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Sept. 6, 2014

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Louisiana Tech -48, Louisiana-Lafayette - 20
Sept. 6, 2014
Cajun Field

POST-GAME NOTES

- LA Tech captains were Houston Bates, Tony Johnson, Kenneth Dixon and Hunter Lee.

- Attendance for tonight's game: 25,607.

- With the 48-20 win, LA Tech now leads the all-time series, 47-33-6, and extends its winning streak to seven over the Ragin' Cajuns. That is the longest win streak by either team in the long-standing series.

- The Bulldogs have now won four straight versus ULL on the road in Lafayette.

- With the win, the Bulldogs ended a three game road losing streak dating back to last season.

- LA Tech won the coin toss and deferred to the second half.

- The 28-point win over Louisiana-Lafayette was the largest home loss by the Ragin' Cajuns since Oct. 23, 2010.

- The Ragin' Cajuns were 15-2 at home since 2011 coming into tonight's game.

OFFENSE

- LA Tech recorded 48 points, the most since Nov. 10, 2012 when they scored 62 in a win at Texas State.

- LA Tech racked up 533 yards of total offense. The last time that happened was Nov. 24, 2014 at San Jose State.

- Cody Sokol, making his second career start for the Bulldogs, set a career-high in passing yards with 295 and tied his career-high with 22 completions and two touchdown throws.

- Kenneth Dixon totaled 184 yards on the ground on just 12 carries (15.3 avg.), recording his 12th 100-yard rushing game of his career which ties for the second most in program history with Jason Cooper, Ryan Moats and Daniel Porter. The junior needs only one more to tie the record which is held by Jason Davis.

- Kenneth Dixon recorded his eighth career game with multiple rushing touchdowns.

- Freshman Jarred Craft saw his first action for LA Tech, running 10 times for 27 yards and a touchdown.

- Paul Turner, making his second career start for the Bulldogs, registered career-highs in receptions with seven and yards with 81. Both were team-highs on the night.

- Hunter Lee recorded six receptions on the night, breaking his previous career high of four (done three times).

- The first score of the night came from Kenneth Dixon who broke off a 99-yard touchdown run after the Bulldogs were pinned at their one yard line from a ULL punt. The run that came at the 4:25 mark of the first quarter was the longest in LA Tech and Conference USA history. For LA Tech, the previous record was 88 yards by Gerald Lawrence on Nov. 9, 1991 versus Southern Illinois. For C-USA, the previous record was 96 yards by Houston's Antowain Smith at Pittsburgh on Sept. 14, 1996.

- Dixon's 99-yard run was also the longest play in LA Tech history. The previous record was 94 yards (Tim Rattay to Troy Edwards vs. Nebraska on Aug. 29, 1998 and Denny Duron to Mike Barber vs. ULL on Sept. 21, 1973).

- Cody Sokol connected to Hunter Lee for a 16-yard touchdown pass on a post route with 4:33 to go in the second quarter. It was Lee's fourth career receiving touchdown.

- Cody Sokol hit Paul Turner for a 55-yard reception on third down while the Bulldogs were backed up on their own 10-yard line late in the second quarter. That marked the longest career reception by Turner.

- Cody Sokol connected with Sterling Griffin on a 78-yard touchdown pass with 14:11 remaining in the third quarter, just the second play of the quarter. That marked the longest reception by Griffin in his career, besting his 74-yard reception at Rice last season, and the longest completion by Sokol.

- Kenneth Dixon added a 32-yard touchdown run with 13:32 left in the fourth quarter, his second of the night, to make it 38-7 LA Tech.

- Jarred Craft capped the night for LA Tech with a 2-yard touchdown run, the first of his career. The rush came with 4:56 left in the fourth quarter to give the `Dogs a 48-14 lead.

DEFENSE

- The LA Tech defense held ULL scoreless in the first and third quarter. That marked the first scoreless quarter of the season for the Ragin' Cajuns.

- Devon McKinney sacked Terrence Broadway for a loss of 10 yards, registering the first sack of the season for LA Tech and the first of his career.

- In the second quarter, Tony Johnson stopped ULL's Alonzo Harris at the line of scrimmage on a fourth-and-one. The Ragin' Cajuns were at the Bulldogs 39-yard line.

- In the third quarter on ULL's first offensive drive of the second half, Tony Johnson forced a fumble by Alonzo Harris and Le'Vander Liggins recovered it. That marked the first career forced fumble by Johnson and the third career recovered fumble by Liggins with the previous two coming in 2012.

- Xavier Woods intercepted the ball and took it 46 yards for a touchdown with 3:45 to go in the third quarter to give LA Tech a 31-7 lead. The ball was deflected by Tony Johnson. It was the first interception of Woods' career. It marked the first interception returned for a touchdown by LA Tech since Nov. 30, 2013 at UTSA (Adairius Barnes).

- Lloyd Grogan forced and recovered a fumble at the 12:50 mark of the fourth quarter. It was his first career forced and recovered fumble.

- LA Tech forced three turnovers on the night, the most since Nov. 23, 2013 when they forced four against Tulsa.

- C.J. Cleveland registered a game-high and career-high 14 tackles on the night with 10 of those being solo. His previous high was three last Saturday at Oklahoma.

SPECIAL TEAMS

- Jonathan Barnes hit on a 28-yard field goal to give LA Tech a 17-7 lead with 10 seconds remaining in the second quarter.

- Barnes later made a 42-yard field goal to add to LA Tech's lead, 41-7, with 11:03 to go in the fourth quarter. It was the longest made field goal of his career.

- Barnes went a perfect 6-for-6 on extra point attempts.

- Logan McPherson punted the ball four times for an average of 37.5 and a long of 43 yards. One of the four was inside the 20.

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Players Mentioned

Houston Bates

#94 Houston Bates

DE
6' 3"
Redshirt Senior
C.J. Cleveland

#29 C.J. Cleveland

LB
6' 1"
Redshirt Junior
Jarred Craft

#22 Jarred Craft

RB
6' 0"
Freshman
Cody Sokol

#19 Cody Sokol

QB
6' 2"
Redshirt Senior
Adairius Barnes

#21 Adairius Barnes

DB
5' 11"
Sophomore
Jonathan Barnes

#35 Jonathan Barnes

K
5' 9"
Freshman
Kenneth Dixon

#28 Kenneth Dixon

RB
5' 10"
Sophomore
Sterling Griffin

#4 Sterling Griffin

WR
6' 0"
Redshirt Senior
Lloyd Grogan

#11 Lloyd Grogan

DB
6' 0"
Redshirt Freshman
Tony Johnson

#42 Tony Johnson

LB
6' 2"
Junior
Hunter Lee

#36 Hunter Lee

RB
5' 9"
Junior
Le

#13 Le'Vander Liggins

DB
5' 10"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Houston Bates

#94 Houston Bates

6' 3"
Redshirt Senior
DE
C.J. Cleveland

#29 C.J. Cleveland

6' 1"
Redshirt Junior
LB
Jarred Craft

#22 Jarred Craft

6' 0"
Freshman
RB
Cody Sokol

#19 Cody Sokol

6' 2"
Redshirt Senior
QB
Adairius Barnes

#21 Adairius Barnes

5' 11"
Sophomore
DB
Jonathan Barnes

#35 Jonathan Barnes

5' 9"
Freshman
K
Kenneth Dixon

#28 Kenneth Dixon

5' 10"
Sophomore
RB
Sterling Griffin

#4 Sterling Griffin

6' 0"
Redshirt Senior
WR
Lloyd Grogan

#11 Lloyd Grogan

6' 0"
Redshirt Freshman
DB
Tony Johnson

#42 Tony Johnson

6' 2"
Junior
LB
Hunter Lee

#36 Hunter Lee

5' 9"
Junior
RB
Le

#13 Le'Vander Liggins

5' 10"
Junior
DB