3 Greatest Wins in Ragin' Cajuns Football History

(LAFAYETTE, LA) - Ragin' Cajuns football has come a long way from the days of chasing a rare signature win. The program made its first bowl trip in more than 40 years with a 2011 New Orleans Bowl victory over San Diego State under Mark Hudspeth, then ripped off three more straight bowl wins and four consecutive nine-win seasons before Hudspeth moved on.

Billy Napier picked up where that success left off, winning a Sun Belt West title in his first season in 2018 and an outright Sun Belt championship in 2021, before Florida hired him away as its head coach that December. Napier stuck around just long enough to coach the Cajuns to that Sun Belt title game win, then handed the program to his offensive coordinator, Michael Desormeaux, a New Iberia native and former Cajuns quarterback who set school records running and throwing the ball in the mid-2000s. Desormeaux won his very first game as head coach, the 2021 New Orleans Bowl over Marshall, and he's now in his fourth season leading the program he once played for.

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That climb, from bowl-less to Sun Belt contender to homegrown leadership, is part of the story. But along with the bowl victories, three wins put Ragin' Cajuns football on the map and provided some of the most memorable games in Cajuns history.

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From a goalpost-toppling upset to a 40-point Homecoming miracle, Ragin' Cajuns football has delivered some Saturdays Lafayette still talks about decades later. Here's a look back at three of the biggest wins in program history.

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Three different decades, three unforgettable Saturdays. That's Ragin' Cajuns football.

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