2011 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team

The 2011 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football program represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Ragin' Cajuns were led by first year head coach Mark Hudspeth and played their home games at Cajun Field. They are members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 9–4 overall and 6–2 in Sun Belt play to finish in third place. They were invited to the New Orleans Bowl, the program's first bowl game, where they defeated San Diego State. However, in 2015 Louisiana–Lafayette vacated eight wins including their New Orleans Bowl victory due to major NCAA violations.

2011 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football
New Orleans Bowl, W 32–30 (vacated) vs. San Diego State
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	1–4, 8 wins vacated (1–2 Sun Belt, 5 wins vacated)
Head coach	Mark Hudspeth (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Jay Johnson (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Greg Stewart (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Cajun Field

2011 Sun Belt Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Arkansas State $		8	–	0					10	–	3
Western Kentucky		7	–	1					7	–	5
FIU		5	–	3					8	–	5
North Texas		4	–	4					5	–	7
Louisiana–Monroe		3	–	5					4	–	8
Troy		2	–	6					3	–	9
Louisiana–Lafayette *		1	–	2					1	–	4
Middle Tennessee		1	–	7					2	–	10
Florida Atlantic		0	–	8					1	–	11
$ – Conference champion * – Louisiana–Lafayette vacated 8 wins including 5 in conference due to NCAA violations.

Preseason

Award watchlists

Award	Player	Position	Year
John Mackey Award	Ladarius Green	TE	SR
Fred Biletnikoff Award	Ladarius Green	TE	SR

Sun Belt Media Day

Predicted standings

Sun Belt Conference predicted standings

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st Place)
1	Florida International	75 (5)
2	Troy	66 (2)
3	Middle Tennessee	54
4	Louisiana-Monroe	22
5	Arkansas State	49 (1)
6	North Texas	33
7	Western Kentucky	28 (1)
8	Louisiana-Lafayette	26
9	Florida Atlantic	20

Preseason All–Conference Team

Offense

TE Ladarius Green

Roster

2011 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 4 Javone Lawson Jr RB 6 Robert Walker So QB 7 Chris Masson Sr QB 8 Brad McGuire Sr WR 9 Harry Peoples Jr TE 10 Larry Pettis  Fr QB 13 Brady Thomas Jr WR 15 Ross Goodlett Sr QB 17 Blaine Gautier Jr WR 18 Andrew Joseph Sr RB 20 Aaron Spikes So RB 23 Qyendarius Griffin  Fr FB 26 Yobes Walker Jr RB 29 Montrel Carter  Fr RB 31 Effrem Reed  Fr FB 39 Fred Okoye Jr RB 46 Alonzo Harris  Fr G 60 Tracy Wilson Jr OL 62 Jarad Martin  Fr OL 63 Brandon Bender Jr OL 66 Marvin Martin  Fr OL 67 Daniel Quave  Fr OL 68 Octravian Anderson  Fr OL 69 Greg Siener  Fr C 71 Andre Huval So G 72 Leonard Bates Jr OL 73 Fred Moore  Fr G 74 Kyle Plouhar Sr OL 75 Benay Pryer Jr OL 76 Jaron Odom Jr OL 77 Jaylen Hunter  Fr G 78 Daniel Lemelle So OT 79 Sheldon Brown Sr WR 80 Adam Savoie  Fr WR 81 Boris Anyama  Fr WR 83 James Butler So WR 84 Jamal Robinson  Fr TE 85 Ian Thompson So TE 86 Jacob Maxwell So WR 87 Darryl Surgent So WR 88 Deon Fowler  Fr TE 89 Ladarius Green Sr WR Lawrence Breaud  Fr QB Terrance Broadway So WR Bradley Brown  Fr WR Billy Christian So OL Willy David  Fr OL Chris Frigo  Fr WR Shawn Hebert  Fr QB Blake Hollingsworth  Fr FB Chase Julien  Fr WR Brandon Kensey So WR DeShaun McNeal  Fr OL Evyn Perry Jr QB Riley Saunders Jr OL Corey Schmidt So WR Layne Theriot  Fr TE Cory Weaver  Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 2 JeMarlous Moten Jr CB 3 Pierre Hill Sr CB 5 Dwight Bentley Sr LB 11 Devon Lewis-Buchanan Sr CB 16 Dexter Aucoin  Fr CB 19 Rodney Gillis Jr LB 21 Lance Kelly Sr CB 22 Melvin White Sr FS 24 Lionel Stokes Sr FS 25 Cooper Gerami So SS 27 Earnest Gardner  Fr LB 28 Marcus Jackson  Fr LB 30 Le'Marcus Gibson Sr CB 33 Trevence Patt  Fr DE 34 Justin Anderson So S 35 Eric Buckley  Fr S 37 Hunter Thibodeaux So LB 38 Brandon Johnson  Fr CB 41 Sean Thomas  Fr LB 43 Jesse Broadnax Jr DE 44 Bernard Smith Sr DE 45 Emeke Onyenekwu Jr DE 47 Blake Comminie Jr LB 48 Andrew Hebert So LB 50 Mario Holman  Fr LB 51 Jelani Smith Jr LB 52 Dominique Tovell  Fr DE 53 Christopher Tucker Sr DE 54 Kevon Foster  Fr LB 55 Brandon Nash So LB 56 Richard Brooks Sr DE 57 Chris Prater  Fr DE 58 Nick Barnfield So LB 59 Jake Molbert  Fr DL 64 Ben Duhon Jr DT 90 Derreck Dean Sr DL 92 Christian Ringo  Fr DT 93 Cordian Hagans Jr DT 94 Justin Hamilton  Fr DT 96 Brandon McCray So DE 97 Aaron Thibodeaux  Fr DT 98 Darrell Green  Fr DE 99 Tyrell Gaddies Sr SS Winston Burnette So LB Joey Chapman  Fr FS Zachary DeGrange  Fr S Lance Derousselle  Fr CB Kobie Douglas  Fr S Chris Faber  Fr CB Eric Ferguson Jr DL Blake Fuselier  Fr LB David Laborde  Fr FS O' Neil Parker  Fr CB Torrey Pierce  Fr LB Christian Sager  Fr S Kendall Sam So LB Jeremy Tollver Jr LB Taylor Vernotzy So CB Eddie Williams  Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 40 Brett Baer Jr LS 49 Matt Rosenbalm Jr LS 82 John Broussard  Fr K 91 Carlos Alvarez  Fr K 95 Hunter Stover  Fr K Travis Shinn  Fr	Head coach Mark Hudspeth (Delta State) Coordinators/assistant coaches Jay Johnson (Northern Iowa) Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks Greg Stewart (Troy) Defensive coordinator Marquase Lovings (Howard) Running backs Jorge Munoz (Bethany (KS)) Wide receivers Mitch Rodrigue (Nicholls State) Offensive line/run game coordinator Reed Stringer (Delta State) Tight ends David Saunders (Auburn) Cornerbacks Rusty Whitt (Abilene Christian) Strength & conditioning coach Troy Wingerter (Louisiana) Director of football operations Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: January 6, 2019

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:00 pm	at No. 8 Oklahoma State*	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	FCS	L 34–61	55,382
September 10	6:00 pm	at Kent State*	Dix Stadium Kent, OH		W 20–12 (vacated)	10,386
September 17	6:00 pm	Nicholls State*	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA	Ragin Cajuns Network/ESPN3	W 38–21 (vacated)	28,741
September 24	5:00 pm	at Florida International	FIU Stadium Miami, FL	ESPN3	W 36–31 (vacated)	16,780
October 1	6:00 pm	Florida Atlantic	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA	RCN/ESPN3	W 37–34 (vacated)	26,339
October 8	7:00 pm	Troy	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA	ESPN3	W 31–17 (vacated)	29,775
October 15	4:00 pm	North Texas	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA	RCN/ESPN3	W 30–10 (vacated)	32,823
October 22	3:00 pm	at Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY		L 23–42	15,122
October 29	6:30 pm	at Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	Sun Belt Network	W 45–20	13,500
November 5	2:30 pm	Louisiana–Monroe	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA (Battle on the Bayou)	Sun Belt Network	W 36–35 (vacated)	28,176
November 12	2:00 pm	at Arkansas State	ASU Stadium Jonesboro, AR		L 21–30	20,261
November 26	2:00 pm	at Arizona*	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ		L 37–45	38,819
December 17	8:00 pm	vs. San Diego State*	Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, LA (New Orleans Bowl)	ESPN	W 32–30 (vacated)	42,841
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Game summaries

@ Oklahoma State

See also: 2011 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

Louisiana-Lafayette at Oklahoma State – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Ragin' Cajuns	3	7	10	14	34
No. 9 Cowboys	10	24	10	17	61

at Boone Pickens Stadium, Stillwater, OK

• Date: September 3
• Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 100 °F (38 °C); sunny
• Game attendance: 55,382
• Referee: Tom Walker
• TV: FCS
• [1] [2] [3]

Game information

First quarter OSU - Quinn Sharp 27-yard field goal, 10:48 (OSU 3-0) OSU - Joseph Randle 4-yard TD run, Sharp kick good, 3:16 (OSU 10-0) ULL - Brett Baer 23-yard field goal, 0:16 (OSU 10-3) Second quarter OSU - Jeremy Smith 1-yard TD run, Sharp kick good, 11:17 (OSU 17-3) OSU - Josh Cooper 15-yard TD pass from Brandon Weeden, Sharp kick good, 8:38 (OSU 24-3) OSU - Randle 4-yard TD run, Sharp kick good, 6:36 (OSU 31-3) ULL - Dwight Bentley 38-yard interception return for TD, Baer kick good, 1:31 (OSU 31-10) OSU - Sharp 22-yard field goal, 0:00 (OSU 34-10) Third quarter OSU - Sharp 46-yard field goal, 8:17 (OSU 37-10) ULL - Baer 29-yard field goal, 3:03 (OSU 37-13) OSU - Tracy Moore 19-yard TD pass from Weeden, Sharp kick good, 2:23 (OSU 44-13) ULL - Jemarlous Moten 50-yard interception return for TD, Baer kick good, 1:23 (OSU 44-20) Fourth quarter OSU - Michael Harrison 15-yard TD pass from Weeden, 14:55 (OSU 51-20) ULL - Blaine Gautier 1-yard TD run, Baer kick good, 8:14 (OSU 51-27) OSU - Sharp 23-yard field goal, 5:36 (OSU 54-27) OSU - Isaiah Anderson 7-yard TD pass from Clint Chelf, Sharp kick good, 2:52 (OSU 61-27) ULL - Qyendarius Griffin 3-yard TD run, Baer kick good, 0:17 (OSU 61-34) Top passers OSU - Brandon Weeden - 24/39, 388 yards, 3 TD, 3 INT ULL - Blaine Gautier - 13/26, 106 yards, INT Top rushers OSU - Joseph Randle - 22 carries, 129 yards, 2 TD ULL - Qyendarius Griffin - 9 carries, 37 yards, TD Top receivers OSU - Justin Blackmon - 8 receptions, 144 yards ULL - Javone Lawson - 3 receptions, 67 yards

@ Kent State

See also: 2011 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

Louisiana-Lafayette at Kent State – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Ragin' Cajuns	7	10	0	3	20
Golden Flashes	7	0	5	0	12

at Dix Stadium, Kent, OH

• Date: September 10
• Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 68 °F (20 °C); rain
• Game attendance: 10,386
• Referee: Mike Conlin
• [4] [5] [6]

Game information

First quarter ULL - Lionel Stokes 63-yard interception returned for TD, Brett Baer kick good, 5:32 (ULL 7-0) KENT - Jacquise Terry 6-yard TD pass from Spencer Keith, Freddy Cortez kick good, 0:39 (TIE 7-7) Second quarter ULL - Qyendarius Griffin 1-yard TD run, Baer kick good, 12:56, (ULL 14-7) ULL - Baer 35-yard field goal, 0:20 (ULL 17-7) Third quarter KENT - C.J. Malauulu 7-yard sack of Chris Masson for SF, 8:12 (ULL 17-9) KENT - Cortez 44-yard field goal, 1:31 (ULL 17-12) Fourth quarter ULL - Baer 28-yard field goal, 6:08 (ULL 20-12) Top passers ULL - Blaine Gautier - 2/2, 28 yards KENT - Spencer Keith - 15/33, 114 yards, TD, INT Top rushers ULL - Qyendarius Griffin - 24 carries, 51 yards, TD KENT - Anthony Meray - 12 carries, 39 yards Top receivers ULL - Javone Lawson - 3 receptions, 34 yards KENT - Sam Kirkland - 6 receptions, 51 yards

Nicholls State

See also: 2011 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

Nicholls State at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonels	14	0	7	0	21
Ragin' Cajuns	14	7	7	10	38

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

• Date: September 17
• Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 86 °F (30 °C); sunny
• Game attendance: 28,741
• Referee: Kevin Stine
• TV: Ragin' Cajuns TV Network
• [7] [8] [9]

Game information

First quarter ULL - Chris Masson 1-yard TD run, Brett Baer kick good, 9:24 (ULL 7-0) NICH - Marcus Washington 10-yard TD run, Andrew Dolan kick good, 6:42 (TIE 7-7) ULL - Brad McGuire 1-yard TD run, Baer kick good, 4:33 (ULL 14-0) NICH - Joshua Warren 36-yard TD pass from LaQuintin Caston, Dolan kick good, 0:46 (TIE 14-14) Second quarter ULL - Melvin White 68-yard field goal blocked for TD return, Baer kick good, 6:27 (ULL 21-14) Third quarter ULL - Dwight Bentley 41-yard interception returned for TD, Baer kick good, 13:23 (ULL 28-14) NICH - Washington 9-yard TD pass from Caston, Dolan kick good, 9:00 (ULL 28-21) Fourth quarter ULL - Baer 49-yard field goal, 12:04 (ULL 31-21) ULL - Javone Lawson 60-yard TD pass from Blaine Gautier, Baer kick good, 5:50 (ULL 38-21) Top passers ULL - Blaine Gautier - 3/4, 78 yards, TD NICH - LaQuintin Caston - 8/16, 100 yards, 2 TD, INT Top rushers ULL - Alonzo Harris - 11 carries, 76 yards NICH - Marcus Washington - 16 carries, 95 yards, TD Top receivers ULL - Javone Lawson - 2 receptions, 71 yards NICH - Joshua Warren - reception, 36 yards, TD

@ Florida International

See also: 2011 FIU Panthers football team

Louisiana-Lafayette at Florida International – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Ragin' Cajuns	5	10	14	7	36
Panthers	7	7	7	10	31

at Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium, Miami, FL

• Date: September 24
• Game time: 5:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 84 °F (29 °C); mostly cloudy
• Game attendance: 16,780
• Referee: Jeff Hilyer
• TV: ESPN3
• [10] [11] [12]

Game information

First quarter FIU - Kedrick Rhodes 43-yard TD run, Jack Griffin kick good, 13:04 (FIU 7-0) ULL - Derreck Dean -6-yard SF, 7:18 (FIU 7-2) ULL - Brett Baer 48-yard field goal, 5:07 (FIU 7-5) Second quarter ULL - Baer 39-yard field goal, 11:39 (ULL 8-7) ULL - Ladarius Green 41-yard TD pass from Blaine Gautier, Baer kick good, 0:50 (ULL 15-7) FIU - Rhodes 11-yard TD run, Griffin kick good, 0:30 (ULL 15-14) Third quarter ULL - Darryl Surgent 22-yard TD pass from Gautier, Baer kick good, 13:24 (ULL 22-14) FIU - Jake Medlock 2-yard TD run, Griffin kick good, 10:16 (ULL 22-21) ULL - Alonzo Harris 13-yard TD run, Baer kick good, 8:20 (ULL 29-21) Fourth quarter FIU - Griffin 20-yard field goal, 14:06 (ULL 29-24) ULL - Javone Lawson 46-yard TD pass from Gautier, Baer kick good, 12:40 (ULL 36-24) FIU - Rhodes 2-yard TD run, Griffin kick good, 6:51 (ULL 26-31) Top passers ULL - Blaine Gautier - 14/26, 221 yards, 3 TD FIU - Jake Medlock - 17/27, 216 yards, INT Top rushers ULL - Blaine Gautier - 15 carries, 86 yards FIU - Kedrick Rhodes - 30 carries, 157 yards, 3 TD Top receivers ULL - Javone Lawson - 3 receptions, 77 yards, TD FIU - Wayne Times - 2 receptions, 75 yards

Florida Atlantic

See also: 2011 Florida Atlantic Owls football team

Florida Atlantic at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	10	10	0	14	34
Ragin' Cajuns	7	14	3	13	37

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

• Date: October 1
• Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 77 °F (25 °C); sunny and clear
• Game attendance: 26,339
• Referee: Tony Backert
• TV: Ragin' Cajuns TV Network
• [13] [14] [15]

Game information

First quarter ULL - Harry Peoples 31-yard TD pass from Blaine Gautier, Brett Baer kick good, 11:36 (ULL 7-0) FAU - Vinny Zaccario 26-yard field goal, 3:25 (ULL 7-3) FAU - Darian Williams 24-yard TD pass from Graham Wilbert, Zaccario kick good, 0:17 (FAU 10-7) Second quarter FAU - Alfred Morris 6-yard TD run, Zaccario kick good, 9:19 (FAU 17-7) ULL - Darryl Surgent 42-yard TD pass from Gautier, Baer kick good, 7:22 (FAU 17-14) ULL - Qyendarius Griffin 2-yard TD run, Baer kick good, 3:36 (ULL 21-17) FAU - Zaccario 36-yard field goal, 0:00 (ULL 21-20) Third quarter ULL - Baer 47-yard field goal, 6:37 (ULL 24-20) Fourth quarter ULL - Alonzo Harris 9-yard TD run, Baer kick good, 12:58 (ULL 31-20) ULL - Baer 46-yard field goal, 7:43 (ULL 34-20) FAU - Nexon Dorvilus 5-yard TD pass from Wilbert, 5:41 (ULL 34-27) FAU - Xavier Stinson 12-yard TD pass from Wilbert, 1:48 (TIE 34-34) ULL - Baer 26-yard field goal, 0:00 (ULL 37-34) Top passers ULL - Blaine Gautier - 26/33, 329 yards, 2 TD FAU - Graham Wilbert - 20/38, 219 yards, 3 TD, INT Top rushers ULL - Alonzo Harris - 14 carries, 57 yards, TD FAU - Alfred Morris - 20 carries, 78 yards, TD Top receivers ULL - Harry Peoples - 12 receptions, 176 yards, TD FAU - Marcus Cunningham - 3 receptions, 65 yards

Troy

See also: 2011 Troy Trojans football team

Troy at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Trojans	3	10	7	7	27
Ragin' Cajuns	7	17	7	0	31

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

• Date: October 8
• Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 81 °F (27 °C); partly cloudy
• Game attendance: 29,775
• Referee: Kevin Stine
• TV: ESPN3
• [16] [17] [18]

Game information

First quarter ULL - Larry Pettis 1-yard TD pass from Chris Masson, Brett Baer kick good, 10:32 (ULL 7-0) TROY - Michael Taylor 36-yard field goal, 4:40 (ULL 7-3) Second quarter ULL - Javone Lawson 26-yard TD pass from Masson, Baer kick good, 6:36 (ULL 14-3) ULL - Baer 24-yard field goal, 1:05 (ULL 17-3) ULL - Melvin White 89-yard interception return for TD, Baer kick good, 0:03 (ULL 24-3) Third quarter TROY - Jaquon Robinson 5-yard TD pass from Corey Robinson, Taylor kick good, 9:48 (ULL 24-10) ULL - Alonzo Harris 2-yard TD run, Baer kick good, 1:50 (ULL 31-10) Fourth quarter TROY - Eric Thomas 27-yard TD pass from Robinson, Taylor kick good, 10:17 (ULL 31-17) Top passers ULL - Chris Masson - 21/29, 211 yards, 2 TD TROY - Corey Robinson - 38/53, 322 yards, 2 TD, INT Top rushers ULL - Alonzo Harris - 22 carries, 81 yards, TD TROY - Chris Anderson - 7 carries, 31 yards Top receivers ULL - Javone Lawson - 8 receptions, 131 yards, TD TROY - Eric Thomas - 10 receptions, 96 yards, TD

North Texas

See also: 2011 North Texas Mean Green football team

North Texas at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Mean Green	10	0	0	0	10
Ragin' Cajuns	7	6	0	17	30

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

• Date: October 15
• Game time: 4:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 85 °F (29 °C); clear
• Game attendance: 32,823
• Referee: Jeff Hilyer
• TV: Ragin' Cajuns TV Network
• [19] [20] [21]

Game information

First quarter UNT - Zach Olen 24-yard field goal, 10:42 (UNT 3-0) ULL - Ladarius Green 6-yard TD pass from Blaine Gautier, Brett Baer kick good, 8:34 (ULL 7-3) UNT - Lance Dunbar 2-yard TD run, Olen kick good, 0:09 (UNT 10-7) Second quarter ULL - Green 25-yard TD pass from Gautier, Baer kick no good, 8:57 (ULL 13-10) Fourth quarter ULL - Darryl Surgent 44-yard TD pass Gautier, Baer kick good, 14:53 (ULL 20-10) ULL - Javone Lawson 24-yard TD pass from Gautier, Baer kick good, 8:55 (ULL 27-10) ULL - Baer 31-yard field goal, 0:44 (ULL 30-10) Top passers ULL - Blaine Gautier - 14/20, 238 yards, 4 TD UNT - Derek Thompson - 11/22, 86 yards, INT Top rushers ULL - Alonzo Harris -18 carries, 56 yards UNT - Lance Dunbar - 19 carries, 53 yards, TD Top receivers ULL - Darryl Surgent - 2 receptions, 109 yards, TD UNT - Drew Miller - 2 receptions, 50 yards

@ Western Kentucky

See also: 2011 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

Louisiana-Lafayette at Western Kentucky – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Ragin' Cajuns	3	14	0	6	23
Hilltoppers	7	14	7	14	42

at Houchens Industries-L. T. Smith Stadium, Bowling Green, KY

• Date: October 22
• Game time: 3:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 64 °F (18 °C); sunny
• Game attendance: 15,122
• Referee: Charles Lewis
• [22] [23] [24]

Game information

First quarter WKU - Bobby Rainey 1-yard TD run, Jesse Roy kick good, 11:39 (WKU 7-0) ULL - Brett Baer 22-yard field goal, 7:08 (WKU 7-3) Second quarter WKU - Kadeem Jones 2-yard TD run, Roy kick good, 14:18 (WKU 14-3) ULL - Aaron Spikes 79-yard TD run, Baer kick good, 13:57 (WKU 14-10) WKU - Mitchell Henry 4-yard TD pass from Kawaun Jakes, Roy kick good, 2:23 (WKU 21-10) ULL - Ladarius Green 2-yard TD pass from Blaine Gautier, Baer kick good, 0:09 (WKU 21-17) Third quarter WKU - Rainey 5-yard TD run, Roy kick good, 0:25 (WKU 28-17) Fourth quarter ULL - Green 6-yard TD pass from Gautier, Baer kick no good, 14:21 (WKU 28-23) WKU - Jones 1-yard TD run, Roy kick good, 10:59 (WKU 35-23) WKU - Rainey 24-yard TD run, Roy kick good, 1:09 (WKU 42-23) Top passers WKU - Kawaun Jakes - 15/18, 242 yards, TD, INT ULL - Blaine Gautier - 32/51, 419 yards, 2 TD, INT Top rushers WKU - Bobby Rainey - 32 carries, 206 yards, 3 TD ULL - Aaron Spikes - 3 carries, 77 yards, TD Top receivers WKU - Jack Doyle - 7 receptions, 106 yards ULL - Harry Peoples - 10 receptions, 140 yards

@ Middle Tennessee

See also: 2011 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

Louisiana-Lafayette at Middle Tennessee – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Ragin' Cajuns	14	7	17	7	45
Blue Raiders	0	0	7	13	20

at Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium, Murfreesboro, TN

• Date: October 29
• Game time: 6:30 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 53 °F (12 °C); clear, chilly
• Game attendance: 13,500
• Referee: Tony Backert
• TV: Sun Belt Network
• [25] [26] [27]

Game information

First quarter ULL - Darryl Surgent 16-yard TD run, Brett Baer kick good, 7:23 (ULL 7-0) ULL - Devon Lewis-Buchanan 55-yard interception returned for TD, Baer kick good, 6:17 (ULL 14-0) Second quarter ULL - Alonzo Harris 4-yard TD run, Baer kick good, 2:15 (ULL 21-0) Third quarter ULL - Blaine Gautier 80-yard TD run, Baer kick good, 13:25 (ULL 28-0) MTSU - William Pratcher 6-yard TD run, Alan Gendreau kick good, 11:47 (ULL 28-7) ULL - Javone Lawson 39-yard TD pass from Gautier, Baer kick good, 10:22 (ULL 35-7) ULL - Baer 38-yard field goal, 1:44 (ULL 38-7) Fourth quarter MTSU - Malcolm Beyah 14-yard TD pass from Logan Kilgore, Gendreau kick good, 14:14 (ULL 38-14) ULL - Harris 4-yard TD run, Baer kick good, 5:43 (ULL 45-14) MTSU - Kyle Griswould 13-yard TD run, Gendreau kick no good, 2:33 (ULL 45-20) Top passers ULL - Blaine Gautier - 13/18, 139 yards, TD MTSU - Logan Kilgore - 22/40, 239 yards, TD, 2 INT Top rushers ULL - Alonzo Harris - 33 carries, 189 yards, 2 TD MTSU - William Pratcher - 19 carries, 73 yards, TD Top receivers ULL - Harry Peoples - 7 receptions, 76 yards MTSU - Malcolm Beyah - 7 receptions, 86 yards, TD

Louisiana-Monroe

See also: 2011 Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks football team

Louisiana-Monroe at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Warhawks	14	0	7	14	35
Ragin' Cajuns	0	24	0	12	36

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

• Date: November 5
• Game time: 2:30 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C); sunny
• Game attendance: 28,176
• Referee: Chuck Lewis
• TV: Sun Belt Network
• [28] [29]

Game information

First quarter ULM - Kolton Browning 62-yard TD run, Justin Manton kick good, 11:34 (ULM 7-0) ULM - Jyruss Edwards 4-yard TD run, Manton kick good, 1:48 (ULM 14-0) Second quarter ULL - Ladarius Green 22-yard TD pass from Blaine Gautier, Brett Baer kick good, 11:47 (ULM 14-7) ULL - Javone Lawson 17-yard TD pass from Gautier, Baer kick good, 7:38 (TIE 14-14) ULL - Green 43-yard TD pass from Gautier, Baer kick good, 5:23 (ULL 21-14) ULL - Baer 41-yard field goal, 0:03 (ULL 24-14) Third quarter ULM - Edwards 5-yard TD run, Manton kick good, 12:15 (ULL 24-21) Fourth quarter ULM - Edwards 12-yard TD pass from Browning, Manton kick good, 14:53 (ULM 28-24) ULM - Edwards 3-yard TD run, Manton kick good, 3:08 (ULM 35-24) ULL - Darryl Surgent 16-yard TD pass from Gautier, Gautier two-point conversion pass no good, 2:05 (ULM 35-30) ULL - Alonzo Harris 3-yard TD run, Harris two-point conversion run no good, 1:06 (ULL 36-35) Top passers ULL - Blaine Gautier - 30/47, 355 yards, 4 TD ULM - Kolton Browning - 33/43, 258 yards, TD Top rushers ULL - Blaine Gautier - 8 carries, 72 yards ULM - Kolton Browning - 11 carries, 100 yards, TD Top receivers ULL - Ladarius Green - 13 receptions, 136 yards, 2 TD ULM - Brent Leonard - 7 receptions, 79 yards

@ Arkansas State

See also: 2011 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team

Louisiana-Lafayette at Arkansas State – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Ragin' Cajuns	0	7	14	0	21
Red Wolves	14	6	7	3	30

at ASU Stadium, Jonesboro, AR

• Date: November 12
• Game time: 2:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 63 °F (17 °C); partly cloudy, windy
• Game attendance: 20,261
• Referee: Riley Johnson
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Game information

First quarter ARST - Taylor Stockemer 13-yard TD pass from Ryan Aplin, Brian Davis kick good, 11:44 (ARST 7-0) ARST - Stockemer 31-yard TD pass from Aplin, Davis kick good, 3:15 (ARST 14-0) Second quarter ARST - Davis 22-yard field goal, 7:10 (ARST 17-0) ULL - Darryl Surgent 10-yard TD pass from Blaine Gautier, Brett Baer kick good, 0:53 (ARST 17-7) ARST - Davis 24-yard field goal, Baer kick good, 0:00 (ARST 20-7) Third quarter ULL - Surgent 31-yard TD pass from Gautier, Baer kick good, 12:54 (ARST 20-14) ULL - Alonzo Harris 4-yard TD run, Baer kick good, 9:00 (ULL 21-20) ARST - Aplin 4-yard TD run, Baer kick good, 1:31 (ARST 27-21) Fourth quarter ARST - Davis 21-yard field goal, 2:49 (ARST 30-21) Top passers ARST - Ryan Aplin - 20/32, 226 yards, 2 TD ULL - Blaine Gautier - 19/38, 206 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT Top rushers ARST - Ryan Aplin - 15 carries, 80 yards, TD ULL - Blaine Gautier - 17 carries, 82 yards Top receivers ARST - Taylor Stockemer - 4 receptions, 85 yards, 2 TD ULL - Alonzo Harris - 7 receptions, 81 yards

@ Arizona

See also: 2011 Arizona Wildcats football team

Louisiana-Lafayette at Arizona – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Ragin' Cajuns	7	6	3	21	37
Wildcats	0	21	10	14	45

at Arizona Stadium, Tucson, AZ

• Date: November 26
• Game time: 3:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 68 °F (20 °C); clear
• Game attendance: 38,819
• Referee: Land Clark
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Game information

First quarter ULL - Harry Peoples 11-yard TD run, Brett Baer kick good, 9:18 (ULL 7-0) Second quarter ARIZ - Taimi Tutogi 1-yard TD run, John Bonano kick good, 14:57 (TIE 7-7) ULL - Alonzo Harris 4-yard TD pass from Blaine Gautier, Baer kick no good, 9:14 (ULL 13-7) ARIZ - Juron Criner 9-yard TD pass from Nick Foles, Bonano kick good, 3:13 (ARIZ 14-13) ARIZ - David Douglas 12-yard TD pass from Foles, Bonano kick good, 0:34 (ARIZ 21-13) Third quarter ARIZ - Daniel Jenkins 7-yard TD run, Bonano kick good, 7:46 (ARIZ 28-13) ULL - Baer 20-yard field goal, 5:21 (ARIZ 28-16) ARIZ - Bonano 39-yard field goal, 3:22 (ARIZ 31-16) Fourth quarter ULL - Jermarlous Moten 41-yard interception returned for TD, Baer kick good, 13:47 (ARIZ 31-23) ARIZ - Keola Antolin 7-yard TD run, Bonano kick good, 13:28 (ARIZ 38-23) ULL - Harris 5-yard TD run, Baer kick good, 10:26 (ARIZ 38-30) ARIZ - Criner 35-yard TD pass from Foles, Bonano kick good, 6:08 (ARIZ 45-30) ULL - Gautier 10-yard TD run, Baer kick good, 5:05 (ARIZ 45-37) Top passers ARIZ - Nick Foles - 33/43, 352 yards, 3 TD, INT ULL - Blaine Gautier - 24/36, 315 yards, TD Top rushers ARIZ - Keola Antolin - 19 carries, 69 yards, TD ULL - Alonzo Harris - 13 carries, 45 yards, TD Top receivers ARIZ - Juron Criner - 9 receptions, 129 yards, 2 TD ULL - Javone Lawson - 5 receptions, 137 yards

San Diego State (New Orleans Bowl)

See also: 2011 San Diego State Aztecs football team and 2011 New Orleans Bowl

San Diego State vs. Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecs	3	0	14	13	30
Ragin' Cajuns	6	7	6	13	32

at Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA

• Date: December 17
• Game time: 8:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 69 °F (21 °C); N/A (indoors)
• Game attendance: 48,841
• Referee: Randy Christal
• TV: ESPN
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Game information

First quarter SDSU - Abelardo Perez 27-yard field goal, 9:35 (SDSU 3-0) ULL - Javone Lawson 18-yard TD pass from Blaine Gautier, Brett Baer kick no good, (ULL 6-3) Second quarter ULL - Darryl Surgent 87-yard punt return for TD, Baer kick good, 14:00 (ULL 13-3) Third quarter ULL - Ladarius Green 20-yard TD pass from Gautier, Baer kick no good, 14:01 (ULL 19-3) SDSU - Colin Lockett 16-yard TD pass from Ryan Lindley, Perez kick good, 12:54 (ULL 19-10) SDSU - Lockett 16-yard TD pass from Lindley, Perez kick good, 3:40 (ULL 19-17) Fourth quarter ULL - Lawson 11-yard TD pass from Gautier, Baer kick good, 12:48 (ULL 26-17) SDSU - Adam Muema 5-yard TD run, Perez kick good, 5:40 (ULL 26-24) ULL - Baer 22-yard field goal, 2:09 (ULL 29-24) SDSU - Lockett 12-yard TD pass from Lindley, Perez kick no good, 0:35 (SDSU 30-29) ULL - Baer 50-yard field goal, 0:00 (ULL 32-30) Top passers ULL - Blaine Gautier - 24/40, 470 yards, 3 TD, INT SDSU - Ryan Lindley - 28/49, 413 yards, 3 TD Top rushers ULL - Alonzo Harris - 14 carries, 62 yards SDSU - Ronnie Hillman - 24 carries, 55 yards Top receivers ULL - Javone Lawson - 9 receptions, 193 yards, 2 TD SDSU - Dylan Denso - 5 receptions, 109 yards