2005 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team explained

Year:2005
Team:Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns
Sport:football
Conference:Sun Belt Conference
Short Conf:Sun Belt
Record:6–5
Conf Record:5–2
Head Coach:Rickey Bustle
Hc Year:4th
Off Coach:Rob Christophel
Oc Year:4th
Dc Year:4th
Stadium:Cajun Field
Champion:Sun Belt co-champion

The 2005 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team represents the University of Louisiana at Lafayette as a member of the Sun Belt Conference in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Rickey Bustle played their home games at Cajun Field in Lafayette, Louisiana.

The 2005 New Orleans Bowl, which was annually played in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans was tagged the "New Orleans Bowl at Lafayette" and moved to Cajun Field, the home stadium of Ragin' Cajuns football, in response to Hurricane Katrina that had destroyed the Superdome a few months earlier[1]

Preseason

Sun Belt Media Day

Preseason Standings

Sun Belt Conference Predicted Standings
1 North Texas (7)
2 Troy
3 Middle Tennessee
4 Louisiana-Lafayette
5 Louisiana-Monroe (1)
6 Arkansas State
7 Florida Atlantic
8 Florida International

Preseason All-Conference Team

Offense

WR Bill Sampy

OL Brandon Cox

Schedule

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Game summaries

@ Texas

See also: 2005 Texas Longhorns football team.

@ Eastern Michigan

See also: 2005 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team.

Northwestern State

See also: Northwestern State Demons football.

UCF

See also: 2005 UCF Knights football team.

Florida Atlantic

See also: 2005 Florida Atlantic Owls football team.

@ Arkansas State

See also: 2005 Arkansas State Indians football team.

@ Middle Tennessee

See also: Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football.

Troy

See also: 2005 Troy Trojans football team.

@ North Texas

See also: 2005 North Texas Mean Green football team.

Florida International

See also: 2005 FIU Golden Panthers football team.

@ Louisiana-Monroe

See also: 2005 Louisiana–Monroe Indians football team.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Orleans Bowl moved to Lafayette - tribunedigital-chicagotribune . 2017-12-03 . 2017-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171204114609/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2005-10-12/sports/0510120236_1_new-orleans-bowl-cajuns-vanderbilt-commodores . dead .
  2. Web site: 2005 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Football Schedule. Sports References-College Football. January 3, 2018.