2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team

The 2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fifth-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 4–8, 3–5 in Sun Belt play to finish in a five way tie for fifth place.

2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Record4–8 (3–5 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJay Johnson (5th season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Co-defensive coordinatorCharlie Harbison (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorMelvin Smith (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumCajun Field
(capacity: 36,900)
2015 Sun Belt Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Arkansas State $  8 –0   9 –4  
Appalachian State  7 –1   11 –2  
Georgia Southern  6 –2   9 –4  
Georgia State  5 –3   6 –7  
South Alabama  3 –5   5 –7  
Idaho  3 –5   4 –8  
Louisiana–Lafayette  3 –5   4 –8  
Troy  3 –5   4 –8  
New Mexico State  3 –5   3 –9  
Texas State  2 –6   3 –9  
Louisiana–Monroe  1 –7   2 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
Coach Hudspeth addresses the media at the 2015 Sun Belt Media Day before the season.

Previous season

Louisiana-Lafayette went 9–4 last season. However, in 2015, 8 wins, including their bowl victory, were vacated due to massive NCAA violations. The Ragin' Cajuns finished second in the Sun Belt Conference and were awarded the New Orleans Bowl as the conference champion, Georgia Southern were ineligible for post-season play due to their FCS-FBS transition. The defeated the Nevada Wolf Pack 16–3 for their final series of four consecutive bowl appearances and victories.

Preseason

Award watchlists

The following players were named to preseason award watchlist

Walter Camp Award

Lombardi Award

  • Mykhael Quave
  • Dominique Tovell

Doak Walker Award

Paul Hornung Award

Sun Belt Conference Players of the Year

Offensive Player of the Year – Elijah McGuire, RB (Louisiana-Lafayette)

Predicted standings
Sun Belt Conference predicted standings
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st Place)
1Georgia Southern110 (6)
2Louisiana-Lafayette108 (3)
3Arkansas State96 (1)
4Appalachian State82
5Texas State78
6South Alabama68 (1)
7UL Monroe59
8Troy39
9Georgia State32
10New Mexico State30
11Idaho24

Preseason All–Conference Team

[1]

Roster
2015 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 2 Gunner Hudspeth Fr
WR 2 Al Riles Jr
RB 3 Montrel Carter Sr
WR 4 Jamal Robinson Sr
QB 6 Jalen Nixon Jr
QB 8 Dion Ray Fr
QB 9 Brooks Haack Jr
QB 11 Chris Weaver Fr
WR 13 Gabe Fuselier So
RB 15 Elijah McGuire Jr
WR 17 Ja'Marcus Bradley Fr
QB 18 Patrick Morton So
WR 18 Devin Scott Jr
WR 19 Michael Jacquet Fr
WR 20 Gary Haynes Fr
WR 21 Keenan Barnes Fr
WR 22 Mark Mornay So
RB 23 Darius Hoggins So
RB 25 Torrey Pierce Sr
RB 26 Effrem Reed Sr
RB 27 Jordan Wright Fr
WR 28 Chris Collins  Fr
WR 30 Leon Duncan Fr
WR 31 Jerry Martin Fr
TE 33 Carlos Robinson Fr
TE 39 Alex Allen Fr
RB 41 Jentrell Oliver Jr
OL 50 Robert Hunt Fr
OL 60 D’Aquin Withrow So
OL 61 Cole Prudhomme Fr
OL 62 Grant Mieling Fr
OL 63 Raynard Ford Jr
OL 65 Jessie Freeman  Fr
OL 66 Rico Robinson Fr
OL 67 Ken Marks Fr
OL 68 Octravian Anderson Sr
OL 69 Caden Cunningham Fr
OL 70 Mykhael Quave Sr
OL 72 Grant Horst So
OL 73 Ethan Rosenbalm Jr
OL 75 Kevin Dotson Fr
OL 76 Adrian Goodacre  Fr
OL 77 Donovan Williams Sr
OL 78 Allen Cummins So
OL 79 Eddie Gordon Jr
WR 80 Shelby Christy So
TE 81 Nick Byrne Jr
TE 82 Greg Siener Sr
TE 84 Jacoby Beasly So
WR 85 Jerrell Richardson Jr
TE 87 Chris Turner Fr
TE 88 Evan Tatford Sr
TE Matt Barnes So
WR Jarrod Jackson Fr
WR Jared Johnson Jr
WR Lance Pace Jr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 4 Tre’Maine Lightfoot Jr
DB 6 Savion Brown Jr
LB 7 Otha Peters Jr
DB 8 Simeon Thomas So
DB 9 Lorenzo Cryer  Fr
DB 10 Christian Goodlett Jr
DB 11 Jevante Watson Sr
DB 13 Edward Thompson So
DB 16 Travis Crawford So
DB 17 Ethan Rose Fr
DB 18 Blair Brooks Fr
DB 19 Troy McCollum So
DB 20 Dominick Jones Jr
LB 21 Alonzo Brown Fr
DB 22 Reggie Miles So
DB 23 Tracy Walker So
DB 24 Cole Bourque So
DB 25 Deuce Wallace Fr
DB 27 T.J. Worthy Sr
LB 28 Joe Dillon Fr
LB 29 Tyren Alexander Sr
LB 30 T.J. Posey So
DB 31 Corey Turner  Fr
DB 33 Zachary DeGrange Sr
LB 34 Ross Duhon So
LB 35 Chaiziere Malbrue  Fr
DL 36 David McCormick Fr
DB 37 Errol Brown Fr
LB 38 Terik Miler Fr
LB 39 Darzil Washington Sr
LB 41 Zach Jones Jr
LB 43 Kaleb Fredericks Fr
LB 44 Kevin Fouquier Jr
LB 46 Asa Miller Fr
DB 48 Vince Thomas Fr
LB 51 Trey Granier Jr
LB 52 Dominique Tovell Sr
DL 54 Rodney Baker  Fr
DL 55 Karmichael Dunbar Jr
LB 56 Terrence Jones Fr
DL 57 Chris Prater Sr
LB 59 Shay Laporte  Fr
DT 90 Jacoby Briscoe Jr
DL 91 Mario Osborne Fr
DL 92 Taboris Lee So
DL 93 Darryl Johnson Fr
DL 94 Andarious Jones Fr
DL 95 Rodrick Stephens So
DL 96 Blain Winston So
DL 97 Sherard Johnson So
DL 98 Ladarrius Kidd  Fr
DL 99 Remaine Douglas Jr
DB Kamar Greenhouse Fr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
LS 35 Sterling Miller  Fr
K 36 Stevie Artigue Fr
LS 40 Jake Guidry Sr
K 47 Dylan Scheurich  Fr
LS 49 Stephen Morella Jr
LS 58 Kel Straubmueller So
K 83 Carlos Alvarez Sr
K/P 86 Aaron Bird  Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 1, 2018

Schedule

Louisiana–Lafayette announced their 2015 football schedule on February 27, 2015. The 2015 schedule consisted of six home and away games in the regular season. The Ragin' Cajuns hosted Sun Belt foes Louisiana–Monroe, New Mexico State, Texas State, and Troy, and traveled to Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Georgia State, and South Alabama.[2]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 56:00 pmat Kentucky*
ESPNUL 33–4062,933
September 126:00 pmNorthwestern State*
ESPN3W 44–1726,824
September 266:00 pmAkron*
  • Cajun Field
  • Lafayette, LA
ESPN3L 14–3524,679
October 36:00 pmat Louisiana Tech*
ASNL 14–4326,910
October 106:00 pmTexas State
  • Cajun Field
  • Lafayette, LA
ESPN3W 49–2721,377
October 207:00 pmat Arkansas State
ESPN2L 27–3720,495
October 314:00 pmLouisiana–Monroedagger
ESPN3W 30–2417,410
November 71:00 pmat Georgia State
ESPN3W 23–2110,070
November 126:30 pmat South Alabama
ESPNUL 25–3214,096
November 214:00 pmNew Mexico State
  • Cajun Field
  • Lafayette, LA
ESPN3L 34–3717,023
November 281:00 pmat Appalachian State
ESPN3L 7–2816,124
December 54:00 pmTroy
  • Cajun Field
  • Lafayette, LA
ESPN3L 17–4122,264
Schedule source:[3]

Game summaries
See also: 2015 Kentucky Wildcats football team
Louisiana-Lafayette at Kentucky – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Ragin' Cajuns 0 7 101633
Wildcats 14 10 9740

at Commonwealth Stadium, Lexington, KY

  • Date: September 5
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 88 °F (31 °C); hot, mostly sunny
  • Game attendance: 62,933
  • Referee: Matt Austin
  • TV: ESPNU
Game information

Northwestern State
See also: 2015 Northwestern State Demons football team
Northwestern State at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Demons 0 10 7017
Ragin' Cajuns 14 13 71044

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

  • Date: September 12
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 82 °F (28 °C); mostly sunny
  • Game attendance: 26,824
  • Referee: Jeff Hilyer
  • TV: ESPN3
Game information

Akron
See also: 2015 Akron Zips football team
Akron at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Zips 7 7 14735
Ragin' Cajuns 0 7 0714

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

  • Date: September 26
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 85 °F (29 °C); cloudy
  • Game attendance: 24,679
  • Referee: Tony Cannella
  • TV: ESPN3
Game information

At Louisiana Tech
See also: 2015 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team
Louisiana-Lafayette at Louisiana Tech – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Ragin' Cajuns 7 0 7014
Bulldogs 7 22 7743

at Joe Aillet Stadium, Ruston, LA

  • Date: October 3
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 68 °F (20 °C); clear
  • Game attendance: 26,910
  • Referee: Matt Austin
  • TV: ASN
Game information

Texas State
See also: 2015 Texas State Bobcats football team
Texas State at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Bobcats 7 7 7627
Ragin' Cajuns 7 7 28749

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

  • Date: October 10
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 81 °F (27 °C); clear, sunny
  • Game attendance: 21,377
  • Referee: Jeff Hilyer
  • TV: ESPN3
Game information

At Arkansas State
See also: 2015 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team
Louisiana-Lafayette at Arkansas State – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Ragin' Cajuns 0 14 7627
Red Wolves 13 21 3037

at Centennial Bank Stadium, Jonesboro, AR

  • Date: October 20
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C); mostly clear
  • Game attendance: 20,495
  • Referee: Charles Lewis
  • TV: ESPN2
  • [www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/400787454]
Game information

Louisiana–Monroe
See also: 2015 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team
Louisiana-Monroe at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Warhawks 14 10 0024
Ragin' Cajuns 3 6 71430

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

  • Date: October 31
  • Game time: 4:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 68 °F (20 °C); light drizzle
  • Game attendance: 17,410
  • Referee: Jeff Hilyer
  • TV: ESPN3
Game information

At Georgia State
See also: 2015 Georgia State Panthers football team
Louisiana-Lafayette at Georgia State – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Ragin' Cajuns 17 0 3323
Panthers 7 7 7021

at Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA

  • Date: November 7
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: N/A (Domed stadium)
  • Game attendance: 10,070
  • Referee: Jason Autrey
  • TV: ESPN3
Game information

At South Alabama
See also: 2015 South Alabama Jaguars football team
Louisiana-Lafayette at South Alabama – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Ragin' Cajuns 6 0 71225
Jaguars 7 10 01532

at Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Mobile, AL

  • Date: November 12
  • Game time: 6:30 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C); partly cloudy
  • Game attendance: 14,096
  • Referee: Jason McArthur
  • TV: ESPNU
Game information

New Mexico State
See also: 2015 New Mexico State Aggies football team
New Mexico State at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Aggies 3 17 71037
Ragin' Cajuns 7 10 31434

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

  • Date: November 21
  • Game time: 4:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 63 °F (17 °C); overcast
  • Game attendance: 17,023
  • Referee: Charles Lewis
  • TV: ESPN3
Game information

At Appalachian State
See also: 2015 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team
Louisiana-Lafayette at Appalachian State – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Ragin' Cajuns 0 0 077
Mountaineers 7 7 7728

at Kidd Brewer Stadium, Boone, NC

  • Date: November 28
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 59 °F (15 °C); overcast
  • Game attendance: 16,123
  • Referee: Kevin Stine
  • TV: ESPN3
Game information

Troy
See also: 2015 Troy Trojans football team
Troy at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Trojans 24 0 17041
Ragin' Cajuns 0 10 7017

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

  • Date: December 5
  • Game time: 4:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C); sunny
  • Game attendance: 22,264
  • Referee: Jason Autrey
  • TV: ESPN3
Game information

References
  1. "Sun Belt Announces 2015 Preseason Football All-Conference Teams". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved 14 Aug 2015.
  2. "Ragin' Cajuns Officially Release 2015 Schedule" (Press release). University of Louisiana–Lafayette Department of Athletics. February 27, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  3. "2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
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