2005 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2005 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football UL Lafayette Athletics wordmark.svg 125 Sun Belt Conference Sun Belt 6–5 5–2 Rickey Bustle 4th Rob Christophel 4th Brent Pry 4th Cajun Field Sun Belt co-champion The 2005 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette as a member of the Sun Belt Conference in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Rickey Bustle played their home games at Cajun Field in Lafayette, Louisiana. The 2005 New Orleans Bowl, which was annually played in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans was tagged the "New Orleans Bowl at Lafayette" and moved to Cajun Field, the home stadium of Ragin' Cajuns football, in response to Hurricane Katrina that had destroyed the Superdome a few months earlierhttps://www.chicagotribune.com/2005/10/12/new-orleans-bowl-moved-to-lafayette/ New Orleans Bowl moved to Lafayette - tribunedigital-chicagotribune 2017-12-03 2017-12-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20171204114609/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2005-10-12/sports/0510120236_1_new-orleans-bowl-cajuns-vanderbilt-commodores live Preseason Sun Belt Media Day Preseason Standings Sun Belt Conference Predicted StandingsLouisiana Ragin' Cajuns Predicted finish Team (1st Place) 1 North Texas (7) 2 Troy 3 Middle Tennessee 4 Louisiana-Lafayette 5 Louisiana-Monroe (1) 6 Arkansas State 7 Florida Atlantic 8 Florida International Preseason All-Conference Team Offense WR Bill Sampy OL Brandon Cox Schedule 2005 AP Central September 3 6:00 pm l y y Texas 2 Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX FSN 60–3 82,519 September 10 6:00 p.m. l y y Eastern Michigan Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI 31–10 5,628 September 17 7:00 p.m. w y Northwestern State Cajun Field Lafayette, LA 49–28 17,341 October 1 8:00 p.m. l y UCF Cajun Field Lafayette, LA 24–21 18,262 October 6 8:00 p.m. l Florida Atlantic Cajun Field Lafayette, LA ESPN+ 10–28 14,208 October 13 6:30 p.m. l y Arkansas State Indian Field Jonesboro, AR ESPNU 39–36 12,944 October 22 4:00 p.m. w y Middle Tennessee Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN 13–10 17,044 October 29 4:00 p.m. w Troy Cajun Field Lafayette, LA CSS 31–28 OT 21,204 November 5 6:00 p.m. w y North Texas Fouts Field Denton, TX 31–28 14,153 November 12 6:00 p.m. w FIU Cajun Field Lafayette, LA 28–7 16,942 November 26 2:30 p.m. w Louisiana–Monroe Battle on the Bayou Malone Stadium Monroe, LA 54–21 15,505 2005 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Football Schedule https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/louisiana-lafayette/2005-schedule.html Sports References-College Football January 3, 2018 Game summaries @ Texas 2005 Texas Longhorns football team Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse Louisiana-Lafayette at Texas – Game summary September 3 6:00 p.m. CST Ragin' Cajuns 3 0 0 0 No. 2 Longhorns 13 26 14 7 Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, TX 82,519 90 °F °C; partly cloudy Jon Bible First quarter UT - Selvin Young 9-yard TD run, Richmond McGee kick no good, 8:36 (UT 6-0) ULL - Sean Cominskey 47-yard field goal, 5:33 (UT 6-3) UT - Jamaal Charles 14-yard TD run, McGee kick good, 3:08 (UT 13-3) Second quarter UT - Nate Jones 9-yard TD pass from Vince Young, McGee kick no good, 13:42 (UT 19-3) UT - Ramonce Taylor 30-yard TD run, McGee kick no good, 7:41 (UT 25-3) UT - David Thomas 21-yard TD pass from Young, McGee kick good, 6:22 (UT 32-3) UT - Thomas 8-yard TD pass from Young, McGee kick good, 0:37 (UT 39-3) Third quarter UT - Young 3-yard TD run, McGee kick good, 8:22 (UT 46-3) UT - Kyle Phillips 14-yard TD run, David Pino kick good, 4:33 (UT 53-3) Fourth quarter UT - Phillips 23-yard TD run, Pino kick good, 14:13 (UT 60-3) Top passers UT - Vince Young - 13/17, 173 yards, 3 TD, INT ULL - Jerry Babb - 9/18, 109 yards Top rushers UT - Jamaal Charles - 14 carries, 135 yards, TD ULL - Caleb Rubin - 9 carries, 34 yards Top receivers UT - Brian Carter - 3 receptions, 65 yards ULL - Derrick Smith - 6 receptions, 78 yards @ Eastern Michigan 2005 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse Louisiana-Lafayette at Eastern Michigan – Game summary September 10 6:00 p.m. CST Ragin' Cajuns 0 3 7 0 Eagles 14 10 7 0 Rynearson Stadium, Ypsilanti, MI 5,628 82 °F °C; clear William Alge First quarter EMU - A. J. Bennett 38-yard TD pass from Matt Bohnet, Andrew Wellock kick good, 11:18 (EMU 7-0) EMU - Bohnet 3-yard TD run, Wellock kick good, 5:55 (EMU 14-0) Second quarter EMU - Eric Deslauriers 14-yard TD pass from Bohnet, Wellock kick good, 7:32 (EMU 21-0) ULL - Sean Comiskey 24-yard field goal, 2:16 (EMU 21-3) EMU - Wellock 24-yard field goal, 0:05 (EMU 24-3) Third quarter ULL - Tyrell Fenroy 2-yard TD run, Comiskey kick good, 9:21 (EMU 24-10) EMU - Bohnet 1-yard TD run, Wellock kick good, 2:44 (EMU 31-10) Top passers EMU - Matt Bohnet - 26/34, 263 yards, 2 TD ULL - Jerry Babb - 21/29, 228 yards Top rushers EMU - Matt Bohnet - 19 carries, 85 yards, 2 TD ULL - Jerry Babb - 12 carries, 77 yards Top receivers EMU - A. J. Bennett - 9 receptions, 94 yards, TD ULL - Derrick Smith - 5 receptions, 53 yards Northwestern State Northwestern State Demons football Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse Northwestern State at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary September 17 7:00 p.m. CST Demons 0 21 0 7 Ragin' Cajuns 13 7 22 7 Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA 17,341 84 °F °C; clearing overcast Ken Williamson First quarter ULL - Jerry Babb 14-yard TD run, Sean Comiskey kick no good, 12:42 (ULL 6-0) ULL - Derrick Smith 18-yard TD pass from Babb, Comiskey kick good, 9:55 (ULL 13-0) Second quarter ULL - Kevin Robbins 22-yard TD pass from Babb, Comiskey kick god, 14:53 (ULL 20-0) NSU - Clayton Broyles 18-yard TD pass from Davon Vinson, Robert Weeks kick good, 12:21 (ULL 20-7) NSU - Titus May 2-yard TD pass from Vinson, Weeks kick good, 3:07 (ULL 20-14) NSU - Vinson 12-yard TD run, Weeks kick good, 0:22 (NSU 21-20) Third quarter ULL - Smith 25-yard TD pass from Babb, Josh Harrison two-point conversion run good, 9:53 (ULL 28-21) ULL - Smith 7-yard TD run, Comiskey kick good, 1:53 (ULL 35-21) ULL - Abdule Levier 1-yard TD run, Comiskey kick good, 0:23 (ULL 42-21) Fourth quarter NSU - Anthony Holmes 2-yard TD run, Weeks kick good, 11:46 (ULL 42-28) ULL - Levier 59-yard TD run, Comiskey kick good, 3:18 (ULL 49-28) Top passers ULL - Jerry Babb - 18/28, 222 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT NSU - Dave Vinson - 14/27, 180 yards, 2 TD, INT Top rushers ULL - Tyrell Fenroy - 15 carries, 163 yards NSU - Dave Vinson - 18 carries, 108 yards, TD Top receivers ULL - Bill Sampy - 5 receptions, 90 yards NSU - Chris Miller - 4 receptions, 58 yards UCF 2005 UCF Knights football team Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse UCF at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary October 1 7:00 p.m. CST Knights 14 7 0 3 Ragin' Cajuns 0 7 14 0 Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA 18,262 84 °F °C; partly cloudy Barry Anderson First quarter UCF - Brandon Marshall 60-yard TD pass from Steven Moffett, Matt Prater kick good, 9:39 (UCF 7-0) UCF - Dontavius Wilcox 11-yard TD pass from Moffett, Prater kick good, 0:43 (UCF 14-0) Second quarter UCF - Marshall 15-yard TD pass from Moffett, Prater kick good, 9:30 (UCF 21-0) ULL - Abdule Levier 1-yard TD run, Sean Comiskey kick good, 6:51 (UCF 21-7) Third quarter ULL - Booker Jenkins 6-yard TD run, Comiskey kick good, 5:20 (UCF 21-14) ULL - Levier 6-yard TD run, Comiskey kick good, 1:51 (TIE 21-21) Fourth quarter UCF - John Brown 28-yard field goal, 0:02 (UCF 24-21) Top passers UCF - Steven Moffett - 15/26, 232 yards, 3 TD, INT ULL - Michael Desormeaux - 14/26, 119 yards, 2 INT Top rushers UCF - Kevin Smith - 25 carries, 110 yards ULL - Michael Desormeaux - 17 carries, 76 yards Top receivers UCF - Brandon Marshall - 5 receptions, 107 yards, TD ULL - Bill Sampy - 4 receptions, 38 yards Florida Atlantic 2005 Florida Atlantic Owls football team Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse Florida Atlantic at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary October 6 7:00 p.m. CST Owls 7 0 0 21 Ragin' Cajuns 10 0 0 0 Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA 14,208 86 °F °C; clear Jim Jackson First quarter ULL - Tyrell Fenroy 1-yard TD run, Sean Comiskey kick good, 11:49 (ULL 7-0) FAU - D. Walker 5-yard TD pass from Danny Embick, Daniel Kennard kick good, 4:15 (TIE 7-7) ULL- Comiskey 34-yard field goal, 1:20 (ULL 10-7) Fourth quarter FAU - D. Porter-Isom 27-yard TD pass from Embic, Kennard kick good, 14:49 (FAU 14-10) FAU - Thomas Parker 19-yard TD pass from Embic, Kennard kick good, 11:05 (FAU 21-10) FAU - Embick 3-yard TD run, Kennard kick good, 3:09 (FAU 28-10) Top passers FAU - Danny Embick - 17/27, 276 yards, 3 TD ULL - Michael Desormeaux - 6/18, 47 yards, 2 INT Top rushers FAU - Charles Pierre - 25 carries, 90 yards ULL - Michael Desormeaux - 11 carries, 83 yards Top receivers FAU - Thomas Parker - 3 receptions, 88 yards, TD ULL - Bill Sampy - 2 receptions, 21 yards @ Arkansas State 2005 Arkansas State Indians football team Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse Louisiana-Lafayette at Arkansas State – Game summary October 13 6:30 p.m. CST Ragin' Cajuns 7 9 13 7 Indians 0 7 7 25 Indian Stadium, Jonesboro, AR 12,944 79 °F °C; fair skies Rick Doan ESPNU First quarter ULL - Corey Fredrick 17-yard TD run, Sean Comiskey kick good, 8:41 (ULL 7-0) Second quarter ULL - Abdule Levier 2-yard TD run, Brit Framel kick no good, 8:26 (ULL 13-0) ULL - Comiskey 29-yard field goal, 0:32 (ULL 16-0) ARST - Joe Smith 41-yard TD pass from Nick Noce, Eric Neilhouse, 0:02 (ULL 16-7) Third quarter ULL - Michael Desormeaux 14-yard TD run, Framel kick good, 8:01 (ULL 22-7) ARST - Shermar Bracey 25-yard TD pass from Noce, Neilhouse kick good, 4:35 (ULL 22-14) ULL - Josh Harrison 3-yard TD run, Comiskey kick good, 0:03 (ULL 29-14) Fourth quarter ARST - Bracey 3-yard TD run, Neilhouse kick good, 13:31 (ULL 29-21) ARST - Levi Dejohnette 55-yard TD pass from Noce, Manuel Burton two-point conversion pass good from Noce, 10:08 (TIE 29-29) ARST - Noce 15-yard TD run, Neilhouse kick good, 7:01 (ARST 36-29) ULL - Harrison 3-yard TD run, Comiskey kick good, 0:52 (TIE 36-36) ARST - Neilhouse 35-yard field goal, 0:00 (ARST 39-36) Top passers ARST - Nick Noce - 10/20, 194 yards, 3 TD ULL - Michael Desormeaux - 10/16, 97 yards Top rushers ARST - Shermar Bracey - 25 carries, 167 yards, TD ULL - Michael Desormeaux - 14 carries, 174 yards, TD Top receivers ARST - Levi Dejohnette - 3 receptions, 67 yards, TD ULL - Bill Sampy - 4 receptions, 46 yards @ Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse Louisiana-Lafayette at Middle Tennessee – Game summary October 22 4:00 p.m. CST Ragin' Cajuns 0 7 0 6 Blue Raiders 10 0 0 0 Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium, Murfreesboro, TN 17,044 63 °F °C; clear Jim Jackson First quarter MTSU - Ralph King 3-yard TD run, Colby Smith kick good, 8:31 (MTSU 7-0) MTSU - Smith 37-yard field goal, 4:19 (MTSU 10-0) Second quarter ULL - Josh Harrison 2-yard TD run, Sean Comiskey kick good, 13:14 (MTSU 10-7) Fourth quarter ULL - Booker Jenkins 6-yard TD run, Comiskey kick no good, 1:04 (ULL 13-10) Top passers ULL - Michael Desormeaux - 14/25, 138 yards MTSU - Clint Marks - 19/24, 218 yards Top rushers ULL - Josh Harrison - 12 carries, 55 yards, TD MTSU - Eugene Gross - 15 carries, 54 yards Top receivers ULL - Corey Fredrick - 4 receptions, 51 yards MTSU - Cleannord Saintil - 11 receptions, 141 yards Troy 2005 Troy Trojans football team Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse Troy at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary October 29 4:00 p.m. CST Trojans 0 0 7 21 0 Ragin' Cajuns 14 0 6 8 3 Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA 21,204 73 °F °C; clear Ken Williamson First quarter ULL - Tyrell Fenroy 25-yard TD run, Sean Comiskey kick good, 11:29 (ULL 7-0) ULL - Michael Desormeaux 3-yard TD run, Comiskey kick good, 5:40 (ULL 14-0) Third quarter ULL - Fenroy 4-yard TD run, Comiskey kick no good, 11:28 (ULL 20-0) TROY - Kenny Cattouse 12-yard TD run, Greg Whibbs kick good, 5:44 (ULL 20-7) Fourth quarter TROY - Cattouse 3-yard TD run, Whibbs kick good, 13:52 (ULL 20-14) ULL - Fenroy 8-yard TD run, Kevin Robbins two-point conversion pass good from Desormeaux, 10:51 (ULL 28-14) TROY - Toris Rutledge 37-yard TD pass from Julian Foster, Whibbs kick good, 9:12 (ULL 28-21) TROY - Smokey Hampton 13-yard TD pass from Carl Meadows, Whibbs kick good, 0:22 (TIE 28-28) First overtime ULL - Comiskey 40-yard field goal, (ULL 31-28) Top passers ULL - Michael Desormeaux - 6/10, 86 yards TROY - Julian Foster - 7/19, 104 yards, TD, INT Top rushers ULL - Tyrell Fenroy - 27 carries, 156 yards, 3 TD TROY - Kenny Cattouse - 20 carries, 89 yards, 2 TD Top receivers ULL - Corey Fredrick - 4 receptions, 90 yards TROY - Smokey Hampton - 3 receptions, 46 yards, TD @ North Texas 2005 North Texas Mean Green football team Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse Louisiana-Lafayette at North Texas – Game summary November 5 6:00 p.m. CST Ragin' Cajuns 7 14 0 10 Mean Green 0 7 14 7 Fouts Field, Denton, TX 14,153 84 °F °C; clear Marc Curles First quarter ULL - Tyrell Fenroy 6-yard TD run, Sean Comiskey kick good, 10:56 (ULL 7-0) Second quarter ULL - Jerry Babb 4-yard TD run, Comiskey kick good, 10:43 (ULL 14-0) UNT - Johnny Quinn 27-yard TD pass from Daniel Meager, Nick Balzaldua kick good, 6:56 (ULL 14-7) ULL - Fenroy 7-yard TD run, Comiskey kick good, 1:22 (ULL 21-7) Third quarter UNT - Patrick Cobbs 59-yard TD run, Bazaldua kick good, 14:15 (ULL 21-14) UNT - Cobbs 8-yard TD run, Bazaldua kick good, 6:20 (TIE 21-21) Fourth quarter ULL - Comiskey 22-yard field goal, 14:57 (ULL 24-21) UNT - Cobbs 9-yard TD run, Bazaldua kick good, 9:44 (UNT 28-21) ULL - Fenroy 1-yard TD run, Comiskey kick good, 1:10 (ULL 31-28) Top passers ULL - Jerry Babb - 8/11, 109 yards, INT UNT - Daniel Meager - 8/14, 112 yards, TD, INT Top rushers ULL - Jerry Babb - 22 carries, 133 yards, TD UNT - Patrick Cobbs - 23 carries, 197 yards, 3 TD Top receivers ULL - Bill Sampy - 2 receptions, 59 yards UNT - Brandon Jackson - 4 receptions, 59 yards Florida International 2005 FIU Golden Panthers football team Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse Florida International at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary November 12 6:00 p.m. CST Golden Panthers 0 0 7 0 Ragin' Cajuns 7 7 7 7 Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA 16,942 73 °F °C; overcast Rick Doan First quarter ULL - Jerry Babb 6-yard TD run, Sean Comiskey kick good, 10:08 (ULL 7-0) Second quarter ULL - Michael Desormeaux 12-yard TD run, Comiskey kick good, 0:49 (ULL 14-0) Third quarter ULL - Tyrell Fenroy 5-yard TD run, Comiskey kick good, 4:29 (ULL 21-0) FIU - Cory McKinney 23-yard TD pass from Josh Padrick, Adam Moss kick good, 1:49 (ULL 21-7) Fourth quarter ULL - Derrick Smith 13-yard TD run, Comiskey kick good, 4:12 (ULL 28-7) Top passers ULL - Michael Desormeaux - 5/7, 53 yards FIU - Josh Padrick - 18/34, 162 yards, TD Top rushers ULL - Tyrell Fenroy - 27 carries, 147 yards, TD FIU - A'mod Ned - 15 carries, 73 yards Top receivers ULL - Bill Sampy - 3 receptions, 36 yards FIU - Chandler Williams - 5 receptions, 54 yards @ Louisiana-Monroe 2005 Louisiana–Monroe Indians football team Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse Louisiana-Lafayette at Louisiana-Monroe – Game summary November 26 2:30 p.m. CST Ragin' Cajuns 7 26 14 7 Indians 14 0 7 0 Malone Stadium, Monroe, LA 15,505 73 °F °C; cloudy Marc Curles First quarter ULM - Drouzon Quillen 8-yard TD pass from Steven Jyles, Ragan Walters kick good, 9:10 (ULM 7-0) ULL - Kyle Ward 53-yard interception returned for TD, Sean Comiskey kick good, 6:09 (TIE 7-7) ULM - Jyles 2-yard TD run, Walters kick good, 1:10 (ULM 14-7) Second quarter ULL - Tyrell Fenroy 16-yard TD run, Comiskey kick good, 13:42 (TIE 14-14) ULL - Team safety 10:16 (ULL 16-14) ULL - Fenroy 13-yard TD run, Comiskey kick good, 8:46 (ULL 23-14) ULL - Comiskey 24-yard field goal, 6:11 (ULL 26-14) ULL - Jerry Babb 4-yard TD run, Comiskey kick good, 0:45 (ULL 33-14) Third quarter ULM - Calvin Dawson 11-yard TD run, Walters kick good, 13:57 (ULL 33-21) ULL - Fenroy 1-yard TD run, Comiskey kick good, 12:30 (ULL 40-21) ULL - Josh Harrison 1-yard TD run, Comiskey kick good, 2:15 (ULL 47-21) Fourth quarter ULL - Booker Jenkins 1-yard TD run, Comiskey kick good, 13:22 (ULL 54-21) Top passers ULL - Jerry Babb - 8/14, 82 yards ULM - Steven Jyles - 17/32, 136 yards, TD, INT Top rushers ULL - Tyrell Fenroy - 20 carries, 164 yards, 3 TD ULM - Calvin Dawson - 10 carries, 43 yards, TD Top receivers ULL - Kevin Robbins - 5 receptions, 49 yards ULM - Drouzon Quillen - 6 receptions, 50 yards, TD References Louisiana-Lafayette Category:Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football seasons Category:Sun Belt Conference football champion seasons Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football