2006 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team

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2006
Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Record6–6 (3–4 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRob Christophel (5th season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorBrent Pry (5th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumCajun Field
Seasons
2006 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Troy +   6 – 1     8 – 5  
Middle Tennessee +   6 – 1     7 – 6  
Arkansas State   4 – 3     6 – 6  
Florida Atlantic   4 – 3     5 – 7  
Louisiana–Lafayette   3 – 4     6 – 6  
Louisiana–Monroe   3 – 4     4 – 8  
North Texas   2 – 5     3 – 9  
FIU   0 – 7     0 – 12  
  • + – Conference co-champions

2006 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Ragin' Cajuns were led by fifth-year head coach Rickey Bustle and played their home games at Cajun Field. The Ragin' Cajuns finished the season with a record of 6–6 overall and 3–4 in Sun Belt Conference play.

Preseason

Sun Belt Media Day

Preseason Standings

Sun Belt Conference Predicted Standings
Predicted finish Team (1st Place)
1 Louisiana-Lafayette (3)
2 Arkansas State (2)
3 Troy (2)
4 North Texas
5 Louisiana-Monroe (1)
6 Middle Tennessee
7 Florida Atlantic
8 Florida International

Preseason All-Conference Team

Preseason Offensive Player of the Year

  • QB Jerry Babb, Louisiana-Lafayette

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27:00 pmat No. 8
Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, Louisiana
    		• PPVL 3–4592,362
    September 96:00 pmat Texas A&M*
    		L 7–5167,079
    September 234:00 pmNorth Carolina A&T*
    		W 48–715,041
    September 304:00 pmEastern Michigan*
    • Cajun Field
    • Lafayette, Louisiana
    		W 33–1415,923
    October 76:00 pmat Houston*
    		W 31–2817,543
    October 186:30 pmat Florida Atlantic
    		ESPN2W 6–09,827
    October 284:00 pmMiddle Tennesseedagger
    • Cajun Field
    • Lafayette, Louisiana
    		L 20–3422,093
    November 43:00 pmat
    Movie Gallery Stadium
  • Troy, Alabama
    		• L 28–4220,111
    November 114:00 pmNorth Texas
    • Cajun Field
    • Lafayette, Louisiana
    		L 7–1613,621
    November 185:00 pmat FIU
    		W 17–715,134
    November 254:00 pmArkansas State
    • Cajun Field
    • Lafayette, Louisiana
    		W 28–1310,212
    December 24:00 pmLouisiana–Monroe
    		L 20–3910,814
    • Source: RaginCajuns.com: 2006 football schedule[1]

    Game summaries

    @ LSU

    See also: 2006 LSU Tigers football team
    Louisiana-Lafayette at LSU – Game summary
    Period 1 2 34Total
    Ragin' Cajuns 0 3 003
    No. 8 Tigers 14 14 71045

    at

    Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, LA

    Game information

    @ Texas A&M

    See also: 2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team
    Louisiana-Lafayette at Texas A&M – Game summary
    Period 1 2 34Total
    Ragin' Cajuns 0 7 007
    Aggies 14 17 20051

    at Kyle Field, College Station, TX

    • Date: September 9
    • Game time: 6:00 p.m.
      CST
    • Game weather: 84 °F (29 °C); mostly cloudy
    • Game attendance: 67,079
    • Referee: Jon Bible
    • [4] [5] [6]
    Game information

    Eastern Michigan

    See also: 2006 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team
    Eastern Michigan at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary
    Period 1 2 34Total
    Eagles 0 0 01414
    Ragin' Cajuns 14 9 7333

    at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

    • Date: September 30
    • Game time: 4:00 p.m.
      CST
    • Game weather: 88 °F (31 °C); partly cloudy
    • Game attendance: 15,923
    • Referee: Jim Jackson
    • [7] [8] [9]
    Game information

    @ Houston

    See also: 2006 Houston Cougars football team
    Louisiana-Lafayette at Houston – Game summary
    Period 1 2 34Total
    Ragin' Cajuns 0 10 61531
    Cougars 14 7 7028

    at

    Houston, TX

    • Date: October 7
    • Game time: 6:00 p.m.
      CST
    • Game weather: 82 °F (28 °C); partly cloudy
    • Game attendance: 17,543
    • Referee: Edward Kierce
    • [10] [11] [12]
    Game information