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Line 1: {{Short description\|University of Louisiana-Lafayette athletic teams}} {{Redirect\|Ragin' Cajun}} {{Infobox college athletics \| name = Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns \| logo = Ragin Cajuns logo.svg \| logo_width = ~~250~~200 \| university = [[University of Louisiana at Lafayette]] \| association = NCAA Line 21 ⟶ 22: \| fightsong = Ragin' Cajuns Fight Song \| pageurl = http://www.ragincajuns.com/ \| altlogo = [[File:Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns wordmark.svg\|~~250px~~200px]] }} [[File:Sun Belt Conference 2020 logo in Louisiana–Lafayette colors.svg\|thumb\|~~260px~~200px\|~~Louisiana~~Sun isBelt aConference ~~member~~logo ofin ~~the Sun~~Louisiana's ~~Belt Conference~~colors]]▼ The '''Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns''' are the athletic teams of the [[University of Louisiana at Lafayette]]. The college has been competing athletically since 1901. The Ragin' Cajuns compete in [[NCAA Division I]], fielding 16 varsity teams. ==Nickname== The ~~University~~university states that "Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns" is the nickname of the school's athletic teams.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Proper Use of the University's Name\|url=http://www.louisiana.edu/about-us/media/proper-use-universitys-name\|website=louisiana.edu\|date=6 December 2012\|publisher=University of Louisiana at Lafayette \|access-date=August 18, 2016}}</ref>▼ ▲[[File:Sun Belt logo in Louisiana–Lafayette colors.svg\|thumb\|260px\|Louisiana is a member of the Sun Belt Conference]] ▲The University states that "Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns" is the nickname of the school's athletic teams.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Proper Use of the University's Name\|url=http://www.louisiana.edu/about-us/media/proper-use-universitys-name\|website=louisiana.edu\|publisher=University of Louisiana at Lafayette \|access-date=August 18, 2016}}</ref> Founded in 1898 as Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute (SLII), the school adopted Bulldogs as a team nickname in 1921. The nickname persisted when the school was renamed Southwestern Louisiana Institute (SLI) in 1921 and the University of Southwestern Louisiana (USL) in 1960. Founded in 1901 as Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute (SLII), the school is believed to have then been known as the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs nickname persisted when the school was renamed Southwestern Louisiana Institute (SLI) in 1921. In 1960, the school became University of Southwestern Louisiana (USL) and in 1963 then–football coach [[Russ Faulkinberry]] changed the nickname of the football team from "Bulldogs" to "Raging Cajuns," a nod to the school's location in [[Acadiana]]. By the 1970s, the athletic department, sports information director Bob Henderson, and the student body picked up on the nickname. As published in the 1974 football guide, the nickname became official that year. Raging Cajuns was later shortened to Ragin' Cajuns. Briefly in 1984, USL's name became the University of Louisiana, but was reverted to University of Southwestern Louisiana via court challenge. In 1999, it became the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette) and maintained the Ragin' Cajuns nickname.<ref>{{cite web \|title=What is the Name?\|url=http://ragincajuns.com/news/2011/10/28/Name.aspx\|website=RaginCajuns.com\|publisher=Louisiana–Lafayette Athletics\|access-date=August 18, 2016\|date=October 28, 2011}} {{dead link\|date=May 2021}}</ref> The university's 1963 football team was unusually strong in homegrown talent; 35 of its 39 players were from Louisiana, with 30 from within 100 miles of Lafayette.<ref>{{cite news \|title="The Raging Cajuns" \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109672897/raging-cajuns/ \|access-date=16 September 2022 \|work=The Monroe News-Star \|date=4 July 1963 \|pages=16}}</ref> As a result, coach [[Russ Faulkinberry]] changed the team's nickname to the Raging [[Cajuns]], a nod to the ethnic group based in [[Acadiana\|south Louisiana]].<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Lenox \|first1=Charles \|title=Charlie's Corner \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109672713/raging-cajuns/ \|access-date=16 September 2022 \|work=The Daily Advertiser \|date=3 July 1963 \|pages=8}}</ref> (The team went 4–5.)<ref>{{cite web \|title=2022 Louisiana Football Media Guide (PDF) \|url=https://ragincajuns.com/documents/2022/7/25/2022_Louisiana_Football_Media_Guide.pdf \|website=Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns \|access-date=16 September 2022 \|language=en}}</ref> The name change also ended a longstanding nickname overlap with the [[Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and Lady Techsters\|Louisiana Tech Bulldogs]]. The term Raging (or Ragin') Cajuns had been used in a number of contexts before 1963, including as the nickname of the Louisiana-based U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Squadron VMF-143.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Bernard \|first1=Shane K. \|title=From Fighter Jets to Football: Origin of the Phrase "Ragin' Cajun" \|url=http://bayoutechedispatches.blogspot.com/2012/01/from-jet-fighters-to-football-origin-of.html \|website=Bayou Teche Dispatches \|access-date=16 September 2022 \|date=17 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=Marine "Ragin Cajuns" Squadron Has Openings For Fifteen Young Men \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109675715/the-hammond-vindicator/ \|access-date=16 September 2022 \|work=The Hammond Vindicator \|date=6 June 1952 \|pages=12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=Lt. John Durwood Boutte \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109675695/abbeville-meridional/ \|access-date=16 September 2022 \|work=Abbeville Meridional \|date=17 February 1951 \|pages=14}}</ref> The team changed the nickname from "Raging" to "Ragin'" in 1967 and formally adopted it for all athletic teams in 1974.<ref>{{cite web \|title=UL Football History \|url=https://static.ragincajuns.com/custompages/mediaguidepdfs/football/2007/section7a.pdf \|publisher=University of Louisiana at Lafayette \|access-date=16 September 2022}}</ref> Briefly in 1984, USL's name became the University of Louisiana, but was reverted to University of Southwestern Louisiana via court challenge. In 1999, it became the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette) and maintained the Ragin' Cajuns nickname.<ref>{{cite web\|title=What is the Name?\|url=http://ragincajuns.com/news/2011/10/28/Name.aspx\|website=RaginCajuns.com\|publisher=Louisiana–Lafayette Athletics\|access-date=August 18, 2016\|date=October 28, 2011\|archive-date=August 28, 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828082001/http://ragincajuns.com/news/2011/10/28/Name.aspx\|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==Facilities== The area where the majority of the school's athletic facilities are located is formally known as the "Edgar G. "Sonny" Mouton, Jr. Sports and Entertainment Plaza." It is located apart from the main campus, and is bounded by West Congress Street to the north, Bertrand Drive to the west, Reinhardt Drive and Souvenir Gate to the south, and the coulee feeding into Coulee Mine to the east.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://law.justia.com/codes/louisiana/2018/code-revisedstatutes/title-49/rs-49-149.32/\|title=2018 Louisiana Laws :: Revised Statutes :: TITLE 49 - State Administration :: RS 49:149.32 - Edgar G. "Sonny" Mouton, Jr. Sports and Entertainment Plaza}}</ref> It is more informally known as the Athletic Complex. Located in this area are: '''[[Cajundome]]''' Line 46 ⟶ 53: '''Track and Field Complex''' '''Donald and Janice Mosing Student-Athlete Performance Center''' :The SAPC is a 100,000-square foot facility that houses the Ragin' Cajuns football offices, strength and conditioning, athletic training and the equipment room. Opened in September 2015, is the largest in the Sun Belt Conference and is one of the largest among Division I schools across the South. It includes a 12,000-square foot weight room, the state-of-the-art athletic training room and hydrotherapy area, nutrition station and the 150-seat auditorium.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://ragincajuns.com/facilities/donald-and-janice-mosing-student-athlete-performance-center/22\|title = Facilities}}</ref> '''Leon Moncla Indoor Practice Facility''' :Completed in August, 2007, at a cost of approximately $4.5 million, the facility houses a full 120-yard football field covered by a turf surface. It also contains a basketball practice facility which includes a full court with six goals, locker room, video room, players lounge and meeting room. The facility also contains drop-down batting cages which are utilized by the basketball, softball and golf teams. The baseball and softball teams also use the facility as needed.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://ragincajuns.com/sports/2013/1/3/ATHL_0103134344.aspx?id=532\|title = Leon Moncla Indoor Practice Facility}}</ref> Additionally, while just outside the sports complex, Bourgeois Hall (Health & PE) is located immediately next to Lamson Park. Also, Earl K. Long Gym (Women's basketball and volleyball) is located on the main campus Line 110 ⟶ 117: * 2002, 2003, 2008, and 2011 Sun Belt Conference West division champions * 1982 Southland Conference tournament champions * 1992, 1994, 2000, 2014, 2023 Sun Belt Conference tournament champions * 1982, 1983, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2014, 2023 NCAA Tournament appearances === Women's basketball === Line 122 ⟶ 129: === Football === {{main\|Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football}} * Football was the first team organized at the then Institute (SLII) in 1901, although an advertisement promoting women's gymnastics was placed in 1900. The team participates in NCAA Division I FBS in the Sun Belt Conference. First played in 1901 under the school's previous name SLII.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.raginpagin.com/louisiana/showthread.php?t=1&referrerid=1523\|title=Football 1901-02\|work=RaginPagin.com\|access-date=12 December 2014}}</ref> They are a charter member of NCAA Division I-A football.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.collegefootballhistory.com/ragin_cajuns/history.htm\|title=Lafayette Ragin Cajuns Football History\|publisher=Collegefootballhistory.com\|access-date=12 December 2014}}</ref> * [[Ron Gomez]] did the radio play-by-play for Cajuns football and basketball from 1961–1979, when he was elected to the [[Louisiana State Legislature\|Louisiana House of Representatives]]. In that capacity, he worked with the [[David C. Treen]] administration to construct the Cajundome. Gomez had begun advocacy of the stadium while he served as president of the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce in 1978.<ref>[[Ron Gomez]], ''My Name Is Ron And I'm a Recovering Legislator: Memoirs of a Louisiana State Representative'', [[Lafayette, Louisiana\|Lafayette]], [[Louisiana]]: Zemog Publishing, 2000, pp. 9, 111-112; {{ISBN\|0-9700156-0-7}}</ref> * Participates in NCAA Division I FBS in the Sun Belt Conference. First played in 1901 under the school's previous name SLII.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.raginpagin.com/louisiana/showthread.php?t=1&referrerid=1523\|title=Football 1901-02\|work=RaginPagin.com\|access-date=12 December 2014}}</ref> * Charter member of NCAA Division I-A football.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.collegefootballhistory.com/ragin_cajuns/history.htm\|title=Lafayette Ragin Cajuns Football History\|publisher=Collegefootballhistory.com\|access-date=12 December 2014}}</ref> * 1968 and 1970 Gulf States Conference champions, 1952 and 1965 Gulf States co-champions * 2005 Sun Belt Conference co-champions * 2018 and 2019 Sun Belt Conference divisional champions * 1993 and 1994 Big West Conference co-champions * [[Oil Bowl\|1944 Oil Bowl]] champion * [[2012 New Orleans Bowl]] champions<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.neworleansbowl.org\|title=New Orleans Bowl: Home\|publisher=Neworleansbowl.org\|access-date=12 December 2014}}</ref> * [[2014 New Orleans Bowl]] champions<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.neworleansbowl.org\|title=New Orleans Bowl: Home\|publisher=Neworleansbowl.org\|access-date=20 October 2015}}</ref> Louisiana vacated 22 wins from 2011 to 2014 including the 2011 and 2013 New Orleans Bowls and also vacated the 2013 Sun Belt Conference co-championship as the result of NCAA violations of ACT exam fraud, payments to recruits, and not cooperating with the NCAA investigation.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Exam fraud, recruit payments among NCAA accusations against UL-Lafayette, ex-assistant coach David Saunders \|newspaper=The Baton Rouge Advocate \|date=October 11, 2015\|access-date=October 20, 2015\|url=http://theadvocate.com/sports/ullafayette/13682425-128/ncaa-accuses-louisiana-lafayette-former-football}}</ref> Line 157 ⟶ 154: Men's Lacrosse as part of the MCLA, [[Badminton]], [[Bowling]], [[Cheerleading]], [[Cricket]], [[college hockey\|Ice Hockey]] as part of the [[American Collegiate Hockey Association\|ACHA]], [[Inline Hockey]] as part of the [[NCRHA]], [[Judo]], [[Powerlifting]], [[Rugby football\|Rugby]], Men's [[Soccer]], [[Shooting sports\|Sport Shooting]], [[Tae Kwon Do]], [[Water Skiing]]. * '''Water Skiing''' - First year of competition: 1989. Has finished no worse than third in the annual NCWSA National Collegiate Water Ski Association championships since 1993. National champions: 1995, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019. and 2022 ==Traditions== [[File:Lafayette Cheerleaders 1922.jpg\|100px\|thumb\|Lafayette Cheerleaders, 1922]] ===Mascots=== * Bulldog Line 169 ⟶ 167: ==Notable players and coaches== {{details\|:List of University of Louisiana ~~at Lafayette~~ people#Sports alumni}} ==Ragin Cajun Network== Line 177 ⟶ 175: * [[WGSO]] 990 AM in New Orleans * [[KTUX]] 98.9 FM in Shreveport * [[KLCL]] 1470 ~~AM/[[KJEF (AM)\|KJEF]] 1290~~ AM in Lake Charles Television coverage is provided by Cox Communications as part of their [[Cox 4]] and [[Cox Sports]] Television networks. Cox Sports Television now has over 2 million subscriptions in the states of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Virginia. Additionally, all games aired by the channels will also be available online at ESPN3.com provided nationwide coverage to the Ragin' Cajuns. Line 196 ⟶ 194: {{DEFAULTSORT:Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns}} [[Category:Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns\| ]] [[Category:Sports clubs and teams in Lafayette, Louisiana]]