2024 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team

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2024 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns wordmark.svg
Conference Sun Belt Conference
DivisionWest Division
Record0–0 (0–0 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTim Leger (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorJim Salgado (1st season)
Home stadium Cajun Field
Seasons
  2023
2025 
2024 Sun Belt Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
Appalachian State  0 0   0 0  
Coastal Carolina  0 0   0 0  
Georgia Southern  0 0   0 0  
Georgia State  0 0   0 0  
James Madison  0 0   0 0  
Marshall  0 0   0 0  
Old Dominion  0 0   0 0  
West Division
Arkansas State  0 0   0 0  
Louisiana  0 0   0 0  
Louisiana–Monroe  0 0   0 0  
South Alabama  0 0   0 0  
Southern Miss  0 0   0 0  
Texas State  0 0   0 0  
Troy  0 0   0 0  
Championship: December 7, 2024
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
As of May 30, 2024
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2024 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team will represent the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the Sun Belt Conference's West Division during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Ragin' Cajuns are led by Michael Desormeaux in his third year as the head coach. The Ragin' Cajuns will play home games at Cajun Field, located in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Schedule

The football schedule was announced on March 1, 2024. [1]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResult
August 317:00 p.m. Grambling State * ESPN+
September 76:00 p.m.at Kennesaw State *ESPN+
September 21 Tulane *
  • Cajun Field
  • Lafayette, LA
September 28at Wake Forest *
October 5at Southern Miss
October 12 Appalachian State
  • Cajun Field
  • Lafayette, LA
October 19at Coastal Carolina
October 296:30 p.m.at Texas State ESPN2
November 9 Arkansas State
  • Cajun Field
  • Lafayette, LA
November 16 South Alabama
  • Cajun Field
  • Lafayette, LA
November 23 Troy
  • Cajun Field
  • Lafayette, LA
November 30at Louisiana–Monroe

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References

  1. "2024 Louisiana Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 20, 2024.