 9.0 6.9 10.2

OPP 240 83 139 18 1760 427 4.1 146.7 21 3301 274-414-7 8.0 12.0 275.1 19 5061 6.0 421.8 38-655 14-143 9-166 17-9 59-461 53-40.2 28:43 72/180 15/28 lg

0 0 0 0 0

yds avg

116 0 9 125 143

Neutral 0-0 0-0 0-0

2014 stats

* * * * * * * *

Date Aug 30, 2014 Sep 06, 2014 Sep 13, 2014 Sep 20, 2014 Oct 04, 2014 Oct 14, 2014 Oct 21, 2014 Nov 01, 2014 Nov 08, 2014 Nov 15, 2014 Nov 22, 2014 Nov 29, 2014

0 0 0 0 1

1 0

lg

26 0 9 26 56

lg

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

34 37 29 12 0 37 55

kr

ir

total avg/g

12 1165 414 116 0 0 1695 141.2 11 737 31 0 0 0 768 69.8 12 646 -25 0 0 0 621 51.8 12 0 0 0 496 0 496 41.3 12 0 417 0 0 0 417 34.8 12 2751 2262 125 612 99 5849 487.4 12 1760 3301 143 655 166 6025 502.1

Broadway, Terrance McGuire, Elijah Harris, Alonzo Haack, Brooks Reed, Effrem Total Opponents

g plays

12 12 11 6 12 12 12

rush

pass

total avg/g

444 646 2068 2714 226.2 151 1165 0 1165 97.1 159 737 0 737 67.0 30 9 179 188 31.3 27 130 0 130 10.8 844 2751 2262 5013 417.8 841 1760 3301 5061 421.8

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Date

Aug 30, 2014 Sep 06, 2014 Sep 13, 2014 Sep 20, 2014 * Oct 04, 2014 * Oct 14, 2014 * Oct 21, 2014 * Nov 01, 2014 * Nov 08, 2014 * Nov 15, 2014 * Nov 22, 2014 * Nov 29, 2014

Opponent

SOUTHERN LOUISIANA TECH at #14 Ole Miss at Boise State GEORGIA STATE at Texas State ARKANSAS STATE SOUTH ALABAMA at New Mexico State at ULM APPALACHIAN STATE at Troy

W L L L W W W W W W L W

Score

Overall

Conference

Time

Attend

45-6 20-48 15-56 9-34 34-31 34-10 55-40 19-9 44-16 34-27 16-35 42-23

1-0 1-1 1-2 1-3 2-3 3-3 4-3 5-3 6-3 7-3 7-4 8-4

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 3-0 4-0 5-0 6-0 6-1 7-1

3:09 3:08 3:17 3:25 3:24 3:14 4:06 3:03 3:01 3:05 3:05 3:00

36170 25607 60937 33337 24616 18509 21760 25861 10299 19544 20638 12241

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SCORING Points Per Game Points Off Turnovers FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty RUSHING YARDAGE Yards gained rushing Yards lost rushing Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Average Per Game TDs Rushing PASSING YARDAGE Comp-Att-Int Average Per Pass Average Per Catch Average Per Game TDs Passing TOTAL OFFENSE Total Plays Average Per Play Average Per Game KICK RETURNS: #-Yards PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards INT RETURNS: #-Yards KICK RETURN AVERAGE PUNT RETURN AVERAGE INT RETURN AVERAGE FUMBLES-LOST PENALTIES-Yards Average Per Game PUNTS-Yards Average Per Punt Net punt average KICKOFFS-Yards Average Per Kick Net kick average TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3RD-DOWN Conversions 3rd-Down Pct 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4th-Down Pct SACKS BY-Yards MISC YARDS TOUCHDOWNS SCORED FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS ON-SIDE KICKS RED-ZONE SCORES RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS PAT-ATTEMPTS ATTENDANCE Games/Avg Per Game Neutral Site Games Score by Quarters Louisiana Opponents

1st

2nd

77 113 77 94

3rd

4th

OT

64 113 71 93

0 0

UL

OPP

367 30.6 166 257 147 101 9 2751 2943 192 505 5.4 229.2 31 2262 212-339-9 6.7 10.7 188.5 14 5013 844 5.9 417.8 31-612 18-125 7-99 19.7 6.9 14.1 8-4 64-514 42.8 56-2380 42.5 37.8 72-4336 60.2 41.1 31:17 70/166 42% 9/17 53% 28-200 5 46 15-18 0-0 (49-53) 92% (35-53) 66% (42-45) 93% 154652 6/25775

335 27.9 154 240 83 139 18 1760 2132 372 427 4.1 146.7 21 3301 274-414-7 8.0 12.0 275.1 19 5061 841 6.0 421.8 38-655 14-143 9-166 17.2 10.2 18.4 17-9 59-461 38.4 53-2133 40.2 36.8 65-3970 61.1 39.7 28:43 72/180 40% 15/28 54% 20-113 0 43 12-19 0-1 (32-43) 74% (23-43) 53% (37-41) 90% 154867 6/25811 0/0

team stats

Team Statistics

Total 367 335

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Rushing

gp

McGuire, Elijah Harris, Alonzo Broadway, Terrance Reed, Effrem Pierce, Torrey Hoggins, Darius Nixon,Jalen Haack, Brooks Riles, Al TEAM Total Opponents

12 11 12 12 6 8 5 6 12 9 12 12

Passing

gp

Broadway, Terrance Haack, Brooks TEAM Nixon,Jalen Stover, Hunter McGuire, Elijah Total Opponents

12 6 9 5 12 12 12 12

att

gain loss

net avg td

150 1186 21 1165 7.8 159 758 21 737 4.6 133 768 122 646 4.9 27 131 1 130 4.8 11 43 0 43 3.9 5 21 0 21 4.2 2 9 0 9 4.5 7 21 12 9 1.3 3 6 1 5 1.7 8 0 14 -14 -1.8 505 2943 192 2751 5.4 427 2132 372 1760 4.1 effic comp-att-int

pct

14 12 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 31 21

lg avg/g

Punt Returns

no.

yds avg td

lg

75 54 33 27 11 9 5 7 4 0 75 99

McGuire, Elijah Bates, C.J. Pierce, Torrey Total Opponents

15 2 1 18 14

116 0 9 125 143

26 0 9 26 56

Interceptions

no.

yds avg td

lg

49 19 0 28 3 99 166

30 14 0 28 3 30 59

yds td

123.89 190-311-9 61.1 2068 12 181.03 20-23-0 87.0 179 2 0.00 0-2-0 0.0 0 0 108.40 1-1-0 100.0 1 0 217.60 1-1-0 100.0 14 0 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 126.91 212-339-9 62.5 2262 14 144.92 274-414-7 66.2 3301 19

Receiving

gp

yds

avg

td

lg avg/g

McGuire, Elijah Riles, Al Butler, James Fuselier, Gabe Pettis, Larry Robinson, Jamal Bates, C.J. Johnson, Jared Pierce, Torrey Harris, Alonzo Scott, Devin Reed, Effrem Byrne, Nick Tatford, Evan Barnes, Matthew Broadway, Terrance Total Opponents

12 40 414 12 31 331 12 30 417 12 24 214 12 16 117 4 15 260 12 11 150 12 10 96 6 9 60 11 6 31 12 5 87 12 5 44 12 5 29 12 3 33 10 1 4 12 1 -25 12 212 2262 12 274 3301

no.

10.4 10.7 13.9 8.9 7.3 17.3 13.6 9.6 6.7 5.2 17.4 8.8 5.8 11.0 4.0 -25.0 10.7 12.0

2 1 0 2 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 19

62 29 40 36 18 36 26 14 12 14 45 20 12 14 4 0 62 87

34.5 27.6 34.8 17.8 9.8 65.0 12.5 8.0 10.0 2.8 7.2 3.7 2.4 2.8 0.4 -2.1 188.5 275.1

97.1 67.0 53.8 10.8 7.2 2.6 1.8 1.5 0.4 -1.6 229.2 146.7 lg avg/g

62 30 0 1 14 0 62 87

172.3 29.8 0.0 0.2 1.2 0.0 188.5 275.1

Trim, Corey Walker, Tracy Watson, Jevante Thomas, Sean Worthy, T.J. Total Opponents

2 2 1 1 1 7 9

7.7 0.0 9.0 6.9 10.2 24.5 9.5 0.0 28.0 3.0 14.1 18.4

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Kick Returns

no.

yds avg td

lg

Carter, Montrel Pierce, Torrey Hoggins, Darius Thomas, Sean Fuselier, Gabe Total Opponents

24 3 2 1 1 31 38

496 72 38 0 6 612 655

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

34 37 29 0 12 37 55

Fumble Returns

no.

yds avg td

lg

Hamilton, Justin Ringo, Christian Total Opponents

1 1 2 0

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20.7 24.0 19.0 0.0 6.0 19.7 17.2 4.0 41.0 22.5 0.0

0 1 1 0

4 41 41 0

td

McGuire, Elijah Stover, Hunter Harris, Alonzo Robinson, Jamal Johnson, Jared Broadway, Terrance Reed, Effrem Fuselier, Gabe Riles, Al Pettis, Larry Hoggins, Darius Ringo, Christian Trim, Corey Hamilton, Justin Total Opponents

16 - 15-18 12 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 - - 46 15-18 43 12-19

Field Goals

fg

fg

kick

42-45 42-45 37-41

PAT rush rcv pass dxp saf

-

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1-2

1 1 -

pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99

Stover, Hunter

15-18 83.3 1-1

7-7

7-7

FG Sequence

Louisiana

Opponents

Southern Louisiana Tech Ole Miss Boise State Georgia State Texas State Arkansas State South Alabama New Mexico State ULM Appalachian State Troy

(31) 51 (32),(20) (22) 46,(19),(32) (23),(26),(22),(32) (22),(38),46 (38),(26),(33) -

29 (28),(42) 44,(40),32,(33) (48) (20) (44),(29) (20),49 (22),31 (34),(47) 27 52

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

0-2

0-1

pts

Total Offense

- 96 - 87 - 72 - 24 - 18 - 18 - 12 - 12 6 6 6 6 2 1 2 1 367 1 335

g plays

rush pass

total avg/g

Broadway, Terrance McGuire, Elijah Harris, Alonzo Haack, Brooks Reed, Effrem Pierce, Torrey Hoggins, Darius Stover, Hunter Nixon,Jalen Riles, Al TEAM Total Opponents

12 12 11 6 12 6 8 12 5 12 9 12 12

lg blk

Punting

no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk

38

Cadona, Daniel TEAM Total Opponents

55 2380 1 0 56 2380 53 2133

Kickoffs

no. yds avg tb ob retn

Stover, Hunter Total Opponents

72 4336 60.2 29 72 4336 60.2 29 65 3970 61.1 31

0

All Purpose

McGuire, Elijah Harris, Alonzo Broadway, Terra Carter, Montrel Butler, James Riles, Al Robinson, Jamal Fuselier, Gabe Pierce, Torrey Reed, Effrem Bates, C.J. Pettis, Larry Johnson, Jared Scott, Devin Hoggins, Darius Trim, Corey Tatford, Evan Byrne, Nick Thomas, Sean Walker, Tracy Haack, Brooks Nixon,Jalen Barnes, Matthew Worthy, T.J. TEAM Total Opponents

g

rush

444 646 2068 2714 151 1165 0 1165 159 737 0 737 30 9 179 188 27 130 0 130 11 43 0 43 5 21 0 21 1 0 14 14 3 9 1 10 3 5 0 5 10 -14 0 -14 844 2751 2262 5013 841 1760 3301 5061

InDIVIDUaL stats

Scoring

43.3 77 0.0 0 42.5 77 40.2 63

rcv

pr

kr

12 1165 414 11 737 31 12 646 -25 12 0 0 12 0 417 12 5 331 4 0 260 12 0 214 6 43 60 12 130 44 12 0 150 12 0 117 12 0 96 12 0 87 8 21 0 12 0 0 12 0 33 12 0 29 12 0 0 12 0 0 6 9 0 5 9 0 10 0 4 11 0 0 9 -14 0 12 2751 2262 12 1760 3301

116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 125 143

0 0 0 496 0 0 0 6 72 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 612 655

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226.2 97.1 67.0 31.3 10.8 7.2 2.6 1.2 2.0 0.4 -1.6 417.8 421.8

6 13 24 17 0 0 0 0 6 13 24 17 3 17 15 7

net ydln

3 3 17.2 41.1 2 19.7 39.7 ir

1 0 1 0

23 25

total avg/g

0 1695 141.2 0 768 69.8 0 621 51.8 0 496 41.3 0 417 34.8 0 336 28.0 0 260 65.0 0 220 18.3 0 184 30.7 0 174 14.5 0 150 12.5 0 117 9.8 0 96 8.0 0 87 7.2 0 59 7.4 49 49 4.1 0 33 2.8 0 29 2.4 28 28 2.3 19 19 1.6 0 9 1.5 0 9 1.8 0 4 0.4 3 3 0.3 0 -14 -1.6 99 5849 487.4 166 6025 502.1

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## 7D 52 38 35 4D 9 3D 27 24 44 58 6 16 59 30 39 90 93 1D 92 20 57 29 9D 5 95 45 33 99 56 2B 28 31 25 21 40 2 3 23 47 6D 70 55 5X 51 11 15

Defensive Leaders

gp

ua

a

Tackles tot

tfl/yds

Sacks no-yds

Trim, Corey Tovell, Dominique Johnson, Trae Anyama, Boris Patt, Trevence Ringo, Christian Walker, Tracy Worthy, T.J. Thomas, Sean Fouquier, Kevin Lightfoot, Tre'maine Hamilton, Justin Crawford, Travis Molbert,Jake Posey, T.J. Washington, Darzil Briscoe, Jacoby White, Marquis Watson, Jevante Lee, Taboris Jones, Dominick Prater, Chris Alexander, Tyren McCollum,Troy Adkins, Antoinne Stephens, Rodrick Stover, Hunter DeGrange, Zachary Douglas, Remaine Sager, Christian Miles,Reginald Jackson, Marcus Richardson, Jerrell Pierce, Torrey Bates, C.J. Guidry, Jake Riles, Al Carter, Montrel Hoggins, Darius Batiste, Darrien Bourque,Cole Quave, Mykhael Dunbar, Karmichael Nixon,Jalen Granier, Trey Butler, James McGuire, Elijah Total Opponents

12 12 11 12 10 12 12 11 12 12 6 12 8 10 12 9 11 8 11 12 12 10 9 3 8 9 12 12 7 12 6 9 9 6 12 12 12 12 8 3 5 12 3 5 9 12 12 12 12

60 51 37 38 37 35 33 26 28 29 17 22 23 19 15 16 11 15 16 13 12 6 8 7 6 3 5 6 4 4 5 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 .

1 .

1 .

1 .

1 1 625 628

11 19 9 7 7 7 7 14 10 8 10 4 3 5 6 4 8 1 .

2 2 7 3 1 1 4 1 .

1 1 .

1 1 . . .

1 1 2 1 1 .

1 .

1 . .

173 182

71 70 46 45 44 42 40 40 38 37 27 26 26 24 21 20 19 16 16 15 14 13 11 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 798 810

5.0-14 10.0-47 2.0-11 8.0-22 1.0-2 19.0-98 . .

2.0-2 1.0-4 1.0-1 9.0-43 1.0-7 3.5-23 3.0-8 3.0-22 2.5-3 2.0-12 .

3.0-16 . . . . . . . .

1.0-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

77-337 51-175

.

3.0-24 1.5-7 1.0-2 .

10.5-80 . . .

1.0-4 .

5.0-31 .

2.0-11 .

3.0-20 .

2.0-12 .

1.0-9 .

0.5-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

28-200 20-113

Pass defense int-yds brup

2-49 . . . . .

2-19 1-3 1-28 . . . . . . . . .

1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7-99 9-166

4 .

1 2 2 .

1 2 1 . . .

2 .

1 . .

2 3 . . . . . . . . .

1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

22 33

qbh

Fumbles rcv-yds

ff

blkd kick

saf

.

2 2 3 .

4 . . . . .

7 . . . . . . .

1 .

2 . . .

2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

23 26

. . . . .

2-41 . . .

1-0 1-0 1-4 .

1-0 .

1-0 . . . . .

1-0 . . .

1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9-45 4-0

. .

1 3 . .

1 . . . . .

1 2 .

1 . . .

1 . . .

1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 6

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1 2

. . . . . . . . . . .

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Date

Opponent

Aug 30 Sep 06 Sep 13 Sep 20 Oct 04 Oct 14 Oct 21 Nov 01 Nov 08 Nov 15 Nov 22 Nov 29 Louisiana Opponents

SOUTHERN LOUISIANA TECH at Ole Miss at Boise State GEORGIA STATE at Texas State ARKANSAS STATE SOUTH ALABAMA at New Mexico State at ULM APPALACHIAN STATE at Troy

no.

Rushing yds td

41 248 2 34 178 1 37 193 1 23 67 1 32 195 3 58 288 2 56 419 8 39 196 1 54 244 3 47 280 2 35 99 1 49 344 6 505 2751 31 427 1760 21

lg

no.

Receiving yds td

lg

46 24 264 4 36 33 29 237 2 30 39 15 129 0 24 15 21 174 0 33 54 24 266 2 22 36 16 240 1 62 74 9 102 0 34 33 16 216 0 45 27 12 158 3 37 54 11 174 2 39 18 21 160 0 17 75 14 142 0 26 75 212 2262 14 62 99 274 3301 19 87

Passing cmp-att-int yds

td

lg

Kick Returns no. yds td lg

Punt Returns no. yds td lg

24-36-2 264 4 29-44-1 237 2 15-31-3 129 0 21-39-1 174 0 24-31-0 266 2 16-23-1 240 1 9-17-0 102 0 16-28-0 216 0 12-23-0 158 3 11-14-1 174 2 21-34-0 160 0 14-19-0 142 0 212-339-9 2262 14 274-414-7 3301 19

36 30 24 33 22 62 34 45 37 39 17 26 62 87

2 50 9 194 4 53 1 17 3 64 2 37 2 38 1 0 1 14 1 25 3 60 2 60 31 612 38 655

4 20 0 0 1 3 2 33 2 7 2 22 0 0 2 23 1 5 1 5 1 6 2 1 18 125 14 143

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

30 37 17 17 27 27 19 0 14 25 29 34 37 55

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

tot off

11 512 0 415 3 322 26 241 9 461 12 528 0 521 19 412 5 402 5 454 6 259 1 486 26 5013 56 5061

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TEAM STATISTICS

Games played: 12 Avg per rush: 5.4 Avg per catch: 10.7 Pass efficiency: 126.91 Kick ret avg: 19.7 Punt ret avg: 6.9 All purpose avg/game: 487.4 Total offense avg/gm: 417.8 Date

Opponent

Aug 30 SOUTHERN Sep 06 LOUISIANA TECH Sep 13 at Ole Miss Sep 20 at Boise State Oct 04 GEORGIA STATE Oct 14 at Texas State Oct 21 ARKANSAS STATE Nov 01 SOUTH ALABAMA Nov 08 at New Mexico State Nov 15 at ULM Nov 22 APPALACHIAN STATE Nov 29 at Troy Louisiana Opponents

ua

46 49 57 67 54 47 60 50 27 61 47 60 625 628

Tackles a total

7 11 21 10 7 12 11 9 40 19 17 9 173 182

53 60 78 77 61 59 71 59 67 80 64 69 798 810

tfl-yds

Sacks no-yds

3.0-9 7.0-28 3.0-11 9.0-44 4.0-12 7.0-29 12.0-56 4.0-36 3.0-5 12.0-63 5.0-7 8.0-37 77.0-337 51.0-175

0.0-0 2.0-10 1.0-3 3.0-26 1.0-4 4.0-22 5.0-38 3.0-35 0.0-0 7.0-44 0.0-0 2.0-18 30.5-200 19.0-105

Fumble ff fr-yds

1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 3 11 6

Pass Defense blkd int-yds qbh brup kick

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-41 0-0 1-0 1-0 3-4 1-0 2-0 9-45 4-0

0-0 0-0 1-28 0-0 0-0 1-19 1-30 0-0 3-19 0-0 1-3 0-0 7-99 9-166

Punting Date

Opponent

Aug 30 SOUTHERN Sep 06 LOUISIANA TECH Sep 13 at Ole Miss Sep 20 at Boise State Oct 04 GEORGIA STATE Oct 14 at Texas State Oct 21 ARKANSAS STATE Nov 01 SOUTH ALABAMA Nov 08 at New Mexico State Nov 15 at ULM Nov 22 APPALACHIAN STATE Nov 29 at Troy Louisiana Opponents

4 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 2 1 23 26

3 1 1 3 2 1 3 2 2 3 0 1 22 33

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2

PAT Attempts kick rush rcv saf

6-6 2-2 1-1 0-1 4-5 4-4 7-8 1-1 6-6 4-4 1-1 6-6 42-45 37-41

Field Goals

no.

yds

avg

long

blkd

tb

fc

50+

i20

md-att

4 4 7 7 3 4 6 4 7 2 6 2 56 53

219 162 358 297 127 134 270 129 280 86 251 67 2380 2133

54.8 40.5 51.1 42.4 42.3 33.5 45.0 32.2 40.0 43.0 41.8 33.5 42.5 40.2

77 51 61 57 47 54 59 43 53 48 59 38 77 63

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 6 3

0 2 0 4 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 13 17

2 1 6 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 17 7

1 3 3 1 3 2 5 1 2 1 2 0 24 15

1-1 0-1 2-2 1-1 0-0 2-3 0-0 4-4 0-0 2-3 3-3 0-0 15-18 12-19

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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

pts

0 0 0 0 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 14 0 14 0 42 0 28 0 12 0 14 1 166 1 154

45 20 15 9 34 34 55 19 44 34 16 42 367 335

Kickoffs

long blkd

31 0 32 22 0 32 0 32 0 38 38 0 38 48

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

off t/o

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

no.

yds

avg

tb

ob

8 494 3 195 4 173 3 195 6 367 7 431 9 532 6 350 7 455 7 413 4 260 8 471 72 4336 65 3970

61.8 65.0 43.2 65.0 61.2 61.6 59.1 58.3 65.0 59.0 65.0 58.9 60.2 61.1

2 2 1 1 3 4 2 2 6 0 3 3 29 31

2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2

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OPPONENT STATISTICS Date

Opponent

Aug 30 Sep 06 Sep 13 Sep 20 Oct 04 Oct 14 Oct 21 Nov 01 Nov 08 Nov 15 Nov 22 Nov 29 Opponents Louisiana

SOUTHERN LOUISIANA TECH at Ole Miss at Boise State GEORGIA STATE at Texas State ARKANSAS STATE SOUTH ALABAMA at New Mexico State at ULM APPALACHIAN STATE at Troy

no.

Rushing yds td

32 77 0 35 238 3 35 214 3 48 262 4 37 138 4 35 94 0 37 253 2 35 66 0 33 103 1 21 -39 1 47 232 3 32 122 0 427 1760 21 505 2751 31

lg

no.

Receiving yds td

lg

9 20 202 1 56 99 22 295 2 78 71 29 340 4 40 73 24 237 0 57 26 20 287 0 62 17 14 176 1 33 70 27 342 3 87 12 20 270 1 58 14 19 204 1 42 7 39 481 2 49 36 11 195 1 43 27 29 272 3 30 99 274 3301 19 87 75 212 2262 14 62

Passing cmp-att-int yds

td

lg

Kick Returns no. yds td lg

Punt Returns no. yds td lg

20-40-0 202 1 22-33-0 295 2 29-36-1 340 4 24-31-0 237 0 20-31-0 287 0 14-23-1 176 1 27-39-1 342 3 20-35-0 270 1 19-34-3 204 1 39-56-0 481 2 11-22-1 195 1 29-34-0 272 3 274-414-7 3301 19 212-339-9 2262 14

56 78 40 57 62 33 87 58 42 49 43 30 87 62

3 1 3 2 3 3 7 2 1 7 1 5 38 31

0 0 1 0 2 17 1 12 0 0 1 7 4 -1 0 0 3 70 1 5 1 33 0 0 14 143 18 125

38 21 6 74 55 37 109 35 25 120 18 117 655 612

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

15 21 6 47 26 19 21 18 25 33 18 55 55 37

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0

tot off

0 279 0 533 9 554 12 499 0 425 7 270 4 595 0 336 56 307 5 442 33 427 0 394 56 5061 26 5013

Games played: 12 Avg per rush: 4.1 Avg per catch: 12.0 Pass efficiency: 144.92 Kick ret avg: 17.2 Punt ret avg: 10.2 All purpose avg/game: 502.1 Total offense avg/gm: 421.8 Date

Opponent

Aug 30 SOUTHERN Sep 06 LOUISIANA TECH Sep 13 at Ole Miss Sep 20 at Boise State Oct 04 GEORGIA STATE Oct 14 at Texas State Oct 21 ARKANSAS STATE Nov 01 SOUTH ALABAMA Nov 08 at New Mexico State Nov 15 at ULM Nov 22 APPALACHIAN STATE Nov 29 at Troy Opponents Louisiana

ua

56 65 52 44 50 73 58 52 29 49 49 51 628 625

Tackles a total

10 12 17 11 3 9 7 6 60 20 18 9 182 173

66 77 69 55 53 82 65 58 89 69 67 60 810 798

tfl-yds

Sacks no-yds

1.0-2 5.0-16 2.0-3 6.0-18 2.0-3 4.0-16 6.0-11 3.0-10 5.0-23 7.0-23 7.0-43 3.0-7 51.0-175 77.0-337

0.0-0 1.0-10 0.0-0 1.0-4 0.0-0 3.0-14 1.0-1 1.0-6 2.0-19 5.0-11 6.0-40 0.0-0 19.0-105 30.5-200

Fumble ff fr-yds

0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 11

Pass Defense blkd int-yds qbh brup kick

0-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-0 9-45

2-11 1-46 3-86 1-0 0-0 1-23 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 9-166 7-99

Punting Date

Opponent

Aug 30 SOUTHERN Sep 06 LOUISIANA TECH Sep 13 at Ole Miss Sep 20 at Boise State Oct 04 GEORGIA STATE Oct 14 at Texas State Oct 21 ARKANSAS STATE Nov 01 SOUTH ALABAMA Nov 08 at New Mexico State Nov 15 at ULM Nov 22 APPALACHIAN STATE Nov 29 at Troy Opponents Louisiana

50

1 4 5 0 2 1 2 3 0 3 4 1 26 23

3 5 4 8 1 3 0 3 2 0 3 1 33 22

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1

PAT Attempts kick rush rcv saf

0-1 6-6 8-8 4-4 4-4 1-1 2-3 0-1 1-2 3-3 5-5 3-3 37-41 42-45

Field Goals

no.

yds

avg

long

blkd

tb

fc

50+

i20

md-att

9 4 3 3 3 8 4 6 5 2 3 3 53 56

396 150 110 119 114 370 157 228 204 88 103 94 2133 2380

44.0 37.5 36.7 39.7 38.0 46.2 39.2 38.0 40.8 44.0 34.3 31.3 40.2 42.5

63 43 46 46 40 58 42 48 59 48 45 32 63 77

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 6

0 3 1 1 0 6 2 1 1 1 1 0 17 13

3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 17

3 1 2 0 0 3 1 1 2 0 1 1 15 24

0-1 2-2 0-0 2-4 1-1 1-1 2-2 1-2 1-2 2-2 0-1 0-1 12-19 15-18

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0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

pts

0 0 0 30 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 154 1 166

6 48 56 34 31 10 40 9 16 27 35 23 335 367

Kickoffs

long blkd

0 42 0 40 48 20 44 20 22 47 0 0 48 38

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

off t/o

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

no.

yds

avg

tb

ob

2 106 9 516 10 628 7 455 5 321 3 190 7 409 3 163 4 256 5 277 6 384 4 265 65 3970 72 4336

53.0 57.3 62.8 65.0 64.2 63.3 58.4 54.3 64.0 55.4 64.0 66.2 61.1 60.2

0 0 6 6 2 1 4 2 3 2 3 2 31 29

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 3

Rushes Yards Rushing TD Rushes Long Rush Pass attempts Pass completions Yards Passing TD Passes Long Pass Receptions Yards Receiving TD Receptions

Long Reception Field Goals Long Field Goal Punts Punting Avg Long Punt Punts inside 20 Long Punt Return Long Kickoff Return Tackles Sacks Tackles For Loss Interceptions

27 265 4 4 75 38 21 237 3 3 62 10 119 2 2 2 62 4 38 38 7 7 54.8 77 5 26 37 14 2.5 5.0 2

Harris,Alonzo vs Arkansas State (Oct 21, 2014) McGuire,Elijah vs Arkansas State (Oct 21, 2014) Harris,Alonzo vs Arkansas State (Oct 21, 2014) McGuire,Elijah vs Arkansas State (Oct 21, 2014) McGuire,Elijah at Troy (Nov 29, 2014) Broadway, Terrance at Boise State (Sep 20, 2014) Broadway, Terrance vs Appalachian State (Nov 22, 2014) Broadway, Terrance vs Southern (Aug 30, 2014) Broadway, Terrance vs Southern (Aug 30, 2014) Broadway, Terrance at New Mexico State (Nov 08, 2014) Broadway, Terrance at Texas State (Oct 14, 2014) McGuire,Elijah at Boise State (Sep 20, 2014) Robinson,Jamal vs Georgia State (Oct 04, 2014) Robinson, Jamal vs Southern (Aug 30, 2014) Robinson,Jamal vs Georgia State (Oct 04, 2014) Johnson,Jared at New Mexico State (Nov 08, 2014) McGuire,Elijah at Texas State (Oct 14, 2014) Stover,Hunter vs South Alabama (Nov 01, 2014) Stover,Hunter at ULM (Nov 15, 2014) Stover,Hunter vs Appalachian State (Nov 22, 2014) Cadona,Daniel at Ole Miss (Sep 13, 2014) Cadona,Daniel at Boise State (Sep 20, 2014) Cadona, Daniel vs Southern (Aug 30, 2014) Cadona, Daniel vs Southern (Aug 30, 2014) Cadona,Daniel vs Arkansas State (Oct 21, 2014) McGuire,Elijah at Boise State (Sep 20, 2014) Pierce, Torrey vs Louisiana Tech (Sep 06, 2014) Patt,Trevence at Boise State (Sep 20, 2014) Ringo, Christian at ULM (Nov 15, 2014) Ringo, Christian at ULM (Nov 15, 2014) Walker,Tracy at New Mexico State (Nov 08, 2014)

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INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

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TEAM GAME HIGHS Rushes Yards Rushing Yards Per Rush TD Rushes Pass attempts Pass completions Yards Passing Yards Per Pass TD Passes Total Plays Total Offense Yards Per Play Points Sacks By First Downs Penalties Penalty Yards Turnovers Interceptions By Punts

Punting Avg Long Punt Punts inside 20 Long Punt Return

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58 419 7.5 8 44 29 266 12.4 4 81 528 7.4 55 7 28 13 130 4 3 7 7 7 54.8 77 5 26

at Texas State (Oct 14, 2014) vs Arkansas State (Oct 21, 2014) vs Arkansas State (Oct 21, 2014) vs Arkansas State (Oct 21, 2014) vs Louisiana Tech (Sep 06, 2014) vs Louisiana Tech (Sep 06, 2014) vs Georgia State (Oct 04, 2014) at ULM (Nov 15, 2014) vs Southern (Aug 30, 2014) at Texas State (Oct 14, 2014) at Texas State (Oct 14, 2014) at ULM (Nov 15, 2014) vs Arkansas State (Oct 21, 2014) at ULM (Nov 15, 2014) vs Southern (Aug 30, 2014) vs Georgia State (Oct 04, 2014) vs Georgia State (Oct 04, 2014) at Ole Miss (Sep 13, 2014) at New Mexico State (Nov 08, 2014) at Ole Miss (Sep 13, 2014) at Boise State (Sep 20, 2014) at New Mexico State (Nov 08, 2014) vs Southern (Aug 30, 2014) vs Southern (Aug 30, 2014) vs Arkansas State (Oct 21, 2014) at Boise State (Sep 20, 2014)

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Rushes Yards Rushing TD Rushes Long Rush Pass attempts Pass completions Yards Passing TD Passes Long Pass Receptions Yards Receiving TD Receptions Long Reception Field Goals

Long Field Goal Punts Punting Avg Long Punt Punts inside 20 Long Punt Return Long Kickoff Return Tackles

Sacks Tackles For Loss

Interceptions

36 184 3 3 99 54 38 470 4 87 11 141 2 2 87 2 2 2 2 48 9 46.2 63 3 3 56 55 14 14 14 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2

Cox, Marcus, vs Appalachian State (Nov 22, 2014) DIXON,Kenneth, vs Louisiana Tech (Sep 06, 2014) AJAYI, Jay, at Boise State (Sep 20, 2014) Caffey, Marcus, vs Georgia State (Oct 04, 2014) DIXON,Kenneth, vs Louisiana Tech (Sep 06, 2014) Thomas, Pete, at ULM (Nov 15, 2014) Thomas, Pete, at ULM (Nov 15, 2014) Thomas, Pete, at ULM (Nov 15, 2014) Bo Wallace, at Ole Miss (Sep 13, 2014) Knighten, Fredi, vs Arkansas State (Oct 21, 2014) Ceaser, Rashon, at ULM (Nov 15, 2014) Paschal, Dijon, vs Arkansas State (Oct 21, 2014) Vince Sanders, at Ole Miss (Sep 13, 2014) Paschal, Dijon, vs Arkansas State (Oct 21, 2014) Paschal, Dijon, vs Arkansas State (Oct 21, 2014) BARNES,Jonathan, vs Louisiana Tech (Sep 06, 2014) GOODALE, Dan, at Boise State (Sep 20, 2014) Ferguson, Luke, vs Arkansas State (Oct 21, 2014) Manton, Justin, at ULM (Nov 15, 2014) Lutz, Wil, vs Georgia State (Oct 04, 2014) Soden, P., vs Southern (Aug 30, 2014) Johnson,Will, at Texas State (Oct 14, 2014) Soden, P., vs Southern (Aug 30, 2014) Soden, P., vs Southern (Aug 30, 2014) Johnson,Will, at Texas State (Oct 14, 2014) Morgan, T, at New Mexico State (Nov 08, 2014) Worthy, C., at Troy (Nov 29, 2014) CLEVELAND, C.J., vs Louisiana Tech (Sep 06, 2014) Woodson, Xavier, vs Arkansas State (Oct 21, 2014) Johnson, Kawe, at New Mexico State (Nov 08, 2014) Meredith, S, at New Mexico State (Nov 08, 2014) Blair, Ronald, vs Appalachian State (Nov 22, 2014) MCKINNEY, Devon, vs Louisiana Tech (Sep 06, 2014) MARTIN, Beau, at Boise State (Sep 20, 2014) Rolland-Jones, vs Arkansas State (Oct 21, 2014) Meredith, S, at New Mexico State (Nov 08, 2014) Johnson, G, at ULM (Nov 15, 2014) Johnson, M, at ULM (Nov 15, 2014) Stringer, Devan, vs Appalachian State (Nov 22, 2014) Blair, Ronald, vs Appalachian State (Nov 22, 2014) Senquez Golson, at Ole Miss (Sep 13, 2014)

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OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS Rushes Yards Rushing Yards Per Rush TD Rushes Pass attempts Pass completions Yards Passing Yards Per Pass TD Passes Total Plays Total Offense Yards Per Play Points Sacks By First Downs Penalties Penalty Yards Turnovers Interceptions By Punts Punting Avg Long Punt Punts inside 20 Long Punt Return

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48 262 6.8 4 4 56 39 481 9.4 4 79 595 7.8 56 6 27 10 79 4 3 9 46.2 63 3 3 56

at Boise State (Sep 20, 2014) at Boise State (Sep 20, 2014) vs Arkansas State (Oct 21, 2014) at Boise State (Sep 20, 2014) vs Georgia State (Oct 04, 2014) at ULM (Nov 15, 2014) at ULM (Nov 15, 2014) at ULM (Nov 15, 2014) at Ole Miss (Sep 13, 2014) at Ole Miss (Sep 13, 2014) at Boise State (Sep 20, 2014) vs Arkansas State (Oct 21, 2014) vs Louisiana Tech (Sep 06, 2014) at Ole Miss (Sep 13, 2014) vs Appalachian State (Nov 22, 2014) at Ole Miss (Sep 13, 2014) vs Georgia State (Oct 04, 2014) vs Georgia State (Oct 04, 2014) at New Mexico State (Nov 08, 2014) at Ole Miss (Sep 13, 2014) vs Southern (Aug 30, 2014) at Texas State (Oct 14, 2014) vs Southern (Aug 30, 2014) vs Southern (Aug 30, 2014) at Texas State (Oct 14, 2014) at New Mexico State (Nov 08, 2014)

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Date

Opponent

Aug 30, 2014 Sep 06, 2014 Sep 13, 2014 Sep 20, 2014 Oct 04, 2014 Oct 14, 2014 Oct 21, 2014 Nov 01, 2014 Nov 08, 2014 Nov 15, 2014 Nov 22, 2014 Nov 29, 2014

SOUTHERN LOUISIANA TECH at Ole Miss at Boise State GEORGIA STATE at Texas State ARKANSAS STATE SOUTH ALABAMA at New Mexico State at ULM APPALACHIAN STATE at Troy Totals 49 of 53 (92.5%)

Score W L L L W W W W W W L W

45-6 20-48 15-56 9-34 34-31 34-10 55-40 19-9 44-16 34-27 16-35 42-23

Times Times In RZ Scored

6 3 4 3 3 4 4 6 6 6 3 5 53

6 3 3 2 3 4 4 5 6 5 3 5 49

Total Pts

TDs

Rush TDs

Pass TDs

FGs Made

38 20 13 9 21 20 27 19 42 27 13 35 284

5 3 1 1 3 2 4 1 6 3 1 5 35

2 1 1 1 2 2 4 1 3 2 1 5 25

3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 10

1 0 2 1 0 2 0 4 0 2 2 0 14

Failed to score inside RZ FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Opponents Inside Louisiana Red-Zone

Date

Opponent

Aug 30, 2014 Sep 06, 2014 Sep 13, 2014 Sep 20, 2014 Oct 04, 2014 Oct 14, 2014 Oct 21, 2014 Nov 01, 2014 Nov 08, 2014 Nov 15, 2014 Nov 22, 2014 Nov 29, 2014

SOUTHERN LOUISIANA TECH at Ole Miss at Boise State GEORGIA STATE at Texas State ARKANSAS STATE SOUTH ALABAMA at New Mexico State at ULM APPALACHIAN STATE at Troy Totals 32 of 43 (74.4%)

Score W L L L W W W W W W L W

45-6 20-48 15-56 9-34 34-31 34-10 55-40 19-9 44-16 34-27 16-35 42-23

Times Times In RZ Scored

2 3 3 8 4 1 4 3 3 4 3 5 43

0 3 3 6 4 1 4 2 2 3 2 2 32

Total Pts

TDs

Rush TDs

Pass TDs

FGs Made

0 17 21 34 28 3 20 9 10 17 14 14 187

0 2 3 4 4 0 2 1 1 2 2 2 23

0 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 14

0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 9

0 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 9

Failed to score inside RZ FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game

1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 6

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1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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3rd-Down Conversions Date

Opponent

Aug 30, 2014 Sep 06, 2014 Sep 13, 2014 Sep 20, 2014 Oct 04, 2014 Oct 14, 2014 Oct 21, 2014 Nov 01, 2014 Nov 08, 2014 Nov 15, 2014 Nov 22, 2014 Nov 29, 2014

SOUTHERN LOUISIANA TECH at Ole Miss at Boise State GEORGIA STATE at Texas State ARKANSAS STATE SOUTH ALABAMA at New Mexico State at ULM APPALACHIAN STATE at Troy Louisiana Opponents

Score W L L L W W W W W W L W

45-6 20-48 15-56 9-34 34-31 34-10 55-40 19-9 44-16 34-27 16-35 42-23

Overall

7-14 8-17 4-14 2-15 7-11 7-15 6-13 5-13 9-16 3-10 3-15 9-13 70-166 72-180

1st Qtr

50.0 47.1 28.6 13.3 63.6 46.7 46.2 38.5 56.2 30.0 20.0 69.2 42.2 40.0

3-5 3-6 0-2 0-5 2-3 0-3 4-5 3-5 3-4 0-1 0-4 3-3 21-46 18-43

2nd Qtr

60.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 66.7 0.0 80.0 60.0 75.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 45.7 41.9

2-4 2-4 1-4 1-4 1-2 0-2 1-4 0-3 2-4 1-3 3-5 1-2 15-41 25-56

3rd Qtr

50.0 50.0 25.0 25.0 50.0 0.0 25.0 0.0 50.0 33.3 60.0 50.0 36.6 44.6

1-3 1-3 3-5 0-2 1-3 4-4 0-2 0-2 2-4 1-3 0-3 3-3 16-37 13-40

33.3 33.3 60.0 0.0 33.3 100.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 33.3 0.0 100.0 43.2 32.5

2nd Qtr

3rd Qtr

0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-4

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 25.0

1-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 3-4 4-6

4th Qtr

1-2 2-4 0-3 1-4 3-3 3-6 1-2 2-3 2-4 1-3 0-3 2-5 18-42 16-41

50.0 50.0 0.0 25.0 100.0 50.0 50.0 66.7 50.0 33.3 0.0 40.0 42.9 39.0

Overtime

0-0 0-0

0.0 0.0

4th-Down Conversions Date

Opponent

Aug 30, 2014 Sep 06, 2014 Sep 13, 2014 Sep 20, 2014 Oct 04, 2014 Oct 14, 2014 Oct 21, 2014 Nov 01, 2014 Nov 08, 2014 Nov 15, 2014 Nov 22, 2014 Nov 29, 2014

SOUTHERN LOUISIANA TECH at Ole Miss at Boise State GEORGIA STATE at Texas State ARKANSAS STATE SOUTH ALABAMA at New Mexico State at ULM APPALACHIAN STATE at Troy Louisiana Opponents

Score W L L L W W W W W W L W

45-6 20-48 15-56 9-34 34-31 34-10 55-40 19-9 44-16 34-27 16-35 42-23

Overall

2-2 2-4 0-0 1-3 1-1 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-3 1-1 9-17 15-28

1st Qtr

100.0 50.0 0.0 33.3 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 33.3 100.0 52.9 53.6

0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 4-7

0.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 57.1

100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 75.0 66.7

4th Qtr

1-1 2-2 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-2 1-1 4-9 6-11

100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 44.4 54.5

Overtime

0-0 0-0

0.0 0.0

Time of Possession Date

Opponent

Aug 30, 2014 Sep 06, 2014 Sep 13, 2014 Sep 20, 2014 Oct 04, 2014 Oct 14, 2014 Oct 21, 2014 Nov 01, 2014 Nov 08, 2014 Nov 15, 2014 Nov 22, 2014 Nov 29, 2014

SOUTHERN LOUISIANA TECH at Ole Miss at Boise State GEORGIA STATE at Texas State ARKANSAS STATE SOUTH ALABAMA at New Mexico State at ULM APPALACHIAN STATE at Troy Louisiana Opponents

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Score

Overall

1st Qtr

2nd Qtr

3rd Qtr

4th Qtr

Overtime

45-6 20-48 15-56 9-34 34-31 34-10 55-40 19-9 44-16 34-27 16-35 42-23 Total Avg. Total Avg.

29:41 30:46 31:19 26:00 27:49 38:38 32:19 31:20 36:17 30:38 28:18 32:19 375:24 31:17 344:36 28:43

8:33 10:54 6:43 7:19 3:29 8:21 9:39 8:26 8:16 7:44 7:33 4:50 91:47 7:38 88:13 7:21

6:19 6:27 7:26 5:40 6:52 7:23 10:12 6:31 7:37 9:18 7:23 5:30 86:38 7:13 93:22 7:46

8:02 6:18 10:36 4:49 9:33 10:45 7:49 5:15 10:10 5:47 8:50 11:25 99:19 8:16 80:41 6:43

6:47 7:07 6:34 8:12 7:55 12:09 4:39 11:08 10:14 7:49 4:32 10:34 97:40 8:08 82:20 6:51

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Comp 20 19 15 20 20 14 9 16 12 10 21 14 190

Att 32 31 30 38 26 21 17 28 23 13 33 19 311

Int 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 9

Pct 62.5 61.3 50.0 52.6 76.9 66.7 52.9 57.1 52.2 76.9 63.6 73.7 61.1

Yards 237 150 129 160 216 225 102 216 158 173 160 142 2068

TD 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 12

Long 36 20 24 33 21 62 34 45 37 39 17 26 62

Sacked 0-0 1-10 0-0 1-4 0-0 3-14 1-1 1-6 1-7 5-19 6-40 0-0 19-101

Effic 143.15 106.13 66.12 82.74 172.09 162.86 103.34 121.94 152.92 224.09 104.36 136.46 123.89

#9Q Haack, Brooks Southern Louisiana Tech Georgia State Texas State TOTALS

Comp 4 10 4 2 20

Att 4 13 4 2 23

Int 0 0 0 0 0

Pct 100.0 76.9 100.0 100.0 87.0

Yards 27 87 50 15 179

TD 1 1 0 0 2

Long 15 30 22 12 30

Sacked 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-12

Effic 239.20 158.52 205.00 163.00 181.03

#45 Stover, Hunter Boise State TOTALS

Comp 1 1

Att 1 1

Int 0 0

Pct 100.0 100.0

Yards 14 14

TD 0 0

Long 14 14

Sacked 0-0 0-0

Effic 217.60 217.60

#5X Nixon,Jalen ULM TOTALS

Comp 1 1

Att 1 1

Int 0 0

Pct 100.0 100.0

Yards 1 1

TD 0 0

Long 1 1

Sacked 0-0 0-0

Effic 108.40 108.40

#15 McGuire, Elijah Georgia State TOTALS

Comp 0 0

Att 1 1

Int 0 0

Pct 0.0 0.0

Yards 0 0

TD 0 0

Long 0 0

Sacked 0-0 0-0

Effic 0.00 0.00

#TM TEAM Ole Miss Appalachian State TOTALS

Comp 0 0 0

Att 1 1 2

Int 0 0 0

Pct 0.0 0.0 0.0

Yards 0 0 0

TD 0 0 0

Long 0 0 0

Sacked 0-0 0-0 0-0

Effic 0.00 0.00 0.00

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#8 Broadway, T. Southern Louisiana Tech Ole Miss Boise State Georgia State Texas State Arkansas State South Alabama New Mexico State ULM Appalachian State Troy TOTALS

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Long PLaYs

20-YARD PLUs PLAYs Yds Type Player(s) 75* Rush McGuire,Elijah 74* Rush McGuire,Elijah 62* Pass McGuire,Elijah from Broadway, Terrance 54 Rush Harris,Alonzo 54* Rush McGuire,Elijah 54* Rush McGuire,Elijah 46 Rush McGuire, Elijah 45 Pass Scott,Devin from Broadway, Terrance 43* Rush McGuire,Elijah 41* FR Ringo, Christian 40 Pass Butler,James from Broadway, Terrance 39 Pass McGuire,Elijah from Broadway, Terrance 39 Rush McGuire,Elijah 37 Pass Butler,James from Broadway, Terrance 37 KR Pierce, Torrey 36 Rush McGuire,Elijah 36 Pass Robinson, Jamal from Broadway, Terrance 36* Pass Fuselier,Gabe from Broadway, Terrance 34 Pass Butler,James from Broadway, Terrance 34 KR Carter,Montrel 33 Rush McGuire,Elijah 33 Pass McGuire,Elijah from Broadway, Terrance 33 Rush Broadway, Terrance 32* Pass Robinson, Jamal from Broadway, Terrance 32 KR Carter, Montrel 31 Rush Harris,Alonzo 31 Pass Butler,James from Broadway, Terrance 31 Pass McGuire,Elijah from Broadway, Terrance 30 INT Trim,Corey 30 KR Carter, Montrel 30 KR Carter, Montrel 30 Pass Fuselier, Gabe from Haack, Brooks 29 KR Hoggins, Darius 29 Pass Robinson, Jamal from Broadway, Terrance 29 Pass Riles,Al from Broadway, Terrance 29 Rush Harris,Alonzo 28 INT Thomas,Sean 27 KR Carter, Montrel 27 Rush Reed,Effrem 27 KR Carter,Montrel 27 KR Carter,Montrel 26 Pass Bates,C.J. from Broadway, Terrance 26 PR McGuire,Elijah 26 KR Carter,Montrel 25 KR Carter,Montrel 25 Rush McGuire,Elijah 25 Rush Broadway, Terrance 24 Pass Bates,C.J. from Broadway, Terrance 24 Pass McGuire,Elijah from Broadway, Terrance 23 Rush Broadway, Terrance 23 Pass McGuire,Elijah from Broadway, Terrance 23 Pass Butler,James from Broadway, Terrance 23 Rush McGuire,Elijah 22* Rush Harris,Alonzo 22 Pass Riles,Al from Haack,Brooks 22 Pass Butler,James from Broadway, Terrance 22 Pass McGuire,Elijah+Riles,Al from Broadway, Terrance 22 Pass Butler,James from Broadway, Terrance 21 Rush McGuire,Elijah 21 KR Carter,Montrel 21 Rush Broadway, Terrance 21 Pass McGuire,Elijah from Broadway, Terrance 21 Pass Riles,Al from Broadway, Terrance 21 Pass Riles,Al from Broadway, Terrance 21* Pass Robinson,Jamal from Broadway, Terrance 21 Pass Butler,James from Broadway, Terrance 21 Pass Scott,Devin from Broadway, Terrance 20 KR Pierce, Torrey 20 Rush McGuire,Elijah 20* Pass Reed, Effrem from Broadway, Terrance * touchdown scored on play

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opponent Troy Arkansas State Texas State ULM Arkansas State Georgia State Southern South Alabama Arkansas State Texas State South Alabama ULM Ole Miss New Mexico State Louisiana Tech Texas State Southern ULM Arkansas State Troy South Alabama Boise State Louisiana Tech Southern Louisiana Tech ULM New Mexico State South Alabama Arkansas State Louisiana Tech Southern Louisiana Tech Appalachian State Southern Texas State ULM Ole Miss Louisiana Tech New Mexico State Georgia State Texas State Troy Boise State Troy ULM New Mexico State Georgia State Ole Miss South Alabama ULM Boise State Texas State Arkansas State Arkansas State Georgia State South Alabama Texas State ULM Troy Georgia State Texas State Texas State Troy Georgia State Georgia State ULM Arkansas State Southern Georgia State Louisiana Tech

LoNg PLAYs BY THE NUmBERs Long Plays By Yards No. TD 100+ 0 0 90-99 0 0 80-89 0 0 70-79 2 2 60-69 1 1 50-59 3 2 40-49 5 2 30-39 21 2 20-29 38 3 Long Plays By Type Rushing Passing Punt returns Kick returns Interceptions Fumble returns Other TOTAL

No. 22 31 1 13 2 1 0 70

TD 6 5 0 0 0 1 0 12

20-YARD PLUs BY PLAYER Player No. TD R P kR PR iR FR McGuire,Elijah 20 6 12 7 0 1 0 0 Butler,James 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 Carter,Montrel 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 Harris,Alonzo 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 Broadway, Terrance 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Riles,Al 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Carter, Montrel 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 Robinson, Jamal 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 Bates,C.J. 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Scott,Devin 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Pierce, Torrey 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Robinson,Jamal 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Ringo, Christian 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Fuselier,Gabe 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Reed, Effrem 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 McGuire, Elijah 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Thomas,Sean 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Reed,Effrem 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Fuselier, Gabe 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 McGuire,Elijah+Riles,Al 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Trim,Corey 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Hoggins, Darius 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 TOTAL 70 12 22 31 13 1 2 1 LoNgEsT PLAYs oF THE YEAR Rushing 75 McGuire,Elijah vs Troy (11/29/2014) Rushing Touchdown 75 McGuire,Elijah vs Troy (11/29/2014) Passing 62 McGuire,Elijah from Broadway, Terrance vs Texas State (10/14/2014) Passing Touchdown 62 McGuire,Elijah from Broadway, Terrance vs Texas State (10/14/2014) Punt Return 26 McGuire,Elijah vs Boise State (9/20/2014) kick Return 37 Pierce, Torrey vs Louisiana Tech (9/6/2014) interception Return 30 Trim,Corey vs Arkansas State (10/21/2014) Fumble Return 41 Ringo, Christian vs Texas State (10/14/2014) Punt 77 Cadona, Daniel vs Southern (8/30/2014) Field goal 38 Stover,Hunter vs ULM (11/15/2014) 38 Stover,Hunter vs Appalachian State (11/22/2014)

2014 Ragin’ Cajuns Football bowl guide

october 12, 2014 The Daily Advertiser

by Tim Buckley “We’re doing a great job anchoring the line, and he’s does a great job with everything he does ... for us to have that chemistry, it’s just enough to help take the team to the next level.” - Justin Hamilton “We just line up and run a play, and I can trust him, and we have that confidence in each other to trust (he’ll be) where he needs to be and trust (I’ll be) where I need to be.”

-Christian Ringo In their fourth year now sharing a small space, much has evolved.

When Christian Ringo and Justin Hamilton were new roommates in college, for instance, the TV was old-school and the Ragin’ Cajuns hadn’t been to a bowl game since 1970.

The year was 2011, and the two were UL freshmen.

“Juice (Hamilton’s nickname) used to have little box TV – you know, a little, old TV,” Ringo said. “I guess he put it to rest.”

R.I.P., tube TV. Three straight 9-4 seasons and three New Orleans Bowl victories later, Ringo has a flat screen. He shares it, too.

“I put the TV in the middle of the room,” Ringo said.

Hamilton and Ringo have come quite a long ways too, too, in their short stay together at UL, going from relatively littleknown freshmen from Mississippi to starters living rather large on the defensive line in Louisiana.

Ringo is UL’s top tackler on the line this season with 13 total stops including 5.0 tackles-for-loss, and Hamilton has another eight tackles including 2.5 TFLs for the 2-3 Cajuns as they prepare to play in an ESPN2-televised game Tuesday night at Texas State.

It’s not just work in the trenches, though, that ties the two together.

“We been roommates since we got here,” Hamilton said.

“It’s just something that’s a great thing, you know? We have a great chemistry.”

“Those are the type of teammates you’ll be seeing every summer, grilling out, ready to get your families together once a summer, regardless of how much distance is between you,” UL head coach Mark Hudspeth added. “They’ll stay in touch, just like I stay in touch with a lot of my former teammates on a regular basis.”

The two have known each other since they were sophomores in high school, Ringo at Jackson’s Forest Hill High and Hamilton at Natchez High in Natchez.

They took part in the same football combine then, and later got to know each other a bit when both were throwing shot put in some of the same high school track-and-field meets.

By the end of their senior seasons the two were teammates – and suitemates – on Mississippi’s side in the 24th annual Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic.

When Ringo informed Hamilton he intended to sign with the Cajuns, the latter followed form a short time later.

“When I told him I committed ... he was like, ‘Lafayette,’ “ Ringo said. “That kind of helped him. That’s his words.”

Ringo decided then that he wanted Hamilton by his side for the ride.

“Actually,” he said, “I told the coaches I wanted him to be my roommate.”

Cajun coaches didn’t mind at all.

“I think anytime you ... develop a relationship like that, that you always tend to hold one another accountable, or you have the feeling that you don’t want to let people down,” Hudspeth said.

“Sometimes, though, the players that don’t have those types of relationships sometimes are the ones that don’t do as well.

“So,” he added, “it’s important that these guys develop good relationships with their teammates and have some close friends and some mentors.”

Ringo and Hamilton have been together through thick and thin, switching dorm buildings once but always sharing a room in Lafayette.

The 6-foot-2, 310-pound Hamilton is the outgoing one, while 6-1, 277-pound Ringo is more of a quiet homebody.

“Juice stays on the move,” Ringo said. “When it gets to a certain time, I just like to be isolated in my room.

“Two different people,” he added. “They say two different people get along best instead of having the same personality.”

The TV that ties them also makes it easy to tell them apart.

“If he’s watching what he’s watching, I’ll watch what he’s watching,” Ringo said. “And if I’m in there watching, he’ll learn to like what I like.”

If one is playing a game on the flat screen, it’s bound to be Ringo.

“I’m not really a gamer,” Hamilton said.

Which is why it’s easy to understand which of Ringo’s habits perhaps gets under Hamilton’s skin most.

Nearly four years together, after all, is bound to produce at least a pinch of disagreement.

“When he’s in there looking forward to watching TV, I’m probably in there playing a game,” Ringo said. “He’s like, ‘Man, you stay playing the game.’

“His (biggest irritating habit) to me is when he gets on the phone, the volume will be so loud at night. That’s the only thing that annoys me.”

Beyond that, though, the bond perhaps explains why the two perform how they do.

They talk in their room. They talk in meetings. They talk on the practice field. They talk on the sideline too.

When they’re in a game together, though, there isn’t much time, or even need, for words.

“It pays off, definitely,” Ringo said of their experience together, “because all we need is a call and we just go.

“I don’t have to look at him for no checks or (anything). We just line up, and we can play. They give us a call, we just run it. That’s the chemistry we have.”

To say the two have helped each other on the field a lot doesn’t do the reality justice.

“That goes beyond ‘a lot,’ “ Ringo said, “because I know everything about him and he knows everything about me.

“We just line up and run a play, and I can trust him, and we have that confidence in each other to trust (he’ll be) where he needs to be and trust (I’ll be) where I need to be.”

Hamilton played for the Cajuns right away, and was starting by the end of a freshman year in which he had two sacks, including one in UL’s New Orleans Bowl win over San Diego State.

Ringo took a bit more time to get going, but wound up playing in eight games as a freshman, recording 2.5 TFLs including 1.5 sacks.

“We didn’t play that much together (then),” Hamilton said, “because it was like the coach wanted an experienced guy out there with us.”

That changed, though, because of personnel matters in the 2011 New Orleans Bowl.

Since then they’ve been staples together, doing what they must individually while also watching out for each other.

“Sophomore season it just took off,” Hamilton said. “Coach Edwards (Tim Edwards, UL’s defensive line coach) did a great job of coaching us up and getting ourselves prepared for whatever we were gonna get ourselves into.

“And we just embraced it. We took coaching, and we became successful.”

After New Orleans Bowl wins over East Carolina in 2012 and Tulane last season, Hamilton was a preseason All-Sun Belt Conference selection earlier this year.

Ringo, bothered by injuries throughout last season, was the same in 2013.

“It’s just a present, to know that my back is covered,” Hamilton said.

“I know that he (Ringo) is gonna take care of anything in the middle, and if I force it from the outside that he’s gonna take it, and if he forces to that outside I’ll be back and be out there for him.

“We’re doing a great job anchoring the line, and he’s does a great job with everything he does,” Hamilton added.

“He’s explosive, he’s quick, he’s strong, he’s powerful. I mean, there’s just so much quality that he has – and for us to have that chemistry, it’s just enough to help take the team to the next level.”

When it comes to Ringo’s and Hamilton’s relationship, however, there may not be another level. They may have already reached it.

They’re friends for life, both agree.

“Four years strong,” Ringo said. “I can’t get a better friend, brother like, person like, Juice.

“Juice has always got a friend in me,” he added. “That’s gonna go beyond college and beyond what’s next in our lives.”

As different as they may be, after all, there really is plenty of common ground. That includes the ground each is proud to claim.

“Mississippi is the main thing, you know?” Ringo said.

“People from Mississippi – we don’t have much in Mississippi. So, we care about our state. It means something to us.”

The TV? Old box. Flat screen. It really doesn’t matter much, one way or the other.

“Half the time the TV isn’t even on,” Hamilton said. “If it is, we’re not really watching it. We’re probably asleep – or I’m probably gone somewhere.”

And Ringo? He’s got the lights on.

“We’re doing a great job anchoring the line, and he’s does a great job with everything he does ... for us to have that chemistry, it’s just enough to help take the team to the next level.”- Justin Hamilton “We just line up and run a play, and I can trust him, and we have that confidence in each other to trust (he’ll be) where he needs to be and trust (I’ll be) where I need to be.” - Christian Ringo

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November 6, 2014 The Daily Advertiser

by Tim Buckley They began the season with two senior starters at safety, both of them hoping – and expected – to have huge seasons.

The Ragin’ Cajuns, however, started two freshmen – one, Tracy Walker, a redshirt freshman; the other, Travis Crawford, a true freshman – as their safeties in last Saturday’s 19-9 win over South Alabama.

For Trevence Patt and Sean Thomas, the reasons they didn’t open against the Jaguars are somewhat different.

So too are the reasons it’s uncertain just how much they’ll be used when 5-3 UL visits 2-7 New Mexico State on Saturday night.

For both, however, the desire evidently remains the same: to help however they can, according to Cajuns head coach Mark Hudspeth.

According to Hudspeth, meanwhile, Thomas also “has been hampered a little bit by injury.”

His reason for not starting and being replaced by Crawford at free safety against South Alabama, however, differs from Patt’s situation.

Referencing Crawford and Walker, Hudspeth said “those other guys have made a push at the safety position.”

“And Sean,” the Cajun coach said, “had a couple of games back-to-back that he didn’t play as well as he would have liked, with some missed tackles and some things that I know he wants to do better at.

“I think he had high expectations also coming into the season – and those other guys were just being productive.

“They’ve been great,” Hudspeth said of Thomas and Patt, the former from St. Augustine in New Orleans and the latter a Breaux Bridge High product. “I’ve been really proud of them, because they have not had any poor attitudes about it.

“But you know what? I think he stepped up his game a little bit,” Hudspeth added. “I think it (the demotion) has caught his attention, and I think he played much better when he got in the game (against South Alabama) the other night.”

“Obviously anybody (in their situations) is disappointed.

Anybody that is competitive and does not want to compete and play, I would think something is wrong with them.”

Thomas played much of the second half in Saturday’s win, and going into Wednesday’s practice it was uncertain if he or Crawford would start in Las Cruces.

After moving back and forth between safety and cornerback throughout much of his Cajun career, Patt has been hampered this season by an ankle injury.

“You still would like Sean sort of to be the guy,” Hudspeth said. “He’s a senior. Been in a lot of battles. Battle-tested.

Had two interceptions in the bowl game (UL’s New Orleans Bowl win over Tulane) last year.

He started three games at strong safety, one at cornerback, another at strong safety – then didn’t play in two because of the ankle, only to return in the quite-tight South Alabama game for late-game relief in Jevante Watson’s usual corner spot.

Enter Walker, who made a huge late-game play on fourth down after Patt was hurt in a win over Georgia State – and has started three straight games since.

“You’ve got to have speed on the field,” Hudspeth said, noting that Patt – considered a potential pro prospect at the start of the season – is literally slower because his injury.

“He’s had an ankle that’s lingered and lingered, and just hadn’t been able to be himself or be effective. ... He’s been very disappointed, obviously, that he hasn’t been able to perform at the level that he’s used to because of the ankle.

“Mentally, it’s been hard on him – because he had such a good year last year, and such high expectations,” Hudspeth added. “This was gonna be his senior year, and a chance to take that next step. That sure would be nice, to really get his playmaking ability back.”

Even if Patt is able to get close to fully healthy for the close of the season, though, it remains to be seen just where he’d play – safety, or corner.

“We’ve sort of moved on a little bit, because of his (inability) to really contribute,” Hudspeth said. “He’s sort of been that emergency backup safety, emergency backup corner.”

If Patt does play at New Mexico State, much like he did late against South Alabama, Hudspeth said, “He would go in and just have to limp through it. ... He can go in and

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do his best, just because we had to put somebody on the field.”

and just coming to practice every day and practicing at a high level, as young as they are. I think that speaks to them, as individuals.”

Hudspeth believes it speaks volumes, too, that Patt and Thomas have handled things like they have.

It hasn’t hurt, either, that the Cajuns are riding the current win streak they are, having beaten Georgia State, Texas State, Arkansas State and South Alabama in consecutive Sun Belt Conference games.

“As far as coming out to practice every day with a good attitude,” Hudspeth said, “they pull for their teammates.”

“Also,” he added, “when you win four in a row, it’s hard to have a lot of grief when you’re being productive and we’re winning games and we’re playing better on defense. We weren’t playing as well defensively earlier in the year.”

“But those other guys are pushing hard for playing time.

We’ve got some good competition, and it makes everybody better.

“But the great thing about it,” he added, “is we’ve got some quality depth that maybe in the past couple of years we haven’t had ... That’s a really good problem to have, because in the past we haven’t had that luxury.”

Whoever starts, Hudspeth and the Cajuns remain quite high on Crawford and Walker.

“We knew Travis Crawford could be a good player,” Hudspeth said. “He’s very physical. “(Walker is) long. When you’re tall and you’re long, you can cover a lot of ground. And he’s picking up the system good.

He’s communicating well. He’s a kid that is really bright, and I think he’s got a really bright future here.”

Walker is from Brunswick High in Brunswick, Ga. Crawford is a product of Holy Cross School in New Orleans, and he’s one of just four true freshman – along with backup slot receiver Gabe Fuselier, reserve defensive lineman Taboris Lee and reserve linebacker T.J. Posey – playing for the Cajuns this season.

“Those guys (Crawford and Walker) have competed their way into being guys we can put onto the field, and not just in certain situations, but in any situation,” Hudspeth said. “I like the way they’re preparing and getting better.”

“I think they’ve done a great job,” senior starting defensive end Chris Prater said of the two, “of showing their skills

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November 15, 2014 The Daily Advertiser

by Tim Buckley It was early in senior Hunter Stover’s football career playing for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and the Ragin’ Cajun kicker caught his grandfather’s eye.

UL players were making their usual Cajun Walk shortly before a home game against in-state rival University of Louisiana at Monroe, and there was Stewart “Smokey” Stover in the crowd.

Next thing Hunter knew, Smokey was stripping.

“I gave him a hug,” Hunter said, “and he kind of unbuttoned his shirt a little bit, and it had ‘Northeast Indians’ on it. I started laughing.

“But he had a button-down UL shirt (over it),” he added, “so it was pretty funny.”

In 1958 and ‘59, Smokey Stover played for ULM, or Northeast Louisiana State College, as it was known then, and both years — including one game at old McNaspy Stadium — his Indians beat UL, then called Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning.

He went on to play seven seasons in the AFL and NFL, including an appearance with the Kansas City Chiefs in the first-ever Super Bowl.

But Hunter’s family connection to ULM doesn’t stop there.

Smokey’s wife, Johnette, was a cheerleader at Northeast.

Hunter’s father, Smokey Jr., his mother, Connie, and his sister Brittany all graduated from ULM. Connie, like her husband, attended both UL and ULM “She cheered at both schools,” Smokey Jr., said, “so she’s all confused, as well.”

It’s little wonder that the Cajuns’ visit Saturday night to Monroe’s Warhawks Stadium is one of mixed emotions.

Smokey is “proud of where he played, back when it was Northeast,” Smokey Jr. said of his father, a fullback and linebacker when he was a team MVP in college, a linebacker in the NFL and an original Class of 1978 inductee into the ULM Sports Hall of Fame. “(With) what he accomplished up there, I think he’s a diehard NLU fan — and I think it’s hard for him to watch. But I clearly think blood is thicker than water,” Smokey Jr. said.

While Smokey has UL Monroe on his mind, Smokey Jr. believes he has the Cajuns — and Hunter — in his heart.

“Any time we play ULM, I wear my ULL shirt on top and my ULM shirt underneath,” Smokey added. “That says I’m supporting my grandson and his team at that time — but I’ve still got a little bit of ULM in me.”

Deep roots Born in Oklahoma, but told he was too small to play at the University of Tulsa, Smokey Stover went to a junior college first before heading to Monroe.

When he left Northeast Louisiana, Smokey — now 76 — tried out for the AFL’s original 1960 Dallas Texans, predecessor to today’s NFL Kansas City Chiefs.

He’s shared some of his favorites stories with his grandson over the years. One centering on how he fudged his way onto Dallas’ roster is a doozy.

The Texans had five linebackers in their first training camp, and head coach Hank Stram intended to keep only four.

“I lost so much weight (in camp) I didn’t know if I was gonna be able to make it or not,” said Smokey, who was 188 pounds at the time.

So, shortly before final cuts came, he and his roommate concocted a plan for late-camp weigh-ins.

“I took two 10-pound weights, and put them under my arms,” Smokey said.

“He (the roommate) wrapped an Ace bandage real tight around my chest, and I got an oversized T-shirt — extra, extra large — and I held my arms real tight and got up on the scale, and that’s what I weighed.”

Two-hundred and eight pounds, that is.

At the end of the season, Stover fessed up.

“After I’d made it, I told this coach (assistant Bill Walsh) ... my story, and he started dying laughing,” he said, “because he said he and Coach Stram had a knock-down, drag-out, and Stram said, ‘That kid is a bag of bones; he can’t weigh 208.’ “

“He kicks off, I just watch him,” Smokey said.

“He figured (after the knee injuries) if he wanted to get his licks in, he had to go down and make tackles.

“We’re real proud of him,” Smokey added. “Our whole family is real proud of Hunter, for him being injured and still able to play like he does.”

super Bowl i Smokey Stover still has a ticket from the Jan. 15, 1967, AFL-NFL World Championship, later dubbed Super Bowl I. Price tag: $12.

Stover’s Stram-coached Chiefs got there by beating quarterback Jack Kemp’s Buffalo Bills in the AFL title game, but they lost 35-10 to quarterback Bart Starr’s and coach Vince Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

Stover had no clue then what the game would become.

“It’s unreal,” he said, amazed at the pageantry of today’s Super Bowls.

“Our halftime was Grambling’s band came up there. ... It’s gotten to be a lot of foofoo and a lot of flowers. I mean, a lot of hype. Some of those games just aren’t what they’re cracked up to be — although some of them are pretty damn good games.”

Stover went on to earn a master’s degree in geology, then settled into Lafayette, first while working for Superior Oil Company and now as an independent geologist.

Family pride first Like his grandfather, Hunter often has a special shirt on under his UL jersey.

Every time he kicks, he wears a Kansas City Chiefs T-shirt given to him by his grandmother and worn in NFL games by his grandfather.

“My Grandpa wrote a little inscription on it, and I’ve actually worn it under my pads for every game in college,” he said.

“It’s pretty cool. ... My ‘good-luck’ shirt. I have to wash it myself. I don’t let the trainers wash it.”

Smokey still has his old cleats, and a framed jersey from his playing days.

The alligator shoes he wore to the first Super Bowl now belong to Smokey Jr., who wears them when testifying in court as an expert witness.

Hunter got the prized shirt.

The old shirt may be in tatters, Smokey said, but each week Hunter pulls up his jersey to show his family the T-shirt is there.

It’s a way of communicating without having to say much.

So it goes for this school-split family that really doesn’t feud at all.

In Hunter’s first three games against ULM, UL won.

“He just smiles at me and gives me that kind-of grin — ‘We beat you, huh?’” Smokey said. “He didn’t try to rub it in or anything — and I try to respect him when it’s the other way around.”

When the Warhawks beat the Cajuns last year, nothing, really, was said from grandfather to grandson.

“He’s too much of a class act to do that,” Hunter said. “He’s 100-percent supportive of me, and that’s why I love him so much. He’s just a great guy. I can’t really appreciate enough how much he does for me. He’s awesome.”

Talent on all sides Smokey Stover isn’t the only grandparent who passed some athleticism down to Hunter. “(It) poured into him from both sides,” Smokey Jr. said.

Hunter’s maternal grandfather, Billy Barrett, now in his late 80s, was a pro baseball player from 1949-57.

The centerfielder played for several minor-leagues teams — including the Lafayette Bulls, Thibodaux Giants and New Iberia Pelicans of Louisiana’s old Evangeline League, which existed from 1934 until 1957 with a break for World War II. Playing for a time in the Milwaukee Braves organization, he made it as high as the AA Southern Association’s Atlanta Crackers in 1953.

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kick through the odds Hunter arrived at UL from Notre Dame High in 2010 as a linebacker and kicker.

He wound up just a kicker, however, after needing multiple ACL surgeries on his left knee as a true freshman.

The first was because he tore the ligament shortly before the Cajuns’ season opener that year.

Later, according to his father, it was because of undiagnosed post-surgery MRSA staph infection in the joint that contributed to his weight dropping from 215 pounds to 180.

When UL head coach Mark Hudspeth replaced Rickey Bustle after the end of the 2010 season, Stover’s linebacker days were done.

But he kept on kicking, despite the fact his knee only retained about 80 percent of its strength.

“Hud comes in, and Hud doesn’t know him from Adam,” Smokey said, “and he barely makes the conditioning test the last day of practice.”

Making matters worse, Hunter tore the ACL in his right knee eight games into his redshirt season on a kickoff at Western Kentucky.

This season, for the first time, Hunter is the full-time field goal kicker (10-of-10 from inside 40 yards) and kicks PATs, too, (31-of-34).

He seems to have left his injuries far behind him, especially when he races downfield to help make as many tackles as he can after a kick.

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by Tim Buckley He never snapped a ball all of last season, and didn’t play center in high school or junior college either.

But he was UL’s No. 1 center as of the first session of two-a-days early Monday morning, and for senior Terry Johnson – UL’s starting left guard a season ago – that means much added responsibility.

“I’m in charge of making sure (starting quarterback Terrance) Broadway stays healthy. And I’ll do whatever I can,” Johnson said Monday. “If that means I have to sleep in the film room, I’ll sleep in the film room. I’ll just do whatever I can to keep him healthy, because he is our undisputed leader on this offense.”

The decision was made to move Johnson from guard to center after Saturday’s scrimmage, a switch made partly – head coach Mark Hudspeth said Sunday night – because juco-transfer Donovan Williams has emerged as a top-five offensive lineman for the Ragin’ Cajuns.

So redshirt freshman Grant Horst, who had been working with the first-team offense during last week’s opening week of preseason camp, moves to backup tackle and jucotransfer Eddie Gordon remains at No. 2 center – only it’s behind Johnson now.

That conveniently allows Williams to assume Johnson’s spot as one of UL’s two starting guards, along with Daniel Quave, who is heading into his fourth season as a full-time line starter.

“It means a lot,” Williams, a transfer from Blinn (Texas) College who played at San Antonio Class 5A powerhouse Madison High, said of jumping up. “I’ve just got to work hard and build chemistry with the unit, and go forward from there.”

Johnson feels the moves make sense for all involved.

“After watching (Saturday’s) scrimmage, they realized I do have the most experience,” said Johnson, who took about four snaps at center during the close-to-the-public scrimmage.

“Grant (Horst) was doing well. I think he’s doing well now.

It’s just that he doesn’t have the body type as a center right now. I think he’s a great tackle. I think he can develop into a center or a tackle whenever. But as of right now it seems like I’m the best fit.

“Yeah (Williams is) new, and he doesn’t have the steps right, but he’s so strong, and he’s also humble,” the product of Mississippi’s Oxford High added. “He’s very humble.

I like playing next to a humble guy. He takes coaching very well ... and I have respect for him.”

Broadway similarly has much appreciation for Johnson, who started at right guard during his only season at Northwest Mississippi Community College before transferring to UL. With three-year center starter Andre Huval having been a senior last season, Broadway cannot overstate the importance of having someone in front who works with him hand-in-hand.

“I think it’s really good,” UL’s senior quarterback said of the Johnson-to-center decision. “Terry is a very vocal leader, a

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strong guy. He can handle his own in the middle.

work on seeing each other as equals.”

“Today (Monday) we had a real good tempo with him at center, so it worked out real good for us with the 1s. From what I’ve seen today, he knows it. He knows (UL’s offense and how to make proper block-assignments calls) well.

The remainder hinges on first-hand experience already gained.

“In my opinion, he knows it just like Huval did,” Broadway added. “So he just needs to continue to work. ... He’s right on track to being where he wants, and to leading us on the offensive line for 13 games this year.”

“As a center, I have to think like a guard – because I can’t put the guard (Quave and Williams) in a bad position,” Johnson said. “They’re playing next to me; I’ve got to make them feel as comfortable as they can.”

For someone with as little experience at center as Johnson, that’s high praise indeed.

Had Huval gone down last season – he didn’t, instead making 39 straight starts at center over the last three years – the Cajuns might have moved Johnson to the middle then.

But the fact of the matter is he didn’t take a snap in practice all of last season.

A offensive tackle during his senior season at Oxford High, he didn’t in high school either. That’s because he played on defense until a coach in Oxford saw some potential for him on the other side.

“Apparently I was better at that than I was at d-line,” Johnson said.

Johnson didn’t start working at center until last spring, and even that didn’t last long before Cajun coaches returned him to guard.

Around the same time, Johnson sustained a spring-ending ankle injury that required screw-insertion surgery.

It cost him all but about the last two weeks of UL’s summer conditioning program, and Johnson is feeling the effects of that now.

“When I was at guard I didn’t have to talk that much,” he said. “Now, since I’m center, I have to have higher lung capacity – yell everywhere, Broadway’s got to hear me. So I’ve got to be able to be locked in.”

Johnson has no doubt he can get to that point, though.

In fact, he thinks he and Broadway can be the perfection combination in 2014 – especially because of what he learned from Huval in 2013.

“I was in the film room with Huval a lot of times,” Johnson said. “Me and him, we were pretty close. He told me a lot of stuff. So, as of right now I do think this is a good move.

“I learned way more playing next to him as a guard than I ever would being a center with the 2s,” Johnson added, “because he saw everything. He told me what to do.”

Now, as a result, Johnson feels he has a good read on just what is required to keep the Cajun offense on track.

Much rests on working well with Broadway.

“We’ve got know where the blitzes coming from. We’ve got to be on the same page,” Johnson said. “We have to see each other as equals. We do. I think Terrance saw Huval as an equal, and he trusted him. And I think we have to

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by Tim Buckley Coming out of Vandebilt Catholic in Houma, running back Elijah McGuire merely intended to contribute in the earliest stage of his Ragin’ Cajuns career.

He simply had no idea how he would – or, by any stretch of the imagination, just how much he could.

“My expectation was to come in and help the team in some kind of way,” said McGuire, now preparing for UL’s Sun Belt Conference-opening game Saturday vs. Georgia State at Cajun Field.

“But I didn’t expect to help the team in the way I did last year. I mean, it’s just crazy how I just came in and helped the team.”

He collected 871 yards and eight touchdowns running, plus another 384 yards and three TDs receiving in 2013.

Four 100-yard rushing games as a freshman.

He’d finished with 45 yards and one touchdown running, plus another 94 yards on seven catches in a New Orleans Bowl win over Tulane last December.

First-team All-Sun Belt running back, along with the senior starting ahead of him, Alonzo Harris. Sun Belt Freshman of the Year. Football Writers Association of America Freshman All-American.

“I was surprised the coaches gave me a chance. I wasn’t even expecting it at all. But I really appreciate them giving me a chance,” McGuire said earlier this month, as he put into perspective a start many around him may have seen coming – but that he did not.

“All I needed was a chance,” McGuire added. “The coach gave me that, and I took advantage of it.”

UL head coach Mark Hudspeth, offensive coordinator Jay Johnson, run game coordinator Mitch Rodrigue (his primary recruiter) and running backs coach Marquase Lovings aren’t the only ones, though, on the receiving end of McGuire’s gratitude.

“I give credit to the (offensive line), of course, for making me do all the things I did, and making me hit the right holes and everything,” he said.

“The o-line got me right, and all the running backs, all the guys older than me, coached me up, and of course (starting quarterback) Terrance (Broadway) coached me up, and just kept my head on right – even though I didn’t know everything.

“When I messed up, they’d just picked me up and tell me, ‘Don’t worry about it; just move on to the next play.’ So, I thank those guys for that.”

After a 31-yard wheel-route catch of a Broadway ball on his first college play in UL’s 2013-opening loss at Arkansas, the big plays just kept on coming for McGuire.

He rushed for 137 yards and three touchdowns in his Cajun Field debut, a win over Nicholls State in which McGuire dragged one Colonels defender for about 10 yards en route to 42-yard TD. The run quickly became YouTube lore.

He reeled off a 70-yard run in a mid-October win at Arkansas State, had TD catches of 80 and 36 yards in a midNovember win over Georgia State at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta and had a TD run of 27 yards on UL’s opening New Orleans Bowl drive at the Superdome.

Big venues.

Big plays.

Big shock, truth be told.

“It was just surprising when everything was happening so fast,” McGuire said. “It’s like I wasn’t ready for it.”

Yet he adapted, just as quickly.

“I came into practice ready to work every day, ready to learn new stuff, and hopefully it would carry into the game,” McGuire said. “I think that’s what it did, and I was ready to go.”

It took some coaching too, though.

“In some positions I felt like, ‘I can’t handle it,’ “ McGuire said, “but Coach Lovings, at the beginning of last season, he told me he won’t ever put me in a position that I can’t

handle and (that) he’ll put me in a position where I’ll always be successful.

“That gave me a little confidence,” he added, “and I thank Coach Lovings for that.”

At Vandebilt Catholic, where in his final season he played quarterback for an 11-2 team and led the state in rushing with 31 TDs and 2,603 yards on 223 carries (11.8 yards per run), there was much confusion over McGuire’s recruiting status.

Was he a junior or a senior during the 2012 season? Was he sign-able in 2013, or not?

McGuire lacked core classes and an ACT score that would put him on track to be NCAA-eligible when national signing day arrived in February 2013, but he was too old to play in what otherwise would have been his 2013 senior season.

So he wound up, essentially, doing four years’ worth of high school work in three.

Some bigger schools had no clue, thinking he had another year to play. Others knew it all, but backed off, thinking there was no way he’d be an academic qualifier.

An ACL tear in 2011 didn’t help either.

UL knew everything, and stuck with him anyway.

McGuire saw to it that the Cajuns’ patience paid.

“To be honest, I think I probably would have ended up somewhere bigger (if not for academic matters),” McGuire said. “But my situation in high school was crazy, and a lot of schools didn’t wait on me. But they didn’t understand the situation. So, UL took a chance – and I took it as well.”

The way McGuire saw it then, he had little other choice.

“I didn’t really have time to wait around,” he said, “because I was just ready to get it going, and I was making the best decision for myself.

“Of course I sat down and talked with my family, but when it all boils down it’s my decision. So I just took the decision to come to UL, and I’m making the best of it.”

Had he waited, McGuire perhaps could have landed in a larger pond.

For this fish, though, wet feet mattered most.

“I always told myself, and (said) to my friends and my family, that, ‘I don’t care where I go; I just want to get an education,’ “ McGuire said. “So, I’ll be happy if I just graduate college with a degree and just move on with my life.”

If there’s one thing McGuire does best, moving may be it.

He cuts and makes multiple tacklers miss.

With 4.5 40 speed in high school he’s fast, and when fully healthy he tends – once through a hole – to leave a trail behind him.

McGuire is an athlete, flat-out, and not just on a football field.

He might not be the best putting bat on ball in a cage – “I never played baseball a day in my life,” McGuire said – but he can shoot some hoops.

Regularly capable of scoring 20-plus points in high school, McGuire was identified last year by UL basketball coach Bob Marlin as the Cajun football player he’d most like on his team.

“I thought about, coming out of high school, playing basketball,” McGuire said. “But a lot of schools weren’t looking at me, because they thought I was just focused on football.

“So I was like, ‘You know what? That’s what I’m gonna do.’

Since every basketball coach was thinking that I’m just focusing on football, that’s what I did.”

And now?

“I really want to do it, but I don’t know if I could take all that transition from football to basketball,” McGuire said. “I think I’ll need some rest after football season.”

McGuire sure needed a break after last season, when his average of 8.4 yards per carry topped all 2013 FBS rushers nationally.

For as many big hits as there were, after all, the hits kept on coming too.

Hard hits.

By year’s end, the 5-foot-11 McGuire was pretty beat. His

body needed a break. But it also needed to be bulked up, so he went about doing just that.

Hudspeth suggested early last month that McGuire had put on 31 pounds, going from 171 to 202 – only a slight exaggeration.

“I put on about maybe 15 pounds,” McGuire said.

He arrived at UL at around 185, played last season around 190 and was at a personal-high 205 early this season.

So where did 171 come from?

“I have no idea,” McGuire said with a wide grin and a little laugh. “I don’t remember the last time I weighed 171.”

Whatever the numbers, McGuire was happy to start the season with more than before.

“I was a small back. ... I wasn’t as big as ‘Zo (starter Harris, listed at 6-1, 238), and I couldn’t take that pounding,” he said after rushing 13 times for 129 yards and a touchdown in UL’s 2014 season-opening win over Southern.

“So me putting on this weight, I think I can take a little more pounding this year.”

As it’s turned out, however, a tailbone injury has hampered McGuire since that Southern game.

In a Sept. 6 loss to Louisiana Tech, McGuire ran just seven times for 15 yards.

One week later, he had 10 carries for 66 yards in a loss at nationally ranked Ole Miss – including a 39-yarder Hudspeth suggested McGuire might have broken if he weren’t still hurting.

In UL’s last outing, a 34-9 loss on Sept. 20 at Boise State, McGuire ran seven times for 31 yards and a touchdown.

But he also had a career-high eight catches for 106 yards in Boise, many of them on check-downs, prompting Hudspeth to say right afterward that “we’re not getting Eli enough touches.”

Upon reflection, Hudspeth was OK with count. But he wants to improve where and when he’s getting the ball.

“He did get a few touches more than I realized,” Hudspeth said, “but that’s the minimum that I feel like he needs, is that 15-to-17.”

The Cajun coach hastened to add, though, that it’s not about “just handing the ball off in the backfield.”

“We need him ... to put him in position to make explosive plays,” Hudspeth said. “I don’t want all 15 touches to be the inside run game with him.”

Something else could help too.

That would be the anticipated October return of senior receiver Jamal Robinson, who underwent arthroscopic knee surgery Sept. 12.

“Right now Eli is our only big-play threat,” Hudspeth said.

“Anytime you flank him out anywhere, there’s just a red light going off all the over the field – a flashing light over his head. You know, ‘Watch this guy, watch this guy.’ “ With Robinson or not, McGuire is a threat indeed.

UL has had 16 plays this season go 20 yards or more.

But McGuire – who says Lovings encourages him to be “a difference-maker” – has had the two longest, his 46-yarder against Southern and the 39-yarder at Ole Miss.

He’s averaging 6.5 yards per run and 8.9 yards per catch in 2014. Last year, he had a hand in four plays that went more than 50 yards.

“Being part of a big play, it really feels good,” McGuire said, “because you really think you accomplished something with everybody doing their job.

“When I made that 46-yard run, that wasn’t because of me.

That was because of the o-line doing their job on the front.”

He is billed now as a big-play threat, a dynamite true sophomore who – with more touches in the right places – can help UL blast out of the 1-3 start it has boxed itself into.

Yet the last thing he expected in 2013 was to make the marquee in big, bold letters so soon.

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by Tim Buckley “We all have goals – and all of them are related to the team goals.”

Alonzo Harris

Harris now takes pride in things he might not have when youth had not yet yielded way to prideful pro prospect.

UL running back At first it was difficult to accept.

Here was the hotshot true freshman who hadn’t even played a college football game, and so much of the buzz was about him.

But who was he to take time away from the junior who had been there from the get-go – the Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year in 2011 – and who had logged more than his fair share of yardage over the preceding two seasons?

It didn’t take long, though, for UL’s Alonzo Harris to see what so many else did too: Elijah McGuire, a running back just like Harris and the eventual Sun Belt 2013 Freshman of the Year, needed to be on the field too.

The acceptance, and embracing, of McGuire’s presence came, Harris said Friday, “midway through last season, when they first started getting him in the rotation and he started making a lot of plays.”

“Then we got on the same page,” said Harris, whose Cajuns open their 2014 season Aug. 30 vs. Southern. “They had us in the game at the same time, and we both began to make plays.

“When I’m on the sideline I see the guy making plays myself,” Harris added, “so I know they (Ragin’ Cajun coaches) see the talent in him as well as I do.”

Both wound up as first team All-Sun Belt running backs last season, and they’re both Preseason All-Sun Belt picks again this year too.

The relationship now is one that Cajun coach Mark Hudspeth believes can help an already prolific offense – UL averaged 33.8 points and 416.8 yards per game last season – be that much more potent in 2014.

“One thing I think is gonna help is our guys are more mature – and as you mature, you understand that it’s sort of a team game. You understand that your teammate can help you,” Hudspeth said. “And I think Alonzo at first didn’t really understand that early in the season.

“And as the season wore on, and he felt he could more effective when he was fresh, especially in the second half, he realized it was pretty neat to have a 1-2 punch, and that you can take a blow for two or three plays and come right back in and not have as much or any dropoff.”

For Harris, now a potential NFL Draft pick who ranks fourth in school history with 2,523 rushing yards, it was another positive step in a ladder-full since he came to UL from Gadsden City High in Gadsden, Ala. There have been a stumble or two along the way – he missed games against both North Texas and South Alabama in 2012 – but all in all it’s been much more up than down for the 6-foot-1, 238-pound bruiser who has been called an SEC-quality back by his own coaches and others.

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“His maturity level has really developed,” Hudspeth said.

“He’s a much better teammate now. He cares about his teammate and wants to do his job – not just for him.”

“So to me he’s trying to be the total player, and not just a strong runner,” Hudspeth said. “He’s trying to be great in his pass protections and understanding schemes, studying the game, and that’s gonna help the team as whole become better.”

“That’s how we get our yards, that’s how we get our touchdowns, that’s how we compete against each other,” he added. “It’s that type of thing. We all have goals – and all of them are related to the team goals.”

If all are realized in 2014, the work of a certain duo could go far toward making that happen.

“I think we can go down as one of the best tandems in history,” Harris said. “I firmly believe that. Elijah believes the same thing. It’s all about going out and showing it.”

Harris rushed for 942 yards and 14 touchdowns last season, 881 yards in 2012 and 700 as a freshman.

His 32 rushing touchdown rank third in UL history, trailing only Brian Mitchell’s 47 and Tyrell Fenroy’s 48.

Hudspeth called him someone who “turns 2 into 4 and 4 into 6.”

“Very physical player,” the Cajun coach said. “The light really has come on for him in the past year as far as being a guy that is super-accountable now.

“I think that comes with any player,” Hudspeth added.

“They get here, and everybody is a little immature. He’s really developed into one of our hardest workers, and I think that’s even gonna lead him to, hopefully, future success.”

McGuire’s presence, Harris believes, should only help in that regard.

When they’re on the field together – and especially when senior wideout Jamal Robinson and senior quarterback Terrance Broadway are too – opposing defenses don’t know where to focus.

And when McGuire is the lone back in, Harris tries to take advantage of his time on the sideline – whether it’s talking to coaches, or simply grabbing a few good breaths of fresh air.

Harris wound up with 199 rushes last season – about the same as he would have had in 2012, when McGuire wasn’t around, had he played in all 13 games then.

McGuire, who averaged a national-best 8.4 yards per carry last season, had 103 and wound up with 871 yards and eight rushing TDs. “I wouldn’t say it would hurt my numbers or anything like that,” Harris said of McGuire’s emergence. “I would say it would make them better – because he’s the scatback, of course. We all know that. He’s the quick-jab. So it definitely will spread a defense out, keep them on their toes.

“And he does what he (does), I’m gonna do what I do. So, it shouldn’t take away from each other’s numbers at all.”

Still, there is so much talent on UL’s offense – and only so much of a certain something to go around.

“It’s definitely gonna be hard to get us all the ball,” Harris said. “You know, we’re all hungry for it.

“The way we do it when we get the ball in our hands, we make the best of every opportunity that we do get.

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by Tim Buckley

More and more, he’s playing with a purpose too.

He hits hard, like he means it.

Perhaps that is because he plays angry. Or maybe it’s just because he never knows which lick will be his last.

Boris Anyama, UL’s fifth-year senior linebacker, has had countless career interruptions due to injury. Now he just wants to make it through this season letting others know he’s there.

“Oh, man,” Anyama said when asked this week about his journey as a Ragin’ Cajun, which continues with Saturday’s key Sun Belt Conference homecoming game against 5-2 South Alabama. “It’s been a lot of trials and tribulations.

You know, since my freshman year I’ve been hurt every year. I really haven’t played a full season.

“So, right now I’m on the verge to – and I really feel, Godwilling, that I can keep it up and stay healthy and hopefully I can just play every game this year.

“If I get hurt tomorrow, hey, I get hurt tomorrow,” he added.

“That’s God plan.”

Anyama’s plan is to keep doing what he’s doing, much like he has throughout his stay at UL, which started which extensive special teams play and has evolved into a starter’s role.

After bouncing around position-wise early in the season, he took the field as a captain in his home state of Texas when the Cajuns beat Texas State earlier this month in San Marcos – “That really meant a lot,” he said – and parlayed his two-tackle performance there into bigger things.

Anyama had some super practices the following week, and was rewarded with a starting job over ex-Texas A&M redshirt Darzil Washington in UL’s 55-40 win over Arkansas State.

He answered the bell in that one, making seven tackles including 4.0 for loss and gaining notice that included College Football Performance Award national Linebacker of the Week honorable mention.

“I’ve always kind of been underrated, so ... every day I just try to be better,” said Anyama, a product of Stafford High in Stafford, Texas. “So, when I get a little recognition it’s good. But I always feel like, ‘I’ve been here.’

“All that’s not important. It’s winning and staying healthy.

That’s all I care about, man. Starting is not important to me.

It really isn’t.”

Packing a wallop is as well, though, especially for someone whose first and only NCAA Division I offer came from the Cajuns.

So, lightly recruited out of a Class 3A program in Texas, Anyama has always felt the weight on his shoulders to prove he belongs has been heavy.

He takes it out on the ball carriers trying to make their way past.

“Sometimes I wonder how it would have felt if I had felt that hit, you know?” he said with laughs. “I always wanted to see. ... I guess I do play angry.”

just keep grinding and grinding and having that blue-collar mentality, I feel like everything will take care of itself.”

After starting two games at the start of last season, he missed four with an injury – then had a career-high nine tackles with a start in UL’s regular-season finale at South Alabama, followed by another start in the Cajuns’ New Orleans Bowl win over Tulane.

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Now he’s settled in as a key piece to a Cajun defense that struggled early, especially during a three-game UL losing streak in September, but that has played much better as of late, prompting a three-game Sun Belt win streak.

“Boris, to me, is a very talented young man,” UL head coach Mark Hudspeth said. “You know he didn’t play a lot of football before his last year or two at high school (where he also played basketball and ran track), and got here and sort of had to learn the game.

“But he has stayed the course. He’s one of finest young men on the team. High-character young man. Hard worker.

And (with that) he’s earned the coaches’ respect, and he’s really playing well now.

“He’s got a big motor,” Hudspeth added, “and I think the game is really starting to come to him more naturally than it has in the past.”

Hudspeth sees easily what is driving Anyama in his senior season.

“He’s finally gotten to have quality minutes,” Hudspeth said, “and he wants to show that he deserves to be there.

“Him and Darzil (Washington) are fighting for playing time, and I think that competition there is good for both those guys.”

An in-season scheme change has both Anyama and Washington playing now at an outside linebacker/defensive end spot that amounts to stand-up pass rusher in a 4-3 front.

The spot suits Anyama, but the fit fell into place only after trying several other looks.

“I feel like starting off changing, in different spots, makes you kind of worried, or wary, of what exactly your job is,” he said. “Once you’re set at one spot, and you know what to do, it makes you play a lot faster. It makes you able to compete.”

It also helps interior lineman like Christian Ringo and Justin Hamilton flush out quarterbacks.

“Really, it all starts up front with the front seven including the linebackers,” Anyama said.

“I feel like it should be the same from here on out, because of the way it’s (producing),” he added with reference to the look UL’s defense has adopted. “We have more speed on the outside now, as opposed to in the past it was less speed but bigger guys.”

As much as Aynama feels the Cajun defense should stick with what’s working, he feels the same is just as important for himself.

“Really,” Anyama said, “I feel like if I just keep being consistent and always have a positive mindset and continue to

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WAsHiNgToN’s WACkY CAREER PATH RETURNs Him To CAjUNs

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october 19, 2014 The Daily Advertiser

by Tim Buckley

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It was shortly after learning he was not yet academically eligible – a frustratingly familiar refrain – that Darzil Washington approached UL head coach Mark Hudspeth.

Preseason training camp had just ended for the Ragin’ Cajuns last August, school was about to begin, the start of UL’s 2014 season was fast-approaching, and here was Washington, not even permitted to practice any longer, let alone play.

Again.

Enough was enough, Washington had decided.

“He came and let me know he was hanging it up,” Hudspeth said. “All the academic stuff was just too much for him. It built up, and he said, ‘Coach, I’m not gonna be able to do it.’ “ Hudspeth, however, sensed Washington could.

So he told just him just as much.

Washington listened, and now – wow are he and the Cajuns glad he did.

After missing UL’s first three games, and priceless practice time leading up to them, Washington is playing again.

Not just playing, though.

The one-time Texas A&M redshirt and one-time Hawaii signee is starting now, and has had a huge hand in helping UL – 3-3 as it prepares to play Arkansas State in a key ESPN2-televised Sun Belt Conference game Tuesday night – to snap a three-game losing streak and win backto-back SBC games vs. Georgia State and Texas State.

“I’m having lots of fun,” said Washington, an outside linebacker who played the part of stand-up defensive end as UL’s usual 3-4/multiple defense played a whole bunch of four-man front in its 34-10 win at Texas State last Tuesday night.

“Just the opportunity to be back on the field, coming from where I came from to where I’m at right now – it’s just a blessing to be back.”

Getting there, though, has required traversing quite a winding road.

Washington is at his sixth school in sixth years, traveling a path that took him from two Louisiana high schools to Texas to Arizona to California and finally – lured partly by a young son back home, partly by the persistence of some Cajun coaches who’ve been recruiting him from the get-go – to Louisiana again.

The 6-foot-3, 235-pounder first was at Hahnville High in Boutte, then transferred for a 123-tackle senior season at West St. John High in Edgard.

It was when Washington was at West St. John High that Cajuns assistant coach Tim Rebowe started recruiting him, and at one point Washington actually committed to UL. But then Texas A&M offered, and Washington jumped to join what was then a Big 12 school and now is a member of the SEC. He spent all of the 2011 season there as a freshman, but as a redshirt could only watch as the Aggies opened 5-2 before struggling to a 7-6 finish.

It was after that season that Washington, academically ineligible, watched what was once a promising majorconference career slip from his grip.

By the next semester, he was at Eastern Arizona College, and he played there in 2012.

“I wouldn’t look at it as something I regret, or something that brought me down,” Washington said of his Texas A&M experience. “It really made me who I am today.

“As far as going through things in life, I looked at it as a lesson learned. Now, even though I’m up here” – the new Cajun raises an arm high – “I looked at it as (learning) there’s always something that can bring you back down.

So, I look at it as a positive.”

Before he’d bounce back, though, there were more negatives.

Washington signed with Hawaii in 2013, but because he hadn’t finished junior college yet he wasn’t academically permitted to play there either.

Rather than remaining at Eastern Arizona, though, Washington left and wound up farther west.

“It wasn’t the right setup for me,” he said, “so I just got my things and headed out to Los Angeles, and found a new school to go.”

It was East Los Angeles College in Monterey Park, Calif., and it was there that Washington caught the eye of FBS recruiters yet again, making 32 total tackles including six sacks through seven games before an injury cut his season short.

“The coaches there looked out for me. ... That was a good experience,” Washington said. “I (saw) a lot of different things in California.”

By then, Texas A&M and Hawaii were in the rearview mirror.

But the University of Washington, Utah and Marshall all presented an offer.

Washington, however, had had enough of the far side of the Rocky Mountains. He had had enough of being away from Louisiana. And he had a young one to consider.

So Washington sent a juco highlight compilation to Rebowe, and eventually heard back. The Cajuns he had once spurned hadn’t forgotten him.

He was quite happy about that.

“Some things came up family-wise,” Washington said. “I wanted to get closer back to home. I had a kid and everything. ... That was major in my decision to come here.”

Rebowe and Cajuns defensive coordinator James Willis paid a home visit, and that was enough for Washington to sign the national letter-of-intent with UL he almost but never quite did sign three years earlier.

“I kid him all the time, ‘Hey, tried to get you to come here to start with,’ “ Hudspeth said. “I give him a hard time about it. ... But everything happens for a reason, and he’s back here now, and I think he’s glad he’s here.”

Indeed he is.

“Right now, I’m just blessed that I have a second opportunity,” Washington said. “And that’s what I call it: My second opportunity, my second chance. So I’ve got to do everything I can to make my dreams come true.”

Before he could dream again, however, there would be yet another nightmare to fight through.

Washington earned his associate’s degree, a huge hurdle that had to be navigated before he could finally play at the FBS level.

With classes and grades from multiple schools on his transcript, however, it took extra time for the NCAA to declare him academically eligible.

That hit hard.

One day Washington was practicing and lifting weights and enjoying all that comes with being part of a team. The next, he felt alone on an island with little cover and few supplies.

“It was a mental challenge throughout the whole thing,” Washington said, “as far as just staying mentally strong, talking with Coach Hud, Coach Rebowe (about) keeping me where I’m at, as far as not giving up and everything.

“I had to overcome a lot of things, from an education point of view, conditioning-wise, weight room, practice, everything. It was a tough road.”

Rather than pivot and run, however, Washington made it from one end to the other with the encouragement of his coaches.

Hudspeth has seen others take the same trip, some with success, some without.

“You’ve got to keep giving him the carrot of ‘It’s right around the corner; you can see the light at the end of the tunnel,’ “ Hudspeth said of those facing such circumstances. “You’ve got to remind him that he’s almost there. ‘Stay

the course, stay the course, stay the course.’ “ Talked out of leaving, Washington won’t easily forget the day he learned he’d been cleared to play.

It took a few weeks, and by the time he received word UL already was 1-2 with losses to Louisiana Tech and at nationally ranked Ole Miss.

“When I was told I was eligible finally ... Coach Stringer (Reed Stringer, UL’s recruiting coordinator) came up to me ... and I just dropped down,” Washington said. “I was like, ‘Yeah. It’s that time.’

“So once I was over everything, I was just like, ‘It’s time to go get it now. Just straight ahead. Look ahead. Don’t look back on nothing. Let’s play ball like I always was taught to play ball, like I was doing this since I was 7 years old.’ “ Little, however, is quite so easy.

It seems Washington stepped in and began contributing with the snap of a finger, but in actuality it’s taken much more.

He was behind on learning UL’s defensive scheme and philosophy. Unable to practice for so long, he wasn’t exactly in game shape. He was surrounded by new teammates, some of whom he hardly knew.

“It wasn’t really overnight,” Washington said. “It was a process to get where I’m at right now.

“It was a setback after camp was over, due to eligibility.

But once I got past that I worked hard as far as trying to get into the starting lineup, learning the plays, getting conditioned. I mean, it wasn’t easy.”

Figuring out just how much assistance he could provide, however, was.

Washington played sparingly and didn’t record any stats in his Cajun debut, a Sept. 20 loss at Boise State.

But he had two tackles after starting in UL’s next outing, an Oct. 4 win over Georgia State, and was with the first team again while playing extensively and making more three tackles at Texas State.

It’s not so much Washington’s numbers, though, as it is his mere presence that seems to have sparked a UL defense that’s undergone multiple personnel changes the last few weeks.

He brings speed off the edge, can pressure opposing quarterbacks and, when necessary, can drop into space too.

“He’s got a motor,” Hudspeth said.

“That’s allowed (defensive linemen Christian) Ringo and (Justin) Hamilton and Marquis White and those guys to get some single blocks rather than double-teams, so that’s created some opportunities for those guys to make plays – because those guys are hard to block 1-on-1.”

The bottom line: Washington is contributing now.

It may not be for a Big 12 or SEC team, but it is for one that needs and appreciates what he brings.

That alone seems to make the wacky highway traveled well worth whatever tolls came along the way.

“It most definitely makes it worth it,” Washington said.

“Like I said, just being up at the top and being brought right back down – it makes you realize how you’ve got to cherish things, and the opportunity that’s given you, and to take advantage of it at all times, because there’s a breaking point to everything.”

Now, though, the passion is back.

Washington said he’s “working hard ... and just loving the game even more.”

But what if things hadn’t worked out like they have? What if that academic clearance didn’t come when it did? What if he really did hang it up, like he told Hudspeth he would?

“I really don’t know. I really can’t explain it,” Washington said. “Like I said, I’m just blessed that I have the opportunity to walk back on this field, and just strap up and play this game again.”

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by Tim Buckley “I just prayed about it, and worked hard, and continued to work.”

“But now, with (second-year defensive coordinator James) Willis’ (3-4, multiple look) scheme, he really fits in well to what we’re doing,” Hudspeth added. “He’s a good pass rusher as well as a guy that can play in space.”

Dominique Tovell With the benefit of hindsight, Hudspeth really does regret how Tovell was handled back then.

UL outside linebacker He is a 2014 first team All-Sun Belt Conference preseason pick.

But after popping in and out of the picture during his 2012 redshirt freshman season at UL, outside linebacker Dominique Tovell at times has flown under the radar.

And that’s too bad, Ragin’ Cajuns coach Mark Hudspeth suggests – because, especially now that the junior is a critical part of a defense looking to improve on three straight 9-4 seasons, Tovell really is deserving of notice.

“He was such a good player,” he said. “We probably made a mistake of not getting him on the field at some point more than we did.

“He just got caught up in a bad deal,’ the Cajun coach said. “He was really disappointed, and he was frustrated because he felt like he could help the team. And he was confident he could. ... Looking back, there’s no question he could have.”

Confidence issues

“Boy, that guy is a very effective player. A very physical player. Does his job,” Hudspeth said. “To me, doesn’t get near the attention that he probably deserves.

When the Cajuns decided to go with four down linemen in 2012, Tovell’s outside linebacking spot essentially no longer existed in the new scheme.

“I’m just excited to have him back this year for one more,” the Cajun coach added. “He’ll be a good player for us.”

He felt, and was, squeezed.

As circumstances happened to unfold, however, Tovell very nearly wasn’t back at all for a 2011 redshirt sophomore season in which he merely was second on the team with 67 total tackles, including 40 solo stops, and recorded a team-high 12 tackles-for-loss that included a couple of sacks.

The 6-foot-2, 248-pounder from Columbia High in Columbia, Miss., almost walked away from UL – and it took quite a confluence of influencing factors to convince him he should not.

It was a move that led to then-senior defensive end Emeka Onyenekwu, who later went to training camp with the NFL’s Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent, having a starting role in UL’s starting lineup.

UL briefly tried to turn Tovell into a defensive end so he could get some playing time on the line, but it wasn’t long before Hudspeth realized that simply wasn’t going to work.

“To me,” he said, “he just wasn’t big enough to be a handsdown guy. That’s just not what he does.”

“We had to get through that season,” Hudspeth said, “and then Coach Willis came in, and he really fit into (Willis’) scheme really well.

“He’s bought into what we’re doing now, and is just a great kid, a hard worker. He’s one of the staples of our defensive program.”

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Tovell himself, however, largely initiated the remainder of the requisite mental rehabilitation.

“I just prayed about it, and worked hard, and continued to work,” Tovell said, “and Coach Willis came in, brought his scheme in, and I just happened to fit perfect in it.

“I had to convince myself – was this really where I wanted to be?” he added. “I talked to a lot of my family members, and just guys who played college football before that I knew of. I took comfort in (those) guys. I talked to some of my teammates, and they just led me in the right direction.”

Which was going nowhere else, as it turned out.

Staying right where he was made the most sense, and that’s being proven the correct call now.

“I like where I play,” Tovell said. “I get to rush and drop, but – more so – I get to disguise myself, so everybody doesn’t know what I’m doing all the time.

“I might throw off a couple looks off the quarterback, and throw off (opponent) offenses.”

Locked in now

Tovell was crushed.

At UL’s football Media Day last Monday, Willis suggested Tovell is the only Cajun who can be inked in as a starting linebacker this season, saying he is “probably the only one who has sewn the position in.”

And that’s when the Mississippian started to wonder if Lafayette was the proper place for him.

His play not only last season but also this past spring makes it an easy call.

He even considered leaving during the season.

Still, with the memory of 2012 being one that is hard to shed, Tovell takes absolutely nothing for granted.

“We did (come close to losing Tovell),” Hudspeth said.

“I think I was pretty close – a few steps away, probably,” Tovell added. “But I think I made the right decision staying here and being a part of this program. I think we’re making big moves, and I’m just glad to be a part of it.”

Part of the reason, by his own admission, was ego-driven.

Caught in transition It was five games into the 2012 season, UL’s middle one in a string of three straight New Orleans Bowl victories, and Tovell had made five straight starts at outside linebacker.

“You know how it is: Coming out of high school, you’re probably the best guy in your high school. If not, one of the best,” he said. “You’re highly recruited.”

“It made me feel real good that I know he has confidence in me to go out there and play and make plays,” he said of Willis’ endorsement. “But I know there are guys like (reserves) Tyren Alexander and Chris Prater; I know they’re really pushing me.

The rest of it, though, was rooted in real self-doubt.

But the Cajuns made an in-season scheme change during the second and final year of Greg Stewart’s run as UL defensive coordinator under Hudspeth, and things were about to change.

Tovell, meanwhile, had to bide time the rest of the year, getting only one more start during what was left of the regular season.

“From going to playing the way I did – a lot – to not playing, it really took a toll on me mentally,” Tovell said.

“It had me questioning myself, like, ‘Could I really play here?’ or ‘Is there where I needed to be? Is it the defensive scheme, or is it me?’ It put a lot of question marks in my head.”

“So just because he says I have the starting role, don’t expect me to stop working or anything like that. I’m gonna push just as if I was at the bottom, and just fight every day.”

Which is precisely what Hudspeth would expect from Tovell now, and precisely what he wanted him to do when times were tough a couple of seasons back.

“I’m certainly glad that he stayed,” Hudspeth said.

“The second year, we moved from a 3-4 to a 4-3 about midseason – and that sort of left (Tovell) in limbo at the time,” Hudspeth said. “And he was a little bit unhappy, because he wasn’t getting to play.

Glad he stayed

“To be honest with you, deservedly so – because we should have gotten him on the field, somewhere, looking back now.

He said he did so in part by offering “constant encouragement, and (telling) him we had a plan for him, which we did.”

Hudspeth did what he could to try to erase some of the negative punctuation.

“I said, ‘If you stay, I promise you things will work out.’ And obviously they did. I’m glad I was able to keep my word.”

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It certainly is competitive.

It may not seem obvious to many UL football fans by simply looking at his career statistics of three receptions for 18 yards and a touchdown, but tight end Larry Pettis has actually played in 34 games during his three-year career as a Ragin’ Cajun.

“All of us compete hard on every play,” he said. “I feel like we probably have one of the most competitive groups out there.”

Yet all four think as one – both on and off the field.

And while the Oxford, Miss., native would continue to do his job in whatever role the coaching staff gives him this fall, Pettis has plans on going out with a bang during his senior season.

“This is a big year for me,” Pettis said. “I feel like I’m ready.

I have game experience and I have younger guys pushing me.

“I feel like I’ve got the opportunity to show some skills that some people don’t think I have.”

UL head coach Mark Hudspeth, for one, seems convinced that’s going to happen.

“I think he’s ready to step into that (main role),” he said.

“You know, he’s played behind two really good ones (2013 seniors Ian Thompson and Jacob Maxwell). And he’s played. It’s not like he has not seen any action. He’s played on the field.”

“We all have 3.0 GPAs or better and you never hear of any of us getting into any kind of trouble,” Pettis said. “We’re all competing, but we’re also all helping one another. We don’t hide anything from each other.

“If I drop two balls in practice and one of them makes a great catch down the field, I’m just as happy for them as if I was the one who caught the pass.”

Competitive? Yes. Together? Definitely. But Hudspeth sees some differences when it comes to skill sets.

“He’s (Pettis) got different strengths than they have,” Hudspeth said. “He’s probably a little better at the point of attack, at the line of scrimmage. A little more physical. They may have been a little more elusive out in the perimeter.

But, nevertheless, we’ll play to his strengths. Then we’ve got Matt Barnes, who can really play on the perimeter also, along with Nick Byrne.”

Since signing with the Cajuns in 2011, it’s been a matter of waiting his turn. When Pettis first arrived, current San Diego Chargers’ NFL standout Ladarius Green was dominating his position. Then came the consistent 1-2 punch of Maxwell and Thompson over the last two seasons.

And no matter how this tight end battle plays out in August, Pettis has plans on continuing to contribute to special teams.

“LaDarius was a freak athlete,” Pettis said. “They (Maxwell, Thompson) weren’t the downfield threats that LaDarius was, but they were both great tight ends. I learned a lot by just watching all of those guys. I feel like I’m more prepared playing behind guys like that.”

“I expect to play on all of the offensive special teams – kickoff return, punt return and field goals,” he said. “I’ve always enjoyed special teams. There are a lot of things that you can do on special teams that are fun. I think that’s something not enough guys take advantage of.”

While some look at it as a chore, Pettis loves it.

Of course, just because Pettis is the senior now doesn’t mean that all the competition is gone.

Junior Evan Tatford brings a veteran presence as a more traditional tight end after transferring from Tulane. Then there’s the stretch-the-field style candidates of Nick Byrne and Matthew Barnes.

“He (Tatford) is more of your typical tight end, very physical,” Pettis said. “Byrne has the ability to make some bigtime catches down the field, and so does Matthew Barnes.

They’re all athletic. They can all catch the ball.”

Hudspeth is also comfortable with the depth at the position.

“We’re trying to develop both of them (Pettis and Byrne) to be well-rounded,” he said. “Even Evan Tatford. All those guys are doing some things. ...

“So they’re not far off of being able to be dual-threat guys as far as running and catching the ball. Obviously Larry is very physical at the point of attack. Matt Barnes is very fluid. And Nick sort of does a little bit of both. But we’re trying to improve those guys in all areas. We’ve got some good tight ends.”

While some may view the battle of replacing last year’s underrated tight end duo of Maxwell and Thompson as a fierce competition, Pettis both agrees and disagrees.

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ready to start. My mind was set. Everything was fresh. And then the rhabdo thing came up, and I was like, ‘Oooof.’ “

The offseason hype was high.

Senior Jake Molbert, coach Mark Hudspeth said back in July, is “gonna play an awful lot.”

Rhabdo.

Medically speaking, rhabdomyolysis.

“That guy has worked himself into the best shape he’s ever been,” Hudspeth said then.

“He’s gonna figure into our plans,” he added, “so I’ve been really excited about Jake and the way he’s gonna fit in at one of the outside linebacker spots.”

The Notre Dame High product was penciled in to start, something he hadn’t done since tearing the ACL in his left knee during a win over South Alabama in late November of 2012.

Then it all went awry.

First, just a few days before UL’s 2014 opener against Southern, Molbert’s body suddenly stopped functioning properly. Something just wasn’t right, and it wound up costing him two games – and a starting role. He returned for an SEC Network-televised game at nationally ranked Ole Miss, only to get rolled up on, pinching tendons in an ankle so painfully he wanted to lash at someone.

Anyone.

“I was furious,” Molbert said during last week’s bye week for the 1-3 Ragin’ Cajuns, who open Sun Belt Conference play Saturday night at Cajun Field against 1-3 Georgia State.

“I was real, real disappointed at everything. My attitude toward everything else: I wanted to kill people.”

Bad plan.

According to WebMD.com, it “is a serious syndrome due to a direct or indirect muscle injury” that “results from a breakdown of muscle fibers and release of their contents into the bloodstream.”

“This,” the website says, “can lead to complications such as kidney (renal) failure.”

Molbert said he indeed experienced kidney issues.

“I noticed over a period of three days before the Southern game I was kind of feeling bad,” he said. “I just couldn’t eat, and I couldn’t sleep. It was the worst feeling I ever felt in my life.

“Physically I couldn’t do anything. I was just down. Your mental state just isn’t there. Your body can’t do anything.

It’s like worms crawling in your body. It’s not cool.”

Definitely not cool.

After greyshirting in 2010, Molbert worked hard to impress a new coaching staff that didn’t recruit him.

He wound up opening eight of his 11 games in 2011, including 10-tackle outings against FAU (his first start) and WKU. But he wasn’t starting when the 2012 season opened, and had to scratch and claw to win back his starting job.

He got it, and finished with five or more tackles in five games, including nine tackles with a forced fumble in a September Sun Belt win at Troy.

The ACL tear was a major setback, though, and while he played in each of UL’s 13 games last season, it was as a reserve linebacker and on special teams.

Starting again would have meant the world to Molbert, an All-State defensive end as a senior on Notre Dame’s 3A state title team.

“That was my mindset after I came back from my (knee) surgery, and I knew that’s where I could be at some potential point after everything was over with,” he said. “I was

So Molbert did, playing in a Sept. 20 loss at Boise State despite limited strength and mobility.

Now, especially with benefit of the off week, Hudspeth thinks the senior can return to some semblance of what had Cajun coaches so excited in the offseason.

“I sure hope so,” he said, “because I really thought he was gonna be in position to help us this year.”

But Hudspeth knows that won’t be easy.

“His strength is his strength,” he said. “It’s not his speed.

It’s his knowledge; it’s his physical play. And when you’re hamper him with an ankle, that just doesn’t help his cause.”

Between the ankle and rhabdo, Molbert at least has had plenty of time to soak in what’s unfolded so far for the Cajuns in their unexpected 1-3 start.

It’s been beneficial, helping Molbert understand just what can help all UL linebackers most.

That, he said, would be “just putting ourselves in positions to make plays, but also just getting guys on the ground.”

Hudspeth said the issue stemmed from overwork in the weightroom; WebMD.com cited “extreme muscle strain,” even in “elite athletes,” as one of many common causes that also includes “a crush injury such as from an auto accident, fall, or building collapse.”

“We have too many missed tackles going on right now,” Molbert said.

Molbert witnessed a teammate deal over the offseason with what Hudspeth also said was diagnosed as rhabdo.

“I hate standing on the sideline,” he said. “I .... I don’t know, I can’t describe how it makes me feel.”

After experiencing it himself, he walked away with newfound appreciation for fellow outside linebacker Boris Anyama’s pain.

Which is description enough.

Molbert knows it.

But to understand the depth of his frustration, one must go back.

ing my way right now.’ But you’ve just got to keep fighting.”

“Honestly,” Molbert said, “we all kind of made fun of (Anyama). We were like, ‘Dude, you’re being weak about everything.’ Then, once I had it, I was like, ‘Wow.’

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Learning via observation, however, has not been enjoyable whatsoever.

“It’s very frustrating,” Molbert said, “especially having to sit back and watch, and just knowing that you could contribute, and so many things are going not your way.

“But you just have to roll with the flow sometimes. Now that I’m back, I’m excited.”

“I went up to him the day I found out that I had it,” Molbert added, “and I was like, ‘Man, I’m sorry. I was the one that was calling you out, and I feel terrible now.’ “ Molbert still has lingering muscle fatigue as a result of the condition, and he figures it won’t go away until after he’s done playing this year.

But he was determined to not let it spoil his senior season, starter or not.

“It’s my last year,” Molbert said. “You may as well just play with it.”

So Molbert suited up at Ole Miss, and tried to help out however he could.

The effort didn’t last long, though, before someone rolled up on him.

“The ankle thing was pretty bad,” he said, “because some tendons were kind of messed up in it. I’m still battling with it.

“When (that happened), I was just like, ‘Man, nothing’s go-

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by Luke johnson A lit cigarette dangled from an unknown soldier’s lip as he bounded unfazed through shin-deep snow wearing nothing but running shoes, shorts, a T-shirt and a beanie hat.

For the most part, the base was still and silent, completely shut down because of the nasty winter conditions. Shut down, that is, with the exception of the Special Forces cadre, because training doesn’t halt for Special Forces.

If you listen hard enough, somewhere out on the edges, that silence is punctured by the sound of bare skin scything through snow, the stillness stirred by legs and arms pumping on a 10-mile run in the predawn darkness.

Rusty Whitt marveled as he trailed in the lead soldier’s footsteps, chasing not the smoking man, but the elusive mental state that would let him push beyond his previously established physical limits. To become unstoppable, one first has to break through the mental barrier that exists somewhere in everyone’s mind. The Green Berets were looking for someone who could smash through that wall with their cigarette still lit.

The man was insane, Whitt thought. Perhaps Whitt was a little insane himself. He kept going.

“That’s what began to expose you to the willpower behind it all,” Whitt said. “Nothing was going to stop you. Rain, cold, hunger, darkness — nothing was going to stop you.”

That moment took place many years ago, before Whitt truly learned how to use his mind to conquer his body, before Whitt’s two deployments to Iraq with the Army’s 10th Special Forces, before he accepted his current post as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette football team’s strength and conditioning coach.

The lesson Whitt learned that morning spent in the smoking man’s footsteps still applies. The man responsible for sculpting the bodies of elite athletes knows the key to unlocking one’s true potential is in the mind. The trick is finding out where it is so it doesn’t hit you when you least expect it.

So Whitt finds his players’ version of shin-deep snow: midsummer in Louisiana, heat so sweltering it’s like a weight on your shoulders. It’s the perfect environment to observe his players, to see whether they succumb to their mental breaking point or extend it further.

Under Whitt’s eye, they “Protect the House,” running up, down and around the Cajun Field bleachers. They cover every inch of concrete. They don’t skip a step. Sometimes they’re tied together; sometimes they’re weighed down by packs. sometimes they wear gas masks.

Defensive lineman Jacoby Briscoe remembers the first time he protected the house in a gas mask. It was last summer. Up and down the steps he went, his field of vision narrowed by the plastic panes separating his face from the open air it craved, his breathing labored. He nearly passed out — but he didn’t quit.

“That strategy right there is another way that made us mentally stronger,” Briscoe said. “Pushing us to become more like grown men, thinking that every day is a survival day.”

The players find a way to finish, which is what Whitt wants.

This is less a test of their physical ability and more a gauge of who is strongest above the shoulders. They must find their mental barrier and then vault over it.

Whitt watches, perhaps remembering the feeling of snow on his bare flesh as the merciless sun beats down on his sweat-drenched players.

Picturing greatness Whitt always had been intrigued by military service. He grew up looking at pictures of his father in his 101st Airborne uniform; of his grandfather at Fort Reilly, Kansas; of his grandmother’s brothers, who all answered the call when their country needed them.

These images were always in the back of Whitt’s mind, even as he was wrapping up a playing career at Abilene Christian University. He thought about joining the Marines in his early 20s. He toyed around with the idea of becoming a pilot until he learned his eyes weren’t good enough. He nearly left college early to join the fight for the Gulf War. “I had some friends going over there, and I felt really left out,” Whitt said. “I called my dad, and he said, ‘That’s going

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to be over before you even get out of basic training.’ He was right.”

The external force was never strong enough to cause Whitt to act, so instead, he bounced around at several schools as a strength coach, earning his master’s degree, enjoying his stops and taking pride in his work. Then, while he was serving as strength and conditioning coach at Sam Houston State, the external push hit, and it hit hard.

Whitt, who was recovering from reconstructive ACL surgery, was laid up on his couch in disbelief as he watched one of the World Trade Center towers fall. His phone rang.

It was his grandmother.

“She’s probably 85 at the time — 84 maybe — (and) she said, ‘This is your Pearl Harbor,’ ” Whitt said.

Whitt was one of the legions of Americans who flooded recruiters’ offices looking to join the fight. Again, it was the pictures on the wall that grabbed Whitt’s attention when he sat down across from the Army recruiter.

There’s one of a soldier wearing night-vision goggles as his legs dangle from the side door of a Huey helicopter.

Whitt, pointing at the poster: I want to do that.

Recruiter: That’s Special Forces. How old are you?

Whitt: I’m in my 30s.

Recruiter: Well, you’re probably too old for that.

Whitt moved on to the next poster. He saw the whites of a man’s eyes in stark contrast to the dark face paint behind the text “Army Rangers.”

Whitt: Who’s that?

Recruiter: That’s an Army Ranger.

Whitt: Well, I’ll do that.

Recruiter: OK, that’ll work.

After he healed, Whitt shipped off. He was amazed by the diversity of people unified for one cause by one act.

“So many different people, all the same reasons,” Whitt said.

There were 17- and 18-year-old kids who were just 16 when 9/11 happened and had to patiently bide their time.

There was a group closer to Whitt’s age, men who gave up a civilian life to do their part.

There was a 28-year-old former marketing director of a Dallas company. There was a man around the same age who put his law career on hold. There was a brush country firefighter from California; a 30-year-old who ran a krav maga studio in Knoxville, Tennessee; and a man who had moved to Thailand to be a muay thai fighter before 9/11 brought him back stateside.

“It just goes to show you there are still a lot of people in this country that it resonates with, serving in a time of need,” Whitt said.

With his level of education, Whitt could’ve become an officer, but he wasn’t interested. He wanted to get into the action as soon as possible.

“I didn’t want to go through that long, drawn-out process,” Whitt said. “I wanted to get in a pair of boots, get a gun and go do something.”

He completed basic training and, while he was in jump school, a recruiter wearing a green beret asked him whether he wanted to go through the rigorous process of trying out for the Army’s elite Special Forces. staying calm through it all More than five years passed before Whitt was finally able to do what he was compelled to do on Sept. 11, 2001.

Five years spent training, waiting. Learning passable Russian. Rolling around in the “Gig Pit” — a cesspool of indescribable filth that had an island in the middle that some sadist decorated with a Christmas tree — whenever he did not live up to the expectations of a Green Beret.

Five years of sharpening his mind and body in preparation for combat.

In February 2007, he deployed to Iraq with the members of 10th Special Forces.

The process took much longer than Whitt was anticipating.

By 2007, most members of the armed forces with a couple of years of experience had a couple of deployments under their belt. But Whitt used others’ experience as an example for himself.

“My team sergeant had been to Iraq in the initial Gulf War I — we’re talking 1991,” Whitt said. “He was 18 years old, he was in the 82nd Airborne and he was a sniper. Back in the chocolate chip uniform days, Gen. Schwarzkopf, he

was over there.

“We’re talking 16 years later, he’s like, ‘Well, I’m going back for the fourth time.’ He’d already been back and forth.

He was so smooth and cool, I just wanted to act like this guy was acting.

“We’d come under fire, and he’s just talking into his radio like he’s talking to his wife. Very calm. Rounds were splitting overhead, and he’s calm as a cucumber. And you saw a lot of that. Guys that, no matter the situation, they’d keep their head and resort to their training and experience. It was a pretty incredible group of people.”

Deployments to combat zones tend to strengthen relationships, and Whitt was a likable soldier for those he served with.

There’s a knowing laugh from Chris Murphy, who combined with Whitt to form the other half of the unit’s two-man communications team, when he’s asked his most memorable moment from working with Whitt. It’s the type of laugh that says there are some really good stories that definitely won’t be shared with a newspaper reporter.

“That’s a good question,” Murphy said. “There’s a lot of them.”

There was the time he and Whitt, tired of always being the target of their team sergeant’s ire, decided to fill a large number of sand bags to build an “account” their team leader could withdraw from the next time they got in trouble.

“He wasn’t too pleased with that,” Murphy said. “Rusty and I thought it was hilarious.”

For someone as visibly intense as Whitt, he also had a surprising capability to be mellow. Team medic Ben Geffre recalled Whitt as a joker who played guitar during downtime. Both Geffre and Murphy said Whitt’s personal workouts got them in the best shape of their lives.

And when the bullets started flying, Whitt distinguished himself there, too. He was awarded the Army Commendation Medal with a “V” device for valor.

When the topic is brought up, Whitt becomes less engaged in the conversation, obviously uncomfortable. He acknowledges that it happened and changes the subject, because stories that involve pulling a trigger are the ultimate “you had to be there” stories. They are better shared over a stiff drink with friends than with a reporter and a recorder.

“It involved a sustained gunfight that my entire team was in,” Whitt said. “We all did basically the same thing. I don’t want to get into too much of it. We were all involved in it. To me, the award was pretty silly. Everybody should’ve gotten something.”

Whitt finished his first deployment in late October 2007, then went back for a shortened deployment in 2008 before he got out of the Army.

Recognizing blessings Yes, what Whitt requires out of his players is demanding.

Yes, he calls on his military training and mindset to get players in a state of mind where they can withstand and overcome a little chaos, a little confusion. Yes, discipline is at the core of all of it.

No, football and combat are not comparable.

The players under Whitt’s charge aren’t his soldiers. As he puts them through hell, as he pushes them over their mental hurdles, he reminds them of how good they have it.

“Somewhere there’s a guy on a combat outpost in Afghanistan right now that wishes he had the opportunity to play college football and get a scholarship, have food paid for him. Have an intern make him milkshakes,” Whitt said.

“There’s a lot of people out there that would really cherish the opportunity these guys have. I try to make them aware of that and make them take advantage of their resources, to realize how blessed they truly are to be here.”

When he’s done with practice Tuesday, he might take the time to reflect. He might log on to Facebook and see a post from a friend thanking him for his service. The national holiday recognizing veterans is nice, Whitt said, but it’s not overly significant to him personally.

He may allow himself a couple of minutes to think about his friends that didn’t make it back from harm’s way. He’ll likely send a group text to his old Special Forces buddies and allow the old memories to flood back.

Memories of the “Gig Pit,” of filling sand bags for no reason, of chasing the smoking man through the snow.

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by Luke johnson In his mind’s eye, former Louisiana-Lafayette offensive guard Jeremy Sparks can see an older version of himself zipping passes to his kids, and he knows then he made the right decision to end his promising career as it was starting to take flight.

Sparks’ future self slings spirals with a right arm that is unburdened by the condition that ended his playing days. It’s unburdened because of his choice to end them. There is no familiar tingling sensation that creeps from his shoulder to his fingertips when he lets one rip. He is happy and not wondering what might have been.

He’s not there yet. On this day, the native of Daphne, Alabama, is thankful for what is in store for him. But simultaneously he mourns what was lost.

“He was crushed,” said his mother, Kim Sparks. “He’s still crushed.”

Sparks stepped away from the game he loves earlier this fall because of what it was doing to his body. He was diagnosed with thoracic outlet syndrome, a compression of the nerves and blood vessels in the passageway between the chest and extremities. He could hardly take the field without his right arm going numb.

But he didn’t bow out without putting up a fight.

What price should one pay for the chance — not for certainty, but for the chance — to continue doing what one loves? Countless hours spent toiling in the gym, film room and practice field? Moving hours away from one’s loved ones, as Sparks did, to chase a dream?

How about surgically removing part of one’s body? A blood sacrifice to the football gods for the chance — barely better odds than a coin flip — to stay on the field.

“He chose surgery because this has been his life,” Kim Sparks said.

Sparks went to a cardiothoracic surgeon to have a rib removed this offseason, the first rib on his right side, hopefully to alleviate some of the pressure on his thoracic outlet.

“I thought that showed a lot of courage on his part just to go through that procedure to play football,” Cajuns offensive line coach Mitch Rodrigue said. “Myself, I might have decided then, ‘You know what? Football’s not that important. I don’t know if I want to give up a rib to play football.’

“But that’s the kind of guy he is. … I admire him for that. At least he gave it a shot. He doesn’t have to go away saying, ‘What if?’ ” But Sparks the fighter has not given up on football. When one door closes, even hesitantly, another opens.

A strange feeling The sensation is familiar to Sparks now, but when it first hit during the fall camp leading up to last season it was foreign. Sparks had never experienced it at any level of football.

“It would go all the way down to my finger tips,” Sparks said, his voice faltering.

Here is where the true impact of the injury becomes visible on Sparks’ face. His eyes well up and his voice trembles slightly as he elucidates. His massive offensive linemen’s frame is slump-shouldered and resigned, defeated by an enemy Sparks couldn’t see or prepare for.

“My whole arm would go numb — on its own sometimes.

Sometimes, as soon as I got hit, my arm would start to get this warm feeling and it would start to tingle. It would shoot all the way down my arm and stay there.”

Sparks experienced this in what team athletic trainer Travis Soileau called “three or four recurring stingers.”

A stinger is a fairly common football injury, especially on the offensive and defensive line. It’s caused by extreme flexion or compression of the neck or shoulder area.

The team couldn’t pinpoint the problem, so they shut him

down. Sparks went through several weeks of physical therapy at a local clinic. It looked like they’d cleared up the problem, and Sparks returned in time for the team’s bowl game against Tulane last season.

The offseason brought rest, and with it hope that Sparks had moved past his vexing problem. Sparks felt great when spring ball arrived, and there was an open starting spot on the offensive line created by Andre Huval’s graduation.

“We were definitely hoping that he would end up being OK to play, because we really thought he was going to be a good one,” coach Mark Hudspeth said. “We felt he probably could’ve won one of the starting positions this year.”

It wasn’t meant to be. A few weeks into camp, on an otherwise forgettable and routine collision, the tingling feeling ricocheted down his arm.

“The stingers started coming back, and I couldn’t figure out what was going on,” Sparks said. “I kept getting them, I was getting two or three a practice.”

Stingers are treatable, but nothing the staff was doing worked, and the frequency of attacks was a sign something else might be wrong.

Finding out what that something else was wasn’t easy. Soileau said the team did multiple diagnostic tests on Sparks — MRIs on both his neck and shoulder area, X-rays, an examination of his cervical spine — but everything came back normal. There was one clue, though.

“The biggest sign that we had starting in the spring was that he started having … some discoloration in his arm, lack of circulation types of problems,” Soileau said. “So we dug into it a little bit more. He’s actually seen about three different team physicians for the same problem. By them collaborating, they thought it was best for him to see a cardiothoracic surgeon.”

Sparks’ options were either to go through the surgery to remove the rib, which had a 70 percent chance of being successful, or try the physical therapy route again. Bring on the knife, Sparks said.

No surprise, mom said. She’d seen his eyes light up when football season arrived too many times.

“I knew, even if there was not a 100 percent chance that he’d come back, I knew he was going to wind up taking the surgery,” Kim Sparks said. “Any hope at all that he could still play, he would do it.

“When they did the surgery, the doctor told us that he’d never done a football player. He’d done baseball players and ballerinas, but not a football player that was going to take the blows he was going to take again.”

Still, everybody was guardedly optimistic after the surgery.

Sparks went through four months of rehab, during which he was not allowed to lift anything weighing more than 100 pounds.

Sparks was ahead of schedule on his rehab. By August, he was cleared to test his body in practice. Sparks said for the first time in a while he was focusing on football instead of what football might do to him. He felt liberated.

Sparks saw the field in September against Ole Miss, his first action since an October 2013 game against Texas State. On his second play, a Rebels defender jabbed his hand upward and caught Sparks under the chin.

“The same numbness went down my arm,” Sparks said. “A tingling feeling. I sat there for about three minutes.”

He prayed that it wasn’t the same injury, but he knew better. So did Soileau. Sparks had the same symptoms that he did before the surgery. It was time to evaluate whether he should stay with the game. He reached out to those he trusted and everybody came to the same conclusion.

“I told him, ‘Jeremy, football or health and well-being for the rest of your life?’ ” Rodrigue said.

“What’s to say the next blow wasn’t going to make it numb permanently?” Kim Sparks said. “Any kind of neck or nerve

stuff like that is scary. I told him, ‘One day you’re going to want to throw a football to your kid.’ He had a lot to think about.”

Sparks, his thoughts drifting toward a future game of catch that could be in jeopardy, quit the game. Or at least he quit playing.

“Football will always be in my life,” Sparks said.

New chapter taking shape Coach Jeremy Sparks is almost unrecognizable from left guard Jeremy Sparks.

Gone is about 25 pounds of playing weight, just melted away. Sparks has always had trouble maintaining his burly figure. He kept a Foreman grill in his room and used to make himself steaks and chicken before bedtime to keep weight on.

“At first, Sparks was shaped like a fridge,” center Terry Johnson said. “Now, I don’t know what he’s shaped like.

I’m happy that he’s not fat and wide any more. He’s in shape now.”

Gone is the curly mane of blonde hair that used to peek from the bottom of his helmet. The haircut was a job requirement, Rodrigue said, maybe joking. Sparks’ reasoning was that if he was going to make a change, he might as well fully commit.

“The little surfboard Hawaiian look wasn’t going for him,” joked right guard Daniel Quave. “He definitely looks more presentable now.”

Sparks is not gone.

His dream of one day playing in the NFL has passed him by, but that doesn’t mean he can’t make the most of his situation.

Now he spends his days in the football facility as an assistant to whomever needs him, soaking up every bit of knowledge that he can about the game he loves. He helps with recruits on game days, watches film with coaches and plans on joining the strength staff next spring — a career he hopes to pursue with his degree in exercise science, which he will attain with a medical scholarship.

“He still has a lot of enthusiasm, a lot of excitement,” Rodrigue said. “He’s helped our young kids an awful lot, given them advice. He’s helped me. He’s always here eager to learn and to work. That’s the kind of player I’m going to miss, too.”

It’s all part of a refusal to give up what he loves.

Hudspeth can’t help but see a little bit of himself when he sees Sparks. It’s the passion that drives Sparks to pursue his dream even after his playing days are done.

“I’m excited he’s still part of the team, because he’s a quality young man who I think could be a really good coach one day,” Hudspeth said.

Of course, Sparks would rather be a really good player than a really good coach right now. It’s proven, in Sparks’ case, that time doesn’t heal all wounds. He’s not entirely happy with his current situation, but he’s grateful for what he still has and is eager to see where his path leads with football as the driving force.

“It still bothers me, because of course I love the game,” Sparks said. “I’ve been playing since I was young. But every day, I’m always praying — and my parents tell me the same thing — it’s God’s plan for me.”

“It sucks, but I’m OK.” He’s OK now, and he’ll be OK in the long run.

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by Luke johnson fade. The worst that could happen was framed so perfectly.

I know it might be painful, and it may seem counterproductive in the wake of a convincing win to wrap up the regular season, but take a trip with me to darker times.

It’s late September, and the Ragin’ Cajuns have lost three in a row. No, it’s worse than that. They have been run out of the stadium in three games, embarrassed, losing by a combined 138-44 score.

Still visible are the oozing cleat marks left when Louisiana Tech, Ole Miss and Boise State took turns running over the Cajuns with impunity. The Cajuns, at this point, are battered, bruised and defeated — defeated, already, four games into the season.

At this point, forget about the postseason. You’re just wondering if the Cajuns are going to reach .500.

You’re not the only one wondering.

The seeds of doubt were sown all over the Cajuns football program, where thoughts are still centered on all those lofty goals that were pulverized into dust by the Bulldogs, Rebels and Broncos.

The Cajuns can’t stop a quarterback with a pulse. Their own quarterback is playing the worst football of his career.

They are dead in the water.

On Saturday, the Cajuns were coming off a deflating loss and were set to face an amped-up Troy squad playing for more than just its fourth win of the season. Troy wanted to send longtime coach Larry Blakeney — the man with his name on the field — out with a win.

So, what would it be?

Fight or flight?

The Cajuns absorbed the Trojans’ best shot, when emotions from the pregame ceremony honoring Blakeney were still running high. Then they throttled Troy down the stretch. They ran away with the regular-season finale with 21 unanswered points in the second half to turn a nail-biter into a blowout by the fourth quarter.

They certainly didn’t look like a team that was going to wilt at the first sign of adversity. They’ve been through worse than what they saw Saturday.

“Being 1-3 can tear a team apart or bring a team closer,” senior running back Alonzo Harris said.

The bleakness of September may have eliminated some of the Cajuns’ greater goals. But it may have also forged a stronger team.

It’s late September, and the sharks are circling around a flagging football team.

It’s here, on this sinking ship, where the team had to make a decision: Grab a life vest and fight for life, or continue fading.

“You’re at the point where you’re 1-3, you can go one of two ways,” coach Mark Hudspeth said. “You can pull the plug, or you can pull together. This team pulled together.”

The fight-or-flight response was triggered, and the Cajuns started throwing punches.

Looking back on it now, the game that started it all wasn’t that impressive. The Cajuns needed a late touchdown to pull ahead of Georgia State then had to cling to life in a 34-31 win Oct. 4.

Georgia State has since been blown out by just about everybody on its schedule. Since its three-point loss to the Cajuns, Georgia State has lost seven straight games by an average of nearly 30 points per game to close its regular season with a 1-11 record.

Style points didn’t matter, though. The “how it happened” that made the losing streak so terrible didn’t register that night, because Cajuns had finally rediscovered winning football.

More importantly, considering present-day matters, they learned how to bounce back from disappointment.

Last week’s game against Appalachian State was exactly that — a disappointment. The Cajuns’ six-game winning streak was snapped at home, on senior night, when at least a share of the conference title was still under their control.

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by Luke johnson As sophomore running back Elijah McGuire made his way from the podium to the locker room after the LouisianaLafayette football team’s 19-9 win against South Alabama on Saturday, coach Mark Hudspeth embraced him with a simple message to deliver.

When the Cajuns got the ball back again — after Christian Ringo’s fumble recovery at the Cajuns 9-yard line — Hudspeth didn’t think twice. He handed the ball to McGuire three straight times for gains of 8, 1 and 3 yards.

“Get some rest,” Hudspeth said, and he sent McGuire on his way with a pat on the backside.

Just when the Jaguars thought they had him contained, the Cajuns dialed up a wheel route, which McGuire hauled in for a 31-yard reception down the sideline. Two plays later, McGuire punched it in for an 8-yard touchdown.

Funny, McGuire didn’t look that tired. Not in the postgame news conference, and certainly not to the Jaguars defenders whom he left in the dust in the fourth quarter.

The Cajuns got the ball one more time, needing to drain 4:17 off the clock with a 10-point lead. Any guesses where they went with the ball?

For the second straight week, McGuire owned the game’s final period, and the Cajuns stood as the primary beneficiary.

McGuire left for 8, McGuire middle for 2, McGuire left for 8, McGuire left for 7, and perhaps most importantly, McGuire to the bench and healthy. Ball game.

“If there’s somebody in the country that is playing better than Elijah McGuire, I’d like to see him,” Hudspeth said.

“He put the team on his back tonight.”

Think the Cajuns don’t know McGuire’s late-game worth?

They ran 19 plays from scrimmage in the fourth quarter, and 13 of those plays ended with the ball in McGuire’s hands.

He was like all-universe closer Mariano Rivera, except instead of dealing cold-blooded cutters McGuire’s devastating weapon of choice is the stanky leg — that’s his teammate Kevin Fouquier’s choice of words, not mine.

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That’s why he should’ve been exhausted, but he looked just fine. Hudspeth told him to get some rest anyway.

He deserved it. He’ll need it.

Like the cutter, it’s beautifully simple. A slight feint to one direction and a swift move in another, all set up by stiffly planting one leg in the turf.

They’ll still play four quarters next week.

Like the cutter, there’s more than just the physical act of the move, it’s the complete package: He hits the hole going warp speed and then, with great vision and anticipation, sees the defenders in space, plants his leg and zooms off in another direction with perfect timing, leaving the defender grasping at nothing but air.

By the time those poor linebackers or defensive backs realize what has happened, McGuire’s already 10 yards downfield on his way to claiming the fourth quarter in the name of the Cajuns.

That’s what it’s all about, by the way.

McGuire is a really good ball player all the time, but when defenders need a superhuman effort to contain him, the combination of McGuire and the fourth quarter is a particularly potent form of Kryptonite.

“You can’t stop him for 60 minutes,” quarterback Terrance Broadway said. “That’s kind of impossible.”

McGuire did his damage almost exclusively through the air in the first three quarters Saturday, hauling in six passes for 55 yards through the first 45 minutes. But the Jaguars did a nice job containing him on the ground, limiting him to just 23 yards on seven attempts.

Then the fourth quarter hit, and McGuire did his thing.

Hudspeth must have sensed McGuire’s quarter had arrived. With the ball on the Cajuns 20-yard line and the score tied at 9, the Cajuns simply turned around and handed the ball to McGuire, who zipped around the right tackle and picked up 33 yards in a blink.

Why not try it again? McGuire gained 14 on the next play to push the Cajuns into Jaguars territory, where they would take the lead on a 32-yard Hunter Stover field goal.

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by Luke johnson

Broadway was smiling.

A somber and determined Terrance Broadway took the podium in the belly of Vaught-Hemingway Stadium and searched for a sword to jump on.

The Louisiana-Lafayette quarterback scanned the room while he spoke, but his gaze seemed to be replaying missed throws and opportunities from the game rather than locking onto people eye-to-eye. His voice trembled just a touch, but it wasn’t the kind of tremor that comes with frayed nerves or confidence.

It was anger — the kind of barely checked anger that was simmering just below the surface. The kind of anger that comes when you know that you did not meet your own expectations, and others paid for it.

Dismal doesn’t adequately describe Broadway’s play that day against then-No. 14 Ole Miss. He threw three interceptions in the 56-15 loss, finishing with a 66.1 passer rating — the lowest of his career.

“I’ve got to play better,” Broadway said that night. “It’s no secret: My performance tonight was unacceptable. It won’t happen again. I will fix it.”

It was a promise. Judging by his performance lately, it was a promise the senior intends to keep.

While Broadway did have one more clunker the next week against Boise State, he has since rediscovered the form that made him the player that kept opposing defensive coordinators awake when game-planning for the Cajuns offense.

In the past two weeks, Broadway has assembled his top two performances in terms of completion percentage, yards per attempt and passer rating this season. But to qualify Broadway as a success because of what he has done in the passing game would be to misidentify his true importance to the offense.

Last week, he had his first 100-yard rushing game since the 2012 New Orleans Bowl, and it wasn’t just the number of yards Broadway attained, but the way he did it. You didn’t want to be a defender in Broadway’s way, because he wasn’t going to do the quarterback thing and slide or run out of bounds.

These are better days for the Cajuns. Broadway is back to smiling during practice, during interviews and — most importantly — during games. A smile is something he rarely loosed during the Cajuns’ three-game losing streak.

Something as seemingly insignificant as a smile shows how far the Cajuns and Broadway have come since that 1-3 start. A smile seemed impossible on that bleak night in Oxford.

But even when Broadway was struggling worse than he ever had in his career, even when a simple and insignificant smile seemed too much, he persevered.

Though it was obvious through his clench-jawed and clipped responses to questions about his performance during that stretch when he didn’t want to relive his poor play — including one week when he didn’t show to interviews at all in what team officials deemed a “coaches decision” — it was equally obvious that Broadway never lost confidence in his abilities.

“You’re going to have some rough stretches in football and in life,” Broadway said. “It’s something that you’re just going to have to get over, get past. My confidence never changed.”

He knew it would get better. He promised it would get better. It got better, both for him and the Cajuns.

“If I could say one thing about these last two weeks, it’s that they brought us together as a team,” Broadway said after the Ole Miss loss. “Major adversity that we didn’t expect. We expected ourselves to play up to our potential, and we haven’t.

“It’s something that has brought us together as a team, offensively and defensively together. We’re going to learn from these mistakes, and we will fix these mistakes — no doubt in my mind.”

A promise followed by prosperity. That’s all you can ask for in a quarterback, isn’t it?

He wasn’t just running hard; he was running angry. That rage that shimmered beneath the surface a month ago in Mississippi was now manifested as a sprinting Broadway looking to punish defensive players that got in his way.

Cajuns coach Mark Hudspeth is a smarter football man than I, but if I were him, I’d have noticed the ferocity with which Broadway was running and committed to hitching my wagon to him as the season goes on.

“I thought he was much stronger in the running game trying to get extra yards,” Hudspeth said. “I anticipate he’ll be a big part of this plan moving forward with the quarterback runs.”

But something else stood out in these past couple of weeks besides Broadway’s improved play on the field. It was visible when Broadway got up from delivering one of those vicious blows. The TV cameras caught a couple of them on the sidelines. He definitely flashed a few in the postgame interview.

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by Luke johnson Anger, apparently, is the new black.

At least that’s true when it comes to my writing. I noticed this trend in my work lately.

A couple of weeks ago I wrote in my big spiral notebook that I carry everywhere, “Al Riles runs like he’s angry with the ball in his hands. Mean.” I intended to file it away for a future story.

Last week, in my column on resurgent quarterback Terrance Broadway, I wrote, “(Broadway) wasn’t just running hard; he was running angry.

That rage that shimmered beneath the surface a month ago in Mississippi was now manifested as a sprinting Broadway looking to punish defensive players that got in his way.”

This week, in my feature on senior linebacker Boris Anyama, “(Anyama) looks mad when he delivers one of those slobber-knockers, which prompts the question: Does he play angry?”

There are three ways you can interpret this angry anthology.

I’m a numbers person, but I also believe in the power of hard-to-quantify things like passion and team chemistry.

But simply wanting it more wasn’t going to cover up a defense that was handing out touchdowns like they were candy on Halloween. Wanting it more wasn’t going to reverse the worst turnover margin in the NCAA.

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Maybe I was wrong.

It’s helped that the Cajuns aren’t playing the Ole Miss and Boise States of the world, but since the Cajuns stoked that team fire that was absent earlier this year they’ve been impressive to watch.

They’re back to being the team that worked players up into a frenzy by doing an Oklahoma drill before a game — not just any game, but the program’s first bowl game in 41 years.

That sort of approach flies in the face of conventional wisdom, but they didn’t care. They were going to do it their way, and that meant drawing every drop of intensity out of themselves. They won that game, by the way.

They understand that they play best when they play angry, and right now, they’re playing best.

Behold! The Cajuns are Ragin’ and they are winning again.

1. The Cajuns have obvious anger issues.

2. My writing style is tired and repetitive.

3. I misdiagnosed these observations as isolated incidents rather than important pieces of the whole.

I’ve found the guys on the roster to be a friendly bunch, so let’s just go ahead and get No. 1 out of the way. I have yet to receive any correspondence from y’all telling me I’m a hack, so I’m going to assume my writing has been serviceable. That leaves us with one option.

The Cajuns — not just one or two players, but the team — have been playing with attitude that was not there earlier in the season. They’re intimidating. They are exactly what they were the last three years … … before anybody told them how great they were.

Coach Mark Hudspeth has not been shy about why he thinks his team struggled so badly earlier this season.

They were victims of their own expectations, he said. They abandoned the mentality that garnered those expectations in the first place.

The Cajuns squads of the last three years didn’t go out to the field thinking they were going to walk all over the opponent like this year’s team did against Louisiana Tech.

They didn’t play cautious to avoid injuries that happened anyway. They didn’t take the field unless their edge was razor sharp.

They approached the game knowing they would have to pulverize the other team, to be so physical with the opponent that it lost the will to compete.

When things looked so bleak during that three-game losing streak earlier this season, both Hudspeth and his players said they needed to play with more fire, more passion.

I was a skeptic.

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TERRANCE BRoADWAY is THE CAjUNs’ LEADiNg mAN

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In the weeks before he embarks on the most important season of his career, Ragin’ Cajuns senior quarterback Terrance Broadway clowned on the sideline at practice.

As the second-unit offense and defense worked on the field, Broadway stared blankly into space as he bobbed his head and rhythmically thumped his chest, mimicking a performance from Matthew McConaughey in the movie “The Wolf of Wall Street.”

It came completely at random late in a midweek practice.

Everybody around him started laughing, and Broadway joined, breaking character by chuckling. It was a welcome moment of respite from the monotony and physical challenge of two-a-days.

A whistle blew, and it was back to business. The grins evaporated as Broadway tugged on his helmet and led his teammates to the offensive huddle, where he effortlessly transitioned into being the field general his team needs him to be.

It might seem insignificant, but it’s a small glimpse into what makes Broadway the unquestioned leader of the Ragin’ Cajuns. He knows how to push the right buttons in different situations.

“He’s a leader, and the best thing about him is that he looks out for the best interests of his players,” said senior wide receiver James Butler, who was one of the players brought to laughter by Broadway’s antics. “He’s really the big brother to everyone. We look up to him. Whatever he says, goes.

“He’s not a quiet guy, but he’s not a loud outspoken person, either. Once he speaks, you know it’s coming from the heart.”

“Heart” is a word that comes up frequently with Broadway.

He’s back on the sideline, thumping his chest again with the right arm that was broken at the end of last season, the broken arm that nearly derailed the Cajuns’ quest at a third straight New Orleans Bowl championship, the broken arm that might not have been back to 100 percent as he led the team when it needed him most in that bowl game.

The arm that is now fully healed.

In the very near future, it will be one of three weapons Broadway uses to defeat defenses. But in that moment, it was again used to make his friends smile.

Thump, thump, thump — each beat ticking off a second until Broadway can apply his leadership toward accomplishing a lofty set of team goals.

“He’s our heartbeat,” offensive coordinator Jay Johnson said.

--Broadway is a senior. Broadway is a quarterback.

Those two qualities are virtually synonymous with leadership in the big book of sports clichés. The original intent of this story was to focus on something other than Broadway as a leader, because that’s what he is supposed to be.

But ask anyone close to Broadway about his abilities as a quarterback, and they’ll first bring up his ability to get each of his teammates pulling in one direction.

Broadway doesn’t merely accept leadership as his duty; he seizes it.

“That’s his personality,” Cajuns coach Mark Hudspeth said.

“He wants to be a leader, and he pushes his guys and they follow him now. He picks and chooses when he’s vocal, which is not always a bad thing, because when he does speak, they listen.”

And it was clear last season that the team is not the same without Broadway’s leadership on the field.

“Once he went out, we dropped two games,” Butler said.

“It’s evident that he’s a big part of our offense, he’s a big part of our team. Not just offense, but defense. He’s our leader, and honestly, on the field it doesn’t feel right without

him.”

That’s why Broadway is able to admit that his goal is to stay healthy, because he knows that if he accomplishes that goal, the team goals will be in reach.

And listening to Broadway, who is fond of using the phrase “as a whole” when asked about his personal desires this season, individual goals and team goals always go hand in hand.

“I know what happened last year, it was a freak accident,” Broadway said. “But as a team, as a whole, we forced some young guys to play when they weren’t ready to play. We’re not trying to force anything on those guys this year. For me to remain healthy is big for our team — as a whole.”

There were obstacles for Broadway to clear on his way to being the unquestioned leader of the team.

He transferred to the Cajuns after one year at the University of Houston, where he actually played a series against Hudspeth’s Mississippi State squad, throwing a touchdown. Hudspeth, who had since accepted a job with the Cajuns, was the only coach who offered Broadway a chance to redshirt rather than seeing what Broadway did in the junior college ranks first.

Broadway was with his third team in three years, including his senior year at Capitol High. But as he excelled on the field in his redshirt sophomore season, he started to feel more comfortable leading the players around him.

“I first saw it two years ago when he took over,” Butler said.

“He just came into his own. From then on, it was just like, ‘OK, if you want to take over this team, you have to be a leader.’ He got thrust into that position, and he handled it well.”

That’s the problem with thinking a player should become a leader. It’s an assumption that the player hasn’t been a leader all along.

Broadway’s ability to lead was evident from the beginning, according to his coach at Capitol, Chadwick Germany.

“He was a guy that helped to change some of the lives of guys on our team,” said Germany, now the offensive coordinator at Southern. “I give a lot of credit to the success that we had in high school to him, because he bought in from Day 1.”

It’s not hard to attribute much of the Cajuns’ success in the past few years to Broadway, either. That’s not lost on Hudspeth, nor is it lost on Broadway.

“He has high expectations for himself as well as the rest of his team,” Hudspeth said.

--With Broadway as the leading man, everybody else seems to have high expectations for the team as well.

The Cajuns enter the 2014 season knowing they have a chance to put together the finest year in school history. The program has never won more than nine games in a single season and has never been ranked in the Top 25. Both of those dominoes could fall this year, largely because a healthy Broadway is back in the fold.

“You look at all levels of football, the successful teams have a guy running the show at quarterback,” Johnson said.

Who better to run the show than a guy named Broadway?

It’s Broadway’s three-dimensional skill set that makes him so valuable on the field.

In an injury-shortened junior season, Broadway threw for 2,419 yards and 19 touchdowns and added another 442 yards and eight scores on the ground. But it’s his fundamental understanding of the game that separates him from other quarterbacks who are physically gifted.

“He sees things,” Johnson said. “A guy will take a little move, and (snaps his fingers) he sees it and he knows it, because he’s studied it. He does his work when he’s not

on the field. He’s pretty special in that area. He does a tremendous job of identifying things and getting us offensively all on the same page.”

It’s an area of his game Broadway said he had to pour himself into after transferring from Houston.

“My freshman year at (Houston), I wasn’t a student of the game,” Broadway said.

“It’s something I’ve had to learn coming into this offense and knowing how much they depend on the quarterback to make the right calls and the right checks.”

Germany would politely beg to differ. Broadway may not have acted upon his studious nature at Houston, but the desire to learn the game has always been there.

“I would always go by his house, and he would have his plays drawn up on the wall,” Germany said.

“He would sit there and put the playbook in his PlayStation.

We would spend half the day going through the plays on the video game. He always wanted to learn and always wanted to be better.

“That was one of his assets; he wanted to go into the game as prepared as he could be.”

--Broadway just nods when asked if he knows his importance this season.

It’s a confident nod, not boastful. He’s not interested in thinking about what stats he might accumulate or what records he might obliterate.

But Broadway will open up on one personal goal.

His legacy.

This is uncharted territory into which Broadway is leading his friends and teammates. He knows what the men surrounding him are capable of, and he plans on leaving his mark with the rest of the senior class this season.

“If everything goes how we plan, we should be a 12-0 team going into a major bowl game and should be ranked pretty high,” Broadway said. “Our main goal is to win the first game against Southern, and that’ll take care of a lot of things going into the next week.”

Thump, thump, thump. The clock is ticking, and the Cajuns’ heartbeat is in sync.

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Perhaps the person who best understands the significance of playing his final game on the turf at Cajun Field is the man who has spent the most time on it.

Right guard Daniel Quave’s final game at Cajun Field will mark his 50th consecutive start, a testament to both the Mississippi native’s durability at a position where aches, pains and injuries are commonplace and to his team’s level of success.

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“You get so caught up preparing for each game, week-in, week-out, that you kind of lose thought of it and how special it is,” he said. “But now, hearing 50, it’s kind of blowing my mind because it really only feels like I’ve played five.”

That’s the thing about time: Its passage goes unnoticed until it starts to become short.

So when Quave takes the field for the final time, this time with more family than his younger brother and starting left tackle Mykhael at his side, he knows the moment might be too much for him to bottle up.

“I’ll probably be tearing up before (my mother), to be honest,” Quave said.

He’ll save the tears for Saturday, though, along with thinking about everything he and the rest of the Cajuns’ 18 seniors have accomplished with their suddenly fleeting time. To do otherwise would be to turn his back on what has enabled the group to achieve so much in that span.

If anything, his thoughts might drift to last season, when the previous winningest senior class closed its regular season with two straight losses. Quave doesn’t want to go out that way.

“I haven’t given it much thought,” he said. “I’m just focusing on Appalachian State right now. I don’t want to end how the last year’s senior class ended. I’m just giving thought to the game.”

But regardless of how much time and energy is spent on focusing on the opponent, Quave’s thoughts will inevitably be caught up in the moment. It’ll likely hit as he walks out of the tunnel one final time, reflecting on all the other times he has performed that exact routine, reflecting on the pieces of him that will forever remain.

“It can be emotional, because you really left a lot of blood, sweat and tears here,” Quave said. “To know that the time is coming to an end, it’s like a part of you is always going to be here for the better.

“To know I’ve sacrificed so much for the program and the university is really a humbling experience, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything.”

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CAjUNs RECEivER DEviN sCoTT sPEEDiNg ToWARD CoNFiDENCE

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by Luke johnson Devin Scott was a step behind the defense in the first quarter of the Cajuns 19-9 win against South Alabama, but that didn’t come as much of a surprise.

one of our playmakers in the future,” Hudspeth said. “He’s a kid that’s continuing to get better, he just needed a shot in the arm of confidence. I think he’s got it.”

That confidence goes two ways, though.

“I think he was a 10.3, 10.4 (second) 100-meter track guy in high school,” coach Mark Hudspeth said. “He’s pretty fast.”

He’s probably the fastest guy on the team, but more on that later. What mattered was that Scott had his man beat, and quarterback Terrance Broadway saw him streaking downfield.

Might as well take a shot on third-and-28. Broadway heaved it right into the teeth of a stiff north-to-south wind, and Scott slowed to track the underthrown ball.

Freeze the play at this moment to consider what has transpired in Scott’s young career up until this point.

As the season goes on, Broadway might now have a little more confidence in Scott’s ability to bring the ball down the next time he gets open — and with his speed, odds are he’ll be open again.

Scott fidgeted a bit when asked if he was the fastest player on the team, but maybe it was his newfound confidence coming through when he said, “Yeah, you could say I’m the fastest guy on the team.”

He can recall only one time when he tested his speed against someone else, and that was last year when he edged former Cajun receiver Darryl Surgent in a footrace.

Has anyone tested that speed since?

He’s been a step behind defenders before, but he had yet to haul in the deep ball that was supposed to be his specialty. Because beating the man across from you is only one part of the playmaking process.

“Nah,” Scott said. “I don’t think so.”

The other part? Actually coming down with the ball. He was accomplishing part No. 1 with regularity, but part No. 2, for whatever reason, had eluded Scott.

But he’s been showing signs lately that he might be starting to figure it out.

He earned the start at outside receiver against South Alabama. It’s a position that, in the Cajuns offense, is usually reserved for receivers taller than the 5-foot-11 Scott.

He was there because his speed makes him a threat, but he had yet to find a way to make that speed result in a big play — the key word being “yet.”

Though he hadn’t given Broadway a reason to keep taking shots downfield, Scott kept plugging away, and Broadway kept going for the deep ball.

“Every week I tell him, ‘Just make one play for me. You do that, I’ll be able to trust you like no other,’” Broadway said after the game.

Sooner or later, he would have to make something happen.

“I know he wanted me to make plays for him,” Scott said.

“He’d been trying to get to me all season, and I know it was about that time to make a play to earn his trust.”

Unfreeze the play and watch it unfold. Consider that trust earned.

Scott came back for the ball and made the play Broadway had been looking for. He fought off a defender with one arm and reeled the ball in with the other. The speed has always been there, but for at least one play, Scott showed a little toughness too.

The career-long 45-yarder converted the third-and-forever and set the Cajuns up to score the game’s first points. But the catch could have more significant implications in the long term.

“To make a catch like that early in the game I think is going to be a big step in him moving forward to hopefully being

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by Luke johnson The long-sleeved shirt is a relic, ratty and beat up, nothing like the fresh Adidas gear the young bucks get nowadays.

But Boris Anyama rocks the shirt anyway. It’s a reminder of where the Cajuns program was when he started, and how far its come in his short time on campus. The tattered rag is a sort of honor.

“I still have one of my cut up grey long-sleeved shirts I got when I first got here in 2010, because I know how times were back in the day,” Anyama said.

Pause it right here.

Before we carry on with the present, with the second hand inexorably moving toward oblivion, before we discuss what the future has in store for the Ragin’ Cajuns football, let’s go back to when this woebegone long-sleeved shirt was brand-new and cherished.

They were lean times in 2010, coach Rickey Bustle’s final year. The old coach told players on recruiting visits that his team was on the cusp of getting into a bowl game — which was true, they had reached bowl eligibility in four of the previous five years — they just needed help getting over the hump.

Then they went 3-9 that year and Bustle was fired. Nine players from that team remain, nine players who red-shirted during their miserable 3-9 true freshman season, then stuck with the new coaching staff led by Mark Hudspeth.

“We all knew how it felt to be at the losing end,” Anyama said. “We all had that hard-working mentality. You’ve got to grind and be successful to come out on top.”

And grind is what they did. Hudspeth made sure of that.

The workouts became tougher than what the players were used to. Through the sweat, blood and injuries, the players followed orders.

“They trusted us when we were pushing them really hard,” Hudspeth said. “It wasn’t easy their first couple of years. It was a deal where they had to really you to go through what we were putting them through.”

Nothing much was expected from a team with a rookie head coach that went 3-9 the year before. But the players were starting to subscribe to the notion that they weren’t just a doormat.

Hudspeth was a dealer in hope.

“It was perfect timing that we all came together, and coach Hud came here and brought the motivation that we had lacked,” said Daniel Quave, one of the Bustle Nine. “It brought a sense of hope as well, and we took that momentum and made it what it is today.

“All that came with the hope. Everybody bought into the dream. We just decided to make that dream a reality.”

The Cajuns went 9-4, winning their first bowl game in 67 years.

They followed it up with another 9-4 season and another bowl game win. Then another one. Now, they might be poised to do it again, and maybe even do better. They’re doing it in fancy Adidas uniforms brought on by their ath-

letic success (and by the success of their contemporaries in other sports).

The 2010 season seems like a distant memory, ancient history to those in the program that never lived it. So Anyama keeps the memory alive. He wears the beat up old shirt in lieu of the newer ones.

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“These young cats always see me with this cut shirt and say, ‘Man, get a new one,’ ” Anyama said. “I just say, ‘Man, if only you knew.’ ” The football program the 2014 senior class leaves behind is almost unrecognizable from the one it inherited. As they practiced Wednesday, working up their last bit of sweat equity toward the still achievable goal of the first 10-win season in program history, heavy machinery worked the earth just yards away. Only a chain link fence separates the players of the present from the future that’s rising out of the mud.

In some respects, a monument to those players’ successes is being erected in their shadows. It’s a new Athletic Performance Center, and it is scheduled to be completed in time for the beginning of next football season. It will be the physical embodiment of a legacy.

As the Cajuns’ 18 seniors prepare for their final game at Cajun Field — a Cajun Field that looks far different than it did the first time they played there — they’ve stolen a pinch of what little time they have left as college football players to contemplate their legacy, their lasting mark they leave on the program as the group who has been part of more wins (35 and counting) than any senior class in Cajuns history.

Monuments are being erected, and they can see their fingerprints all over them.

“I’m walking around campus seeing all the construction, and I’m like, ‘Dang, I had something to do with it,’ ” Anyama said.

It’s roughly akin to a no-hitter, perhaps even a perfect game.

UL senior offensive right guard Daniel Quave has not missed a start over the last four years.

He’s opened all 51 games since the beginning of his redshirt freshman season for the Ragin’ Cajuns, who have gone 35-16 during that span including three straight New Orleans Bowl wins. And he’s slated to make it a schoolrecord 52-for-52 when the 8-4 Cajuns play Nevada in Saturday’s 2014 New Orleans Bowl.

The streak, Quave readily admits, has been on mind lately.

“I thought about it,” he said. “You know, I’m human. I definitely would love that accomplishment.”

Unlike baseball brethren, he doesn’t even mind discussing it all while still in-progress.

The key to it, Quave said, has been “staying healthy, and really just taking one day at a time, and just keying in my focus and what I’m allowing to be on my mind.”

When Quave says “healthy,” he doesn’t mean just physical wellbeing.

Rather, he said, it’s more about “really just staying mentally healthy – keeping a clear mind and just living.”

Each day, in other words, Quave goes about his usual business. Each practice, he works like any other. Each game, he gives his all.

No holding back.

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by Tim Buckley There are no worries about large ladders, black cats or even talking in the ninth inning.

“If something was gonna happen, it was gonna happen,” said Quave, who typically plays deep into fourth quarters sans relief. “I can’t stop it from happening.”

He’s all about “just keeping my focus, and keeping the main thing the main thing with life.”

“That’s unbelievable, that he’s stayed healthy that many snaps,” Hudspeth said. “Is that right? Yeah. 3,500 snaps.

Holy cow. That’s a lot of banging.”

Hudspeth credits UL’s strength-and-conditioning staff for helping Quave to take care of his body, in part by limiting how much work he had last spring and in preseason fall camp too.

It was like that when Quave arrived at UL in 2010 from Gautier High in Gautier, Miss.

“When a guy has started that many games,” Hudspeth said, “we’re not gonna go into a stadium for three straight scrimmages during a two-a-days and scrimmage him for 70 snaps in all those scrimmages.

It didn’t change when his brother Mykhael Quave, UL’s starting left tackle, followed one year later.

“Beating the crap out of him and getting him hurt or banged up is not gonna do any good.”

And it stays that way today.

Much of the credit too, though, goes to Quave’s body itself.

After Saturday, however, the Cajuns must move on without Daniel Quave inked in between center and right tackle.

He’s fought through pain at times – the occasional sprained ankle or sore knee – but ultimately has held up just fine.

“He’s definitely going to be missed,” said UL offensive line coach Mitch Rodrigue, who looks to Quave to motivate others and keep his line united.

“I hate to think about life without Daniel on the football field,” Rodrigue added. “He’s been a mainstay at right guard and has probably graded out the best in his four years. His leadership has been very important to our success.”

Quave’s 51 consecutive starts are tied for the NCAA FBS active lead with the 51 of Mississippi State defensive tackle Kaleb Eulls.

His play, meanwhile, has been critical to the success of a Cajun program that went 9-4 each year from 2011-13 and that had some running backs with some impressive milestone numbers this year.

Sophomore Elijah McGuire went over the 1,000-yard rushing mark in a regular season-ending win at Troy, joining Tyrell Fenroy, Brian Mitchell and Michael Desormeaux as the only Cajuns to surpass 1,000 in a single season.

Earlier this season in a win at UL Monroe, senior Alonzo Harris went over the 3,000-yard career rushing mark.

“There have been so many linemen that come through,” Harris said, “but Daniel Quave, he’s a very special guy.

“He’s been a reason for a lot of yards, a lot of touchdowns.

He’s been a big part of my stats,” added frequently in his career could be seen running over the right side. “You know, I think he needs more credit than he gets. If you see ‘Alonzo Harris,’ you need to have ‘Daniel Quave’ right behind it.

None of UL’s offensive linemen, in fact, have missed a start this year – or any of the past four.

“We’ve gotten him to the games each week taking a little bit off of him,” Hudspeth said. “But he’s also done a good job taking care of his body, training. Also, he’s just a durable kid. Some kids are just more durable.”

For Quave, though, it really is about mind over matter more than anything.

He’s a pro hopeful at 6-foot-3 and 324 pounds, but feels his five years at UL have been more about life than sport as well.

“Being a player – that was the easy part, just developing my body and my mind,” said Quave, who started New Orleans victories over San Diego State in 2011, East Carolina in 2012 and Tulane last year. “That was the easy part.

“But just me becoming the man that I am today – the past four, five years – it helped me tremendously. Words cannot describe how it helped me develop as the man that I so wish to be.”

It’s why after so many starts – 51, with one more expected soon – the end will be so tough to take.

“There’s a place in my heart that will always be here with this university,” Quave said. “I’m forever going to be a Ragin’ Cajun. I love it. I’m just grateful.

“It’s more than just being a football player,” he added. “I can’t put a price on that. I’m just thankful for being welcomed, and having an extended family here.”

“He’s been a part of this process with me for the past four years,” Harris added, “and it’s just been a remarkable thing. It’s been wonderful for us.”

It’s been a pretty good thing for Mark Hudspeth, too, as he hasn’t had to worry about his right-guard spot for four years now.

As Hudspeth calculates it, Quave has been a part of more than 3,500 plays since he’s been head coach at UL.

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