Home almost turned out to be anything but sweet for UL.

In their first home game in nearly a month, the Ragin' Cajuns rallied from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter to slip past North Texas, 38-34, in their Sun Belt Conference opener on Saturday night.

Quarterback Chris Masson tossed a 4-yard touchdown pass to receiver Marlin Miller with 27 seconds left for the go-ahead points. That helped UL avoid a bittersweet ending in front of an announced crowd of 12,141 at Cajun Field.

"We were going into the fourth quarter down 10 points, and I called our guys together and told them 'If you just believe,'" said UL head coach Rickey Bustle, whose team needed a fourth-quarter rally last season to beat Arkansas State. "We were going to make some plays."

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Joshua Parrott • jparrott@theadvertiser.com • October 11, 2009