2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team


The 2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Mark Hudspeth and played their home games at Cajun Field in Lafayette, Louisiana. The Ragin' Cajuns were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in Sun Belt play to finish in a five way tie for fifth place.

Previous Season

Louisiana-Lafayette went 9–4 last season. However, in 2015, 8 wins, including their bowl victory, were vacated due to massive NCAA violations. The Ragin' Cajuns finished 2nd in the Sun Belt Conference and were awarded the New Orleans Bowl as the conference champion, Georgia Southern were ineligible for post-season play due to their FCS-FBS transition. The defeated the Nevada Wolf Pack 16–3 for their final series of 4 consecutive bowl appearances and victories.

Preseason

Award Watchlist

The following players were named to preseason award watchlist
Walter Camp Award
Lombardi Award
Doak Walker Award
Paul Hornung Award

Sun Belt Conference Players of the Year

Offensive Player of the Year – Elijah McGuire, RB

Preseason Standings

Preseason All–Conference Team

Offense
Defense
Specialists

Roster

Schedule

Louisiana–Lafayette announced their 2015 football schedule on February 27, 2015. The 2015 schedule consisted of six home and away games in the regular season. The Ragin' Cajuns hosted Sun Belt foes Louisiana–Monroe, New Mexico State, Texas State, and Troy, and traveled to Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Georgia State, and South Alabama.

Game summaries

Northwestern State

Akron

at Louisiana Tech

Texas State

at Arkansas State

Louisiana–Monroe

at Georgia State

at South Alabama

New Mexico State

at Appalachian State

Troy