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2011 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team

The 2011 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football program represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Ragin' Cajuns were led by first year head coach Mark Hudspeth and played their home games at Cajun Field. They are members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 9–4 overall and 6–2 in Sun Belt play to finish in third place. They were invited to the New Orleans Bowl, the program's first bowl game, where they defeated San Diego State. However, in 2015 Louisiana–Lafayette vacated eight wins including their New Orleans Bowl victory due to major NCAA violations.[1]

2011 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football
New Orleans Bowl, W 32–30 (vacated) vs. San Diego State
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Record1–4, 8 wins vacated (1–2 Sun Belt, 5 wins vacated)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJay Johnson (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorGreg Stewart (1st season)
Home stadiumCajun Field
Seasons
← 2010
2012 →
2011 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Arkansas State $   8 – 0     10 – 3  
Western Kentucky   7 – 1     7 – 5  
FIU   5 – 3     8 – 5  
North Texas   4 – 4     5 – 7  
Louisiana–Monroe   3 – 5     4 – 8  
Troy   2 – 6     3 – 9  
Louisiana–Lafayette *   1 – 2     1 – 4  
Middle Tennessee   1 – 7     2 – 10  
Florida Atlantic   0 – 8     1 – 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – Louisiana–Lafayette vacated 8 wins including 5 in conference due to NCAA violations.

Preseason edit

Award watchlists edit

Award Player Position Year
John Mackey Award Ladarius Green TE SR
Fred Biletnikoff Award Ladarius Green TE SR

Sun Belt Media Day edit

Predicted standings edit

Sun Belt Conference predicted standings
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st Place)
1 Florida International 75 (5)
2 Troy 66 (2)
3 Middle Tennessee 54
4 Louisiana-Monroe 22
5 Arkansas State 49 (1)
6 North Texas 33
7 Western Kentucky 28 (1)
8 Louisiana-Lafayette 26
9 Florida Atlantic 20

Preseason All–Conference Team edit

Offense

TE Ladarius Green

Roster edit

2011 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 4 Javone Lawson Jr
RB 6 Robert Walker So
QB 7 Chris Masson Sr
QB 8 Brad McGuire Sr
WR 9 Harry Peoples Jr
TE 10 Larry Pettis   Fr
QB 13 Brady Thomas Jr
WR 15 Ross Goodlett Sr
QB 17 Blaine Gautier Jr
WR 18 Andrew Joseph Sr
RB 20 Aaron Spikes So
RB 23 Qyendarius Griffin   Fr
FB 26 Yobes Walker Jr
RB 29 Montrel Carter   Fr
RB 31 Effrem Reed   Fr
FB 39 Fred Okoye Jr
RB 46 Alonzo Harris   Fr
G 60 Tracy Wilson Jr
OL 62 Jarad Martin   Fr
OL 63 Brandon Bender Jr
OL 66 Marvin Martin   Fr
OL 67 Daniel Quave   Fr
OL 68 Octravian Anderson   Fr
OL 69 Greg Siener   Fr
C 71 Andre Huval So
G 72 Leonard Bates Jr
OL 73 Fred Moore   Fr
G 74 Kyle Plouhar Sr
OL 75 Benay Pryer Jr
OL 76 Jaron Odom Jr
OL 77 Jaylen Hunter   Fr
G 78 Daniel Lemelle So
OT 79 Sheldon Brown Sr
WR 80 Adam Savoie   Fr
WR 81 Boris Anyama   Fr
WR 83 James Butler So
WR 84 Jamal Robinson   Fr
TE 85 Ian Thompson So
TE 86 Jacob Maxwell So
WR 87 Darryl Surgent So
WR 88 Deon Fowler   Fr
TE 89 Ladarius Green Sr
WR Lawrence Breaud   Fr
QB Terrance Broadway So
WR Bradley Brown   Fr
WR Billy Christian So
OL Willy David   Fr
OL Chris Frigo   Fr
WR Shawn Hebert   Fr
QB Blake Hollingsworth   Fr
FB Chase Julien   Fr
WR Brandon Kensey So
WR DeShaun McNeal   Fr
OL Evyn Perry Jr
QB Riley Saunders Jr
OL Corey Schmidt So
WR Layne Theriot   Fr
TE Cory Weaver   Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
CB 2 JeMarlous Moten Jr
CB 3 Pierre Hill Sr
CB 5 Dwight Bentley Sr
LB 11 Devon Lewis-Buchanan Sr
CB 16 Dexter Aucoin   Fr
CB 19 Rodney Gillis Jr
LB 21 Lance Kelly Sr
CB 22 Melvin White Sr
FS 24 Lionel Stokes Sr
FS 25 Cooper Gerami So
SS 27 Earnest Gardner   Fr
LB 28 Marcus Jackson   Fr
LB 30 Le'Marcus Gibson Sr
CB 33 Trevence Patt   Fr
DE 34 Justin Anderson So
S 35 Eric Buckley   Fr
S 37 Hunter Thibodeaux So
LB 38 Brandon Johnson   Fr
CB 41 Sean Thomas   Fr
LB 43 Jesse Broadnax Jr
DE 44 Bernard Smith Sr
DE 45 Emeke Onyenekwu Jr
DE 47 Blake Comminie Jr
LB 48 Andrew Hebert So
LB 50 Mario Holman   Fr
LB 51 Jelani Smith Jr
LB 52 Dominique Tovell   Fr
DE 53 Christopher Tucker Sr
DE 54 Kevon Foster   Fr
LB 55 Brandon Nash So
LB 56 Richard Brooks Sr
DE 57 Chris Prater   Fr
DE 58 Nick Barnfield So
LB 59 Jake Molbert   Fr
DL 64 Ben Duhon Jr
DT 90 Derreck Dean Sr
DL 92 Christian Ringo   Fr
DT 93 Cordian Hagans Jr
DT 94 Justin Hamilton   Fr
DT 96 Brandon McCray So
DE 97 Aaron Thibodeaux   Fr
DT 98 Darrell Green   Fr
DE 99 Tyrell Gaddies Sr
SS Winston Burnette So
LB Joey Chapman   Fr
FS Zachary DeGrange   Fr
S Lance Derousselle   Fr
CB Kobie Douglas   Fr
S Chris Faber   Fr
CB Eric Ferguson Jr
DL Blake Fuselier   Fr
LB David Laborde   Fr
FS O' Neil Parker   Fr
CB Torrey Pierce   Fr
LB Christian Sager   Fr
S Kendall Sam So
LB Jeremy Tollver Jr
LB Taylor Vernotzy So
CB Eddie Williams   Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 40 Brett Baer Jr
LS 49 Matt Rosenbalm Jr
LS 82 John Broussard   Fr
K 91 Carlos Alvarez   Fr
K 95 Hunter Stover   Fr
K Travis Shinn   Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 6, 2019

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 36:00 pmat No. 8 Oklahoma State*
FCSL 34–6155,382
September 106:00 pmat Kent State*
W 20–12 (vacated)10,386
September 176:00 pmNicholls State*
Ragin Cajuns Network/ESPN3W 38–21 (vacated)28,741
September 245:00 pmat Florida International
ESPN3W 36–31 (vacated)16,780
October 16:00 pmFlorida Atlantic
  • Cajun Field
  • Lafayette, LA
RCN/ESPN3W 37–34 (vacated)26,339
October 87:00 pmTroy
  • Cajun Field
  • Lafayette, LA
ESPN3W 31–17 (vacated)29,775
October 154:00 pmNorth Texas 
  • Cajun Field
  • Lafayette, LA
RCN/ESPN3W 30–10 (vacated)32,823[2]
October 223:00 pmat Western Kentucky
L 23–4215,122
October 296:30 pmat Middle Tennessee
Sun Belt NetworkW 45–2013,500
November 52:30 pmLouisiana–Monroe
Sun Belt NetworkW 36–35 (vacated)28,176
November 122:00 pmat Arkansas State
L 21–3020,261
November 262:00 pmat Arizona*
L 37–4538,819
December 178:00 pmvs. San Diego State*
ESPNW 32–30 (vacated)42,841

Game summaries edit

@ Oklahoma State edit

See also: 2011 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team
Louisiana-Lafayette at Oklahoma State – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Ragin' Cajuns 3 7 101434
No. 9 Cowboys 10 24 101761

at Boone Pickens Stadium, Stillwater, OK

  • Date: September 3
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 100 °F (38 °C); sunny
  • Game attendance: 55,382
  • Referee: Tom Walker
  • TV: FCS
  • [1] [2] [3]
Game information

@ Kent State edit

See also: 2011 Kent State Golden Flashes football team
Louisiana-Lafayette at Kent State – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Ragin' Cajuns 7 10 0320
Golden Flashes 7 0 5012

at Dix Stadium, Kent, OH

  • Date: September 10
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 68 °F (20 °C); rain
  • Game attendance: 10,386
  • Referee: Mike Conlin
  • [4] [5] [6]
Game information

Nicholls State edit

See also: 2011 Kent State Golden Flashes football team
Nicholls State at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Colonels 14 0 7021
Ragin' Cajuns 14 7 71038

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

  • Date: September 17
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 86 °F (30 °C); sunny
  • Game attendance: 28,741
  • Referee: Kevin Stine
  • TV: Ragin' Cajuns TV Network
  • [7] [8] [9]
Game information

@ Florida International edit

See also: 2011 FIU Panthers football team
Louisiana-Lafayette at Florida International – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Ragin' Cajuns 5 10 14736
Panthers 7 7 71031

at Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium, Miami, FL

  • Date: September 24
  • Game time: 5:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 84 °F (29 °C); mostly cloudy
  • Game attendance: 16,780
  • Referee: Jeff Hilyer
  • TV: ESPN3
  • [10] [11] [12]
Game information

Florida Atlantic edit

See also: 2011 Florida Atlantic Owls football team
Florida Atlantic at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Owls 10 10 01434
Ragin' Cajuns 7 14 31337

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

  • Date: October 1
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 77 °F (25 °C); sunny and clear
  • Game attendance: 26,339
  • Referee: Tony Backert
  • TV: Ragin' Cajuns TV Network
  • [13] [14] [15]
Game information

Troy edit

See also: 2011 Troy Trojans football team
Troy at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Trojans 3 10 7727
Ragin' Cajuns 7 17 7031

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

  • Date: October 8
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 81 °F (27 °C); partly cloudy
  • Game attendance: 29,775
  • Referee: Kevin Stine
  • TV: ESPN3
  • [16] [17] [18]
Game information

North Texas edit

See also: 2011 North Texas Mean Green football team
North Texas at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Mean Green 10 0 0010
Ragin' Cajuns 7 6 01730

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

  • Date: October 15
  • Game time: 4:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 85 °F (29 °C); clear
  • Game attendance: 32,823
  • Referee: Jeff Hilyer
  • TV: Ragin' Cajuns TV Network
  • [19] [20] [21]
Game information

@ Western Kentucky edit

See also: 2011 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team
Louisiana-Lafayette at Western Kentucky – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Ragin' Cajuns 3 14 0623
Hilltoppers 7 14 71442

at Houchens Industries-L. T. Smith Stadium, Bowling Green, KY

  • Date: October 22
  • Game time: 3:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 64 °F (18 °C); sunny
  • Game attendance: 15,122
  • Referee: Charles Lewis
  • [22] [23] [24]
Game information

@ Middle Tennessee edit

See also: 2011 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team
Louisiana-Lafayette at Middle Tennessee – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Ragin' Cajuns 14 7 17745
Blue Raiders 0 0 71320

at Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium, Murfreesboro, TN

  • Date: October 29
  • Game time: 6:30 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 53 °F (12 °C); clear, chilly
  • Game attendance: 13,500
  • Referee: Tony Backert
  • TV: Sun Belt Network
  • [25] [26] [27]
Game information

Louisiana-Monroe edit

See also: 2011 Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks football team
Louisiana-Monroe at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Warhawks 14 0 71435
Ragin' Cajuns 0 24 01236

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

  • Date: November 5
  • Game time: 2:30 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C); sunny
  • Game attendance: 28,176
  • Referee: Chuck Lewis
  • TV: Sun Belt Network
  • [28] [29]
Game information

@ Arkansas State edit

See also: 2011 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team
Louisiana-Lafayette at Arkansas State – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Ragin' Cajuns 0 7 14021
Red Wolves 14 6 7330

at ASU Stadium, Jonesboro, AR

  • Date: November 12
  • Game time: 2:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 63 °F (17 °C); partly cloudy, windy
  • Game attendance: 20,261
  • Referee: Riley Johnson
  • [30] [31]
Game information

@ Arizona edit

See also: 2011 Arizona Wildcats football team
Louisiana-Lafayette at Arizona – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Ragin' Cajuns 7 6 32137
Wildcats 0 21 101445

at Arizona Stadium, Tucson, AZ

  • Date: November 26
  • Game time: 3:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 68 °F (20 °C); clear
  • Game attendance: 38,819
  • Referee: Land Clark
  • [32] [33] [34]
Game information

San Diego State (New Orleans Bowl) edit

See also: 2011 San Diego State Aztecs football team and 2011 New Orleans Bowl
San Diego State vs. Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Aztecs 3 0 141330
Ragin' Cajuns 6 7 61332

at Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA

  • Date: December 17
  • Game time: 8:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 69 °F (21 °C); N/A (indoors)
  • Game attendance: 48,841
  • Referee: Randy Christal
  • TV: ESPN
  • [35] [36] [37]
Game information

References edit

  1. ^ "Exam fraud, recruit payments among NCAA accusations against UL-Lafayette, ex-assistant coach David Saunders". The Baton Rouge Advocate. October 11, 2015. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  2. ^ "North Texas Mean Green vs. Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Box Score". ESPN.com. October 15, 2011.
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