2016 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team

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.

2016 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football
New Orleans Bowl, L 21–28 vs. Southern Miss
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	6–7 (5–3 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Mark Hudspeth (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jorge Munoz (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Charlie Harbison (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Cajun Field

2016 Sun Belt Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Appalachian State +		7	–	1					10	–	3
Arkansas State +		7	–	1					8	–	5
Troy		6	–	2					10	–	3
Idaho		6	–	2					9	–	4
Louisiana–Lafayette		5	–	3					6	–	7
Georgia Southern		4	–	4					5	–	7
Louisiana–Monroe		3	–	5					4	–	8
South Alabama		2	–	6					6	–	7
Georgia State		2	–	6					3	–	9
New Mexico State		2	–	6					3	–	9
Texas State		0	–	8					2	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions

Preseason

Award watchlists

Award	Player	Position	Year
Walter Camp Award	Elijah McGuire	RB	SR
Paul Hornung Award	Elijah McGuire	RB	SR
Maxwell Award	Elijah McGuire	RB	SR
Wuerffel Trophy	Karmichael Dunbar	DL	SR

Sun Belt Media Day

Predicted standings

Sun Belt Conference predicted standings
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 football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 2 Gunner Hudspeth  Fr WR 2 Al Riles Sr QB 3 Jordan Davis So QB 6 Jalen Nixon Sr WR 7 Jared Jackson Jr QB 8 Dion Ray  Fr RB 9 Trey Ragas Fr TE 10 Matt Barnes So QB 11 Anthony Jennings Sr WR 13 Elijah McGuire Jr QB 16 Jake Arceneaux Fr WR 17 Ja'Marcus Bradley  Fr WR 18 Devin Scott Sr WR 19 Michael Jacquet  Fr WR 20 Jarrod Jackson  Fr WR 21 Keenan Barnes So WR 22 Mark Mornay Jr RB 23 Darius Hoggins Jr WR 24 Tyler Derouen Fr RB 25 Raymond Calais Fr RB 25 Ashton Johnson Fr WR 26 Cameron Howell Fr RB 27 Jordan Wright  Fr WR 28 Chris Collins So RB 29 Justin Boatwright Jr TE 31 Alex Allen  Fr TE 33 Carlos Robinson  Fr WR 35 Leon Duncan So OL 50 Robert Hunt  Fr OL 53 Christian Cederquist Jr OL 60 D'Aquin Withrow Jr OL 61 Cole Prudhomme  Fr OL 63 Raynard Ford  Jr OL 66 Rico Robinson  Fr OL 67 Ken Marks  Fr OL 68 Jacob Wentz Fr OL 69 Caden Cunningham  Fr OL 71 Akkai Ward Fr OL 72 Grant Horst Jr OL 73 Craig Smith Jr OL 74 Staten Wade So OL 75 Kevin Dotson  Fr OL 76 Kendall Baker Fr OL 77 Adrian Goodacre So OL 78 Allen Cummins Jr OL 79 Eddie Gordon Sr TE 81 Nick Byrne Sr WR 82 Nate Arceneaux So WR 83 Trey Green Fr WR 84 David Doeker Fr WR 85 Calif Gossett Fr TE 87 Chris Turner  Fr WR Cabron Baham Fr WR Ryheem Malone Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL 3 Joe Dillon  Fr LB 4 Tre’Maine Lightfoot Sr DB 6 Savion Brown  Fr LB 7 Otha Peters Sr DB 8 Simeon Thomas Jr DB 9 Kamar Greenhouse  Fr DB 10 Christian Goodlett Sr DB 11 Lorenzo Cryer So DB 13 Vince Thomas So DB 16 Travis Crawford Jr DB 17 Damar’ren Mitchell Fr DB 18 Blair Brooks Fr DB 19 Troy McCollum Jr DB 20 Dominick Jones Sr LB 21 Alonzo Brown  Fr DB 22 Reggie Miles Sr DB 23 Tracy Walker Jr DB 24 Cole Bourque Jr DB 25 Deuce Wallace  Fr DB 27 Lavarious Varnado Jr LB 30 T.J. Posey Jr DB 31 Corey Turner So DB 34 Denarius Howard Jr LB 35 Chaziere Malbrue So DB 37 Errol Brown  Fr LB 38 Terik Miller  Fr DB 39 Edward Thompson Jr LB 41 Caleb Vidrine Fr LB 43 Kaleb Fredericks  Fr LB 44 Tanner Holmes Fr LB 45 Shay Laporte So DL 46 Jarvis Jefferies Jr DL 50 Trev Miller Jr LB 51 Trey Granier Sr DL 55 Karmicheal Dunbar Sr LB 56 Terrence Jones  Fr LB 57 Tanner Wiggins Fr LB 59 Jacques Boudereaux Fr DL 90 Kevon Perry Jr DL 91 Mario Osborne So DL 92 Taboris Lee Jr DL 93 Darryl Johnson  Fr DL 94 Andarious Jones  Fr DL 95 Rodrick Stephens Jr DT 62 Daniel Chapman  Fr DT 76 Kenndall Baker  Fr DT 90 Kevon Perry Sr DT 92 Taboris Lee Sr DT 93 Darryl Johnson So DT 94 Andarious Jones Sr DT 95 Rodrick Stephens Jr DL 96 David Lemoto Jr DL 98 Ladarrius Kidd So DL 99 Trav’Vontae Booker Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class LS 34 Sterling Miller So K 36 Stevie Artigue So P 37 Steven Coutts So K 38 Calvin Linden Fr K/P 39 Michael Godley So K 47 Dylan Scheurich So LS 49 Stephen Morella Sr K/P 86 Aaron Bird So P 89 Austin Melancon Fr	Head coach Mark Hudspeth (Delta State) Coordinators/assistant coaches Michael Desormeaux (Louisiana) 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) Director of football operations Ryan Trichel (Southeastern Louisiana) Director of player personnel Tom Fratcher (Henderson State) Assistant player personnel director Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: December 31, 2017

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	11:00 am	Boise State*	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA	ASN	L 10–45	22,661
September 10	6:00 pm	No. 11 (FCS) McNeese State*	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA (Cajun Crown)	ESPN3	W 30–22	26,891
September 17	6:00 pm	South Alabama	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA	ESPN3	W 28–23	19,208
September 24	7:00 pm	at Tulane*	Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA	ESPN3	L 39–41 4OT	24,253
October 1	7:00 pm	at New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	ESPN3	L 31–37 2OT	8,142
October 12	7:00 pm	Appalachian State	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA	ESPN2	L 0–24	16,960
October 22	6:00 pm	at Texas State	Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX	ESPN3	W 27–3	18,278
November 5	4:00 pm	Idaho	Cajun Stadium Lafayette, LA	ESPN3	L 13–23	21,367
November 10	6:30 pm	at Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	ESPNU	W 33–26	16,786
November 19	11:00 am	at Georgia*	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	SECN	L 21–35	92,746
November 26	11:00 am	Arkansas State	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA	ASN	W 24–19	14,259
December 3	2:00 pm	at Louisiana–Monroe	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA (Battle on the Bayou)	ESPN3	W 30–3	4,007
December 17	8:00 pm	vs. Southern Miss*	Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, LA (New Orleans Bowl)	ESPN	L 21–28	35,061
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Central time

Schedule source:

Game summaries

Boise State

See also: 2016 Boise State Broncos football team

Boise State at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	14	21	3	7	45
Ragin' Cajuns	0	3	0	10	13

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

• Date: September 3
• Game time: 11:00 a.m. CST
• Game weather: 85 °F (29 °C); mostly sunny
• Game attendance: 22,661
• Referee: David Alvarez
• TV: ASN
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Game information

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

See also: 2016 McNeese State Cowboys football team and Cajun Crown

McNeese State at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	3	9	3	7	22
Ragin' Cajuns	7	7	13	3	30

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

• Date: September 10
• Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 79 °F (26 °C); partly cloudy
• Game attendance: 26,891
• Referee: Jason Autrey
• TV: ESPN3
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Game information

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

See also: 2016 South Alabama Jaguars football team

South Alabama at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Jaguars	0	7	7	9	23
Ragin' Cajuns	6	3	13	6	28

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

• Date: September 17
• Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 80 °F (27 °C); cloudy
• Game attendance: 19,208
• Referee: Charles Lewis
• TV: ESPN3
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Game information

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

See also: 2016 Tulane Green Wave football team

Louisiana-Lafayette at Tulane – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	3OT	4OT	Total
Ragin' Cajuns	3	3	3	7	7	7	3	6	39
Green Wave	0	6	10	0	7	7	3	8	41

at Yulman Stadium, New Orleans, LA

• Date: September 24
• Game time: 7:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 81 °F (27 °C); partly cloudy
• Game attendance: 24,253
• Referee: Jason McArthur
• TV: ESPN3
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Game information

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

See also: 2016 New Mexico State Aggies football team

Louisiana-Lafayette at New Mexico State – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Ragin' Cajuns	7	6	8	3	7	0	31
Aggies	7	14	0	3	7	6	37

at Aggie Memorial Stadium, Las Cruces, NM

• Date: October 1
• Game time: 7:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 82 °F (28 °C); mostly sunny
• Game attendance: 8,142
• Referee: Ted Pitts
• TV: ESPN3
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Game information

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

See also: 2016 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

Appalachian State at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountaineers	10	14	0	0	24
Ragin' Cajuns	0	0	0	0	0

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

• Date: October 12
• Game time: 7:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 81 °F (27 °C); clear
• Game attendance: 16,960
• Referee: Jason McArthur
• TV: ESPN2
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Game information

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

See also: 2016 Texas State Bobcats football team

Louisiana-Lafayette at Texas State – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Ragin' Cajuns	3	10	7	7	27
Bobcats	3	0	0	0	3

at Bobcat Stadium, San Marcos, TX

• Date: October 22
• Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 71 °F (22 °C); clear
• Game attendance: 18,278
• Referee: Marc Curles
• TV: ESPN3
• [19] [20] [21]

Game information

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

See also: 2016 Idaho Vandals football team

Idaho at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Vandals	10	7	3	3	23
Ragin' Cajuns	3	10	0	0	13

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

• Date: November 5
• Game time: 4:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 81 °F (27 °C); clear
• Game attendance: 21,387
• Referee: Kevin Stine
• TV: ESPN3
• [22] [23] [24]

Game information

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

See also: 2016 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

Louisiana-Lafayette at Georgia Southern – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Ragin' Cajuns	7	14	10	2	33
Eagles	3	10	0	13	26

at Paulson Stadium, Statesboro, GA

• Date: November 10
• Game time: 6:30 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 49 °F (9 °C); calm
• Game attendance: 16,786
• Referee: Charles Lewis
• TV: ESPNU
• [25] [26] [27]

Game information

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

See also: 2016 Georgia Bulldogs football team

Louisiana-Lafayette at Georgia – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Ragin' Cajuns	0	7	0	14	21
Bulldogs	14	7	7	7	35

at Sanford Stadium, Athens, GA

• Date: November 19
• Game time: 11:00 a.m. CST
• Game weather: 61 °F (16 °C); fair
• Game attendance: 92,746
• Referee: James Carter
• TV: SEC Network
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Game information

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

See also: 2016 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team

Arkansas State at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Wolves	7	0	3	9	19
Ragin' Cajuns	7	7	7	3	24

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

• Date: November 26
• Game time: 11:00 a.m. CST
• Game weather: 63 °F (17 °C); partly cloudy
• Game attendance: 14,259
• Referee: Kevin Stine
• TV: ASN
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Game information

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

See also: 2016 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team

Louisiana-Lafayette at Louisiana-Monroe – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Ragin' Cajuns	7	17	6	0	30
Warhawks	3	0	0	0	3

at Malone Stadium, Monroe, LA

• Date: December 3
• Game time: 2:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 48 °F (9 °C); cloudy, rain
• Game attendance: 4,007
• Referee: Kevin Stine
• TV: ESPN3
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Game information

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)

See also: 2016 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team and 2016 New Orleans Bowl

Southern Mississippi vs. Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	14	0	7	7	28
Ragin' Cajuns	7	7	0	7	21

at Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA

• Date: December 17
• Game time: 8:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 74 °F (23 °C); N/A (indoors)
• Game attendance: 35,061
• Referee: Tom Stapleton
• TV: ESPN
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Game information

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