2006 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2006 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football UL Lafayette Athletics wordmark.svg 123 Sun Belt Conference Sun Belt 6–6 3–4 Rickey Bustle 5th Rob Christophel Multiple 5th Brent Pry 5th 4–3 Cajun Field 2006 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Ragin' Cajuns were led by fifth-year head coach Rickey Bustle and played their home games at Cajun Field. The Ragin' Cajuns finished the season with a record of 6–6 overall and 3–4 in Sun Belt Conference play. Preseason Sun Belt Media Day Preseason Standings Sun Belt Conference Predicted StandingsLouisiana Ragin' Cajuns Predicted finish Team (1st Place) 1 Louisiana-Lafayette (3) 2 Arkansas State (2) 3 Troy (2) 4 North Texas 5 Louisiana-Monroe (1) 6 Middle Tennessee 7 Florida Atlantic 8 Florida International Preseason All-Conference Team Offense QB Jerry Babb RB Tyrell Fenroy OL Brandon Cox Defensive DL Tony Hills Preseason Offensive Player of the Year QB Jerry Babb, Louisiana-Lafayette Schedule 2006 Central September 2 7:00 pm l y y LSU 8 Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA PPV 3–45 92,362 September 9 6:00 pm l y y Texas A&M Kyle Field College Station, TX 7–51 67,079 September 23 4:00 pm w y North Carolina A&T Cajun Field Lafayette, LA 48–7 15,041 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-advertiser-cajuns-crush-aggies/180566084/ The Daily Advertiser Cajuns crush Aggies September 24, 2006 September 6, 2025 Newspapers.com September 30 4:00 pm w y Eastern Michigan Cajun Field Lafayette, LA 33–14 15,923 October 7 6:00 pm w y y Houston Robertson Stadium Houston, TX 31–28 17,543 October 18 6:30 pm w y Florida Atlantic Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale, FL ESPN2 6–0 9,827 October 28 4:00 pm l y Middle Tennessee Cajun Field Lafayette, LA 20–34 22,093 November 4 3:00 pm l y Troy Movie Gallery Stadium Troy, AL 28–42 20,111 November 11 4:00 pm l North Texas Cajun Field Lafayette, LA 7–16 13,621 November 18 5:00 pm w y FIU FIU Stadium Miami, FL 17–7 15,134 November 25 4:00 pm w Arkansas State Cajun Field Lafayette, LA 28–13 10,212 December 2 4:00 pm l Louisiana–Monroe Cajun Field Lafayette, LA Battle on the Bayou 20–39 10,814 http://www.ragincajuns.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=105&path=football 2006 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football schedule RaginCajuns.com June 17, 2013 Game summaries @ LSU 2006 LSU Tigers football team Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse Louisiana-Lafayette at LSU – Game summary September 2 7:00 p.m. CST Ragin' Cajuns 0 3 0 0 No. 8 Tigers 14 14 7 10 Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, LA 92,362 90 °F °C; humid Matt Austin CST First quarter LSU - Brandon LaFell 58-yard TD pass from Jamarcus Russell, Colt David kick good, 11:29 (LSU 7-0) LSU - Jonathan Zenon 17-yard interception returned for TD, David kick good, 9:46 (LSU 14-0) Second quarter ULL - David Akhimien 41-yard field goal, 11:21 (LSU 14-3) LSU - Early Doucet 17-yard TD pass from Russell, David kick good, 6:42 (LSU 21-3) LSU - Dwayne Bowe 29-yard TD pass from Russell, David kick good, 0:54 (LSU 28-3) Third quarter LSU - Jacob Hester 3-yard TD run, David kick good, 9:28 (LSU 35-3) Fourth quarter LSU - Alley Broussard 3-yard TD run, David kick good, 11:57 (LSU 42-3) LSU - Ryan Gaudet 33-yard field goal, 4:02 (LSU 45-3) Top passers LSU - Jamarcus Russell - 13/17, 253 yards, 3 TD ULL - Jerry Babb - 7/17, 63 yards, 2 INT Top rushers LSU - Alley Broussard - 8 carries, 46 yards, TD ULL - Tyrell Fenroy - 12 carries, 52 yards Top receivers LSU - Dwayne Bowe - 4 receptions, 88 yards, TD ULL - Derrick Smith - 2 receptions, 23 yards @ Texas A&M 2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse Louisiana-Lafayette at Texas A&M – Game summary September 9 6:00 p.m. CST Ragin' Cajuns 0 7 0 0 Aggies 14 17 20 0 Kyle Field, College Station, TX 67,079 84 °F °C; mostly cloudy Jon Bible First quarter TAMU - Jorvorskie Lane 1-yard TD run, Stephen McGee kick good, 10:00 (TAMU 7-0) TAMU - Lane 2-yard TD run, McGee kick good, 4:41 (TAMU 14-0) Second quarter TAMU - Chad Schroeder 15-yard TD pass rom McGee, McGee kick good, 12:40 (TAMU 21-0) TAMU - Lane 5-yard TD run, McGee kick good, 10:23 (TAMU 28-0) TAMU - McGee 35-yard field goal, 6:05 (TAMU 31-0) ULL - Michael Desormeaux 9-yard TD run, Drew Edmiston kick good, 1:58 (TAMU 31-7) Third quarter TAMU - Lane 8-yard TD run, McGee kick good, 8:32 (TAMU 38-7) TAMU - Joey Thomas 56-yard TD pass from Ty Branyon, McGee kick no good, 5:38 (TAMU 44-7) TAMU - Branyon 12-yard TD run, McGee kick good, 0:00 (TAMU 51-7) Top passers TAMU - Stephen McGee - 20/27, 200 yards, TD ULL - Jerry Babb - 1/8, 10 yards Top rushers TAMU - Mike Goodson - 8 carries, 54 yards ULL - Michael Desormeaux - 10 carries, 53 yards, TD Top receivers TAMU - Joey Thomas - 3 receptions, 84 yards, TD ULL - Erik Jones - reception, 10 yards Eastern Michigan 2006 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse Eastern Michigan at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary September 30 4:00 p.m. CST Eagles 0 0 0 14 Ragin' Cajuns 14 9 7 3 Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA 15,923 88 °F °C; partly cloudy Jim Jackson First quarter ULL - Jerry Babb 9-yard TD run, Drew Edmiston kick good, 7:10 (ULL 7-0) ULL - Jason Chery 38-yard TD pass from Babb, Edmiston kick good, 2:11 (ULL 14-0) Second quarter ULL - Chery 17-yard TD pass from Babb, Edmiston kick no good, 4:54 (ULL 20-0) ULL - Edmiston 44-yard field goal, 0:00 (ULL 23-0) Third quarter ULL - Tyrell Fenroy 3-yard TD run, Edmiston kick good, 10:33 (ULL 30-0) Fourth quarter ULL - Edmiston 40-yard field goal, 12:54 (ULL 33-0) EMU - Andy Schmitt 3-yard TD run, Andrew Wellock kick good, 8:01 (ULL 33-7) EMU - Schmitt 7-yard TD run, Wellock kick good, 3:32 (ULL 33-14) Top passers ULL - Jerry Babb - 17/20, 202 yards, 2 TD EMU - Andy Schmitt - 23/35, 171 yards Top rushers ULL - Tyrell Fenroy - 15 carries, 110 yards, TD EMU - Andy Schmitt - 15 carries, 62 yards, 2 TD Top receivers ULL - Jason Chery - 5 receptions, 93 yards, 2 TD EMU - Eric Deslauriers - 9 receptions, 100 yards @ Houston 2006 Houston Cougars football team Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse Louisiana-Lafayette at Houston – Game summary October 7 6:00 p.m. CST Ragin' Cajuns 0 10 6 15 Cougars 14 7 7 0 Robertson Stadium, Houston, TX 17,543 82 °F °C; partly cloudy Edward Kierce First quarter HOU - Jackie Battle 2-yard TD run, Ben Bell kick good, 9:12 (HOU 7-0) HOU - Donnie Avery 56-yard TD pass from Kevin Kolb, Bell kick good, 0:25 (HOU 14-0) Second quarter HOU - Kolb 5-yard TD run, Bell kick good, 14:06 (HOU 21-0) ULL - Jerry Babb 14-yard TD run, Drew Edmiston kick good, 11:50 (HOU 21-7) ULL - Edmiston 23-yard field goal, 2:52 (HOU 21-10) Third quarter ULL - Edmiston 37-yard field goal, 8:53 (HOU 21-13) HOU - Jeron Harvey 9-yard TD pass from Kolb, Bell kick good, 4:40 (HOU 28-13) ULL - Edmiston 51-yard field goal, 0:51 (HOU 28-16) Fourth quarter ULL - Tyrell Fenroy 16-yard TD run, Edmiston kick good, 11:33 (HOU 28-23) ULL - Kevin Belton 4-yard TD pass from Babb, Babb two-point conversion pass to Derrick Smith good, 1:02 (ULL 31-28) Top passers ULL - Jerry Babb - 15/29, 146 yards, TD, INT HOU - Kevin Kolb - 24/31, 367 yards, 2 TD Top rushers ULL - Tyrell Fenroy - 24 carries, 110 yards, TD HOU - Jackie Battle - 7 carries, 37 yards, TD Top receivers ULL - Derrick Smith - 4 receptions, 54 yards HOU - Jeron Harvey - 6 receptions, 118 yards, TD @ Florida Atlantic 2006 Florida Atlantic Owls football team Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse Louisiana-Lafayette at Florida Atlantic – Game summary October 18 6:30 p.m. CST Ragin' Cajuns 0 3 3 0 Owls 0 0 0 0 Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, FL 9,827 85 °F °C; clear and humid Jim Jackson ESPN2 Second quarter ULL - Drew Edmiston 44-yard field goal, 11:40 (ULL 3-0) Third quarter ULL - Edmiston 44-yard field goal, 11:18 (ULL 6-0 Top passers ULL - Jerry Babb - 11/21, 84 yards, INT FAU - Rusty Smith - 10/19, 88 yards, INT Top rushers ULL - Tyrell Fenroy - 18 carries, 87 yards FAU - Charles Pierre - 12 carries, 54 yards Top receivers ULL - Louis Lee - 3 receptions, 32 yards FAU - Jason Harmon - 3 receptions, 36 yards Middle Tennessee 2006 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse Middle Tennessee at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary October 28 4:00 p.m. CST Blue Raiders 7 17 0 10 Ragin' Cajuns 7 3 3 7 Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA 21,485 71 °F °C; clear Matt Leoffler First quarter ULL - Michael Adams 71-yard interception return for TD, Drew Edmiston kick good, 12:29 (ULL 7-0) MTSU - Desmond Gee 22-yard TD pass from Clint Marks, Colby Smith kick good, 2:37 (TIE 7-7) Second quarter MTSU - Smith 31-yard field goal, 13:25 (MTSU 10-7) ULL - Edmiston 47-yard field goal, 9:06 (TIE 10-10) MTSU - Marks 1-yard TD run, Smith kick good, 5:45 (MTSU 17-10) MTSU - Damon Nickson 28-yard interception returned for TD, Smith kick good, 5:08 (MTSU 24-10) Third quarter ULL - Edmiston 25-yard field goal, 4:50 (MTSU 24-13) Fourth quarter MTSU - Smith 23-yard field goal, 9:30 (MTSU 27-13) MTSU - Eugene Gross 6-yard TD run, Smith kick good, 5:53 (MTSU 34-13) ULL - Corey Fredrick 40-yard TD pass from Jerry Babb, Edmiston kick good, 4:09 (MTSU 34-20) Top passers MTSU - Clint Mark - 19/26, 244 yards, TD, INT ULL - Jerry Babb - 12/24, 182 yards, TD, 4 INT Top rushers MTSU - Eugene Gross - 23 carries, 94 yards, TD ULL - Tyrell Fenroy - 16 carries, 90 yards Top receivers MTSU - Taron Henry - 5 receptions, 85 yards ULL - Derrick Smith - 5 receptions, 70 yards @ Troy 2006 Troy Trojans football team Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse Louisiana-Lafayette at Troy – Game summary November 4 3:00 p.m. CST Ragin' Cajuns 7 7 7 7 Trojans 0 21 14 7 Movie Gallery Stadium, Troy, AL 20,111 60 °F °C; clear Rick Doan ESPN+ First quarter ULL - Phillip Nevels 15-yard TD pass from Jerry Babb, Drew Edmiston kick good, 6:04 (ULL 7-0) Second quarter ULL - Deon Wallace 10-yard TD run, Edmiston kick good, 13:52 (ULL 14-0) TROY - Justin Brooks 1-yard TD run, Greg Whibbs kick good, 11:41 (ULL 14-7) TROY - Kenny Cattouse 7-yard TD run, Whibbs kick good, 7:31 (TIE 14-14) TROY - Omar Haugabook 15-yard TD run, Whibbs kick good, 4:53 (TROY 21-14) Third quarter ULL - Tyrell Fenroy 41-yard TD pass from Babb, Edmiston kick good, 11:33 (TIE 21-21) TROY - Gary Banks 58-yard TD pass from Haugabook, Whibbs kick good, 4:38 (TROY 28-21) TROY - Cattouse 8-yard TD run, Whibbs kick good, 1:53 (TROY 35-21) Fourth quarter ULL - Babb 13-yard TD run, Edmiston kick good, 13:55 (TROY 35-28) TROY - Julian Foster 15-yard TD run, Whibbs kick good, 2:11 (TROY 42-28) Top passers TROY - Omar Haugabook - 12/19, 153 yards, TD, INT ULL - Jerry Babb - 16/29, 230 yards, 2 TD, INT Top rushers TROY - Kenny Cattouse - 24 carries, 172 yards, 2 TD ULL - Tyrell Fenroy - 18 carries, 95 yards Top receivers TROY - Gary Banks - 3 receptions, 62 yards, TD ULL - Derrick Smith - 4 receptions, 82 yards North Texas 2006 North Texas Mean Green football team Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse North Texas at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary November 11 4:00 p.m. CST Mean Green 0 7 9 0 Ragin' Cajuns 0 7 0 0 Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA 13,621 59 °F °C; partly cloudy Ken Williamson Second quarter UNT - Johnny Quinn 4-yard TD pass from Daniel Meager, Denis Hopovac kick good, 14:56 (UNT 7-0) ULL - Derrick Smith 2-yard TD pass from Jerry Babb, Drew Edmiston kick good, 0:00 (TIE 7-7) Third quarter UNT - Casey Fitzgerald 36-yard TD pass from Matt Phillips, Hopovac kick good, 4:59 (UNT 14-7) UNT - Team safety, 1:27 (UNT 16-7) Top passers UNT - Matt Phillips - 5/9, 91 yards, TD, INT ULL - Jerry Babb - 17/27, 168 yards, TD Top rushers UNT - Deavin Cox - 28 carries, 98 yards ULL - Tyrell Fenroy - 15 carries, 60 yards Top receivers UNT - Casey Fitzgerald - 2 receptions, 51 yards, TD ULL - Derrick Smith - 7 recpetions, 102 yards, TD @ Florida International 2006 FIU Golden Panthers football team Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse Louisiana-Lafayette at Florida International – Game summary November 18 5:00 p.m. CST Ragin' Cajuns 0 3 7 7 Golden Panthers 7 0 0 0 FIU Stadium, Miami, FL 15,134 74 °F °C; partly cloudy Matt Leoffler First quarter FIU - John Ellis 1-yard TD pass from Josh Padrick, Dustin Rivest kick good, 2:49 (FIU 7-0) Second quarter ULL - Drew Edmiston 47-yard field goal, 12:43 (FIU 7-3) Third quarter ULL - Tyrell Fenroy 7-yard TD run, Edmiston kick good, 5:51 (ULL 10-7) Fourth quarter ULL - Fenroy 2-yard TD run, Edmiston kick good, 3:30 (ULL 17-7) Top passers ULL - Jerry Babb - 7/16, 76 yards, INT FIU - Josh Padrick - 17/31, 137 yards, TD, INT Top rushers ULL - Tyrell Fenroy - 34 carries, 172 yards, 2 TD FIU - Julian Reams - 7 carries, 28 yards Top receivers ULL - Derrick Smith - 4 receptions, 50 yards FIU - Chandler Williams - 7 receptions, 77 yards Arkansas State 2006 Arkansas State Indians football team Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse Arkansas State at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary November 25 4:00 p.m. CST Indians 3 7 0 3 Ragin' Cajuns 0 14 0 14 Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA 10,212 72 °F °C; mostly cloudy Jim Jackson First quarter ARST - Josh Arauco 38-yard field goal, 10:02 (ARST 3-0) Second quarter ULL - Tyrell Fenroy 7-yard TD run, Drew Edmiston kick good, 14:16 (ULL 7-3) ARST - Levi Dejohnette 15-yard TD pass from Corey Leonard, Arauco kick good, 10:43 (ARST 10-7) ULL - Fenroy 2-yard TD run, Edmiston kick good, 4:29 (ULL 14-10) Fourth quarter ARST - Arauco 36-yard field goal, 14:53 (ULL 14-13) ULL - Jerry Babb 32-yard TD run, Edmiston kick good, 11:31 (ULL 21-13) ULL - Fenroy 1-yard TD run, Edmiston kick good, 6:45 (ULL 28-13) Top passers ULL - Jerry Babb - 10/18, 107 yards, INT ARST - Corey Leonard - 13/30, 132 yards, TD Top rushers ULL - Tyrell Fenroy - 26 carries, 178 yards, 3 TD ARST - Reggie Arnold - 18 carries, 156 yards Top receivers ULL - Derrick Smith - 3 receptions, 38 yards ARST - Levi Dejohnette - 3 receptions, 43 yards, TD Louisiana-Monroe 2006 Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks football team Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football;text-align:center; autocollapse Louisiana-Monroe at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary December 2 4:00 p.m. CST Warhawks 13 20 6 0 Ragin' Cajuns 14 0 6 0 Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA 10,814 54 °F °C; sunny Rick Doan First quarter ULM - Joe Merritt 24-yard TD pass from Kinsmon Lancaster, Cole Wilson kick good, 12:29 (ULM 7-0) ULL - Tyrell Fenroy 14-yard TD run, Drew Edmiston kick good, 8:18 (TIE 7-7) ULM - Calvin Dawson 36-yard TD run, Wilson kick no good, 5:44 (ULM 13-7) ULL - Fenroy 2-yard TD run, Edmiston kick good, 0:42 (ULL 14-13) Second quarter ULM - Wilson 41-yard field goal, 13:52 (ULM 16-14) ULM - Dawson 18-yard TD run, Wilson kick good, 10:00 (ULM 23-14) ULM - LaGregory Sapp 64-yard TD pass from Lancaster, Wilson kick good, 2:04 (ULM 30-14) ULM - Wilson 44-yard field goal, 0:12 (ULM 33-14) Third quarter ULM - Wilson 20-yard field goal, 5:27 (ULM 36-14) ULL - Phillip Nevels 10-yard TD pass from Jerry Babb, Babb two-point conversion pass no good, 3:15 (ULM 36-20) ULM - Wilson 25-yard field goal, 0:50 (ULM 39-20) Top passers ULM - Kinsmon Lancaster - 11/18, 244 yards, 2 TD ULL - Jerry Babb - 22/42, 189 yards, TD, 3 INT Top rushers ULM - Calvin Dawson - 24 carries, 129 yards, 2 TD ULL - Tyrell Fenroy - 27 carries, 118 yards, 2 TD Top receivers ULM - LaGregory Sapp - 3 receptions, 137 yards, TD ULL - Derrick Smith - 8 receptions, 98 yards Postseason All–Conference Team 5 First-Team Offense OL Greg Hodges OL Brandon Cox First-Team Special Teams AP Michael Desormeaux Second-Team Offense RB Tyrell Fenroy OL Jesse Newman Second-Team Defense DE Eugene Kwarteng Honorable Mentions DE Anthony Hills CB Michael Adams Postseason awards Steven Jyles, ULM - Player of the Year Steven Jyles, ULM - Offensive Player of the Year Jeff Littlejohn, MTSU - Defensive Player of the Year Aaron Weathers, UNT - Newcomer of the Year Tyrell Fenroy, ULL - Freshman of the Year Stephen Roberts, ARST - Coach of the Year References Louisiana-Lafayette Category:Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football seasons Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football