MILESTONES & MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS GAMES MISCELLANEOUS MODERN ERA* RECORDS First Game ............ December 21, 1901 ......................... Louisiana-Lafayette 6, Opelousas 5 Most Games in a Season: 12 (1970, 1977, 2002, 2003) 50th Game ............. November 20, 1912 ........Northwestern State 13, Louisiana-Lafayette 6 Overall Above-.500 Seasons: 16 100th Game .......... October 11, 1919 ..................................Tulane 73, Louisiana-Lafayette 0 Overall Sub-.500 Seasons: 20 200th Game .......... November 30, 1929 ..........Northwestern State 6, Louisiana-Lafayette 0 Most Consecutive Winning Seasons: 4 (1986-89) 213th Game .......... October 10, 1931 ............ Fort Crockett (TX) 25, Louisiana-Lafayette 0 Most Consecutive Losing Seasons: 9 (1996-2004) First Home Game Played at Night Overall Record in Season Openers: 11-25 (.306) 300th Game .......... November 15, 1940 ..............Southern Miss 21, Louisiana-Lafayette 14 Most Consecutive Season Opening Wins: 3 (1975-77) 323rd Game .......... January 1, 1944 ..................... Louisiana-Lafayette 24, Arkansas A&M 7 Most Consecutive Season Opening Losses: 10 (1991-2000) Overall Record in Season Finales: 15-19-2 (.444) First Bowl Game (Oil Bowl) Record at Cajun Field (since 1971): 101-83-2 (.551) 356th Game .......... October 25, 1947 .............. Louisiana-Lafayette 38, Louisiana College 7 Record in Cajun Field Season Openers: 19-16 (.543) First Homecoming Game Most Consecutive Cajun Field Season Opening Wins: 3 (1975-77, 1994-96) 400th Game .......... October 4, 1952 ..................................... Louisiana-Lafayette 54, Troy 14 Most Consecutive Cajun Field Season Opening Losses: 4 (1983-86, 1997-00) 500th Game .......... October 27, 1962 ...........Louisiana-Lafayette 18, Louisiana-Monroe 10 Record in Cajun Field Season Finales: 17-16-2 (.514) 583rd Game .......... December 12, 1970 ............ Tennessee State 26, Louisiana-Lafayette 25 Record at Cajun Field in August: 0-2 (.000) Grantland Rice Bowl Record at Cajun Field in September: 35-24 (.593) 585th Game .......... September 25, 1971 .................... Louisiana-Lafayette 21, Santa Clara 0 Record at Cajun Field in October: 37-27-1 (.577) First Game at Cajun Field Record at Cajun Field in November: 28-30-1 (.483) 600th Game .......... October 21, 1972 .................................... Lamar 3, Louisiana-Lafayette 0 Record at Cajun Field in December: 1-0 (1.000) 700th Game .......... October 31, 1981 .................Louisiana-Lafayette 17, Louisiana Tech 17 Most Wins in a Season: 9 (1970, 1976) 800th Game .......... November 10, 1990 ..............Louisiana-Lafayette 17, Arkansas State 16 Most Losses in a Season: 10 (1973, 1997, 2000) 858th Game .......... September 14, 1996 .......... Louisiana-Lafayette 29, #25 Texas A&M 22 Most Ties in a Season: 2 (1977) First Victory Over a Ranked Team Most Consecutive Wins: 8 (1976) 900th Game .......... November 20, 1999 ...............Louisiana-Lafayette 37, Wofford 34 (OT) Most Consecutive Wins in a Season: 8 (1976) 915th Game .......... October 29, 2001 .............. Middle Tennessee 26, Louisiana-Lafayette 9 Most Consecutive Losses: 15 (1973-74) First Sun Belt Conference Game Most Consecutive Losses in a Season: 10 (1973) 923rd Game .......... August 31, 2002 ................... #25 Texas A&M 31, Louisiana-Lafayette 7 Most Consecutive Games without a loss: 8 (1976) Rickey Bustle’s Coaching Debut Most Wins at Cajun Field in a Season: 7 (1976) 965th Game .......... October 29, 2005 ......................... Louisiana-Lafayette 31, Troy 28 (OT) Most Losses at Cajun Field in a Season: 6 (1973) Most Consecutive Wins at Cajun Field: 11 (9/11/76-10/15/77) 100th Victory at Cajun Field Most Consecutive Losses at Cajun Field: 7 (9/29/73-10/5/74) 968th Game .......... November 26, 2005 .......Louisiana-Lafayette 54, Louisiana-Monroe 21 Most Consecutive Road Wins: 7 (10/25/69-11/21/70) Clinched Sun Belt Conference Championship Most Consecutive Road Losses: 18 (11/8/97-10/14/00) WINS THE LAST TIME... First Win ............... December 21, 1901 ......................... Louisiana-Lafayette 6, Opelousas 5 A KICKOFF WAS RETURNED FOR A TOUCHDOWN 50th Win ................ November 30, 1916 ........Louisiana-Lafayette 20, Northwestern State 0 By Cajuns: Travis Smothers at New Mexico State (94 yards) 100th Win ............. October 16, 1926 ............ Louisiana-Lafayette 15, Sam Houston State 0 By Opponent: Antwaun Sherman, Idaho, 2004 (100 yards) 150th Win ............. September 27, 1940 ............ Louisiana-Lafayette 6, Stephen F. Austin 0 A PUNT WAS RETURNED FOR A TOUCHDOWN 168th Win ............. January 1, 1944 ..................... Louisiana-Lafayette 24, Arkansas A&M 7 By Cajuns: Nick Dugas vs. Minnesota, 2002 (68 yards) First Bowl Victory (Oil Bowl) By Opponent: Darrent Williams, Oklahoma State, 2003 (78 yards) 184th Win ............. October 25, 1947 .............. Louisiana-Lafayette 38, Louisiana College 7 A BLOCKED PUNT WAS RETURNED FOR A TOUCHDOWN First Homecoming Victory By Cajuns: Wendall Williams, at Arkansas, 2002 (18 yards) 200th Win ............. September 30, 1950 ............. Louisiana-Lafayette 6, Southeastern La. 0 By Opponent: Andrew Kopecky, UAB, 2000 (15 yards) 250th Win ............. September 15, 1962 .......... Louisiana-Lafayette 21, Mexico Poly Inst. 0 AN INTERCEPTION WAS RETURNED FOR A TOUCHDOWN 300th Win ............. October 24, 1970 .................................. Louisiana-Lafayette 15, Lamar 6 By Cajuns: Kyle Ward at Louisiana-Monroe, 2005 (53 yards) 305th Win ............. September 25, 1971 .................... Louisiana-Lafayette 21, Santa Clara 0 By Opponent: Greg Moss, Florida International, 2004 (77 yards) First Win at Cajun Field A FUMBLE WAS RETURNED FOR A TOUCHDOWN 350th Win ............. November 15, 1980 ............... Louisiana-Lafayette 27, Louisiana Tech 9 By Cajuns: Brad Franklin vs. New Mexico State, 2001 (29 yards) 400th Win ............. October 20, 1990 .................................. Louisiana-Lafayette 25, Tulsa 13 By Opponent: Chaz Williams, Louisiana-Monroe, 2004 (80 yards) 425th Win ............. October 28, 1995 ................................Louisiana-Lafayette 32, Tulane 28 A DEFENSIVE EXTRA POINT WAS RECORDED 450th Win ............. October 2, 2004 .........Louisiana-Lafayette 43, Florida International 34 By Cajuns: Charles Tillman at Alabama-Birmingham, 2000 By Opponent: Has never happened AN EXTRA POINT KICK WAS BLOCKED LARGEST MODERN ERA* MARGIN OF VICTORY By Cajuns: Michael Adams at Texas, 2005 (Richmond McGee kick) By Opponent: Lorenzo Davis, Northwestern State, 2005 (Sean Comiskey kick) Pts. Opponent Score Year A PUNT WAS BLOCKED By Cajuns: Derrick Smith at North Texas, 2005 (Truman Spencer punt) 1. 49 Doane 49-0 1970 By Opponent: Chris Miller, Northwestern State, 2005 (Brit Framel punt) 2. 45 Northern Illinois 45-0 1988 A FIELD GOAL WAS BLOCKED 3. 42 Pacific 45-3 1995 By Cajuns: Tyler Norman at North Texas, 2005 (Nick Bazaldua kick) 42 at Tulane 48-6 1990 By Opponent: Stanford Routt, Houston, 2003 (Sean Comiskey kick) 4. 35 Alabama-Birmingham 56-21 1995 A SAFETY WAS RECORDED By Cajuns: Joel Stelly punts ball out of end zone, Louisiana-Monroe, 2005 5. 34 Alabama-Birmingham 34-0 2002 By Opponent: Justin Venable high snap on punt out of end zone, at North Texas, 2003 CAJUNS PLAYED AN OVERTIME GAME: vs. Troy, 2005 (1OT) LARGEST MODERN ERA* MARGIN OF DEFEAT Cajuns 31, Troy 28 (Won on Sean Comiskey 40-yard FG) CAJUNS WON BACK-TO-BACK HOME OPENERS: 2004-05 Pts. Opponent Score Year 2005; Cajuns 14, Northwestern State 7 1. 70 at #16 Washington State 7-77 1997 2006; Cajuns 49, Northwestern State 28 2. 66 at Texas A&M 0-66 1997 CAJUNS WON BACK-TO-BACK SEASON OPENERS: 1979-80 3. 63 at Louisiana Tech 14-77 1998 1979; Cajuns 17, Louisiana-Monroe 13 4. 57 at #2 Texas 3-60 2005 1980; Cajuns 14, New Mexico State 12 CAJUNS POSTED A SHUTOUT: Cajuns 34, Alabama-Birmingham 0 (2002) 5. 56 Tulane 0-56 1997 OPPONENT POSTED A SHUTOUT: North Texas 27, Cajuns 0 (2002) 56 at Houston 7-63 1992 CAJUNS POSTED CONSECUTIVE SHUTOUTS: 1950 9/23/50; Cajuns 25, East Texas Baptist 0 *The modern era of NCAA football began in 1970 when the switch was made in 9/30/50; Cajuns 6, Southeastern Louisiana 0 statistical rankings to per game averages from totals. It was also the beginning OPPONENTS POSTED CONSECUTIVE SHUTOUTS: 1973 of a standard 11-game schedule. 10/13/73; Cincinnati 27, Cajuns 0 10/20/73; Lamar 31, Cajuns 0 111 2006 Ragin’ Cajuns Football MEDIA GUIDE TOP INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES 100-YARD RUSHING PERFORMANCES SINCE 1950 (Current players-bold, Quarterbacks-italics) Yards (Att.) Name, Opponent (Date) AVG. 1. 271 (26) Brian Mitchell vs. Colorado State (11/21/87) 10.4 2. 261 (--) F.G. Mixon at Stephen F. Austin (10/27/51) -- 3. 232 (27) Brian Mitchell vs. Arkansas State (11/18/89) 8.6 4. 222 (12) Dwayne Williams at Tulane (11/1/86) 18.5 5. 214 (29) Brian Mitchell vs. Lamar (11/11/89) 7.4 6. 204 (33) Darren Brister (Fr.-HS) vs. Arkansas State (10/12/96) 6.2 7. 194 (27) Charles Copes at Louisiana College (11/8/52) 7.2 8. 193 (22) Brian Mitchell vs. Louisiana-Monroe (9/30/89) 8.8 9. 191 (18) Brian Mitchell (Fr.-HS) at Tulane (11/1/86) 10.6 10. 187 (28) Kenyon Cotton vs. New Mexico State (10/14/95) 6.7 11. 186 (25) Marcus Prier vs. Pacific (10/21/95) 7.4 12. 177 (31) Marcus Prier vs. New Mexico State (10/14/95) 5.7 13. 175 (35) Thomas Jackson at Louisiana Tech (11/19/83) 5.0 14. 174 (14) Michael Desormeaux (Fr.-RS) at Arkansas St. (10/13/05) 12.4 15. 171 (30) Eric Lindsey at Arkansas State (10/4/97) 5.7 16. 169 (17) Billy Higginbotham vs. Stephen F. Austin (10/25/52) 9.9 17. 164 (20) Tyrell Fenroy (Fr.-HS) at Louisiana-Monroe (11/26/05) 8.2 18. 163 (15) Tyrell Fenroy (Fr.-HS) vs. Northwestern State (9/17/05) 10.9 19. 162 (27) Greg Davis at Louisiana-Monroe (9/19/81) 6.0 162 (20) Bill Bayard at Tampa (10/16/65) 8.1 Brian Mitchell owns the school single-game rushing record with 271 and 21. 159 (31) Jerome Coleman at Idaho (10/20/01) 5.1 boasts a school-best 14 100-yard performances. 22.