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One month after tragic death of assistant coach, Louisiana scores historic win

As the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns traveled to open their 2020 season at Iowa State on Saturday, they did so with a sense of sadness that won’t go away anytime soon.

The case perhaps was the same even after returning home from Ames, Iowa, with a 31-14 upset win, their first ever on the road against a nationally ranked opponent.

The reason?

The Cajuns were without defensive line assistant coach D.J. Looney, who died Aug. 1 of a heart attack that happened that morning during a mini-camp team workout at Cajun Field.

“I can’t help but think my man D.