2020 Louisiana vs ULM:

[DieHard 1280]

63-7 good guys win

[Boomer]

63-7 good guys win

.......they hate us and are under dogs...COVID..... coaching talk about s car.....# of days off..... playing in Monroe.....guys of importance not playing....,,,better get their mind and body ready for war!11

[LaCajunsFan]

.......they hate us and are under dogs...COVID..... coaching talk about s car.....# of days off..... playing in Monroe.....guys of importance not playing....,,,better get their mind and body ready for war!11

Truly a classic. Thanks for being you, boomer.

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BY THE NUMBERS
2 Touchdown passes Levi Lewis needs to pass Terrance Broadway (49) for second place on UL’s career leaders list behind Jake Delhomme (64)

3 Consecutive West Division titles for the Cajuns

7-1 UL’s best official start since 1976, when it opened 8-0

8 Team-high pass breakups for UL safety Bralen Trahan, who also has seven career interception – tied for the third-most by a Cajun in the last 20 years

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ULM is winless this season.

Arguably loftier matters await the No. 24 Ragin’ Cajuns (7-1, 5-1 Sun Belt): Appalachian State to close the regular season, the Sun Belt Championship game, their eighth bowl game since 2011, and protecting their first national ranking since 1943.

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Having not played since Saturday, Nov. 14, No. 23 Louisiana puts its perfect road record on the line when it travels to Monroe to face off with in-state rival ULM. Kickoff from Malone Stadium is slated for 2 p.m. and will be streamed on ESPN3.

With a win on Saturday, the Ragin' Cajuns would improve to 5-0 on the road this year, matching last year's perfect 5-0 mark in regular season games.

Who: No. 23 Louisiana (7-1, 5-1 SBC) at ULM (0-8, 0-5 SBC)
Where: Malone Stadium – Monroe, Louisiana
When: Saturday, Nov. 28 – 2:00 p.m. (CST)
Watch: ESPN3
On the Call: Chris Harris (play-by-play), Mike Hammett (Analyst)
Listen: ESPN1420
On the Call: Jay Walker (play-by-play), Gerald Broussard (color), Cody Junot (sideline)
All-Time Series: Louisiana leads, 29-25
Last Meeting: W, 31-30 (11/30/2019)

Game Notes:
Back in the Rankings
• Louisiana returned to the national rankings following its win over Arkansas State, checking in at No. 25 in the latest AP Poll. The Ragin' Cajuns are also ranked No. 24 in the Coaches Poll.

35+
• With their 38 points against the Jaguars, the Ragin' Cajuns have now scored more than 35 points 17 times in the last three years, going 16-1 in those games.

O-Line Pride
• Louisiana's offensive line was recently named to the Joe Moore Award Midseason Honor Roll. This year, the line currently ranks 10th nationally and first in the Sun Belt in sacks allowed (1.00) and eighth nationally and first in the Sun Belt in tackles-for-loss allowed (3.62).

Pick Them Off
• The defense has already recorded 11 interceptions on the year, the most picks by the team since notching 14 during the 2013 campaign. The 11 picks is currently tied for the seventh most in the nation and the most in the Sun Belt Conference.

Through the Air
• Levi Lewis' 1,880 yards currently leads the Sun Belt Conference and ranks 17th nationally, while is 13 passing scores is good for fourth in the league and 28th in the nation.
• He joins Jake Delhomme and Terrance Broadway as the only three quarterbacks in program history to throw for more than 5,000 yards and 40 touchdowns in their careers.
• He also joins Jerry Babb as the only Ragin' Cajuns quarterbacks to throw for over 1,800 yards in their first seven games in the last 20 seasons.

Tackling Machine
• Lorenzo McCaskill currently has 65 tackles on the year, which leads the team, tied for seventh in the Sun Belt Conference and is tied for 40th in all of FBS.
• McCaskill is just one of eight players in the Sun Belt with 65 or more tackles.
• McCaskill is one of 52 players in FBS who has tallied three games with 10 or more total tackles

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[ragin50]

Anyone making the trip tomorrow?

[SMD7636]

Yes, we are heading up there from Baton Rouge.

[Duggie35]

I’m headed up to Funroe with 6-8 others.

[CajunEXPRESS]

I approve of this threads title, foe not rival. We all know the dictionary meaning of rival, but the common usage is much more true.

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No. 23 Louisiana scored a season-high 70 points behind five total touchdowns from quarterback Levi Lewis to cruise past in-state rival ULM, 70-20, on Saturday afternoon at Malone Stadium.

The 70 points scored by the Ragin' Cajuns (8-1, 6-1 SBC) marks the most points scored by either team in the series and Louisiana's most points since posting 77 against Texas Southern on Sept. 14, 2019. The 50-point margin of victory also marks series high.

Lewis did it all on Saturday, throwing for 147 yards and three scores, while rushing five times for 55 yards and two touchdowns, the first time in his career he has rushed for two scores in a single game.

With his three touchdown passes, Lewis passed Terrance Broadway to move into second place in all-time career passing touchdowns with 51, while becoming one of five Ragin' Cajuns to account for five total scores in one game in the last 20 years.

Freshman Kyren Lacy was the recipient of a game-high five passes for 48 yards and a 22-yard touchdown, with tight ends Johnny Lumpkin and Neal Johnson each bringing in two passes and a touchdown in the contest. Kaleb Carter also hauled in a touchdown pass, the first of his career.

The dynamic rushing duo of Trey Ragas and Elijah Mitchell were both stellar against ULM. Ragas rushed for 95 yards and a score and Mitchell added 93 yards and a score of his own.

Mitchell's touchdown was the 40th of his career, making him one five Ragin' Cajuns with 40 or more career rushing scores, while also becoming the sixth player in program history to eclipse the 3,000-yard mark. Ragas, on the other hand, continued to move up the all-time rushing list and further cemented himself into third place in all-time career rushing.

Louisiana finished the night with 511 total yards, 344 of which came on the ground, improving it to 14-1 when recording more than 500 yards.

Redshirt senior Blair Brooks had a career day on defense, leading the team with eight tackles, while Zi'Yon Hill added six tackles and 2.0 sacks, the first two-sack game of his career. The defense also forced three ULM fumbles, one of which was recovered by Lorenzo McCaskill.

Safety Bralen Trahan notched his fourth interception of the season, returning it 53 yards for the team's first interception return for a touchdown since Taboris Lee against Arkansas State in 2016. Trey Amos recorded the team's other interception, the first of his career.

After both teams went three-and-out on their first possessions, Louisiana opened the scoring with 11:26 showing on the clocked when Ragas waltzed his way into the end zone from 11-yards out to push his team ahead, 7-0.

Taking advantage of great field position following a recovered fumble by McCaskill, the offense took the ball into the red zone to set up an 11-yard rushing score from Lewis to double the advantage.

ULM scored its first touchdown of the day following a special teams turnover, but Mitchell was quick to respond on the next drive, bursting through a hole in the line and sprinting 44 yards to push the lead out to 21-7.

Following another Warhawk touchdown, the Ragin' Cajuns scored 28 unanswered points over the final 11:50 of the half, including a 53-yard pick six by Trahan, to give the visitors a 49-14 lead at the break.

Lewis added another score on the team's first drive on the second half, finding Lumpkin in the back of the end zone to push the lead to 56-14. ULM was able to muster up one score in the second half, but fourth quarter touchdowns by Michael Orphey, Jr., a 48-yard scamper, and Carter, wrapped up the 70-20 victory.

No. 23 Louisiana returns to action on Friday, Dec. 4, when it travels to Boone, N.C., to take on Appalachian State in a rematch of the last two Sun Belt Conference Championship Games. Kickoff is slated for 6 p.m. CST and will be broadcast on ESPN2.

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Apparently, the UL Ragin' Cajuns are listening.

Before the South Alabama game two weeks ago, coach Billy Napier and his staff harped all week about how the visiting Jaguars had dominated the line of scrimmage the past two seasons.

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