Overview
- Louisiana built a 24-7 halftime cushion after scoring on its first five possessions and led 31-7 early in the third quarter.
- Quarterback Lunch Winfield went 14-of-15 for 232 yards with two touchdown passes and a rushing score, with KLFY reporting his 93% completion rate as a single-game school record.
- Shelton Sampson Jr. caught six passes for a career-high 138 yards and two touchdowns to pace the Ragin' Cajuns' receivers.
- The defense produced a goal-line stand with 2:41 left and Jaden Dugger sealed the outcome with a late interception.
- South Alabama fell to 2-7, ending a three-year bowl streak per AL.com, while Louisiana improved to 3-6 and stayed in the postseason hunt.