Celebrating CFB150, A Series: Louisiana

The story Billy Napier hears the most is from the night the goal posts came down.

It was 1996, and the Louisiana football team had scored what some might say was the biggest win in school history. For a program that dates back to 1901 and spans more than 1,130 games, that is saying something.

With college football celebrating 150 years of history this season, the Sun Belt is taking a look back at the history of the conference’s 10 football-playing members.

No football program in the Sun Belt goes further back than the one at this university based in Lafayette, Louisiana. But first, some recent history: The Ragin’ Cajuns had a century of gridiron history when the school began playing football…