2010 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team

2010 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Record3–9 (3–5 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRon Hudson (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorKevin Fouquier (3rd season)
Home stadiumCajun Field
Seasons
← 2009
2011 →
2010 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Troy +   6 – 2     8 – 5  
FIU +   6 – 2     7 – 6  
Middle Tennessee   5 – 3     6 – 7  
Louisiana–Monroe   4 – 4     5 – 7  
Arkansas State   4 – 4     4 – 8  
Florida Atlantic   3 – 5     4 – 8  
Louisiana–Lafayette   3 – 5     3 – 9  
North Texas   3 – 5     3 – 9  
Western Kentucky   2 – 6     2 – 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 2010 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS college football season. The Ragin' Cajans were led by ninth-year head coach Rickey Bustle and played their home games at Cajun Field. The schedule featured a nationally-televised game from Cajun Field against Oklahoma State on October 8. In five home games the average attendance at Cajun Field was 17,383, with a season-high of 25,000 attending the Oklahoma State game.

The team finished with an overall record of 3–9 overall and 3–5 in the Sun Belt Conference. Bustle was fired on November 28, 2010. During his tenure he compiled a 41–65 record, including four six-win seasons. The team never reached a bowl game during this time.[1]

Preseason

Award watchlists

Award Player Position Year
John Mackey Award Ladarius Green TE JR
Lombardi Award Grant Fleming LB SR

Sun Belt Media Day

Predicted standings

Sun Belt Conference predicted standings
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st Place)
1 Middle Tennessee 75 (5)
2 Troy 73 (3)
3 Arkansas State 53
4 Louisiana-Lafayette 49 (1)
5 Florida Atlantic 45
6 Florida International 42
7 Louisiana-Monroe 32
8 North Texas 27
9 Western Kentucky 9

Preseason All–Conference Team

Roster

2010 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 3 Pierre Hill Jr
RB 6 Robert Walker  Fr
QB 7 Chris Masson Jr
FB 8 Brad McGuire Jr
QB 13 Brady Thomas So
WR 15 Ross Goodlett Jr
QB 16 Blake Hollingsworth  Fr
QB 17 Blaine Gautier So
WR 18 Andrew Joseph Jr
WR 19 Marlin Miller Sr
RB 20 Aaron Spikes
RB 25 Kevis Streeter Jr
FB 26 Yobes Walker So
RB 29 Draylon Booker So
RB 33 Julian Shankle Jr
RB 41 Joel Banks  Fr
FB 46 Matt Desormeaux Sr
OT 51 Colin Windsor Sr
C 60 Ian Burks Sr
OT 62 Robert Robinson  Fr
OL 63 Jarad Martin  Fr
C 66 Sean Osborne So
C 68 Matthew Autrey Jr
OL 69 Ashton Tyler  Fr
G 70 Evan Ruiz So
G 71 Andre Huval  Fr
G 72 Leonardo Bates So
OT 73 Jonathan DeCoster Sr
G 74 Kyle Plouhar Jr
G 76 Jaron Odom So
OT 77 Nasser Jamal Sr
G 78 Daniel Lemelle  Fr
OL 79 D'Amate Ledet  Fr
WR 80 Vernon Wolfe Sr
WR 81 Richie Falgout Sr
WR 82 Javone Lawson So
WR 83 James Butler  Fr
TE 85 Ian Thompson  Fr
TE 86 Jacob Maxwell  Fr
WR 87 Darryl Surgent  Fr
TE 88 Brandon Williams So
TE 88 Trace Wilson So
TE 89 Ladarius Green Jr
TE 92 Joe Jackson  Fr
WR Boris Anyama  Fr
WR Billy Christian  Fr
OL Marvin Martin  Fr
OL Daniel Quave  Fr
FB Amari Williams  Fr
OL Brendan Wilson So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
CB 2 Orkeys Auriene Sr
LB 4 Daylon McCoy Sr
CB 5 Dwight Bentley Jr
LB 11 Devon Lewis-Buchanan Jr
SS 20 Chris Richard Jr
SS 21 Lance Kelly Jr
CB 22 Melvin White Jr
CB 23 Rodney Gillis So
FS 24 Lionel Stokes Jr
SS 27 Earnest Gardner  Fr
SS 30 Le'Marcus Gibson Jr
FS 31 Winston Burnette  Fr
DE 34 Justin Anderson  Fr
FS 36 Maurice Rolle Sr
DB 38 Tim Jackson So
CB 39 Julian Jones Sr
LB 43 Jesse Broadnax So
DE 44 Bernard Smith Jr
DE 45 Emeke Onyenekwu So
LB 47 Grant Fleming Sr
LB 48 Andrew Hebert  Fr
LB 49 Kyron Benoit Jr
DE 53 Christopher Tucker Jr
LB 55 Brandon Nash  Fr
LB 56 Richard Brooks Jr
LB 57 William Stevenson  Fr
DE 58 Nate Douglas Jr
DT 59 Brandon McCray  Fr
DT 64 Ben Duhon So
DT 65 Barry Sterling So
DT 90 Derreck Dean Jr
DT 91 Sharrick Moore Sr
DT 94 Jermaine Rogers Sr
DT 95 Benay Pryer So
DE 97 Terrell Richardson Sr
DT 98 Jordan Topp Sr
DE 99 Tyrell Gaddies Jr
DE Nick Barnfield  Fr
CB Reuban Foster Fr
FS Cooper Gerami  Fr
DT Darrell Green  Fr
FS Seth Guilbeaux Sr
DT Cordian Hagans So
DT Donavain Mallet  Fr
LB Jake Molbert  Fr
CB Trevence Patt  Fr
LB Christian Sager  Fr
LB Jelani Smith Jr
S Hunter Thibodeaux  Fr
DE Aaron Thibodeaux  Fr
LB Taylor Vernotzy So
LB Darryl Williams  Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 10 Tyler Albrecht Sr
P 35 Spencer Ortego Sr
K 38 Hunter Stover  Fr
K 40 Brett Baer So
LS 50 Matt Gore  Fr
LS 61 Matt Rosenbalm So
LS John Broussard  Fr
LS Brock Guidry  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 411:20 amat No. 23 Georgia*
SEC NetworkL 7–5592,746[2]
September 112:30 pmArkansas State
CST/CSSW 31–2415,103[3]
September 256:00 pmMiddle Tennessee
  • Cajun Field
  • Lafayette, Louisiana
L 14–3417,249[4]
October 26:30 pmat North Texas
CST/CSSW 28–2717,015[5]
October 88:00 pmNo. 21 Oklahoma State*
  • Cajun Field
  • Lafayette, Louisiana
ESPN2L 28–5425,881[6]
October 166:00 pmat Troy
L 24–3122,283
October 234:00 pmWestern Kentuckydagger
  • Cajun Field
  • Lafayette, Louisiana
L 21–5415,641
October 301:00 pmat Ohio*
L 31–3815,255
November 66:00 pmat Ole Miss*
ESPNUL 21–4353,144
November 136:00 pmat Florida Atlantic
L 23–2412,044
November 206:00 pmFlorida International
  • Cajun Field
  • Lafayette, Louisiana
L 17–3813,041
November 272:30 pmat Louisiana–Monroe
W 23–229,215

Game summaries

@ Georgia

See also: 2010 Georgia Bulldogs football team
Louisiana-Lafayette at Georgia – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Ragin' Cajuns 0 7 007
No. 23 Bulldogs 7 24 17755

at Sanford Stadium, Athens, GA

  • Date: September 4
  • Game time: 11:00 a.m. CST
  • Game weather: 77 °F (25 °C); sunny
  • Game attendance: 92,746
  • Referee: Tom Ritter
  • TV: SECN
  • [1] [2] [3]
Game information

Arkansas State

See also: 2010 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team
Arkansas State at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Red Wolves 7 0 01724
Ragin' Cajuns 10 14 7031

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

  • Date: September 11
  • Game time: 2:30 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 91 °F (33 °C); partly cloudy
  • Game attendance: 15,103
  • Referee: Riley Johnson
  • TV: SBN
  • [4] [5] [6]
Game information

Middle Tennessee

See also: 2010 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team
Middle Tennessee at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Blue Raiders 3 17 14034
Ragin' Cajuns 0 14 0014

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

  • Date: September 25
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 85 °F (29 °C); partly cloudy
  • Game attendance: 17,249
  • Referee: Jeff Hilyer
  • [7] [8] [9]
Game information

@ North Texas

See also: 2010 North Texas Mean Green football team
Louisiana-Lafayette at North Texas – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Ragin' Cajuns 7 14 7028
Mean Green 0 14 01327

at Fouts Field, Denton, TX

  • Date: October 2
  • Game time: 6:30 p.m. CST
  • TV: SBN
  • [10]
Game information

Oklahoma State

See also: 2010 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team
Oklahoma State at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
No. 22 Cowboys 10 7 241354
Ragin' Cajuns 0 21 7028

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

  • Date: October 8
  • Game time: 8:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 78 °F (26 °C); clear
  • Game attendance: 25,881
  • Referee: Tony Backert
  • TV: ESPN2
  • [11][12] [13]
Game information

@ Troy

See also: 2010 Troy Trojans football team
Louisiana-Lafayette at Troy – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Ragin' Cajuns 7 7 01024
Trojans 0 17 01431

at Veterans Memorial Stadium, Troy, AL

  • Date: October 16
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 69 °F (21 °C); clear
  • Game attendance: 22,283
  • Referee: Jeff Hilyer
  • [14][15] [16]
Game information

Western Kentucky

See also: 2010 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team
Western Kentucky at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Hilltoppers 3 24 131454
Ragin' Cajuns 0 7 7721

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

Game information

@ Ohio

See also: 2010 Ohio Bobcats football team
Louisiana-Lafayette at Ohio – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Ragin' Cajuns 0 14 31431
Bobcats 7 3 62238

at Peden Stadium, Athens, OH

  • Date: October 30
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 56 °F (13 °C); sunny
  • Game attendance: 15,255
  • Referee: Stan Evans
  • [19][20][21]
Game information

@ Ole Miss

See also: 2010 Ole Miss Rebels football team
Louisiana-Lafayette at Ole Miss – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Ragin' Cajuns 7 14 0021
Rebels 24 6 31043

at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, MS

  • Date: November 6
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 54 °F (12 °C); fair
  • Game attendance: 53,144
  • Referee: Penn Wagers
  • TV: ESPNU
  • [22][23][24]
Game information

@ Florida Atlantic

See also: 2010 Florida Atlantic Owls football team
Louisiana-Lafayette at Florida Atlantic – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Ragin' Cajuns 0 7 7923
Owls 14 0 7324

at Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, FL

  • Date: November 13
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 78 °F (26 °C); clear
  • Game attendance: 12,044
  • Referee: Riley Johnson
  • [25][26][27]
Game information

Florida International

See also: 2010 FIU Panthers football team
Florida International at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Panthers 0 7 171438
Ragin' Cajuns 0 3 14017

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

  • Date: November 20
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C); cloudy
  • Game attendance: 13,041
  • Referee: Kevin Stine
  • [28][29][30]
Game information

@ Louisiana–Monroe

See also: 2010 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team
Louisiana-Lafayette at Louisiana-Monroe – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Ragin' Cajuns 3 7 13023
Warhawks 10 3 0922

at Malone Stadium, Monroe, LA

  • Date: November 27
  • Game time: 2:30 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 63 °F (17 °C); clear
  • Game attendance: 9,215
  • Referee: Tony Backert
  • [31] [32] [33]
Game information

References

  1. ^ "Azcentral - AP: Louisiana-Lafayette fires Rickey Bustle after nine seasons". content.usatoday.net. November 28, 2010. Archived from the original on March 23, 2012. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  2. ^ "Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns vs. Georgia Bulldogs Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2010. Retrieved September 4, 2010.
  3. ^ "Arkansas State Red Wolves vs. Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2010. Retrieved October 3, 2010.
  4. ^ "Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders vs. Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on September 30, 2010. Retrieved October 3, 2010.
  5. ^ "Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns vs. North Texas Mean Green Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on October 4, 2010. Retrieved October 3, 2010.
  6. ^ "Oklahoma State Cowboys vs. Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on October 11, 2010. Retrieved October 9, 2010.