1978 Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record3–8 (2–3 Southland)
Head coach
Home stadiumCajun Field
1978 Southland Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Louisiana Tech + 4 1 06 5 0
Arkansas State + 4 1 07 4 0
Texas–Arlington 3 2 05 6 0
McNeese State 2 3 07 4 0
Southwestern Louisiana 2 3 03 8 0
Lamar 0 5 02 8 1
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1978 Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in the Southland Conference during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth year under head coach Augie Tammariello, the team compiled a 3–8 record.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 9Long Beach State*L 0–1015,208
September 16at Tulsa*L 3–1021,500
September 23East Carolina*
  • Cajun Field
  • Lafayette, LA
L 9–3814,103[3]
September 30Lamar
  • Cajun Field
  • Lafayette, LA
W 23–16
October 7Louisiana Tech
  • Cajun Field
  • Lafayette, LA
W 24–621,050[4]
October 14at Texas–ArlingtonL 3–245,450[5]
October 28Cincinnati*
  • Cajun Field
  • Lafayette, LA
L 13–38
November 4Arkansas State
  • Cajun Field
  • Lafayette, LA
L 6–1623,106[6]
November 11at Northwestern State*W 19–17
November 18Southern Illinois*
  • Cajun Field
  • Lafayette, LA
L 9–1011,150
November 25at McNeese StateL 18–44[7]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "1978 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  2. "2019 Louisiana Football Media Guide" (PDF). Louisiana Athletics Communications Office. 2019. p. 98. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  3. "Buc deam, USL nightmare". Daily World. September 24, 1978. Retrieved March 4, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "USL Cajuns use bayou gris gris". The Daily Advertiser. October 8, 1978. Retrieved July 1, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "UTA proves tough for USL". Daily World. October 15, 1978. p. 9. Retrieved January 10, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Cajuns fall, 16–6". Daily World. November 5, 1978. Retrieved October 8, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "McNeese rips Southwestern". The Shreveport Times. November 26, 1978. Retrieved March 3, 2023 via Newspapers.com.


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