The 1980 Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team was an

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team that represented the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now known as the

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) in the

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during the

1980 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season saw a university from the state of Georgia take its first national title since 1942. Nine days following the bowl games to close the 1979 season, tragedy struck when new LSU coach Bo Rein died when the ...

. In their first year under head coach

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, the team compiled a 7–4 record.

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Southwestern Louisiana Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football seasons

Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football 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 t ...

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