The 2011 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football program represented the

University of Louisiana at Lafayette The University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette, University of Louisiana, ULL, or UL) is a public research university in Lafayette, Louisiana. It has the largest enrollment within the nine-campus University of Louisiana System and the s ...

in the

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. The Ragin' Cajuns were led by first year head coach

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and played their home games at

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. They are members of the

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. They finished the season 9–4 overall and 6–2 in Sun Belt play to finish in third place. They were invited to the

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, the program's first bowl game, where they defeated

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. However, in 2015 Louisiana–Lafayette vacated eight wins including their New Orleans Bowl victory due to alleged major NCAA violations.

Preseason

Award Watchlist

Sun Belt Media Day

Preseason Standings

Preseason All–Conference Team

''Offense'' :TE Ladarius Green

Roster

Schedule

Game summaries

@ Oklahoma State

@ Kent State

Nicholls State

@ Florida International

Florida Atlantic

Troy

North Texas

@ Western Kentucky

@ Middle Tennessee

Louisiana-Monroe

@ Arkansas State

@ Arizona

San Diego State (New Orleans Bowl)

References

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