2006 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team

2006 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	6–6 (3–4 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Rickey Bustle (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Rob Christophel (5th season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Brent Pry (5th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Cajun Field

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

Offense

QB Jerry Babb

RB Tyrell Fenroy

OL Brandon Cox

Defensive

DL Tony Hills

Preseason Offensive Player of the Year

• QB Jerry Babb, Louisiana-Lafayette

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 pm	at No. 8 LSU*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, Louisiana	PPV	L 3–45	92,362
September 9	6:00 pm	at Texas A&M*	Kyle Field College Station, Texas		L 7–51	67,079
September 23	4:00 pm	North Carolina A&T*	Cajun Field Lafayette, Louisiana		W 48–7	15,041
September 30	4:00 pm	Eastern Michigan*	Cajun Field Lafayette, Louisiana		W 33–14	15,923
October 7	6:00 pm	at Houston*	Robertson Stadium Houston		W 31–28	17,543
October 18	6:30 pm	at Florida Atlantic	Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale, Florida	ESPN2	W 6–0	9,827
October 28	4:00 pm	Middle Tennessee	Cajun Field Lafayette, Louisiana		L 20–34	22,093
November 4	3:00 pm	at Troy	Movie Gallery Stadium Troy, Alabama		L 28–42	20,111
November 11	4:00 pm	North Texas	Cajun Field Lafayette, Louisiana		L 7–16	13,621
November 18	5:00 pm	at FIU	FIU Stadium Miami		W 17–7	15,134
November 25	4:00 pm	Arkansas State	Cajun Field Lafayette, Louisiana		W 28–13	10,212
December 2	4:00 pm	Louisiana–Monroe	Cajun Field Lafayette, Louisiana (Battle on the Bayou)		L 20–39	10,814
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

• Source: RaginCajuns.com: 2006 football schedule

Game summaries

@ LSU

See also: 2006 LSU Tigers football team

Louisiana-Lafayette at LSU – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Ragin' Cajuns	0	3	0	0	3
No. 8 Tigers	14	14	7	10	45

at Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, LA

• Date: September 2
• Game time: 7:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 90 °F (32 °C); humid
• Game attendance: 92,362
• Referee: Matt Austin
• TV: CST
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Game information

First quarter LSU - Brandon LaFell 58-yard TD pass from Jamarcus Russell, Colt David kick good, 11:29 (LSU 7-0) LSU - Jonathan Zenon 17-yard interception returned for TD, David kick good, 9:46 (LSU 14-0) Second quarter ULL - David Akhimien 41-yard field goal, 11:21 (LSU 14-3) LSU - Early Doucet 17-yard TD pass from Russell, David kick good, 6:42 (LSU 21-3) LSU - Dwayne Bowe 29-yard TD pass from Russell, David kick good, 0:54 (LSU 28-3) Third quarter LSU - Jacob Hester 3-yard TD run, David kick good, 9:28 (LSU 35-3) Fourth quarter LSU - Alley Broussard 3-yard TD run, David kick good, 11:57 (LSU 42-3) LSU - Ryan Gaudet 33-yard field goal, 4:02 (LSU 45-3) Top passers LSU - Jamarcus Russell - 13/17, 253 yards, 3 TD ULL - Jerry Babb - 7/17, 63 yards, 2 INT Top rushers LSU - Alley Broussard - 8 carries, 46 yards, TD ULL - Tyrell Fenroy - 12 carries, 52 yards Top receivers LSU - Dwayne Bowe - 4 receptions, 88 yards, TD ULL - Derrick Smith - 2 receptions, 23 yards

@ Texas A&M

See also: 2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team

Louisiana-Lafayette at Texas A&M – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Ragin' Cajuns	0	7	0	0	7
Aggies	14	17	20	0	51

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
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Game information

First quarter TAMU - Jorvorskie Lane 1-yard TD run, Stephen McGee kick good, 10:00 (TAMU 7-0) TAMU - Lane 2-yard TD run, McGee kick good, 4:41 (TAMU 14-0) Second quarter TAMU - Chad Schroeder 15-yard TD pass rom McGee, McGee kick good, 12:40 (TAMU 21-0) TAMU - Lane 5-yard TD run, McGee kick good, 10:23 (TAMU 28-0) TAMU - McGee 35-yard field goal, 6:05 (TAMU 31-0) ULL - Michael Desormeaux 9-yard TD run, Drew Edmiston kick good, 1:58 (TAMU 31-7) Third quarter TAMU - Lane 8-yard TD run, McGee kick good, 8:32 (TAMU 38-7) TAMU - Joey Thomas 56-yard TD pass from Ty Branyon, McGee kick no good, 5:38 (TAMU 44-7) TAMU - Branyon 12-yard TD run, McGee kick good, 0:00 (TAMU 51-7) Top passers TAMU - Stephen McGee - 20/27, 200 yards, TD ULL - Jerry Babb - 1/8, 10 yards Top rushers TAMU - Mike Goodson - 8 carries, 54 yards ULL - Michael Desormeaux - 10 carries, 53 yards, TD Top receivers TAMU - Joey Thomas - 3 receptions, 84 yards, TD ULL - Erik Jones - reception, 10 yards

Eastern Michigan

See also: 2006 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team

Eastern Michigan at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	0	0	14	14
Ragin' Cajuns	14	9	7	3	33

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
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Game information

First quarter ULL - Jerry Babb 9-yard TD run, Drew Edmiston kick good, 7:10 (ULL 7-0) ULL - Jason Chery 38-yard TD pass from Babb, Edmiston kick good, 2:11 (ULL 14-0) Second quarter ULL - Chery 17-yard TD pass from Babb, Edmiston kick no good, 4:54 (ULL 20-0) ULL - Edmiston 44-yard field goal, 0:00 (ULL 23-0) Third quarter ULL - Tyrell Fenroy 3-yard TD run, Edmiston kick good, 10:33 (ULL 30-0) Fourth quarter ULL - Edmiston 40-yard field goal, 12:54 (ULL 33-0) EMU - Andy Schmitt 3-yard TD run, Andrew Wellock kick good, 8:01 (ULL 33-7) EMU - Schmitt 7-yard TD run, Wellock kick good, 3:32 (ULL 33-14) Top passers ULL - Jerry Babb - 17/20, 202 yards, 2 TD EMU - Andy Schmitt - 23/35, 171 yards Top rushers ULL - Tyrell Fenroy - 15 carries, 110 yards, TD EMU - Andy Schmitt - 15 carries, 62 yards, 2 TD Top receivers ULL - Jason Chery - 5 receptions, 93 yards, 2 TD EMU - Eric Deslauriers - 9 receptions, 100 yards

@ Houston

See also: 2006 Houston Cougars football team

Louisiana-Lafayette at Houston – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Ragin' Cajuns	0	10	6	15	31
Cougars	14	7	7	0	28

at Robertson Stadium, 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
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Game information

First quarter HOU - Jackie Battle 2-yard TD run, Ben Bell kick good, 9:12 (HOU 7-0) HOU - Donnie Avery 56-yard TD pass from Kevin Kolb, Bell kick good, 0:25 (HOU 14-0) Second quarter HOU - Kolb 5-yard TD run, Bell kick good, 14:06 (HOU 21-0) ULL - Jerry Babb 14-yard TD run, Drew Edmiston kick good, 11:50 (HOU 21-7) ULL - Edmiston 23-yard field goal, 2:52 (HOU 21-10) Third quarter ULL - Edmiston 37-yard field goal, 8:53 (HOU 21-13) HOU - Jeron Harvey 9-yard TD pass from Kolb, Bell kick good, 4:40 (HOU 28-13) ULL - Edmiston 51-yard field goal, 0:51 (HOU 28-16) Fourth quarter ULL - Tyrell Fenroy 16-yard TD run, Edmiston kick good, 11:33 (HOU 28-23) ULL - Kevin Belton 4-yard TD pass from Babb, Babb two-point conversion pass to Derrick Smith good, 1:02 (ULL 31-28) Top passers ULL - Jerry Babb - 15/29, 146 yards, TD, INT HOU - Kevin Kolb - 24/31, 367 yards, 2 TD Top rushers ULL - Tyrell Fenroy - 24 carries, 110 yards, TD HOU - Jackie Battle - 7 carries, 37 yards, TD Top receivers ULL - Derrick Smith - 4 receptions, 54 yards HOU - Jeron Harvey - 6 receptions, 118 yards, TD

@ Florida Atlantic

See also: 2006 Florida Atlantic Owls football team

Louisiana-Lafayette at Florida Atlantic – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Ragin' Cajuns	0	3	3	0	6
Owls	0	0	0	0	0

at Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, FL

• Date: October 18
• Game time: 6:30 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 85 °F (29 °C); clear and humid
• Game attendance: 9,827
• Referee: Jim Jackson
• TV: ESPN2
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Game information

Second quarter ULL - Drew Edmiston 44-yard field goal, 11:40 (ULL 3-0) Third quarter ULL - Edmiston 44-yard field goal, 11:18 (ULL 6-0 Top passers ULL - Jerry Babb - 11/21, 84 yards, INT FAU - Rusty Smith - 10/19, 88 yards, INT Top rushers ULL - Tyrell Fenroy - 18 carries, 87 yards FAU - Charles Pierre - 12 carries, 54 yards Top receivers ULL - Louis Lee - 3 receptions, 32 yards FAU - Jason Harmon - 3 receptions, 36 yards

Middle Tennessee

See also: 2006 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

Middle Tennessee at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders	7	17	0	10	34
Ragin' Cajuns	7	3	3	7	20

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

• Date: October 28
• Game time: 4:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 71 °F (22 °C); clear
• Game attendance: 21,485
• Referee: Matt Leoffler
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Game information

First quarter ULL - Michael Adams 71-yard interception return for TD, Drew Edmiston kick good, 12:29 (ULL 7-0) MTSU - Desmond Gee 22-yard TD pass from Clint Marks, Colby Smith kick good, 2:37 (TIE 7-7) Second quarter MTSU - Smith 31-yard field goal, 13:25 (MTSU 10-7) ULL - Edmiston 47-yard field goal, 9:06 (TIE 10-10) MTSU - Marks 1-yard TD run, Smith kick good, 5:45 (MTSU 17-10) MTSU - Damon Nickson 28-yard interception returned for TD, Smith kick good, 5:08 (MTSU 24-10) Third quarter ULL - Edmiston 25-yard field goal, 4:50 (MTSU 24-13) Fourth quarter MTSU - Smith 23-yard field goal, 9:30 (MTSU 27-13) MTSU - Eugene Gross 6-yard TD run, Smith kick good, 5:53 (MTSU 34-13) ULL - Corey Fredrick 40-yard TD pass from Jerry Babb, Edmiston kick good, 4:09 (MTSU 34-20) Top passers MTSU - Clint Mark - 19/26, 244 yards, TD, INT ULL - Jerry Babb - 12/24, 182 yards, TD, 4 INT Top rushers MTSU - Eugene Gross - 23 carries, 94 yards, TD ULL - Tyrell Fenroy - 16 carries, 90 yards Top receivers MTSU - Taron Henry - 5 receptions, 85 yards ULL - Derrick Smith - 5 receptions, 70 yards

@ Troy

See also: 2006 Troy Trojans football team

Louisiana-Lafayette at Troy – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Ragin' Cajuns	7	7	7	7	28
Trojans	0	21	14	7	42

at Movie Gallery Stadium, Troy, AL

• Date: November 4
• Game time: 3:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 60 °F (16 °C); clear
• Game attendance: 20,111
• Referee: Rick Doan
• TV: ESPN+
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Game information

First quarter ULL - Phillip Nevels 15-yard TD pass from Jerry Babb, Drew Edmiston kick good, 6:04 (ULL 7-0) Second quarter ULL - Deon Wallace 10-yard TD run, Edmiston kick good, 13:52 (ULL 14-0) TROY - Justin Brooks 1-yard TD run, Greg Whibbs kick good, 11:41 (ULL 14-7) TROY - Kenny Cattouse 7-yard TD run, Whibbs kick good, 7:31 (TIE 14-14) TROY - Omar Haugabook 15-yard TD run, Whibbs kick good, 4:53 (TROY 21-14) Third quarter ULL - Tyrell Fenroy 41-yard TD pass from Babb, Edmiston kick good, 11:33 (TIE 21-21) TROY - Gary Banks 58-yard TD pass from Haugabook, Whibbs kick good, 4:38 (TROY 28-21) TROY - Cattouse 8-yard TD run, Whibbs kick good, 1:53 (TROY 35-21) Fourth quarter ULL - Babb 13-yard TD run, Edmiston kick good, 13:55 (TROY 35-28) TROY - Julian Foster 15-yard TD run, Whibbs kick good, 2:11 (TROY 42-28) Top passers TROY - Omar Haugabook - 12/19, 153 yards, TD, INT ULL - Jerry Babb - 16/29, 230 yards, 2 TD, INT Top rushers TROY - Kenny Cattouse - 24 carries, 172 yards, 2 TD ULL - Tyrell Fenroy - 18 carries, 95 yards Top receivers TROY - Gary Banks - 3 receptions, 62 yards, TD ULL - Derrick Smith - 4 receptions, 82 yards

North Texas

See also: 2006 North Texas Mean Green football team

North Texas at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Mean Green	0	7	9	0	16
Ragin' Cajuns	0	7	0	0	7

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

• Date: November 11
• Game time: 4:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 59 °F (15 °C); partly cloudy
• Game attendance: 13,621
• Referee: Ken Williamson
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Game information

Second quarter UNT - Johnny Quinn 4-yard TD pass from Daniel Meager, Denis Hopovac kick good, 14:56 (UNT 7-0) ULL - Derrick Smith 2-yard TD pass from Jerry Babb, Drew Edmiston kick good, 0:00 (TIE 7-7) Third quarter UNT - Casey Fitzgerald 36-yard TD pass from Matt Phillips, Hopovac kick good, 4:59 (UNT 14-7) UNT - Team safety, 1:27 (UNT 16-7) Top passers UNT - Matt Phillips - 5/9, 91 yards, TD, INT ULL - Jerry Babb - 17/27, 168 yards, TD Top rushers UNT - Deavin Cox - 28 carries, 98 yards ULL - Tyrell Fenroy - 15 carries, 60 yards Top receivers UNT - Casey Fitzgerald - 2 receptions, 51 yards, TD ULL - Derrick Smith - 7 recpetions, 102 yards, TD

@ Florida International

See also: 2006 FIU Golden Panthers football team

Louisiana-Lafayette at Florida International – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Ragin' Cajuns	0	3	7	7	17
Golden Panthers	7	0	0	0	7

at FIU Stadium, Miami, FL

• Date: November 18
• Game time: 5:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 74 °F (23 °C); partly cloudy
• Game attendance: 15,134
• Referee: Matt Leoffler
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Game information

First quarter FIU - John Ellis 1-yard TD pass from Josh Padrick, Dustin Rivest kick good, 2:49 (FIU 7-0) Second quarter ULL - Drew Edmiston 47-yard field goal, 12:43 (FIU 7-3) Third quarter ULL - Tyrell Fenroy 7-yard TD run, Edmiston kick good, 5:51 (ULL 10-7) Fourth quarter ULL - Fenroy 2-yard TD run, Edmiston kick good, 3:30 (ULL 17-7) Top passers ULL - Jerry Babb - 7/16, 76 yards, INT FIU - Josh Padrick - 17/31, 137 yards, TD, INT Top rushers ULL - Tyrell Fenroy - 34 carries, 172 yards, 2 TD FIU - Julian Reams - 7 carries, 28 yards Top receivers ULL - Derrick Smith - 4 receptions, 50 yards FIU - Chandler Williams - 7 receptions, 77 yards

Arkansas State

See also: 2006 Arkansas State Indians football team

Arkansas State at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Indians	3	7	0	3	13
Ragin' Cajuns	0	14	0	14	28

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

• Date: November 25
• Game time: 4:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C); mostly cloudy
• Game attendance: 10,212
• Referee: Jim Jackson
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Game information

First quarter ARST - Josh Arauco 38-yard field goal, 10:02 (ARST 3-0) Second quarter ULL - Tyrell Fenroy 7-yard TD run, Drew Edmiston kick good, 14:16 (ULL 7-3) ARST - Levi Dejohnette 15-yard TD pass from Corey Leonard, Arauco kick good, 10:43 (ARST 10-7) ULL - Fenroy 2-yard TD run, Edmiston kick good, 4:29 (ULL 14-10) Fourth quarter ARST - Arauco 36-yard field goal, 14:53 (ULL 14-13) ULL - Jerry Babb 32-yard TD run, Edmiston kick good, 11:31 (ULL 21-13) ULL - Fenroy 1-yard TD run, Edmiston kick good, 6:45 (ULL 28-13) Top passers ULL - Jerry Babb - 10/18, 107 yards, INT ARST - Corey Leonard - 13/30, 132 yards, TD Top rushers ULL - Tyrell Fenroy - 26 carries, 178 yards, 3 TD ARST - Reggie Arnold - 18 carries, 156 yards Top receivers ULL - Derrick Smith - 3 receptions, 38 yards ARST - Levi Dejohnette - 3 receptions, 43 yards, TD

Louisiana-Monroe

See also: 2006 Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks football team

Louisiana-Monroe at Louisiana-Lafayette – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Warhawks	13	20	6	0	39
Ragin' Cajuns	14	0	6	0	20

at Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA

• Date: December 2
• Game time: 4:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 54 °F (12 °C); sunny
• Game attendance: 10,814
• Referee: Rick Doan
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Game information

First quarter ULM - Joe Merritt 24-yard TD pass from Kinsmon Lancaster, Cole Wilson kick good, 12:29 (ULM 7-0) ULL - Tyrell Fenroy 14-yard TD run, Drew Edmiston kick good, 8:18 (TIE 7-7) ULM - Calvin Dawson 36-yard TD run, Wilson kick no good, 5:44 (ULM 13-7) ULL - Fenroy 2-yard TD run, Edmiston kick good, 0:42 (ULL 14-13) Second quarter ULM - Wilson 41-yard field goal, 13:52 (ULM 16-14) ULM - Dawson 18-yard TD run, Wilson kick good, 10:00 (ULM 23-14) ULM - LaGregory Sapp 64-yard TD pass from Lancaster, Wilson kick good, 2:04 (ULM 30-14) ULM - Wilson 44-yard field goal, 0:12 (ULM 33-14) Third quarter ULM - Wilson 20-yard field goal, 5:27 (ULM 36-14) ULL - Phillip Nevels 10-yard TD pass from Jerry Babb, Babb two-point conversion pass no good, 3:15 (ULM 36-20) ULM - Wilson 25-yard field goal, 0:50 (ULM 39-20) Top passers ULM - Kinsmon Lancaster - 11/18, 244 yards, 2 TD ULL - Jerry Babb - 22/42, 189 yards, TD, 3 INT Top rushers ULM - Calvin Dawson - 24 carries, 129 yards, 2 TD ULL - Tyrell Fenroy - 27 carries, 118 yards, 2 TD Top receivers ULM - LaGregory Sapp - 3 receptions, 137 yards, TD ULL - Derrick Smith - 8 receptions, 98 yards

Postseason

All–Conference Team

First-Team Offense

OL Greg Hodges

OL Brandon Cox

First-Team Special Teams

AP Michael Desormeaux

Second-Team Offense

RB Tyrell Fenroy

OL Jesse Newman

Second-Team Defense

DE Eugene Kwarteng

Honorable Mentions

DE Anthony Hills

CB Michael Adams

Postseason awards

• Steven Jyles, ULM - Player of the Year
• Steven Jyles, ULM - Offensive Player of the Year
• Jeff Littlejohn, MTSU - Defensive Player of the Year
• Aaron Weathers, UNT - Newcomer of the Year
• Tyrell Fenroy, ULL - Freshman of the Year
• Stephen Roberts, ARST - Coach of the Year