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NEW ORLEANS\u00a0\u2014 Following its seventh-straight Bowl Season appearance and its fifth Sun Belt West Division title over the past seven seasons, Louisiana will kick off its 2025 campaign on Saturday, August 30, when it hosts Rice at 8:00 p.m. ET\/7:00 p.m. CT on ESPN+.\u00a0 The Ragin\u2019 Cajuns are coming off a 10-4 season in 2024, including a 41-38 win over autonomy conference foe Wake Forest. Louisiana was part of the Sun Belt\u2019s eight-team Bowl Season contingent that paced the non-autonomy conferences for the third-straight year.\u00a0 2025 SCHEDULE
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\nThe teams have split six prior meetings, with Rice proving victorious in the most recent matchup, 33-21, in Houston, Texas, in 2022.\u00a0
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\nLouisiana\u2019s non-conference slate also features a home meeting with in-state foe McNeese (Sept. 6) and road contests at Missouri (Sept. 13) and Eastern Michigan (Sept. 20). Alongside annual dates with their West Division rivals, the Ragin\u2019 Cajuns conference schedule includes a visit from Marshall (Sept. 27) in a rematch of the 2024 Sun Belt Football Championship Game and a road trip to Sun Belt East Division favorite James Madison (Oct. 11).\u00a0
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\nFourth-year head coach Michael Desormeaux\u2014the reigning Sun Belt Coach of the Year\u2014will lead a roster that returns four All-Sun Belt honorees from 2024<\/a> and had six players named to the 2025 Preseason All-Sun Belt teams<\/a>\u2014tied for the third-most in the conference.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\n2024 ALL-SUN BELT RETURNERS
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\nDL \u2013 Jordan Lawson, Louisiana (RS Sr., DL \u2013 Brandon, Miss.)\u00a0
\nDB \u2013 Tyree Skipper, Louisiana (RS Sr., DB \u2013 New Orleans, La.)\u00a0
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\nRB \u2013 Zylan Perry (RS Jr., RB \u2013 Franklin, La.)\u00a0
\nOL \u2013 Jax Harrington (RS Sr., OL \u2013 Erath, La.)\u00a0
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\n2025 PRESEASON ALL-SUN BELT SELECTIONS
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\nDL \u2013 Jordan Lawson, Louisiana (RS Sr., DL \u2013 Brandon, Miss.)\u00a0
\nDB \u2013 Tyree Skipper, Louisiana (RS Sr., DB \u2013 New Orleans, La.)\u00a0
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\nRB \u2013 Bill Davis, Louisiana\u00a0(RS So., RB \u2013 LaPlace, La.)\u00a0
\nOL \u2013 Jax Harrington, Louisiana (RS Sr., OL \u2013 Erath, La.)\u00a0
\nOL \u2013 George Jackson, Louisiana (RS Sr., OL \u2013 Stone Mountain, Ga.)
\nLB \u2013 Cameron Whitfield, Louisiana (RS Sr., LB \u2013 Houston, Texas)\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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