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Football: Cajuns Pile Up School Record – photo gallery included
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LAFAYETTE – Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns earned their first victory of the season by topping Kent State 44-27 on Saturday night at Cajun Field. The Cajuns rolled up a school record 667 yards of total offense in the win. The Cajuns broke open the game with two touchdowns in less than five minutes after Kent State closed within two points early in the third quarter. Both scores by UL came on big plays. After Tyrell Fenroy gained 20 yards on a rush, Michael Desormeaux hit Ladarius Green with a deep ball over the defense for a 55-yard touchdown to start the scoring.
After Desormeaux gained 19 yards on a rush, wide receiver Jason Chery took a pitch on the left side and bolted down the sidelines 47 yards to extend the Cajuns lead to 37-21 with 6:28 to play in the third quarter. Fenroy’s third touchdown of the game sealed the win early in the fourth quarter. Fenroy punched the ball in from the one-yard line after Orkeys Auriene’s 64-yard punt return put the Cajuns inside the Kent State red zone. For the second straight week, Fenroy established a career milestone. One week after passing Brian Mitchell to become the all-time leading rusher in school history, Fenroy passed Brandon Stokley on Saturday to gain sole possession of the career combined rushing and receiving record. Fenroy finished the game with 194 yards rushing and 68 receiving upping his career total to 3,987 yards rushing and receiving. Stokley, a two-time Super Bowl Champion and current member of the Denver Broncos, had held the record with 3,761 combined rushing and receiving yards. Fenroy rushed for 100-plus yards in a Cajuns’ home opener for the fourth straight season. His game-ending tally established a new career-high and ranks as the seventh-best rushing performance in school history. As a team, UL piled up 414 yards rushing led by Fenroy’s 194 and Desormeaux’s 150. The Cajuns continued their pattern of early turnovers, as Michael Desormeaux fumbled on the first play of the Cajuns’ second possession. KSU scored on the next play, an 11-yard run from Julian Edelman, to take an early 7-0 lead. UL bounced back with a 12-play, 83-yard drive that ended with a 20-yard field goal from Drew Edmiston. The drive’s key play came via a swing pass to Fenroy that he took 65 yards to the KSU 24-yard line. Eventually, a 12-yard run by Desormeaux moved the Cajuns down to the one-yard line, but a false start penalty hindered the team’s chance to get more than the field goal. Louisiana took the lead with a seven-play, 80-yard scoring drive in just 2:07. On third-and-11, Desormeaux hit freshman Pierre Hill with a 35-yard strike past midfield. On the next play, Fenroy broke a 27-yard run down to the 19-yard line. After Desormeaux hit Chery with a 13-yard pass, Fenroy rumbled into the end zone from five yards out to give UL a 10-7 edge. Kent State took back the lead with a 42-yard pass from Edelman to Shawn Bayes, giving the visitors a 14-10 lead with 5:58 remaining in the first half. The Cajuns countered with a five-play, 66-yard scoring drive to take the lead for good. Desormeaux set-up the score with a 43-yard run down to the KSU 20-yard line. Two runs by Fenroy gave the Cajuns 15 yards and then Desormeaux capped off the scoring drive with a five-yard scamper. After holding Kent State to a three-and-out, UL took over on the 22-yard line. Following a nine-yard scramble by Desormeaux, Fenroy broke free on a 69-yard scoring jaunt to increase the Cajuns lead to 23-14. The 69-yard run tied Fenroy’s career-high for longest rush from scrimmage set during the 2007 season against North Texas. Edelman’s second touchdown run pulled the visitors within two points, 23-21, at 11:07 of the third quarter. Kent State 7 7 7 6 27 Attendance: 18,241 Louisiana 10 13 14 7 44 Final
KENT Edelman 11 run (Reed kick), 11:11, 1st UL Edmiston 20 field goal, 5:14, 1st UL Fenroy 5 run (Edmiston kick) 0:14, 1st KENT Bayes 42 pass from Edelman (Reed kick), 5:58, 2nd UL Desormeaux 5 run (team kick failed), 4:17, 2nd UL Fenroy 69 run (Edmiston kick), 2:43, 2nd KENT Edelman 6 run (Reed kick), 11:07, 3rd UL Green 55 pass from Desormeaux (Edmiston kick), 9:47, 3rd UL Chery 47 run (Edmiston kick), 6:28, 3rd UL Fenroy 1 run (Edmiston kick), 12:05, 4th KENT Vanderink 81 pass from Magazu (Magazu pass failed), 8:33, 4th — Louisiana-Lafayette
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