Sabine Shoe

The Sabine Shoe is the name of the bronze shoe trophy that was awarded to the winner of the annual college football game between the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns (formerly the Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs) of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (formerly the University of Southwestern Louisiana) in Lafayette, Louisiana and the Lamar Cardinals of Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. The Sabine Shoe trophy was first awarded in 1968 by the University of Southwestern Louisiana's chapter of Alpha Phi Omega fraternity.^[4] The name of the bronze rivalry trophy was derived from the Sabine River that forms part of the Texas–Louisiana border. USL defeated Lamar in the 1978 edition of the rivalry game, but the Ragin' Cajuns were not awarded the trophy as it had vanished.^[5] The Sabine Shoe trophy now sits in at trophy case in the Ragin' Cajun Athletic Complex in Lafayette.

Sabine Shoe

Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Lamar Cardinals
Sport	Football
First meeting	October 27, 1923 Southwestern Louisiana 19, Lamar 16
Latest meeting	September 1, 2012 Louisiana–Lafayette 40, Lamar 0
Next meeting	TBD
Trophy	Sabine Shoe
Statistics
Meetings total	34
All-time series	Louisiana leads, 22–11[n 1]
Largest victory	Louisiana–Lafayette, 40–0 (2012)
Longest win streak	4 games, five times by Louisiana–Lafayette, and once by Lamar
Current win streak	Louisiana–Lafayette, 4 (1982–2012)

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Louisiana

Lamar

  

Locations of Lamar and Louisiana

The two teams have met 34 times on the field, with the Ragin' Cajuns currently holding a 22–11 edge in the series.^{[n 1]} The game has been played infrequently following the Ragin' Cajuns departure from the Southland Conference after the 1981 season. In 1982, the conference was one of several forced to reclassify from NCAA's Division I-A—now known as the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS)—to Division I-AA—now known as the Football Championship Subdivision (FBS).^[6] The Ragin' Cajuns, met the NCAA requirements to remain a Division I-A member and chose to continue participation in that subdivision. Lamar remains a member of the FCS.

Game results

Louisiana victories

Lamar victories

Vacated wins[n 1]

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 October 27, 1923 Beaumont, TX Southwestern Louisiana 19–16 2 November 8, 1924 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 20–8 3 October 10, 1925 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 14–0 4 October 23, 1926 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 19–0 5 November 5, 1932 Beaumont, TX Lamar College 6–0 6 October 6, 1933 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 7–6 7 October 3, 1936 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 13–6 8 September 20, 1952 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 14–13 9 September 19, 1953 Beaumont, TX Southwestern Louisiana 22–13 10 September 18, 1954 Lafayette, LA Lamar Tech 26–20 11 September 17, 1955 Beaumont, TX Lamar Tech 19–6 12 September 15, 1956 Lafayette, LA Lamar Tech 21–14 13 September 28, 1957 Beaumont, TX Lamar Tech 36–20 14 October 30, 1965 Beaumont, TX Southwestern Louisiana 20–6 15 October 8, 1966 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 14–6 16 September 23, 1967 Beaumont, TX Lamar Tech 14–13 17 October 26, 1968 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 20–14 18 October 25, 1969 Beaumont, TX Southwestern Louisiana 24–16 No. Date Location Winner Score 19 October 24, 1970 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 15–6 20 October 23, 1971 Beaumont, TX Southwestern Louisiana 21–20 21 October 21, 1972 Lafayette, LA Lamar 3–0 22 October 20, 1973 Beaumont, TX Lamar 31–0 23 October 5, 1974 Lafayette, LA Lamar 38–13 24 October 18, 1975 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 21–12 25 October 9, 1976 Beaumont, TX Southwestern Louisiana 34–9 26 September 17, 1977 Beaumont, TX Southwestern Louisiana 10–6 27 September 30, 1978 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 23–16 28 October 20, 1979 Beaumont, TX Lamar 21–17 29 October 25, 1980 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 38–10 30 November 14, 1981 Beaumont, TX Lamar 14–12 31 October 23, 1982 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 24–0 32 October 22, 1983 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 31–6 33 November 11, 1989 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 42–33 34 September 1, 2012 Lafayette, LA Louisiana–Lafayette[n 1] 40–0 Series: Louisiana leads 22–11

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games

Notes

1. In 2015, Louisiana–Lafayette vacated four wins from their 2012 football season, including their win over Lamar, due to alleged major NCAA violations.^[1] See Wikipedia:WikiProject College football/Vacated victories for an explanation of how vacated victories are recorded.^[2][3]

References

1. "Exam fraud, recruit payments among NCAA accusations against UL-Lafayette, ex-assistant coach David Saunders". The Baton Rouge Advocate. October 11, 2015. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
2. Low, Chris (June 16, 2009). "What does vacating wins really mean?". ESPN.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
3. Taylor, John (July 4, 2009). "Vacated Wins Do Not Equal Forfeits". NBCSports.com. NBC Sports. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
4. "USL Ragin' Cajuns On Road (Again!) To Meet Cards". The Daily Advertiser. Lafayette, Louisiana. October 25, 1969. p. 6. Retrieved January 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
5. "The Week". CNN. October 9, 1978. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013.
6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 15, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)