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The 2024 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the Sun Belt Conference's West Division during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Ragin' Cajuns were led by Michael Desormeaux in his third year as the head coach.
The school's sports teams were known as the Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs from 1921 until 1973. The school's fight name was formally changed to Ragin' Cajuns in 1974, which had been in use since the 1960s. In 1999, the university took on its current name, at which point its sports teams were referred to as Louisiana–Lafayette.
The university's 1963 football team was unusually strong in homegrown talent; 35 of its 39 players were from Louisiana, with 30 from within 100 miles of Lafayette. [3] As a result, coach Russ Faulkinberry changed the team's nickname to the Raging Cajuns , a nod to the ethnic group based in south Louisiana . [ 4 ] (
The university's first football field was on the main campus adjacent to a small cypress pond, which later became Cypress Lake, also nicknamed The Swamp. The "Swamp" nickname also fits with the area's geography, with many bayous and wetlands , including the Atchafalaya Basin and the nearby Gulf of Mexico marshlands .
Sun Belt co-champions; conference championship game against Coastal Carolina canceled due to a Coastal Carolina player's positive COVID-19 test; ended season No. 15 in AP Poll, No. 17 in coaches' poll, No. 19 in College Football Playoff rankings 2019: Sun Belt: 11: 3: Won LendingTree Bowl 27-17 vs. Miami RedHawks
Billy Napier served as head coach at Louisiana from 2018 to 2021. The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns college football team represents the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the Sun Belt Conference. The Ragin' Cajuns compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision.
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The University of Louisiana at Lafayette Honors Program is an active member of the Louisiana, Southern Regional, and National Honors Councils. [46] The university graduates about 1,700 students each fall and spring. The university offers more than 80 undergraduate degree programs, 27 master's degree programs, and 10 doctoral degree programs.