2012 New Orleans Bowl

August 2023 May 2026 New Orleans Bowl R+L Carriers December 22 2012 2012 Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana East Carolina University East Carolina Pirates 8–4 Ruffin McNeill C-USA 0 21 10 3 University of Louisiana at Lafayette Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns 8–4 Mark Hudspeth Sun Belt 7 24 6 6 Louisiana–Lafayette by 5Bowl Schedule, Los Angeles Times, December 22, 2012 Terrance Broadway, Louisiana–Lafayette Clair Gausman (WAC) 48,828 ESPN Beth Mowins (Play-by-Play) Joey Galloway (Color Commentator) Quint Kessenich (Sideline Reporter) 1.79 The 2012 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game held on December 22, 2012, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The 12th edition of the New Orleans Bowl began at 11:00 a.m. CST and aired on ESPN. It featured the East Carolina Pirates from Conference USA against the Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns from the Sun Belt Conference and was the final game of the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season for both teams.https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap/_/gameId/323570309 Louisiana-Lafayette tops East Carolina, wins repeat New Orleans Bowl December 22, 2012 Associated Press January 20, 2014 The Ragin' Cajuns accepted their invitation after earning an 8–4 record in the regular season, while the Pirates advanced to the game through the C-USA's contingency plan after earning an 8–4 record.http://www.conferenceusa.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112612aaj.html C-USA Announces Bowl Contingency Plan Conference USA November 26, 2012 December 1, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121201070613/http://www.conferenceusa.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112612aaj.html 2012-12-01 dead The 77 combined points scored by both teams set a New Orleans Bowl record. Teams Since 2002, the New Orleans Bowl has had its current setup with a team from Conference USA playing a team from the Sun Belt Conference. This was the eleventh meeting between the two teams. Louisiana–Lafayette leads the all-time record 6-4. The last time they played was in 1990. East Carolina 2012 East Carolina Pirates football team The Pirates continued their winning history in Conference USA, becoming the East Division co-champions with a 7-1 conference record (though losing the championship game tiebreaker through their only conference loss to the UCF Knights). After said Knights lost the Tulsa Golden Hurricane in the 2012 Conference USA Football Championship Game, the conference's corresponding contingency plan for the 2012–13 NCAA Bowl season put the Pirates in the 2012 New Orleans Bowl. This will be the Pirates' first-ever New Orleans Bowl. Louisiana–Lafayette 2012 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team The Ragin' Cajuns are the defending New Orleans Bowl champions, and their road to this year's game is similar to the previous year's. Although the Sun Belt has a record five bowl-eligible teams this year, the Ragin' Cajuns stood out amidst the competition by compiling a 5-2 conference record, including victories over fellow bowl-eligible teams the Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks and the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. After defeating the South Alabama Jaguars to improve their regular-season record to 7-4, the Ragin' Cajuns accepted the fifth invitation of the 2012–13 NCAA Bowl season to the 2012 New Orleans Bowl.http://www.neworleansbowl.org/news/bowl/?article_id=12259 Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns Accept invitation to the 2012 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl New Orleans Bowl November 24, 2012 November 24, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20130602191510/http://www.neworleansbowl.org/news/bowl/?article_id=12259 June 2, 2013 dead mdy-all Game summary Scoring summary East Carolina Louisiana–Lafayette 1 8:10 ULL 12 73 4:59 RushTD Terrance Broadway 12 good Brett Baer 0 7 2 14:17 ULL 10 70 3:52 RushTD Harry Peoples 10 good Brett Baer run/pass good/failed/incomplete 0 14 2 12:48 ECU 5 77 1:29 RushTD Reggie Bullock 5 good Warren Harvey 7 14 2 11:07 ULL 5 71 1:41 RushTD Alonzo Harris 6 good Brett Baer 7 21 2 7:05 ULL 5 98 1:52 RushTD Alonzo Harris 68 good Brett Baer 7 28 2 3:09 ECU 10 80 3:56 RecTD Justin Hardy Shane Carden 19 good Warren Harvey 14 28 2 2:56 ECU 1 16 0:13 RecTD Danny Webster Shane Carden 16 good Warren Harvey 21 28 2 0:00 ULL 5 47 0:37 FG 50 Brett Baer 21 31 3 9:46 ECU 12 54 4:16 FG 45 Warren Harvey 24 31 3 5:57 ECU 7 60 2:19 RushTD Reggie Bullock 13 good Warren Harvey 31 31 3 3:07 ULL 7 76 2:50 RecTD Javone Lawson Terrance Broadway 14 blocked Brett Baer 31 37 4 13:36 ECU 12 70 4:31 FG 26 Warren Harvey 34 37 4 3:11 ULL 11 77 5:01 FG 25 Brett Baer 34 40 4 0:10 ULL 5 8 2:22 FG 40 Brett Baer 34 43 Statistics Statistics ECU ULL First downs 23 25 Total offense, plays - yards 73-421 77-591Rushes-yards (net) 30-143 42-267 Passing yards (net) 278 324Passes, Comp-Att-Int 25-43-1 22-35-1 Time of Possession 27:18 32:42 References 2 New Orleans Bowl Category:New Orleans Bowl Category:East Carolina Pirates football bowl games Category:Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football bowl games New Orleans Bowl Category:December 2012 sports events in the United States Category:2012 in New Orleans