The 2011 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football program represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Ragin' Cajuns were led by first year head coach Mark Hudspeth and played their home games at Cajun Field. They are members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 9–4 overall and 6–2 in Sun Belt play to finish in third place. They were invited to the New Orleans Bowl, the program's first bowl game, where they defeated San Diego State. However, in 2015 Louisiana–Lafayette vacated eight wins including their New Orleans Bowl victory due to major NCAA violations.
Preseason Award watchlists John Mackey AwardLadarius GreenTESRFred Biletnikoff AwardLadarius GreenTESR
Sun Belt Media Day Predicted standings +Sun Belt Conference predicted standings 1 Florida International 75 (5) 2 Troy 66 (2) 3 Middle Tennessee 54 4 Louisiana-Monroe 22 5 Arkansas State 49 (1) 6 North Texas 33 7 Western Kentucky 28 (1) 8 Louisiana-Lafayette 26 9 Florida Atlantic 20
Preseason All–Conference Team
Offense TE Ladarius Green
Roster
Schedule
Game summaries @ Oklahoma State
@ Kent State
Nicholls State
@ Florida International
Florida Atlantic
Troy
North Texas
@ Western Kentucky
@ Middle Tennessee
Louisiana-Monroe
@ Arkansas State
@ Arizona
San Diego State (New Orleans Bowl)
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