2016 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2016 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns wordmark.svg 250 Sun Belt Conference Sun Belt 6–7 5–3 Mark Hudspeth 6th Jorge Munoz 1st Spread Charlie Harbison 2nd 4–3 Cajun Field New Orleans Bowl L 21–28 vs. Southern Miss 2017 The 2016 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Mark Hudspeth and played their home games at Cajun Field in Lafayette, Louisiana. The Ragin' Cajuns were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 6–7, 5–3 in Sun Belt play to finish in fifth place. They were invited to the New Orleans Bowl where they lost to Southern Miss. Preseason Award watchlists Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Award Player Position Year Walter Camp AwardElijah McGuireRBSRPaul Hornung AwardElijah McGuireRBSRMaxwell AwardElijah McGuireRBSRWuerffel TrophyKarmichael DunbarDLSR Sun Belt Media Day Predicted standings Sun Belt Conference predicted standingsLouisiana Ragin' Cajuns Predicted finish Team Votes (1st Place) 1 Appalachian State 114 (5) 2 Arkansas State 110 (5) 3 Georgia Southern 98 (1) 4 Georgia State 73 5 Louisiana-Lafayette 70 6 Troy 70 7 South Alabama 62 8 Idaho 48 9 New Mexico State 37 10 Texas State 30 11 Louisiana-Monroe 14 Preseason All–Conference Team Offense QB Brandon Silvers (Troy) RB Jalin Moore (Appalachian State) RB Jordan Chunn (Troy) WR Robert Davis (Georgia State) WR Al Riles (Louisiana-Lafayette) WR Emanuel Thompson (Troy) TE Gerald Everett (South Alabama) OL Parker Collins (Appalachian State) OL Colby Gossett (Appalachian State) OL Jermar Clark (Arkansas State) OL Andy Kwon (Georgia Southern) OL Antonio Garcia (Troy) Defense DL Chris Odom (Arkansas State) DL Javon Rolland-Jones (Arkansas State) DL Randy Allen (South Alabama) DL Rashad Dillard (Troy) LB Deshawntee "Ironhead" Gallon (Georgia Southern) LB Otha Peters (Louisiana-Lafayette) LB Rodney Butler (New Mexico State) DB Clifton Duck (Appalachian State) DB Mondo Williams (Appalachian State) DB Money Hunter (Arkansas State) DB Bobby Baker (Georgia State) DB Jeremy Reaves (South Alabama) Specialists PK Younghoe Koo (Georgia Southern) P Austin Rehkow (Idaho) RS Jabir Frye (Troy) AP Jordan Chunn (Troy) Honorable Mentions WR Keenan Barnes DL Karmichael Dunbar OL Eddie Gordon LB Tre'maine Lightfoot Roster 2016 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns y Gunner Hudspeth 2 QB FR y Al Riles 2 WR SR Jordan Davis 3 QB SO Jalen Nixon 6 QB SR Jared Jackson 7 WR JR Dion Ray 8 QB FR y Trey Ragas 9 RB FR y Matt Barnes 10 TE SO Anthony Jennings Anthony Jennings (American football) y 11 QB SR Elijah McGuire y 13 WR JR Jake Arceneaux 16 QB FR Ja'Marcus Bradley 17 WR FR y y Devin Scott 18 WR SR Michael Jacquet 19 WR FR y y Jarrod Jackson 20 WR FR y Keenan Barnes 21 WR SO Mark Mornay 22 WR JR Darius Hoggins 23 RB JR Tyler Derouen 24 WR FR Raymond Calais 25 RB FR y Ashton Johnson 25 RB FR Cameron Howell 26 WR FR Jordan Wright 27 RB FR y Chris Collins 28 WR SO Justin Boatwright 29 RB JR Alex Allen 31 TE FR y Carlos Robinson 33 TE FR y Leon Duncan 35 WR SO Robert Hunt 50 OL FR y y Robert Hunt (American football, born 1996) Christian Cederquist 53 OL JR D'Aquin Withrow 60 OL JR Cole Prudhomme 61 OL FR y Raynard Ford 63 OL JR y Rico Robinson 66 OL FR y Ken Marks 67 OL FR y Jacob Wentz 68 OL FR Caden Cunningham 69 OL FR y Akkai Ward 71 OL FR Grant Horst 72 OL JR Craig Smith 73 OL JR Staten Wade 74 OL SO Kevin Dotson 75 OL FR y y Kevin Dotson (American football) Kendall Baker 76 OL FR Adrian Goodacre 77 OL SO Allen Cummins 78 OL JR Eddie Gordon 79 OL SR Nick Byrne 81 TE SR Nate Arceneaux 82 WR SO Trey Green 83 WR FR David Doeker 84 WR FR Calif Gossett 85 WR FR Chris Turner 87 TE FR y Cabron Baham WR FR Ryheem Malone WR JR Joe Dillon 3 DL FR y Tre’Maine Lightfoot 4 LB SR Savion Brown 6 DB FR y Otha Peters y 7 LB SR Simeon Thomas y 8 DB JR Kamar Greenhouse 9 DB FR y Christian Goodlett 10 DB SR Lorenzo Cryer 11 DB SO Vince Thomas 13 DB SO Travis Crawford 16 DB JR Damar’ren Mitchell 17 DB FR Blair Brooks 18 DB FR Troy McCollum 19 DB JR Dominick Jones 20 DB SR Alonzo Brown 21 LB FR y Reggie Miles 22 DB SR Tracy Walker 23 DB JR Cole Bourque 24 DB JR Deuce Wallace 25 DB FR y Lavarious Varnado 27 DB JR T.J. Posey 30 LB JR Corey Turner 31 DB SO Denarius Howard 34 DB JR Chaziere Malbrue 35 LB SO Errol Brown 37 DB FR y Terik Miller 38 LB FR y Edward Thompson 39 DB JR Caleb Vidrine 41 LB FR Kaleb Fredericks 43 LB FR y Tanner Holmes 44 LB FR Shay Laporte 45 LB SO Jarvis Jefferies 46 DL JR Trev Miller 50 DL JR Trey Granier 51 LB SR Karmicheal Dunbar 55 DL SR Terrence Jones 56 LB FR y Tanner Wiggins 57 LB FR Jacques Boudereaux 59 LB FR Kevon Perry 90 DL JR Mario Osborne 91 DL SO Taboris Lee 92 DL JR Darryl Johnson 93 DL FR y Andarious Jones 94 DL FR y Rodrick Stephens 95 DL JR Daniel Chapman 62 DT FR y Kenndall Baker 76 DT FR y Kevon Perry 90 DT SR Taboris Lee 92 DT SR Darryl Johnson 93 DT SO Andarious Jones 94 DT SR Rodrick Stephens 95 DT JR David Lemoto 96 DL JR Ladarrius Kidd 98 DL SO Trav’Vontae Booker 99 DL FR Sterling Miller 34 LS SO Stevie Artigue 36 K SO Steven Coutts 37 P SO Calvin Linden 38 K FR Michael Godley 39 K/P SO Dylan Scheurich 47 K SO Stephen Morella 49 LS SR Aaron Bird 86 K/P SO Austin Melancon 89 P FR http://www.ragincajuns.com/roster.aspx?roster=240&path=football December 31, 2017 Mark Hudspeth (Delta State) Michael Desormeaux (Louisiana-Lafayette) Assistant head, wide receivers Levron Harbin (North Alabama) Assistant head, defensive line Charlie Harbison (Gardner-Webb) Co-defensive coordinator, defensive backs Marquase Lovings (Howard) Assistant head, running backs Mike Lucas (Liberty) Assistant head, recruiting coordinator, linebackers Jorge Munoz (Bethany (KS)) Offensive coordinator, quarterbacks Mitch Rodrigue (Nicholls State) Run game coordinator, offensive line Reed Stringer (Delta State) Assistant head, tight ends Troy Wingerter (Louisiana-Lafayette) Director of football operations Ryan Trichel (Southeastern Louisiana) Director of player personnel Tom Fratcher (Henderson State) Assistant player personnel director Schedule 2016 AP Poll released prior to game Central September 3 11:00 am l y Boise State Cajun Field Lafayette, LA ASN 10–45 22,661 September 10 6:00 pm w y McNeese State 11 (FCS) Cajun Crown Cajun Field Lafayette, LA ESPN3 30–22 26,891 September 17 6:00 pm w South Alabama Cajun Field Lafayette, LA ESPN3 28–23 19,208 September 24 7:00 pm l y y Tulane Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA ESPN3 39–41 4OT 24,253 October 1 7:00 pm l y New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM ESPN3 31–37 2OT 8,142 October 12 Wednesday 7:00 pm l Appalachian State Cajun Field Lafayette, LA ESPN2 0–24 16,960 October 22 6:00 pm w y Texas State Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX ESPN3 27–3 18,278 November 5 4:00 pm l y Idaho Cajun Stadium Lafayette, LA ESPN3 13–23 21,367 November 10 Thursday 6:30 pm w y Georgia Southern Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA ESPNU 33–26 16,786 November 19 11:00 am l y y Georgia Sanford Stadium Athens, GA SECN 21–35 92,746 November 26 11:00 am w Arkansas State Cajun Field Lafayette, LA ASN 24–19 14,259 December 3 2:00 pm w y Louisiana–Monroe Battle on the Bayou Malone Stadium Monroe, LA ESPN3 30–3 4,007 December 17 8:00 pm l y y Southern Miss New Orleans Bowl Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, LA ESPN 21–28 35,061 Schedule source:2016 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Football Schedule http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-16/2016-ul-lafayette-ragin-cajuns-football-schedule.php FB Schedules April 2, 2016 Game summaries Boise State 2016 Boise State Broncos football team Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse Boise State at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary September 3 11:00 a.m. CST Broncos 14 21 3 7 Ragin' Cajuns 0 3 0 10 Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA 22,661 85 °F °C; mostly sunny David Alvarez ASN First quarter BSU - Jeremy McNichols 1-yard TD run, Tyler Rausa kick good, 12:49 (BSU 7-0) BSU - Cedrick Wilson 42-yard TD pass from Brett Rypien, Rausa kick good, 8:51 (BSU 14-0) Second quarter BSU - McNichols 48-yard TD pass from Thomas Sperbeck, Rausa kick good, 14:26 (BSU 21-0) BSU - McNichols 7-yard TD run, Rausa kick good, 12:35 (BSU 28-0) BSU - Sperbeck 35-yard TD pass from Rypien, Rausa kick good, 1:29 (BSU 35-0) ULL - Stevie Artigue 44-yard field goal, 0:00 (BSU 35-3) Third quarter BSU - Rausa 30-yard field goal, 4:39 (BSU 38-3) Fourth quarter ULL - Keenan Barnes 11-yard TD pass from Anthony Jennings, Artigue kick good, 12:53 (BSU 38-10) BSU - Alexander Mattison 2-yard TD run, Rausa kick good, 8:44 (BSU 45-10) Top passers BSU - Brett Rypien - 22/33, 347 yards, 2 TD ULL - Anthony Jennings - 21/33, 186 yards, TD Top rushers BSU - Alexander Mattison - 11 carries, 61 yards, TD ULL - Elijah McGuire - 14 carries, 46 yards Top receivers BSU - Tyler Sperbeck - 6 receptions, 130 yards, TD ULL - Ja'Marcus Bradley - 3 receptions, 50 yards Top defenders BSU - Tanner Vallejo - 9 tackles, 0.5 sacks ULL - Travis Crawford - 10 tackles McNeese State 2016 McNeese State Cowboys football team Cajun Crown Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse McNeese State at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary September 10 6:00 p.m. CST Cowboys 3 9 3 7 Ragin' Cajuns 7 7 13 3 Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA 26,891 79 °F °C; partly cloudy Jason Autrey ESPN3 First quarter MCNS - Trent Manuel 33-yard field goal, 8:33 (MCNS 3-0) ULL - Ja'Marcus Bradley 17-yard TD pass from Anthony Jennings, Stevie Artigue kick good, 4:11 (ULL 7-3) Second quarter MCNS - Manuel 40-yard field goal, 9:36 (ULL 7-6) ULL - Jennings 3-yard TD run, Artigue kick good, 6:14 (ULL 14-6) MCNS - Dylan Long 1-yard TD run, two-point conversion no good, 0:30 (ULL 14-12) Third quarter MCNS - Manuel 28-yard field goal, 9:31 (MCNS 15-14) ULL - Raymond Calais 7-yard TD run, Artigue kick good, 7:18 (ULL 21-15) ULL - Jennings 5-yard TD run, two-point conversion no good, 4:02 (ULL 27-15) Fourth quarter ULL - Artigue 17-yard field goal, 5:01 (ULL 30-15) MCNS - Long 3-yard TD run, Manuel kick good, 0:12 (ULL 30-22) Top passers ULL - Anthony Jennings - 15/21, 170 yards, TD MCNS - James Tabary - 25/38, 237 yards Top rushers ULL - Elijah McGuire - 19 carries, 139 yards MCNS - Ryan Ross - 21 carries, 118 yards Top receivers ULL - Ja'Marcus Bradley - 6 receptions, 97 yards, TD MCNS - Kent Shelby - 6 receptions, 75 yards Top defenders ULL - Travis Crawford - 11 tackles MCNS - Jammerio Gross-Whitaker - 12 tackles, sack South Alabama 2016 South Alabama Jaguars football team Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse South Alabama at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary September 17 6:00 p.m. CST Jaguars 0 7 7 9 Ragin' Cajuns 6 3 13 6 Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA 19,208 80 °F °C; cloudy Charles Lewis ESPN3 First quarter ULL - Michael Jacquet III 13-yard TD pass from Anthony Jennings, Stevie Artigue kick no good, 4:22 (ULL 6-0) Second quarter USA - Tyreis Thomas 6-yard TD run, Gavin Patterson kick good, 14:13 (USA 7-6) ULL - Artigue 31-yard field goal, 0:37 (ULL 9-7) Third quarter ULL - Al Riles 71-yard TD pass from Jennings, Artigue kick no good, 9:46 (ULL 15-7) ULL - Keenan Barnes 38-yard TD pass from Jennings, Dylan Schuerich kick good, 4:46 (ULL 22-7) USA - Grant Powell 18-yard TD pass from Dallas Davis, Patterson kick good, 1:50 (ULL 22-14) Fourth quarter USA - Patterson 23-yard field goal, 13:36 (ULL 22-17) ULL - Elijah McGuire 68-yard TD run, two-point conversion no good, 7:05 (ULL 28-17) USA - Gerald Everett 11-yard TD pass from Davis, two-point conversion no good, 3:17 (ULL 28-23) Top passers ULL - Anthony Jennings - 18/26, 256 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT USA - Dallas Davis - 21/29, 264 yards, 2 TD Top rushers ULL - Elijah McGuire - 23 carries, 223 yards, TD USA - Xavier Johnson - 17 carries, 58 yards Top receivers ULL - Al Riles - 8 receptions, 139 yards, TD USA - Gerald Everett - 7 receptions, 83 yards, TD Top defenders ULL - Tre'maine Lightfoot - 10 tackles USA - Kalen Jackson - 12 tackles At Tulane 2016 Tulane Green Wave football team Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse Louisiana-Lafayette at Tulane – Game summary September 24 7:00 p.m. CST Ragin' Cajuns 3 3 3 7 7 7 3 6 Green Wave 0 6 10 0 7 7 3 8 Yulman Stadium, New Orleans, LA 24,253 81 °F °C; partly cloudy Jason McArthur ESPN3 First quarter ULL - Stevie Artigue 40-yard field goal, 5:16 (ULL 3-0) Second quarter ULL - Artigue 39-yard field goal, 13:48 (ULL 6-0) TULN - Andrew DiRocco 22-yard field goal, 10:16 (ULL 6-3) TULN - DiRocco 35-yard field goal, 4:16 (TIE 6-6) Third quarter TULN - DiRocco 20-yard field goal, 8:23 (TULN 9-6) ULL - Artigue 20-yard field goal, 3:18 (TIE 9-9) TULN - Terren Encalade 34-yard TD pass from Glen Cuiellette, DiRocco kick good, 1:07 (TULN 16-9) Fourth quarter ULL - Elijah McGuire 1-yard TD run, Artigue kick good, 5:55 (TIE 16-16) First overtime ULL - Keenan Barnes 10-yard TD pass from Anthony Jennings, Artigue kick good, (ULL 23-16) TULN - Encalade 25-yard TD pass from Cuiellette, DiRocco kick good, (TIE 23-23) Second overtime TULN - Darnell Mooney 25-yard TD pass from Cuiellette, DiRocco kick good, (TULN 30-23) ULL - McGuire 1-yard TD run, Artigue kick good, (TIE 30-30) Third overtime ULL - Artigue 22-yard field goal, (ULL 33-30) TULN - DiRocco 48-yard field goal, (TULN 33-33) Fourth overtime TULN - Encalade 7-yard TD pass from Cuiellette, Cuiellette two-point conversion pass to Kendall Ardoin good, (TULN 41-33) ULL - McGuire 22-yard TD pass from Jennings, two-point conversion no good, (TULN 41-39) Top passers TULN - Glen Cuiellette - 10/23, 165 yards, 4 TD, INT ULL - Anthony Jennings - 19/38, 240 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT Top rushers TULN - Dontrell Hilliard - 16 carries, 49 yards ULL - Elijah McGuire - 38 carries, 89 yards, 2 TD Top receivers TULN - Terren Encalade - 7 receptions, 103 yards, 3 TD ULL - Al Riles - 6 receptions, 70 yards Top defenders TULN - Nico Marley - 11 tackles, sack ULL - Tre'maine Lightfoot - 12 tackles At New Mexico State 2016 New Mexico State Aggies football team Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse Louisiana-Lafayette at New Mexico State – Game summary October 1 7:00 p.m. CST Ragin' Cajuns 7 6 8 3 7 0 Aggies 7 14 0 3 7 6 Aggie Memorial Stadium, Las Cruces, NM 8,142 82 °F °C; mostly sunny Ted Pitts ESPN3 First quarter NMSU - Clayton Granch 19-yard TD pass from Tyler Rodgers, Parker Davidson kick good, 11:25 (NMSU 7-0) ULL - Keenan Barnes 5-yard TD pass from Anthony Jennings, Stevie Artigue kick good, 7:15 (TIE 7-7) Second quarter ULL - Artigue 23-yard field goal, 8:55 (ULL 10-7) NMSU - Larry Rose III 6-yard TD run, Davidson kick good, 2:19 (NMSU 14-10) NMSU - Jaden Wright 45-yard interception return for TD, Davidson kick good, 1:23 (NMSU 21-10) ULL - Artigue 41-yard field goal, 0:00 (NMSU 21-13) Third quarter ULL - Jordan Wright 7-yard TD run, Jalen Nixon two-point conversion good to Jared Johnson, 8:19 (TIE 21-21) Fourth quarter NMSU - Davidson 33-yard field goal, 10:31 (NMSU 24-21) ULL - Artigue 47-yard field goal, 2:58 (TIE 24-24) First overtime NMSU - Gregory Hogan 23-yard TD pass from Rodgers, Davidson kick good, (NMSU 31-24) ULL - Darius Hoggins 0-yard fumble return for TD, Artigue kick good, (TIE 31-31) Second overtime NMSU - Sebastian Anderson 0-yard fumble return for TD, (NMSU 37-31) Top passers NMSU - Tyler Rodgers - 31/49, 359 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT ULL - Anthony Jennings - 12/22, 143 yards, TD, 2 INT Top rushers NMSU - Larry Rose III - 23 carries, 112 yards, TD ULL - Darius Hoggins - 12 carries, 81 yards, TD Top receivers NMSU - Gregory Hogan - 11 receptions, 172 yards, TD ULL - Al Riles - 8 receptions, 110 yards Top defenders NMSU - Jacob Nwangwa - 19 tackles ULL - Otha Peters - 18 tackles, sack Appalachian State 2016 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse Appalachian State at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary October 12 7:00 p.m. CST Mountaineers 10 14 0 0 Ragin' Cajuns 0 0 0 0 Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA 16,960 81 °F °C; clear Jason McArthur ESPN2 First quarter APST - Jalin Moore 2-yard TD run, Michael Rubino kick good, 12:34 (APST 7-0) APST - Rubino 21-yard field goal, 5:13 (APST 10-0) Second quarter APST - Moore 41-yard TD run, Rubino kick good, 13:36 (APST 17-0) APST - Collin Reed 8-yard TD pass from Taylor Lamb, Rubino kick good, 5:43 (APST 24-0) Top passers APST - Taylor Lamb - 15/26, 201 yards, TD, INT ULL - Anthony Jennings - 19/32, 121 yards Top rushers APST - Jalin Moore - 14 carries, 106 yards, 2 TD ULL - Elijah McGuire - 10 carries, 43 yards Top receivers APST - Shaedon Meadors - 6 receptions, 128 yards ULL - Michael Jacquet - 5 receptions, 40 yards Top defenders APST - Devan Stringer - 11 tackles ULL - Denarius Howard - 6 tackles At Texas State 2016 Texas State Bobcats football team Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse Louisiana-Lafayette at Texas State – Game summary October 22 6:00 p.m. CST Ragin' Cajuns 3 10 7 7 Bobcats 3 0 0 0 Bobcat Stadium, San Marcos, TX 18,278 71 °F °C; clear Marc Curles ESPN3 First quarter TXST - Marcus Ripley 29-yard field goal, 10:37 (TXST 3-0) ULL - Stevie Artigue 36-yard field goal, 1:39 (TIE 3-3) Second quarter ULL - Elijah McGuire 4-yard TD run, Artigue kick good, 8:53 (ULL 10-3) ULL - Artigue 42-yard field goal, 0:00 (ULL 13-3) Third quarter ULL - McGuire 1-yard TD run, Artigue kick good, 7:56 (ULL 20-3) Fourth quarter ULL - Keenan Barnes 18-yard TD pass from Anthony Jennings, Artigue kick good, 8:17 (ULL 27-3) Top passers ULL - Anthony Jennings - 17/21, 156 yards, TD, INT TXST - Tyler Jones - 20/28, 142 yards, INT Top rushers ULL - Elijah McGuire - 20 carries, 112 yards, 2 TD TXST - Stedman Mayberry - 17 carries, 54 yards Top receivers ULL - Michael Jacquet - 2 receptions, 54 yards TXST - Elijah King - 2 receptions, 42 yards Top defenders ULL - Tre'maine Lightfoot - 8 tackles TXST - Bryan London II - 10 tackles Idaho 2016 Idaho Vandals football team Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse Idaho at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary November 5 4:00 p.m. CST Vandals 10 7 3 3 Ragin' Cajuns 3 10 0 0 Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA 21,387 81 °F °C; clear Kevin Stine ESPN3 First quarter IDAHO - Denzal Brantley 1-yard TD run, Austin Rehkow kick good, 10:15 (IDAHO 7-0) ULL - Stevie Artigue 37-yard field goal, 8:13 (IDAHO 7-3) IDAHO - Rehkow 29-yard field goal, 4:51 (IDAHO 10-3) Second quarter ULL - Anthony Jennings 3-yard TD run, Artigue kick good, 13:31 (TIE 10-10) IDAHO - Isaiah Saunders 1-yard TD run, Rehkow kick good, 4:33 (IDAHO 17-10) ULL - Artigue 29-yard field goal, 0:28 (IDAHO 17-13) Third quarter IDAHO - Rehkow 50-yard field goal, 4:29 (IDAHO 20-13) Fourth quarter IDAHO - Rehkow 44-yard field goal, 7:22 (IDAHO 23-13) Top passers IDAHO - Matt Linehan - 20/30, 227 yards ULL - Anthony Jennings - 17/30, 161 yards Top rushers IDAHO - Isaiah Saunders - 21 carries, 86 yards, TD ULL - Elijah McGuire - 17 carries, 55 yards Top receivers IDAHO - Isaiah Saunders - 5 receptions, 55 yards ULL - Michael Jacquet - 3 receptions, 77 yards Top defenders IDAHO - Tony Lashley - 13 tackles ULL - Tre'maine Lightfoot - 13 tackles At Georgia Southern 2016 Georgia Southern Eagles football team Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse Louisiana-Lafayette at Georgia Southern – Game summary November 10 6:30 p.m. CST Ragin' Cajuns 7 14 10 2 Eagles 3 10 0 13 Paulson Stadium, Statesboro, GA 16,786 49 °F °C; calm Charles Lewis ESPNU First quarter GASO - Younghoe Koo 39-yard field goal, 10:44 (GASO 3-0) ULL - Elijah McGuire 1-yard TD run, Stevie Artigue kick good, 3:15 (ULL 7-3) Second quarter GASO - Koo 27-yard field goal, 10:48 (ULL 7-6) ULL - Dion Ray 16-yard TD run, Artigue kick good, 6:09 (ULL 14-6) GASO - Myles Campbell 10-yard TD pass from Seth Shuman, Koo kick good, 1:18 (ULL 14-13) ULL - Anthony Jennings 10-yard TD run, Artigue kick good, 0:06 (ULL 21-13) Third quarter ULL - Artigue 34-yard field goal, 8:51 (ULL 24-13) ULL - Keenan Barnes 48-yard TD pass from Al Riles, Artigue kick good, 6:34 (ULL 31-13) Fourth quarter GASO - L.A. Ramsby 2-yard TD run, two-point pass conversion no good, 13:05 (ULL 31-19) ULL - Otha Peters defensive PAT conversion, 13:05 (ULL 33-19) GASO - L.A. Ramsby 1-yard TD run, Koo kick good, 4:23 (ULL 33-26) Top passers ULL - Anthony Jennings - 17/26, 210 yards GASO - Seth Shuman - 21/36, 228 yards, TD Top rushers ULL - Anthony Jennings - 9 carries, 96 yards, TD GASO - Seth Shuman - 5 carries, 20 yards Top receivers ULL - Keenan Barnes - 3 receptions, 89 yards, TD GASO - BJ Johnson III - 9 receptions, 127 yards Top defenders ULL - Otha Peters - 8 tackles, fumble recovery, safety GASO - Ukeme Eligwe - 12 tackles At Georgia 2016 Georgia Bulldogs football team Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse Louisiana-Lafayette at Georgia – Game summary November 19 11:00 a.m. CST Ragin' Cajuns 0 7 0 14 Bulldogs 14 7 7 7 Sanford Stadium, Athens, GA 92,746 61 °F °C; fair James Carter SEC Network First quarter UGA - Isaiah McKenzie 55-yard TD run, Rodrigo Blankenship kick good, 14:37 (UGA 7-0) UGA - McKenzie 82-yard punt return for TD, Blankenship kick good, 8:30 (UGA 14-0) Second quarter UGA - Isaac Nauta 9-yard TD pass from Jacob Eason, Blankenship kick good, 2:50 (UGA 21-0) ULL - Anthony Jennings 9-yard TD run, Stevie Artigue kick good, 2:04 (UGA 21-7) Third quarter UGA - Nick Chubb 1-yard TD run, Blankenship kick good, 4:45 (UGA 28-7) Fourth quarter UGA - Chubb 49-yard TD pass from Eason, Blankenship kick good, 9:34 (UGA 35-7) ULL - Jennings 13-yard TD run, Artigue kick good, 4:50 (UGA 35-14) ULL - Jennings 1-yard TD run, Artigue kick good, 1:34 (UGA 35-21) Top passers UGA - Jacob Eason - 13/19, 165 yards, 2 TD, INT ULL - Anthony Jennings - 14/24, 189 yards, 3 INT Top rushers UGA - Nick Chubb - 16 carries, 108 yards, TD ULL - Elijah McGuire - 19 carries, 129 yards Top receivers UGA - Nick Chubb - 1 reception, 49 yards, TD ULL - Al Riles - 7 receptions, 105 yards Top defenders UGA - Roquan Smith - 7 tackles ULL - Travis Crawford - 9 tackles Arkansas State 2016 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse Arkansas State at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary November 26 11:00 a.m. CST Red Wolves 7 0 3 9 Ragin' Cajuns 7 7 7 3 Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA 14,259 63 °F °C; partly cloudy Kevin Stine ASN First quarter ARST - Dijon Paschal 24-yard TD pass from Justice Hansen, J.D. Houston kick good, 6:41 (ARST 7-0) ULL - Taboris Lee 17-yard interception return for TD, Stevie Artigue kick good, 4:52 (TIE 7-7) Second quarter ULL - Elijah McGuire 14-yard TD pass from Anthony Jennings, Artigue kick good, 8:29 (ULL 14-7) Third quarter ARST - Houston 20-yard field goal, 8:54 (ULL 14-10) ULL - Al Riles 34-yard TD pass from Jennings, Artigue kick good, 8:08 (ULL 21-10) Fourth quarter ARST - Houston 30-yard field goal, 14:57 (ULL 21-13) ULL - Artigue 34-yard field goal, 10:24 (ULL 24-13) ARST - Warren Wand 1-yard TD run, two-point conversion pass no good, 9:07 (ULL 24-19) Top passers ULL - Anthony Jennings - 13/24, 242 yards, 2 TD ARST - Justice Hansen - 35/57, 393 yards, TD, INT Top rushers ULL - Elijah McGuire - 10 carries, 27 yards ARST - Justice Hansen - 10 carries, 47 yards Top receivers ULL - Ja'Marcus Bradley - 4 receptions, 113 yards ARST - Kendall Sanders - 6 receptions, 90 yards Top defenders ULL - Christian Goodlett - 12 tackles ARST - Ja'Von Rolland-Jones - 10 tackles, 2 sacks At Louisiana–Monroe 2016 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse Louisiana-Lafayette at Louisiana-Monroe – Game summary December 3 2:00 p.m. CST Ragin' Cajuns 7 17 6 0 Warhawks 3 0 0 0 Malone Stadium, Monroe, LA 4,007 48 °F °C; cloudy, rain Kevin Stine ESPN3 First quarter ULL - Elijah McGuire 1-yard TD run, Stevie Artigue kick good, 8:53 (ULL 7-0) ULM - Craig Ford 23-yard field goal, 5:22 (ULL 7-3) Second quarter ULL - Trev Miller 73-yard fumble return for TD, Artigue kick good, 10:28 (ULL 14-3) ULL - Otha Peters 29-yard fumble return for TD, Artigue kick good, 5:10 (ULL 21-3) ULL - Artigue 26-yard field goal, 0:00 (ULL 24-3) Third quarter ULL - Artigue 35-yard field goal, 7:08 (ULL 27-3) ULL - Artigue 37-yard field goal, 0:23 (ULL 30-3) Top passers ULL - Anthony Jennings - 2/5, 0 yards, 2 INT ULM - Caleb Evans - 3/14, 31 yards, 2 INT Top rushers ULL - Elijah McGuire - 28 carries, 110 yards, TD ULM - Austin Vaughn - 11 carries, 61 yards Top receivers ULL - Al Riles - 1 reception, 0 yards ULM - Nathan Meadors Jr. - 1 reception, 15 yards Top defenders ULL - Karmichael Dunbar - 4 tackles ULM - Wesley Thompson - 15 tackles Southern Miss (New Orleans Bowl) 2016 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team 2016 New Orleans Bowl Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse Southern Mississippi vs. Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary December 17 8:00 p.m. CST Golden Eagles 14 0 7 7 Ragin' Cajuns 7 7 0 7 Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA 35,061 74 °F °C; N/A (indoors) Tom Stapleton ESPN First quarter USM - Ito Smith 11-yard TD run, Parker Shaunfield kick good, 9:39 (USM 7-0) USM - Smith 6-yard TD pass from Nick Mullens, Shaunfield kick good, 7:17 (USM 14-0) ULL - Anthony Jennings 4-yard TD run, Stevie Artigue kick good, 3:15 (USM 14-7) Second quarter ULL - Dion Ray 12-yard TD run, Artigue kick good, 7:28 (TIE 14-14) Third quarter USM - Allenzae Staggers 5-yard TD pass from Mullens, Shaunfield kick good, 10:42 (USM 21-14) Fourth quarter USM - Smith 1-yard TD run, Shaunfield kick good, 12:26 (USM 28-14) ULL - Jennings 3-yard TD run, Artigue kick good, 5:10 (USM 28-21) Top passers USM - Nick Mullens - 25/40, 346 yards, 2 TD, INT ULL - Anthony Jennings - 8/20, 95 yards, INT Top rushers USM - Ito Smith - 26 carries, 138 yards, 2 TD ULL - Elijah McGuire - 17 carries, 99 yards Top receivers USM - Allenzae Staggers - 11 receptions, 230 yards, TD ULL - Al Riles - 5 receptions, 64 yards Top defenders USM - Ja'Boree Poole - 9 tackles, 3 sacks ULL - Christian Goodlett - 7 tackles References Louisiana-Lafayette Category:Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football seasons Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football