Louisiana–Louisiana Tech football rivalry

The Louisiana–Louisiana Tech football rivalry is an inactive American college football rivalry between the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns (formerly the Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns, and known since the 2017–18 school year as the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns).^[1][2] The two teams have met 87 times on the football field, with Louisiana Tech currently holding a 48–33–6 lead in the all-time series. After a handful of early meetings, they played virtually every year from 1924 to 2000. The yearly game ended following the Bulldogs' transition to the Western Athletic Conference and the Ragin' Cajuns' to the Sun Belt Conference. They have met four times since, and continue to play each other in other sports.

Louisiana–Louisiana Tech football rivalry

Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
Sport	Football
First meeting	1910 Louisiana Tech 75–0
Latest meeting	October 3, 2015 Louisiana Tech 43–14
Next meeting	September 26, 2026, in Ruston
Statistics
Meetings total	87
All-time series	Louisiana Tech leads, 48–33–6
Largest victory	Louisiana Tech , 75–0 (1910)
Longest win streak	Louisiana Tech, 8 (1997–present)
Current win streak	Louisiana Tech, 8 (1997–present)

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Louisiana

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Locations of Louisiana Tech and Louisiana

History

The first meeting came in 1910, while both were independent. They were members of the Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association from 1914–1925 and played off and on during that time span. They would remain conference mates through several conferences, namely the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1926–1941), the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference (1941–1947), the Gulf States Conference (1948–1970), and the Southland Conference (1971–1981). They played every year of that span dating back to 1924 (with the exception of 1943 due to WWII). This also saw them transition from College Division/Division II to Division I/Division I-A.

In 1982, the Southland Conference downgraded to I-AA. Louisiana Tech remained with the conference, but then-Southwestern Louisiana left the conference to become a Division I-A independent. Louisiana Tech would ultimately leave the Southland to compete as an independent themselves, first in Division I-AA (1987–88) and later Division I-A like Southwestern starting in 1989. Despite being in different divisions, they continued to play every year (except 1987). They remained independent in football until both joined the Big West Conference for football only for a three-year period from 1993–1995. Afterwards they both resumed independence through 2000.

In 2000, La Tech defeated newly renamed Louisiana–Lafayette 48–14. This would be the end of the annual series that had been played for 76 years. Following the 2000 season, Louisiana Tech became a member of the Western Athletic Conference, while Louisiana–Lafayette became a member of the Sun Belt Conference. They would meet again in 2003–2004. In 2013, Louisiana Tech left the WAC and joined Conference USA, and the two met again in 2014–2015. Louisiana Tech won all four games, extending a win streak starting in 1997. The teams are scheduled to meet in a home-and-home series in 2026 and 2029.^[3]

Game results

Louisiana Tech victories

Louisiana–Lafayette victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 1910 Ruston, LA Louisiana Tech 75–0 2 November 3, 1915 Ruston, LA Tie 7–7 3 November 18, 1916 Ruston, LA Southwestern Louisiana 26–0 4 November 17, 1917 Ruston, LA Southwestern Louisiana 57–0 5 October 30, 1920 Ruston, LA Louisiana Tech 1–0 [n 1] 6 November 11, 1921 Ruston, LA Louisiana Tech 20–0 7 November 15, 1924 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 20–6 8 November 20, 1925 Ruston, LA Southwestern Louisiana 22–13 9 November 5, 1926 Lafayette, LA Louisiana Tech 23–0 10 November 5, 1927 Ruston, LA Louisiana Tech 13–0 11 November 4, 1928 Ruston, LA Southwestern Louisiana 44–6 12 December 7, 1929 Ruston, LA Louisiana Tech 24–7 13 October 25, 1930 Ruston, LA Louisiana Tech 7–0 14 October 17, 1931 Ruston, LA Louisiana Tech 38–0 15 October 21, 1932 Lafayette, LA Louisiana Tech 15–0 16 October 14, 1933 Ruston, LA Southwestern Louisiana 13–7 17 October 12, 1934 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 25–0 18 October 11, 1935 Ruston, LA Louisiana Tech 25–0 19 October 8, 1936 Lafayette, LA Louisiana Tech 20–7 20 November 12, 1937 Ruston, LA Tie 0–0 21 November 4, 1938 Ruston, LA Southwestern Louisiana 27–7 22 November 4, 1939 Ruston, LA Southwestern Louisiana 12–6 23 November 1, 1940 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 7–6 24 October 31, 1941 Ruston, LA Louisiana Tech 12–0 25 October 30, 1942 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 12–7 26 October 14, 1944 Ruston, LA Southwestern Louisiana 15–0 27 November 18, 1944 Lafayette, LA Louisiana Tech 7–0 28 October 5, 1945 Lafayette, LA Louisiana Tech 14–12 29 November 17, 1945 Ruston, LA Southwestern Louisiana 13–7 30 November 2, 1946 Lafayette, LA Louisiana Tech 34–6 31 November 1, 1947 Ruston, LA Louisiana Tech 9–0 32 October 30, 1948 Lafayette, LA Louisiana Tech 24–14 33 October 29, 1949 Ruston, LA Louisiana Tech 21–0 34 November 4, 1950 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 41–13 35 November 3, 1951 Ruston, LA Southwestern Louisiana 34–7 36 November 1, 1952 Lafayette, LA Tie 19–19 37 October 31, 1953 Ruston, LA Louisiana Tech 27–7 38 October 30, 1954 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 25–0 39 October 29, 1955 Ruston, LA Louisiana Tech 28–14 40 October 27, 1956 Lafayette, LA Louisiana Tech 33–6 41 October 12, 1957 Ruston, LA Louisiana Tech 28–13 42 October 11, 1958 Lafayette, LA Louisiana Tech 33–0 43 October 10, 1959 Ruston, LA Louisiana Tech 21–13 44 October 8, 1960 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 6–2 45 October 7, 1961 Ruston, LA Louisiana Tech 12–0 No. Date Location Winner Score 46 October 6, 1962 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 13–6 47 October 12, 1963 Ruston, LA Louisiana Tech 45–0 48 October 10, 1964 Lafayette, LA Louisiana Tech 6–3 49 October 9, 1965 Ruston, LA Southwestern Louisiana 16–8 50 October 15, 1966 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 21–12 51 October 7, 1967 Ruston, LA Southwestern Louisiana 20–14 52 October 12, 1968 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 28–24 53 October 11, 1969 Ruston, LA Louisiana Tech 34–21 54 October 10, 1970 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 20–10 55 October 9, 1971 Ruston, LA Louisiana Tech 35–15 56 September 9, 1972 Lafayette, LA Louisiana Tech 7–0 57 September 22, 1973 Ruston, LA Louisiana Tech 23–0 58 October 12, 1974 Lafayette, LA Louisiana Tech 35–20 59 October 11, 1975 Ruston, LA Louisiana Tech 24–14 60 October 2, 1976 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 31–26 61 October 8, 1977 Ruston, LA Tie 21–21 62 October 7, 1978 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 24–6 63 October 6, 1979 Ruston, LA Louisiana Tech 17–0 64 November 15, 1980 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 27–9 65 October 31, 1981 Ruston, LA Tie 17–17 66 November 13, 1982 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 29–19 67 November 19, 1983 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 13–9 68 September 8, 1984 Ruston, LA Southwestern Louisiana 17–16 69 September 14, 1985 Ruston, LA Louisiana Tech 24–23 70 November 22, 1986 Lafayette, LA Louisiana Tech 23–14 71 October 8, 1988 Ruston, LA Louisiana Tech 19–16 72 September 2, 1989 Lafayette, LA Louisiana Tech 40–14 73 September 29, 1990 Ruston, LA Louisiana Tech 24–10 74 October 26, 1991 Lafayette, LA Tie 14–14 75 October 10, 1992 Ruston, LA Louisiana Tech 21–7 76 November 27, 1993 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 21–17 77 October 1, 1994 Ruston, LA Southwestern Louisiana 13–3 78 November 4, 1995 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 40–33 79 September 28, 1996 Ruston, LA Southwestern Louisiana 37–31 80 November 15, 1997 Lafayette, LA Louisiana Tech 63–24 81 September 19, 1998 Ruston, LA Louisiana Tech 77–14 82 October 2, 1999 Lafayette, LA Louisiana Tech 41–31 83 October 14, 2000 Ruston, LA Louisiana Tech 48–14 84 September 6, 2003 Lafayette, LA Louisiana Tech 34–3 85 September 11, 2004 Ruston, LA Louisiana Tech 24–20 86 September 6, 2014 Lafayette, LA Louisiana Tech 48–20 87 October 3, 2015 Ruston, LA Louisiana Tech 43–14 Series: Louisiana Tech leads 48–33–6 Note: Source:[4]

Notes:

1. Louisiana forfeited.

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games

References

1. "Louisiana Tech renews rivalry with ULL". KTBS. KTBS. KTBS. September 7, 2014. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
2. "Cajuns taking rivalry game with La Tech seriously". TheAdvertiser. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
3. Kelley, Kevin (December 9, 2021). "Louisiana, Louisiana Tech schedule football series for 2026, 2029". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
4. "Louisiana Tech Bulldogs vs Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football series history games list". Winsipediea. Retrieved December 30, 2016.