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Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Saturday, October 17, 2009 L.T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY – 6:00pm CT Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns (2-2) About This Week… The Cajuns will face Western Kentucky as a member of the Sun Belt Conference for the first time in school Sept. 5 SOUTHERN 42-19 W (ESPN360) history…The meeting is the first in Bowling Green, but the Sept. 12 KANSAS STATE 17-15 W Sept. 19 at #9 Louisiana State (ESPNU) 3-31 L schools have battled in Lafayette twice…UL won 17-14 on Sept. 26, 1992 and 38-24 on Nov. 21, 1998…The Cajuns can Sept. 26 at #25 Nebraska (FSN PPV) 0-55 L Oct. 3 OPEN even their all-time SBC record (currently 26-27), while head Oct. 10 NORTH TEXAS* (SBN) 38-34 W coach Rickey Bustle (24-23) looks to go two games over Oct. 17 at Western Kentucky* 6:00 p.m. .500 in conference play for the first time ever…UL has Oct. 24 FLORIDA ATLANTIC* 4:00 p.m. started 2-0 in the SBC just once, going 4-0 last season before finishing second in the standings at 5-2. Oct. 31 at FIU* 11:00 a.m. Nov. 7 at Arkansas State* (SBN) 2:30 p.m. Statistical Points of Interest… Nov. 14 at Middle Tennessee* (SBN) 3:15 p.m. The Cajuns defense was on the field for 35:07 vs. North Nov. 21 ULM* 6:00 p.m. Texas, including 29:27 after three quarters…The defense has Nov. 28 TROY* 6:00 p.m. spent a lot of time on the field all season, as the offense’s average time of possession is just 26:34 through five The Sun Belt Conference race… games…UL tight ends have combined for 31 receptions this The Sun Belt’s regular season champion will face season, while the wide receivers have combined for 40 total catches…The Cajuns have 18 penalties for 170 yards in a representative from Conference USA in the R&L 2009, while their opponents have 38 for 316 yards…UL was Carriers New Orleans Bowl. College football’s third shutout (at Nebraska) for the first time in 76 games dating bowl game will be held in the Louisiana Superdome back to Oct. 26, 2002…The Cajuns are 3-0 at home for the on Dec. 20 at 7:15 pm and televised live on ESPN. second straight season and third time overall under head C-USA has 12 member schools: East Carolina, coach Rickey Bustle…In fact, the Cajuns started 3-0 at home Houston, Marshall, Memphis, Rice, SMU, Southern only three times from 1981-2003…UL last started 3-0 at Miss, Tulane, Tulsa, UAB, UCF and UTEP. home in consecutive seasons in 1987-88. 2009 Sun Belt Football Standings Falgout Holds NCAA Record as Top TD Passer… Wide receiver Richie Falgout holds the NCAA record for School Conference Overall consecutive touchdown passes to begin a career…The record Louisiana-Monroe 2-0 3-2 was held by Michael McDonald, a former QB at USC, who Troy 2-0 3-2 completed his first two passes for touchdowns -- one in 2005 Louisiana 1-0 3-2 and another in 2006…Falgout’s career passing line is 4-of-4 Middle Tennessee 1-1 3-2 for 110 yards and four touchdowns…His career passing Florida International 1-1 1-4 efficiency stands at 661.00. Western Kentucky 0-1 0-5 Getting the Interceptions… Arkansas State 0-1 1-3 The Cajuns have eight interceptions after five games, putting Florida Atlantic 0-1 0-4 the team on pace for 19 this season…UL hasn’t had a team North Texas 0-2 1-4 collect double figures in interceptions since 2003…That ’03 C-USA leaders team included four players who would eventually sign NFL East Carolina (East Div.) 2-1 3-3 contracts (C.C. Brown, Antwain Spann, Wendall Williams Tulsa (West Div.) 2-0 4-1 & Michael Adams). Sun Belt Conference Affiliated with R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, St. Petersburg Bowl, Papajohns.com Bowl and AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl NEW ORLEANS – The Sun Belt Conference has sent its champion to the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl since its inception in 2001. This year’s game will be played on December 20th at 7:15 p.m. (CT). The game is set to air on ESPN. Additionally, the Sun Belt Conference has secondary tie-ins with the AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl, the PapaJohns.com Bowl, and the St. Petersburg Bowl. Teams from the Sun Belt Conference will be eligible to play in these bowl games if they have a winning record and the primary contracted partners are unable to fill the spots in these games. 2009-010 COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL SCHEDULE (Dates and Times are Tentative and Subject to Change – Listed in Order from FWAA, Times are Central) Bowl Game Date/Time (ET) Site Matchup Network Texas Dec. 31 / 2:30 p.m. Houston, Texas Big 12 vs. Navy or Conference USA ESPN Brut Sun Dec. 31 / 11 a.m. El Paso, Texas Pac-10 vs. Big East/Big 12 CBS St. Petersburg Bowl Dec. 19 / 7 p.m. St. Petersburg, Fla. Big East vs. Conference USA ESPN San Diego Co. Credit Union Poinsettia Dec. 23 / 7 p.m. San Diego, Calif. Mountain West vs. Pac-10 ESPN Papajohn’s.com Jan. 2 / 1 p.m. Birmingham, Ala. Big East vs. SEC ESPN Outback Jan. 1 / 10 a.m. Tampa, Fla. Big Ten vs. SEC ESPN R&L Carriers New Orleans Dec. 20 / 7:15 p.m. New Orleans, La. Conference USA vs. Sun Belt ESPN New Mexico Dec. 19 / 1:30 p.m. Albuquerque, N.M. Mountain West vs. WAC ESPN Gaylord Hotels Music City Dec. 27 / 7:15 p.m. Nashville, Tenn. ACC vs. SEC ESPN Motor City Dec. 26 / 12 p.m. Detroit, Mich. Big 12 vs. Mid-American ESPN Meineke Car Care Dec. 26 / 3 p.m. Charlotte, N.C. ACC vs. Big East ESPN AutoZone Liberty Jan. 2 / 4:30 p.m. Memphis, Tenn. Conference USA vs. SEC ESPN Maaco Las Vegas Dec. 22 / 7 p.m. Las Vegas, Nev. Mountain West vs. Pac-10 ESPN International Jan. 2 / 11 a.m. Toronto, Canada Big East vs. Mid-American ESPN2 Insight Dec. 31 / 5 p.m. Tempe, Ariz. Big 10 vs. Big 12 NFL Advocare V100 Independence Dec. 28 / 4 p.m. Shreveport, La. Big 12 vs. SEC ESPN Roady’s Humanitarian Dec. 30 / 3:30 p.m. Boise, Idaho Mountain West vs. WAC ESPN Pacific Life Holiday Dec. 30 / 7 p.m. San Diego, Calif. Big 12 vs. Pac-10 ESPN Sheraton Hawaii Dec. 24 / 7 p.m. Honolulu, Hawaii Conference USA vs. WAC ESPN GMAC Jan. 6 / 6 p.m. Mobile, Ala. ACC vs. Mid-American ESPN Konica Minolta Gator Jan. 1 / 12 p.m. Jacksonville, Fla. ACC vs. Big East/Big12/Notre Dame CBS Emerald Dec. 26 / 7 p.m. San Francisco, Calif. ACC vs. Pac-10 ESPN EagleBank Dec. 29 / 3:30 p.m. Washington, D.C. ACC vs. Army ESPN AT&T Cotton Jan. 2 / 1 p.m. Arlington, Texas Big 12 vs. SEC FOX Chick-fil-A Dec. 31 / 6:30 p.m. Atlanta, Ga. ACC vs. SEC ESPN Champs Sports Dec. 29 / 7 p.m. Orlando, Fla. ACC vs. Big Ten ESPN Capital One Jan. 1 / 12 p.m. Orlando, Fla. Big Ten vs. SEC ABC Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Dec. 31 / 11 a.m. Fort Worth, Texas Mountain West vs. Conference USA ESPN Valero Alamo Jan. 2 / 8 p.m. San Antonio, Texas Big 10 vs. Big 12 ESPN Allstate Sugar Jan. 1 / 7:30 p.m. New Orleans, La. BCS At-Large vs. BCS At-Large FOX Rose presented by Citi Jan. 1 / 3:30 p.m. Pasadena, Calif. BCS (Big Ten) vs. BCS (Pac-10) ABC FedEx Orange Jan. 5 / 7 p.m. Miami Gardens, Fla. BCS (ACC) vs. BCS At-Large FOX Tostitos Fiesta Jan. 4 / 7 p.m. Glendale, Ariz. BCS (Big 12) vs. BCS At-Large FOX Citi BCS National Championship Jan. 7 / 7 p.m. Pasadena, Calif. BCS #1 vs. BCS #2 ABC Head Coach Rickey Bustle… Louisiana head coach Rickey Bustle has guided the Cajuns for seven seasons and enters his eighth year in 2009. Louisiana has now won six games and been bowl-eligible in three of the last four seasons. The last time that happened at UL was 1993-95, when the Cajuns won at least six games for three consecutive seasons. Coach Bustle won 23 games in his first five seasons with the Cajuns from 2002-06, including 11 of the last 17 games. UL won only nine games in the five seasons prior to Bustle’s arrival from 1997-2001. Bustle saw his winning percentage increase each of the first four seasons since taking the job in 2002, but regressed to .500 in 2006. His 6-6 record in 2006 was only deemed a regression because of the high standards and raised levels of expectations by the Cajuns and their fans. In fact, Bustle’s 12 wins from 2005-06 were the most in a two-year period since 1994-95. Louisiana went 4-1 at home in 2008, marking the sixth season under Bustle that the Cajuns have been .500 or better at home. Bustle boasts a 23-18 (.561) career record at Cajun Field. By comparison, UL was 6-19 (.240) at home from 1997-01.