Your Top 5 Cajun Field Memories

[HoustonCajun]

Thanks for the correction. I also have a great Jake radio memory with Jake beating Tulane in the Super Dome on a late or last possession touchdown. I was on hurricane catastrophe duty in Atlanta. Maybe Tulane was still on WWL megaphone radio for me to catch it. That made my whole month in Atlanta tolerable.

My most memorable wins (I was at all of these):

1. USL beating Texas A&M. Stunned the college football world.
2. UL's 1st bowl game vs San Diego State. 50,000+ and a walk off field goal to win.
3. UL's win vs Iowa State. Put UL football on the map and a first Top 25 ranking.
4. UL's win vs Kansas State. A Big 12 win on another last second FG.
5. UL's win over Tulane in the Superdome with Jake's late TD. Helped change perception of UL in state. Best pre-game and post-game party ever in Superdome.

[fanof71]

To add to my list, one Augie game not mentioned was a huge home win over U of Cincinnati...crowd was electric, big time win

[mahtoo]

There was A Cajun 95 yard TD pass in that game. I think it was Pollard to track star Harold Pollard. That was the first victory I experienced as a Cajun student.

Harold Porter I believe?

[Cajunsmike]

Thanks for the correction. I also have a great Jake radio memory with Jake beating Tulane in the Super Dome on a late or last possession touchdown. I was on hurricane catastrophe duty in Atlanta. Maybe Tulane was still on WWL megaphone radio for me to catch it. That made my whole month in Atlanta tolerable.

That was 1995 at Tulane. Jake hit Brandon in the last minute for a go ahead TD in the last minute. The two saw the defensive alignment was not what was expected and signaled each other to change the play call at the line.

[Cajunsmike]

Best road victory I attended was when we defeated Tulane for the first time in 1998. Brian Mitchell put on a show in the SuperDome that night. Second best was when Jerry Babb led a comeback victory over the Houston Cougars in 2006. It may seem strange to put a ULM game on the list but Dez and Fenroy led an offense that put up over 700 yards at Monroe in 2008. I laughed when the ULM coach said he wished they wished for a rematch as their mistakes cost ULM the game.

[Cajunsmike]

Harold Porter I believe?

Correct, it was Harold Porter who caught the long TD pass in our first victory of 1974. I even remember Coach Augie T. giving credit to OC Larry Zeno for calling the play. A little more history from that time. Pollard was the returning starting QB going into 1975. A guy named Roy Henry transferred from Norte Dame that year. Not long into 1975, Henry became the starter

[JMV JustMyView]

Correct, it was Harold Porter who caught the long TD pass in our first victory of 1974. I even remember Coach Augie T. giving credit to OC Larry Zeno for calling the play. A little more history from that time. Pollard was the returning starting QB going into 1975. A guy named Roy Henry transferred from Norte Dame that year. Not long into 1975, Henry became the starter

Wasn't SlickRick on that team?

[Cajunsmike]

Wasn't SlickRick on that team?

I believe Rick was Henry’s backup in 1976 and 1977.

[RaginScotsman]

1. Championship. Atmosphere was great. My wife and kids made it through the whole game and when we went on the field, it was a moment.

2. ULM 2011.

3. K State. It felt like it should have been a bigger deal.

4. Georgia Southern during the Covid season. Seeing a ranked UL team playing in Cajun Field for the first time and walking it off. Snyder was shanking his practice field goals so bad I don’t think many people thought he’d hit a 50+ yarder.

5. FIU 2008. TY Hilton returned the opening kick in front of a 29k plus crowd, but Fenroy wouldn’t be denied the record and the win.

Honorable mention: ULM 2019. Monroe kicker missed the walk off to get us to 10 regular season wins. I just looked back and the last 2 games of the season at Cajun Field we only drew a little over 14k for both. Yikes.

Honorable, honorable mention: WKU in 2012. Down 10 with 6 minutes to go and the WKU running back eating us up. We score to bring it within 3 and WKU (if I remember right) had a 3rd and short to ice the game and chose not to run the ball even though their RB had like 230 yards on the ground. They punted and Broadway drove down the field and ran one in with under a minute to go.

[Million$Mullet]

1. Championship. Atmosphere was great. My wife and kids made it through the whole game and when we went on the field, it was a moment.

2. ULM 2011.

3. K State. It felt like it should have been a bigger deal.

4. Georgia Southern during the Covid season. Seeing a ranked UL team playing in Cajun Field for the first time and walking it off. Snyder was shanking his practice field goals so bad I don’t think many people thought he’d hit a 50+ yarder.

5. FIU 2008. TY Hilton returned the opening kick in front of a 29k plus crowd, but Fenroy wouldn’t be denied the record and the win.

Honorable mention: ULM 2019. Monroe kicker missed the walk off to get us to 10 regular season wins. I just looked back and the last 2 games of the season at Cajun Field we only drew a little over 14k for both. Yikes.

Honorable, honorable mention: WKU in 2012. Down 10 with 6 minutes to go and the WKU running back eating us up. We score to bring it within 3 and WKU (if I remember right) had a 3rd and short to ice the game and chose not to run the ball even though their RB had like 230 yards on the ground. They punted and Broadway drove down the field and ran one in with under a minute to go.

Bobby Rainey. Dude was a monster.