The Eastern Michigan Eagles travel down to Lafayette, Louisiana where they will face the Ragin’ Cajuns of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The two teams split a home and home series in 2005 and 2006, with the Eagles winning at home 31-10, while the Ragin’ Cajuns returned the favor the next year by beating the Eagles 33-14.
Louisiana, a favorite to compete in the Sun Belt Conference, is coming off a 24-7 victory over FCS for Southeastern Louisiana. Passing duties were split between Chandler Fields and Ben Wooldridge. Chandler fields was 13-of-20 for 173 yards and two touchdowns.