Battle on the Bayou

Battle on the Bayou

Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks
Sport	Football
First meeting	September 15, 1951 Northeast Louisiana State 13, Southwestern Louisiana 7
Latest meeting	October 31, 2015 Louisiana–Lafayette 30, Louisiana–Monroe 24
Next meeting	December 3, 2016
Trophy	Wooden Boot
Statistics
Meetings total	51
All-time series	Louisiana–Lafayette leads, 27–24
Largest victory	Southwestern Louisiana, 41–7 (1954)
Longest win streak	Louisiana–Lafayette, 5 (1969–1979 & 2008–2012)
Current win streak	Louisiana–Lafayette, 2 (2014–present)

Lafayette

Monroe

Locations in Louisiana

The Battle on the Bayou is the name of the rivalry between the Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns and the Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks.^[1][2][3][4] The two fierce rivals have battled it out 51 times, including the Cajuns win over UL Monroe 36–35 on November 5, 2011, in a thriller at Cajun Field. The Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns currently hold a 27–24 edge in the series. Both schools are members of the Sun Belt Conference. The Battle on the Bayou is a rivalry not just in football, but in all sports when the Cajuns and Warhawks meet.^[5][6][7]

Game results

Louisiana–Lafayette victories

Louisiana–Monroe victories

# Date Location Winner Score 1 September 15, 1951 Lafayette, LA Northeast Louisiana State 13–7 2 November 28, 1953 Monroe, LA Northeast Louisiana State 35–6 3 October 9, 1954 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 41–7 4 October 8, 1955 Monroe, LA Southwestern Louisiana 26–6 5 October 6, 1956 Lafayette, LA Northeast Louisiana State 45–19 6 October 5, 1957 Monroe, LA Southwestern Louisiana 6–0 7 October 4, 1958 Lafayette, LA Northeast Louisiana State 29–8 8 October 31, 1959 Monroe, LA Northeast Louisiana State 34–20 9 October 29, 1960 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 8–7 10 October 28, 1961 Shreveport, LA Northeast Louisiana State 27–20 11 October 27, 1962 Shreveport, LA Southwestern Louisiana 18–10 12 November 9, 1963 Monroe, LA Northeast Louisiana State 7–6 13 November 7, 1964 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 23–7 14 November 6, 1965 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 14–10 15 October 29, 1966 Monroe, LA Northeast Louisiana State 10–7 16 October 28, 1967 Lafayette, LA Northeast Louisiana State 17–6 17 November 2, 1968 Monroe, LA Northeast Louisiana State 20–7 18 November 1, 1969 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 9–7 19 October 31, 1970 Monroe, LA Southwestern Louisiana 9–7 20 October 30, 1971 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 31–7 21 November 27, 1976 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 7–5 22 September 1, 1979 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 17–13 23 September 27, 1980 Monroe, LA Northeast Louisiana 24–0 24 September 19, 1981 Monroe, LA Northeast Louisiana 20–17 25 November 6, 1982 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 40–25 26 September 10, 1983 Monroe, LA Northeast Louisiana 31–6 27 September 15, 1984 Lafayette, LA Northeast Louisiana 7–6 # Date Location Winner Score 28 September 13, 1986 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 24–20 29 October 24, 1987 Monroe, LA Southwestern Louisiana 17–7 30 September 30, 1989 Monroe, LA Southwestern Louisiana 24–10 31 August 31, 1991 Lafayette, LA Northeast Louisiana 21–10 32 September 12, 1992 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana 31–23 33 October 25, 1997 Lafayette, LA Northeast Louisiana 28–21 34 November 7, 1998 Monroe, LA Northeast Louisiana 34–24 35 October 23, 1999 Lafayette, LA Louisiana–Monroe 31–7 36 November 4, 2000 Monroe, LA Louisiana–Lafayette 21–18 37 October 27, 2001 Lafayette, LA Louisiana–Lafayette 17–12 38 November 23, 2002 Monroe, LA Louisiana–Monroe 34–10 39 October 11, 2003 Lafayette, LA Louisiana–Monroe 45–42 40 November 20, 2004 Monroe, LA Louisiana–Monroe 13–10 41 November 26, 2005 Monroe, LA Louisiana–Lafayette 54–21 42 December 2, 2006 Lafayette, LA Louisiana–Monroe 39–20 43 November 24, 2007 Lafayette, LA Louisiana–Monroe 17–11 44 October 4, 2008 Monroe, LA Louisiana–Lafayette 44–35 45 November 21, 2009 Lafayette, LA Louisiana–Lafayette 21–17 46 November 27, 2010 Monroe, LA Louisiana–Lafayette 23–22 47 November 5, 2011 Lafayette, LA Louisiana–Lafayette 36–25 48 November 3, 2012 Monroe, LA Louisiana–Lafayette 40–24 49 November 30, 2013 Lafayette, LA Louisiana–Monroe 31–28 50 November 15, 2014 Monroe, LA Louisiana–Lafayette 34–27 51 October 31, 2015 Lafayette, LA Louisiana–Lafayette 30–24 Series: Louisiana–Lafayette leads 27–24 Note: Source:[8]

References

1. "Indians Win Inaugural Battle On The Bayou - ULM Warhawks Athletics". Ulmwarhawks.com. 2002-11-23. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
2. "Bragging Rights". myneworleans.com. Archived from the original on July 27, 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
3. Hunsucker, Adam (October 30, 2015). "ULM renews rivalry with Ragin' Cajuns". The News-Star. Monroe. Archived from the original on November 2, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
4. Soignier, Tabby (November 14, 2014). "ULM focused on itself, not Cajuns or rivalry". The News-Star. Monroe. Archived from the original on May 3, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
5. "The Official Athletics Site of the Ragin' Cajuns - Gautier Leads Comeback to Secure Perfect Mark at Cajun Field". Ragincajuns.com. 2011-11-05. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
6. "ULM Drops Thriller at UL-Lafayette - ULM Warhawks Athletics". Ulmwarhawks.com. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
7. "Bowl Releases". New Orleans Bowl. 2010-12-18. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
8. "Louisiana-Monroe vs Louisiana-Lafayette". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on July 27, 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-19.