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2012 Louisiana Football Schedule Table of Contents 2012 Schedule ............................................ 1 Date Opponent Time 2012 Quick Facts ........................................ 1 2012 Outlook .......................................... 2-5 Sept. 1 LAMAR (RCN) 6:00 p.m. 2012 Roster .............................................. 6-8 2012 Preseason Depth Chart ................. 8 Sept. 8 at Troy * (ESPN3.com) 6:00 p.m. Player Biographies ...............................9-30 Sept. 15 at Oklahoma State 11:00 a.m. Newcomer Biographies .................. 31-33 Head Coach Mark Hudspeth ........ 34-35 Sept. 29 FIU * (ESPN3.com) 6:00 p.m. Assistant Coach Biographies ........ 36-40 Football Support Staff ............................41 Oct. 6 TULANE (Homecoming) (RCN) 4:00 p.m. Strength & Conditioning .......................42 Athletic Director Scott Farmer ............43 Oct. 16 at North Texas * (ESPN2) 8:00 p.m. 2011 In Review .................................. 44-47 Oct. 23 ARKANSAS STATE * (ESPN2) 7:00 p.m. 2011 Game-By-Game Capsules ... 47-51 2011 Statistics .................................... 52-55 Nov. 3 at La.-Monroe * (Sun Belt) 4:00 p.m. Football Records ............................... 56-76 Rushing Records .......................... 56-57 Nov. 10 at Florida TBA Passing Records ........................... 58-59 Nov. 17 WESTERN KENTUCKY * TBA Total Offense Records ................ 60-61 Receiving Records ....................... 62-63 Nov. 24 SOUTH ALABAMA * (RCN) TBA Scoring Records ........................... 64-65 Kickoff Return Records .....................66 Dec. 1 at Florida Atlantic * TBA Punt Return Records .........................67 Defensive Reords ................................68 * - Sun Belt Games ALL HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS Interception Records .........................69 Punting Records .................................70 All Times Are Central Miscellaneous Records .....................71 Opponent Records ............................72 100-yard Rushing Games ................73 2012 Louisiana Quick Facts 200-yard Passing Games ..................74 100-yard Receiving Games .............75 Location: ..........................Lafayette, La. 70506 Head Coach: ........................... Mark Hudspeth Founded: .......................................................1898 Record at UL: ...........................9-4 (2nd year) Miscellaneous Top Performances ....76 Enrollment: ..............................................16,885 Overall Record: ...................75-25 (9th year) Honors & Awards .....................................77 Conference: ...........................................Sun Belt 2011 Record: ...................................................9-4 Historial Highlights .......................... 78-79 Nickname: ....................................Ragin’ Cajuns 2011 SBC Record (Finish): ..............6-2 (3rd) Cajuns In The NFL ............................. 80-81 Colors: ...................................Vermilion & White Postseason: .......................New Orleans Bowl All-Time Cajuns Lettermen ............ 82-86 Stadium: ........................................... Cajun Field Outcome: ..........def. San Diego State, 32-30 Retired Jerseys ..........................................87 Capacity: .....................................................31,000 Basic Offense: ......................................... Pro Set Game-By-Game Results ................. 88-93 Playing Surface: ............Artificial (Pro Grass) Basic Defense: ................................................3-4 Year-By-Year Records ..............................94 President: ........................Dr. E. Joseph Savoie Lettermen Returning (Off/Def/Spec): .........19/25/5 Series Records ...........................................95 Athletic Director: .......................Scott Farmer Lettermen Lost (Off/Def/Spec): ..................... 8/12/1 Scores vs. 2012 Opponents ..................96 Faculty Rep.: .................Dr. Anita Hazelwood Offensive Starters Returning: ....................9 Bowl History ..............................................97 Website: ....................www.RaginCajuns.com Defensive Starters Returning: ...................4 Cajun Field .......................................... 98-99 Offensive Two-Deep Players Returning: ................16 2012 Opponents .......................... 100-103 Defensive Two-Deep Players Returning: ...............13 UL Media Policies & Procedures.... 104-105 Lafayette Information ......................... 106 Louisiana’s 2012 Football Media Guide is published by the University of Louisiana athletic Sports Information Partners ............. 107 department for use by the media. The media guide was compiled and edited by Brian McCann, Louisiana Media .................................... 108 Matt Hebert, Cory Weigel and Jeff Schneider of the UL Sports Information Department. Photography: Buffy Massey, Paul Angelle, Brad Kemp, Glen Clark, Terri H. Fensel, John Korduner, John & Rob Musemeche, University Archives, Athletic Network. 2012 FOOTBALL OUTLOOK What a difference a year makes. Add to the mix the return to the field of 19 When the Ragin’ Cajuns football team players who redshirted last season and the opened up preseason camp in August addition of another strong recruiting class, of 2011, there were many questions that and the 2012 Ragin’ Cajuns should feature a needed to be answered. deeper and more talented playing rotation. After all, Mark Hudspeth had taken over The strength of the Cajuns will come on as head coach in late December 2010 after offense where nine starters from the squad UL had posted a 3-9 record. The new coach that compiled more than 5,000 yards of had little time to put together a staff, get total offense, including the 2011 Louisiana ready for national signing day and quickly Offensive Player of the Year (Blaine Gautier), run spring practice. the reigning Sun Belt Freshman of the Year But those questions were eventually (Alonzo Harris), four offensive line starters answered as Hudspeth guided the Cajuns and receivers who combined to catch almost to a memorable campaign, including a 9-4 200 passes for 2,600 yards. record, a third place finish in the Sun Belt and The biggest loss for the offense is at tight the school’s first bowl bid in 41 years. end where Ladarius Green, a first team All- By the time that Brett Baer’s 50-yard field Sun Belt pick after catching 51 passes for 606 goal snuck inside the left uprights as time ex- yards and eight touchdowns, has headed to pired to give UL a 32-30 win over San Diego the NFL after earning his degree. Sophomore Alonzo Harris rushed for 700 yards State in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, Although the defense will feature seven and eight touchdowns in 2011, earning him Sun the Cajun Nation had come out of its hiber- new starters this fall, the overall depth and Belt Freshman of the Year honors. nation and Hudspeth had clearly positioned athleticism of the unit has improved, leaving the UL football program among the leaders the coaching staff confident coming out of and Jalen Nixon, giving UL a deep and tal- of the Sun Belt Conference. spring drills. Thirteen players are back from ented quarterback unit. The big question heading into the 2012 the two-deep last season, including nine of It took Gautier a little while to settle in as season for Hudspeth is what the Cajuns can the 11 reserves, and when you factor in the the starting quarterback last fall, but once do for an encore? abilities of the freshmen from two strong he did, the offense took off. A starter 11 of The Cajuns return 13 starters and 49 recruiting classes, the Cajuns have the ability the 13 games, he attempted a total of just lettermen from the squad that “painted the to improve again defensively this fall. nine passes in three of the first six contests. quarter red” last December, but more impor- That is not to say that there aren’t areas of Once settled in, Gautier averaged 306.0 yards tantly, they return with a year in the system concern, but the staff believes that the squad passing with 17 touchdowns in the last seven and one more year of experience. They head will continue to develop and grow together games, including 470 yards and three scores into the year knowing what is expected and as the season progresses and the young in the New Orleans Bowl win. ready to go after the one goal that eluded players gain additional playing experience. Gautier ended the year setting UL single- them last season. a Sun Belt title. The defense that takes the field on Dec. 1 season records for passing yards (2,958), at Florida Atlantic should have a different touchdowns (23), completion percentage look from the one that starts the year three (.628), passing efficiency (153.60), total of- months earlier as the inexperienced fresh- fense (3,444) and touchdowns responsible men and sophomores will have had the time for (26). He led the Sun Belt and ranked 16th to grow up on the field. nationally in passing efficiency, throwing just The Ragin’ Cajuns will benefit in a number six interceptions in 344 pass attempts, and of ways from the improved depth defen- became the only thrower in school history sively. By rotating more players early in the to have more than one 400-yard game (419 game, the coaching staff can keep the lineup vs. WKU, 470 vs. SDSU). fresher and allow the staff to put its best 11 Broadway will be more than the quar- on the field during crunch time. terback in waiting this fall with Hudspeth Special teams were a strength in 2011 insisting that