Senior wide receiver Earnest Patterson recorded a career-high 114 yards receiving while sophomore running back Elijah Mitchell, for the second straight game, rushed for 107 yards and three touchdowns as Louisiana (3-3, 1-1 SBC) scored on all seven first-half drives to start the game.

Nunez tossed three TDs in the first quarter, beginning with a 50-yard catch and run by junior wide receiver Ja'Marcus Bradley before hitting junior wide receiver Jarrod Jackson on a 30-yard strike and sophomore running back Trey Ragas on an 11-yard score.

Nunez tossed a 22-yard scoring pass to Jackson in the second quarter before hitting a 31-yard scoring strike to senior wide receiver Ryheem Malone in the third quarter, which tied the single-game record of five touchdowns thrown in a single game, held by Jake Delhomme which he set against Northern Illinois in 1996.

Patterson added a school-record sixth receiving TD in a game after taking a second-quarter lateral from Jackson and racing 79 yards a 28-14 lead with 2:04 remaining in the first quarter.

Mitchell, who ran for a career-high 191 yards and three touchdowns last week in a 42-27 win at Texas State, gave Louisiana a 35-14 lead in the second quarter on a 31-yard TD before adding TDs of 36 and 9 yards in the fourth.

Louisiana gained 344 yards on the ground against the Aggies while throwing for 415 yards through the air. Ragas added 94 yards on the ground on a game-high carries for Louisiana with junior running back Raymond Calais adding 90 yards on 10 attempts.

Josh Adkins completed 25 of 44 passes for 284 yards with a touchdown for the Aggies with Josh Huntley recording 373 all-purpose yards – the second highest in school history. Huntley, who scored on an 87-yard kickoff return in the first quarter, led the Aggies with 85 yards rushing, 112 yards receiving and 176 yards in kick returns.

Louisiana will return to Sun Belt Conference action on Saturday (Oct. 20) when it travels to Boone, N.C., to face Appalachian State in a 2:30 p.m. CDT game.
Senior wide receiver Earnest Patterson recorded a career-high 114 yards receiving while sophomore running back Elijah Mitchell, for the second straight game, rushed for 107 yards and three touchdowns as Louisiana (3-3, 1-1 SBC) scored on all seven first-half drives to start the game.

Nunez tossed three TDs in the first quarter, beginning with a 50-yard catch and run by junior wide receiver Ja'Marcus Bradley before hitting junior wide receiver Jarrod Jackson on a 30-yard strike and sophomore running back Trey Ragas on an 11-yard score.

Nunez tossed a 22-yard scoring pass to Jackson in the second quarter before hitting a 31-yard scoring strike to senior wide receiver Ryheem Malone in the third quarter, which tied the single-game record of five touchdowns thrown in a single game, held by Jake Delhomme which he set against Northern Illinois in 1996.

Patterson added a school-record sixth receiving TD in a game after taking a second-quarter lateral from Jackson and racing 79 yards a 28-14 lead with 2:04 remaining in the first quarter.

Mitchell, who ran for a career-high 191 yards and three touchdowns last week in a 42-27 win at Texas State, gave Louisiana a 35-14 lead in the second quarter on a 31-yard TD before adding TDs of 36 and 9 yards in the fourth.

Louisiana gained 344 yards on the ground against the Aggies while throwing for 415 yards through the air. Ragas added 94 yards on the ground on a game-high carries for Louisiana with junior running back Raymond Calais adding 90 yards on 10 attempts.

Josh Adkins completed 25 of 44 passes for 284 yards with a touchdown for the Aggies with Josh Huntley recording 373 all-purpose yards – the second highest in school history. Huntley, who scored on an 87-yard kickoff return in the first quarter, led the Aggies with 85 yards rushing, 112 yards receiving and 176 yards in kick returns.

Louisiana will return to Sun Belt Conference action on Saturday (Oct. 20) when it travels to Boone, N.C., to face Appalachian State in a 2:30 p.m. CDT game.


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