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at its 5-year level▲ Up 5 this season
Career53since 1936
Peak752020
Last 561seasons
#94 nationally · 4-2 (1-1 conf)
Résumé #76 · record ahead of its play
Schedule so far #123
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
Sun Belt · Lafayette, LA · Cajun Field · Head coach Michael Desormeaux
Rival
UL Monroe · also Arkansas State
Established rivalry
25-16 all time (41 meetings since 1976)
Louisiana leads
Last: won 30-27 (2025) · Louisiana has won 3 straight
Holds it
program traits are earned from history
0national titles
0Heisman
0AP top-10
1All-Americans
28NFL picks
47.8%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1971. Every season →
Chemistry
66
65Foundation
68Gel
gel counts 45% so far
▲ Above its norm +10
early · #24 of 138
HC year5
Ret. starters41%
QB yrs w/ OC2
| Season | Record | Conference | AP final | Season rank | Rating | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026in progress | 4-2 | Sun Belt | — | #94 | 58 | Michael Desormeaux |
| 2025 | 6-7 | Sun Belt | — | #111 | 53 | Michael Desormeaux |
| 2024 | 10-4 | Sun Belt | — | #72 | 62 | Michael Desormeaux |
| 2023 | 6-7 | Sun Belt | — | #95 | 58 | Michael Desormeaux |
| 2022 | 6-7 | Sun Belt | — | #71 | 62 | Michael Desormeaux |
| 2021 | 13-1 | Sun Belt | #16 | #45 | 72 | Billy Napier; Michael Desormeaux |
| 2020 | 10-1 | Sun Belt | #15 | #16 | 75 | Billy Napier |
| 2019 | 11-3 | Sun Belt | — | #34 | 72 | Billy Napier |
| 2018 | 7-7 | Sun Belt | — | #94 | 57 | Billy Napier |
| 2017 | 5-7 | Sun Belt | — | #121 | 43 | Mark Hudspeth |
| 2016 | 6-7 | Sun Belt | — | #97 | 55 | Mark Hudspeth |
| 2015 | 4-8 | Sun Belt | — | #114 | 45 | Mark Hudspeth |
| 2014 | 9-4 | Sun Belt | — | #85 | 59 | Mark Hudspeth |
| 2013 | 9-4 | Sun Belt | — | #85 | 59 | Mark Hudspeth |
| 2012 | 9-4 | Sun Belt | — | #61 | 65 | Mark Hudspeth |
| 2011 | 9-4 | Sun Belt | — | #79 | 59 | Mark Hudspeth |
| 2010 | 3-9 | Sun Belt | — | #113 | 42 | Rickey Bustle |
| 2009 | 6-6 | Sun Belt | — | #104 | 51 | Rickey Bustle |
| 2008 | 6-6 | Sun Belt | — | #89 | 55 | Rickey Bustle |
| 2007 | 3-9 | Sun Belt | — | #101 | 51 | Rickey Bustle |
| 2006 | 6-6 | Sun Belt | — | #106 | 50 | Rickey Bustle |
| 2005 | 6-5 | Sun Belt | — | #101 | 52 | Rickey Bustle |
| 2004 | 4-7 | Sun Belt | — | #104 | 51 | Rickey Bustle |
| 2003 | 4-8 | Sun Belt | — | #107 | 42 | Rickey Bustle |
| 2002 | 3-9 | Sun Belt | — | #103 | 51 | Rickey Bustle |
| 2001 | 3-8 | Sun Belt | — | #112 | 33 | Jerry Baldwin |
| 2000 | 1-10 | FBS Independents | — | #110 | 34 | Jerry Baldwin |
| 1999 | 2-9 | FBS Independents | — | #112 | 31 | Jerry Baldwin |
| 1998 | 2-9 | FBS Independents | — | #108 | 37 | Nelson Stokley |
| 1997 | 1-10 | FBS Independents | — | #112 | 22 | Nelson Stokley |
| 1996 | 5-6 | FBS Independents | — | #84 | 56 | Nelson Stokley |
| 1995 | 6-5 | Big West | — | #77 | 58 | Nelson Stokley |
| 1994 | 6-5 | Big West | — | #79 | 54 | Nelson Stokley |
| 1993 | 8-3 | Big West | — | #75 | 58 | Nelson Stokley |
| 1992 | 2-9 | FBS Independents | — | #103 | 30 | Nelson Stokley |
| 1991 | 2-8-1 | FBS Independents | — | #90 | 53 | Nelson Stokley |
| 1990 | 5-6 | FBS Independents | — | #71 | 60 | Nelson Stokley |
| 1989 | 7-4 | FBS Independents | — | #57 | 63 | Nelson Stokley |
| 1988 | 6-5 | FBS Independents | — | #46 | 67 | Nelson Stokley |
| 1987 | 6-5 | FBS Independents | — | #81 | 55 | Nelson Stokley |
| 1986 | 6-5 | FBS Independents | — | #63 | 61 | Nelson Stokley |
| 1985 | 4-7 | FBS Independents | — | #93 | 49 | Sam Robertson |
| 1984 | 6-5 | FBS Independents | — | #61 | 64 | Sam Robertson |
| 1983 | 4-6 | FBS Independents | — | #72 | 58 | Sam Robertson |
| 1982 | 7-3-1 | FBS Independents | — | #80 | 55 | Sam Robertson |
| 1981 | 1-9-1 | Southland | — | #95 | 56 | Sam Robertson |
| 1980 | 7-4 | Southland | — | #93 | 55 | Sam Robertson |
| 1979 | 4-7 | Southland | — | #98 | 54 | Augie Tammariello |
| 1978 | 3-8 | Southland | — | #114 | 42 | Augie Tammariello |
| 1977 | 6-4-2 | Southland | — | #77 | 61 | Augie Tammariello |
| 1976 | 9-2 | Southland | — | #64 | 64 | Augie Tammariello |
| 1975 | 6-5 | Southland | — | #87 | 57 | Augie Tammariello |
| 1974 | 2-9 | Southland | — | #106 | 43 | Augie Tammariello |
| 1973 | 0-10 | Southland | — | #107 | 19 | Russ Faulkinberry |
| 1972 | 1-1 | Southland | — | — | — | |
| 1971 | 1-0 | Southland | — | — | — |
★ = a national title the school claims. Seasons before 1936 (the first AP poll) are the early era: shown in gray and rated on the same yardstick, but the all-time pool and program totals that matter most start in 1936.