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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 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football program is a college football team that represents the University of Louisiana at Lafayette at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level as a member of the Sun Belt Conference. Since 1971, the team has played its home games at Cajun Field in Lafayette, Louisiana.
Louisiana Ragin Cajuns; 2023: Sun Belt: 6: 7: Lost New Orleans Bowl 34-31 (OT) vs. Jacksonville State Gamecocks: 2022: Sun Belt: 6: 7: Lost Independence Bowl 23-16 vs. Houston Cougars: 2021: Sun Belt: 13: 1: Won New Orleans Bowl 36-21 vs. Marshall Thundering Herd
College football players at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, the home of the Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns. Note that this school was known by several different names through its history, all containing Southwestern Louisiana, and prior to 1963, the school nickname was "Bulldogs".
Russell Miller Faulkinberry (November 3, 1928 – November 16, 2005) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Southwestern Louisiana—now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette—from 1961 to 1973, compiling a record of 66–63–2.
In 1963, both United Press International (UPI) and the Associated Press (AP) conducted "small college" polls, and selected different number one teams. UPI's panel of coaches selected Delaware, who had a record of 8–0 and had outscored their opponents 290–76 while winning all their games by at least 9 points. [3]
The 1963 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in the Gulf States Conference during the 1963 NCAA College Division football season.
Jake Delhomme is the Ragin' Cajuns' all-time leader in passing yards, and also led in passing touchdowns until 2021.. The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football program in various categories, [1] [2] including passing, rushing, receiving, total offense, defensive statistics, and kicking.