2009 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team

2009 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Record6–6 (4–4 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRon Hudson (2nd season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorKevin Fouquier (3rd season)
Base defenseMultiple
Home stadiumCajun Field
Seasons
← 2008
2010 →
2009 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Troy $   8 – 0     9 – 4  
Middle Tennessee   7 – 1     10 – 3  
Louisiana–Monroe   5 – 3     6 – 6  
Florida Atlantic   5 – 3     5 – 7  
Louisiana–Lafayette   4 – 4     6 – 6  
Arkansas State   3 – 5     4 – 8  
FIU   3 – 5     3 – 9  
North Texas   1 – 7     2 – 10  
Western Kentucky   0 – 8     0 – 12  
  • $ – Conference champion

The 2009 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Ragin' Cajuns were led by eighth 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 4–4 in Sun Belt Conference play.

The 41,357 attendance at the Hebert Heymann Football Classic against Southern still holds the record for most attendance at Cajun Field

Preseason

Award Watchlist

Award Player Position Year
Dave Rimington Trophy Chris Fisher C SR
Lombardi Award Chris Fisher C SR
Lombardi Award Brad Bustle G SR
Outland Trophy Chris Fisher C SR

Sun Belt Media Day

Preseason Standings

Sun Belt Conference Predicted Standings
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st Place)
1 Troy 72 (5)
2 Arkansas State 69
3 Florida Atlantic 61 (1)
4 Middle Tennessee 52
5 Florida International 43 (1)
6 Louisiana-Lafayette 39 (1)
7 Louisiana-Monroe 34 (1)
8 North Texas 18
9 Western Kentucky 17

Roster

2009 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 3 Pierre Hill So
RB 6 Robert Walker  Fr
QB 7 Chris Masson So
QB 8 Brad McGuire So
QB 11 Keldric White  Fr
QB 13 Brady Thomas  Fr
WR 15 Ross Goodlett So
WR 15 Verlin Moore Jr
QB 17 Blaine Gautier  Fr
QB 18 Emile Joseph  Fr
WR 19 Marlin Miller Jr
WR 23 Matt Campbell So
RB 26 Yobes Walker  Fr
RB 29 Draylon Booker  Fr
RB 31 Undrea Sails Sr
RB 31 Deon Walker Sr
RB 33 Julian Shankle So
FB 34 Geoffrey McCullough Sr
RB 40 Matt Dupre Sr
FB 43 Ian Roberts  Fr
FB 46 Matt Desormeaux Jr
OT 51 Colin Windsor Jr
OL 57 Robert Robinson  Fr
G 60 Ian Burks Jr
OL 61 Mike Muguira  Fr
G 63 Josh Robinson So
OL 64 Daniel Lemelle  Fr
OT 66 Sean Osborne  Fr
OT 67 Jesse Newman Sr
C 67 Byrnes Tatford  Fr
C 68 Matthew Autrey So
OL 69 Ashton Tyler  Fr
OL 70 Evan Ruiz  Fr
OL 72 Leonardo Bates  Fr
OT 73 Jonathan DeCoster Jr
G 74 Kyle Plouhar So
G 75 Brad Bustle Sr
OL 76 Jaron Odom  Fr
OT 77 Nasser Jamal Jr
OT 78 Kyle Pirtle Sr
C 79 Chris Fisher Sr
WR 80 Darrius Duffy Sr
TE 80 Dusty Mack Sr
WR 81 Richie Falgout Jr
TE 82 Jacob Maxwell  Fr
WR 82 Jawanza Mitchell So
WR 83 Ryan Finney Sr
WR 83 Andrew Joseph So
WR 84 Louis Lee Sr
TE 85 Luke Aubrey Sr
WR 86 Vernon Wolfe Jr
TE 87 Brendan Wilson  Fr
TE 88 Brandon Williams  Fr
TE 89 Ladarius Green So
FB Joel Banks  Fr
WR Javone Lawson  Fr
WR Ashton LeBlanc  Fr
OL D'Amate Ledet  Fr
FB John Simon  Fr
FB Jonathan Thomas So
TE Ian Thompson  Fr
WR Julien Troullier  Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
CB 2 Orkeys Auriene Jr
LB 4 Daylon McCoy Jr
CB 5 Dwight Bentley So
LB 10 Fred Davis Jr
SS 20 Chris Richard So
SS 21 Lance Kelley So
CB 22 Rodney Gillis  Fr
CB 23 Junior Jean Sr
SS 24 Phillip Nevels Sr
FS 26 Justin Lee Sr
LB 27 Phillip Walker Sr
FS 30 Gerren Blount Sr
FS 36 Maurice Rolle Jr
LB 37 Devon Lewis-Buchanan So
DB 38 Tim Jackson  Fr
CB 39 Julian Jones Jr
LB 41 Antwyne Zanders Sr
DE 45 Emeke Onyenekwu  Fr
LB 47 Grant Fleming Jr
LB 48 Andrew Hebert  Fr
LB 49 Kyron Benoit So
DE 50 Justin Anderson  Fr
DE 50 Jeremy Cook Jr
DE 52 Jesse Broadnax  Fr
LB 53 Jezreel Washington Sr
LB 55 Brandon Nash  Fr
LB 56 Richard Brooks So
LB 57 Fred Okoye So
DE 58 Nate Douglas So
DT 59 Brandon McCray  Fr
DT 61 Bobby Fails Sr
DT 65 Barry Sterling Fr
DT 71 Jordan Hanby So
DE 71 Trace Wilson  Fr
DT 90 Derreck Dean So
DT 91 Sharrick Moore Jr
DT 92 Tory Day  Fr
DE 92 Hall Davis Sr
DT 94 Jermaine Rogers Jr
DT 95 LaQuincy Williams Sr
DE 96 Chris Lanaux Sr
DE 97 Terrell Richardson Jr
DT 98 Jordan Topp Jr
DT 99 Tyrell Gaddies So
DT 99 Seth Adams Sr
DB Winston Burnette  Fr
DB Ken Dandridge Sr
DT Ben Duhon  Fr
CB Reuban Foster  Fr
FS Seth Guilbeaux Jr
SS Jordan Kennerson  Fr
LB Matt Lefeaux So
LB Jewell Ratliff  Fr
LB Andrew Rumney  Fr
LB William Stevenson  Fr
DE Paul Toce  Fr
DB Melvin White So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 25 Brett Baer  Fr
P 35 Spencer Ortego Jr
LS 54 Scott Hayes Sr
LS Matt Gore  Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 20, 2019

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 56:00 pmSouthern*
W 42–1941,357[1]
September 126:00 pmKansas State*
  • Cajun Field
  • Lafayette, LA
W 17–1516,431[2]
September 196:00 pmat No. 7 LSU*
ESPNUL 3–3192,443[3]
September 266:00 pmat No. 24 Nebraska*
FSNL 0–5586,304[4]
October 106:00 pmNorth Texas
  • Cajun Field
  • Lafayette, LA
CST/CSSW 38–3412,141[5]
October 176:00 pmat Western Kentucky
W 30–2211,919[6]
October 244:00 pmFlorida Atlanticdagger
  • Cajun Field
  • Lafayette, LA
L 29–5121,135[7]
October 3111:00 amat Florida International
L 17–20 OT8,593[8]
November 72:30 pmat Arkansas State
CST/CSSW 21–1816,215[9]
November 143:15 pmat Middle Tennessee
CST/CSSL 17–3416,411[10]
November 216:00 pmLouisiana–Monroe
W 21–178,689[11]
November 286:00 pmTroy
  • Cajun Field
  • Lafayette, LA
L 31–4812,245[12]

Game summaries

Southern

See also: Southern Jaguars football
Southern at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Jaguars 12 0 0719
Ragin' Cajuns 7 14 7735

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

  • Date: September 5
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 86 °F (30 °C); mostly cloudy
  • Game attendance: 41,357
  • Referee: Lewis Marshall
  • [1] [2] [3]
Game information

Kansas State

See also: 2009 Kansas State Wildcats football team
Kansas State at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Wildcats 2 0 01315
Ragin' Cajuns 0 14 0317

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

  • Date: September 12
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 75 °F (24 °C); light rain
  • Game attendance: 16,431
  • Referee: Tony Backert
  • [4] [5] [6]
Game information

@ LSU

See also: 2009 LSU Tigers football team
Louisiana-Lafayette at LSU – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Ragin' Cajuns 0 3 003
No. 9 Tigers 7 10 7731

at Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, LA

  • Date: September 19
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 83 °F (28 °C); mostly cloudy
  • Game attendance: 92,443
  • Referee: Steve Shaw
  • TV: ESPNU
  • [7] [8] [9]
Game information

@ Nebraska

See also: 2009 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
Louisiana-Lafayette at Nebraska – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Ragin' Cajuns 0 0 000
No. 25 Cornhuskers 13 21 71455

at Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NE

  • Date: September 26
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 74 °F (23 °C); sunny
  • Game attendance: 86,304
  • Referee: Matt Loeffler
  • TV: FSN PPV
  • [10] [11] [12]
Game information

North Texas

See also: 2009 North Texas Mean Green football team
North Texas at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Mean Green 3 21 10034
Ragin' Cajuns 7 17 01438

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

  • Date: October 10
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
  • Game attendance: 12,141
  • TV: SBN
  • [13] [14]
Game information

@ Western Kentucky

See also: 2009 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team
Louisiana-Lafayette at Western Kentucky – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Ragin' Cajuns 10 10 7330
Hilltoppers 7 7 01428

at Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium, Bowling Green, KY

  • Date: October 17
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
  • Game attendance: 11,919
  • [15] [16]
Game information

Florida Atlantic

See also: 2009 Florida Atlantic Owls football team
Florida Atlantic at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Owls 14 13 141051
Ragin' Cajuns 14 2 13029

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

  • Date: October 24
  • Game time: 4:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 67 °F (19 °C); partly cloudy
  • Game attendance: 21,135
  • Referee: Perry Havener
  • [17] [18] [19]
Game information

@ Florida International

See also: 2009 FIU Panthers football team
Louisiana-Lafayette at Florida International – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34OTTotal
Ragin' Cajuns 7 7 03017
Panthers 7 3 07320

at Ocean Banks Field at FIU Stadium, Miami, FL

  • Date: October 31
  • Game time: 11:00 a.m. CST
  • Game weather: 84 °F (29 °C); partly cloudy
  • Game attendance: 8,593
  • Referee: Jeff Hilyer
  • [20] [21] [22]
Game information

@ Arkansas State

See also: 2009 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team
Louisiana-Lafayette at Arkansas State – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Ragin' Cajuns 7 7 7021
Red Wolves 0 3 01518

at ASU Stadium, Jonesboro, AR

  • Date: November 7
  • Game time: 2:30 p.m. CST
  • Game attendance: 16,215
  • [23] [24]
Game information

@ Middle Tennessee

See also: 2009 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team
Louisiana-Lafayette at Middle Tennessee – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Ragin' Cajuns 7 10 0017
Blue Raiders 7 7 101034

at Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium, Murfreesboro, TN

  • Date: November 14
  • Game time: 3:15 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 69 °F (21 °C); sunny
  • Game attendance: 16,411
  • Referee: Jeff Roberson
  • TV: SBN
  • [25] [26] [27]
Game information

Louisiana-Monroe

See also: 2009 Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks football team
Louisiana-Monroe at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Warhawks 0 10 7017
Ragin' Cajuns 7 7 0721

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

  • Date: November 21
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 54 °F (12 °C); cloudy and humid
  • Game attendance: 8,689
  • Referee: Riley Johnson
  • [28] [29] [30]
Game information

Troy

See also: 2009 Troy Trojans football team
Troy at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Trojans 14 10 02448
Ragin' Cajuns 0 13 12631

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

  • Date: November 28
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
  • Game attendance: 12,245
  • [31] [32]
Game information

References

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  2. ^ "Kansas State Wildcats vs. Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
  3. ^ "Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns vs. LSU Tigers Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
  4. ^ "Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
  5. ^ "North Texas Mean Green vs. Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
  6. ^ "Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns vs. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
  7. ^ "Florida Atlantic Owls vs. Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
  8. ^ "Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns vs. FIU Golden Panthers Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
  9. ^ "Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns vs. Arkansas State Red Wolves Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
  10. ^ "Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns vs. Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
  11. ^ "Louisiana-Monroe Warhakws vs. Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
  12. ^ "Troy Trojans vs. Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 2, 2010.