Sabine Shoe

Sabine Shoe
Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Lamar Cardinals

Sport(s) Football
Total meetings 34
Series record Louisiana–Lafayette leads, 23–11
First meeting October 27, 1923
Southwestern Louisiana 19, Lamar 16
Last meeting September 1, 2012
Louisiana–Lafayette 40, Lamar 0
Next meeting
Largest win Louisiana–Lafayette, 40–0 (2012)
Longest win streak 4 games, five times by Louisiana–Lafayette, and once by Lamar
Current win streak Louisiana–Lafayette, 4 (1982–2012)
Trophy Sabine Shoe

The Sabine Shoe is the name of the bronze shoe trophy that was awarded to the winner of the annual football game between the Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns (formerly the Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs) and the Lamar Cardinals. The first Sabine Shoe trophy was awarded in 1937 to the winner of the SLI–Lamar football game.[1] The name of the bronze rivalry trophy was derived from the Sabine River that forms part of the Texas–Louisiana border. USL defeated Lamar in the 1978 edition of the rivalry game, but the Ragin' Cajuns were not awarded the trophy as it had vanished.[2] The Sabine Shoe trophy now sits in at trophy case in the Ragin' Cajun Athletic Complex in Lafayette, Louisiana. The two teams have met 34 times on the football field, with the Ragin' Cajuns currently holding a 23–11 edge in the all time series. The game has been infrequently played following the Ragin' Cajuns departure from the Southland Conference in football. Following the 1981 season, the conference was one of several forced to reclassify from NCAA's Division I-A to Division I-AA.[3] The Ragin' Cajuns, a member of Division I-A since 1978, met the NCAA requirements to remain a Division I-A member and chose to continue participation in that sub-division.

Game results

Louisiana–Lafayette victories
Lamar victories
# Date Location Winner Score Series
ULL LU
1 October 27, 1923 Beaumont, TX Southwestern Louisiana1916 USL 1–0
2 November 8, 1924 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana208 USL 2–0
3 October 10, 1925 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana140 USL 3–0
4 October 23, 1926 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana190 USL 4–0
5 November 5, 1932 Beaumont, TX Lamar College06 USL 4–1
6 October 6, 1933 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana76 USL 5–1
7 October 2, 1936 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana136 USL 6–1
8 September 20, 1952 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana1413 USL 7–1
9 September 19, 1953 Beaumont, TX Southwestern Louisiana2213 USL 8–1
10 September 18, 1954 Lafayette, LA Lamar Tech2026 USL 8–2
11 September 17, 1955 Beaumont, TX Lamar Tech619 USL 8–3
12 September 15, 1956 Lafayette, LA Lamar Tech1421 USL 8–4
13 September 28, 1957 Beaumont, TX Lamar Tech2036 USL 8–5
14 October 30, 1965 Beaumont, TX Southwestern Louisiana206 USL 9–5
15 October 8, 1966 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana146 USL 10–5
16 September 23, 1967 Beaumont, TX Lamar Tech1314 USL 10–6
17 October 26, 1968 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana2014 USL 11–6
18 October 25, 1969 Beaumont, TX Southwestern Louisiana2416 USL 12–6
19 October 24, 1970 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana156 USL 13–6
20 October 23, 1971 Beaumont, TX Southwestern Louisiana2120 USL 14–6
21 October 21, 1972 Lafayette, LA Lamar03 USL 14–7
22 October 20, 1973 Beaumont, TX Lamar031 USL 14–8
23 October 5, 1974 Lafayette, LA Lamar1338 USL 14–9
24 October 18, 1975 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana2112 USL 15–9
25 October 9, 1976 Beaumont, TX Southwestern Louisiana349 USL 16–9
26 September 17, 1977 Beaumont, TX Southwestern Louisiana106 USL 17–9
27 September 30, 1978 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana2316 USL 18–9
28 October 20, 1979 Beaumont, TX Lamar1721 USL 18–10
29 October 25, 1980 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana3810 USL 19–10
30 November 14, 1981 Beaumont, TX Lamar1214 USL 19–11
31 October 23, 1982 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana240 USL 20–11
32 October 22, 1983 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana316 USL 21–11
33 November 11, 1989 Lafayette, LA Southwestern Louisiana4233 USL 22–11
34 September 1, 2012 Lafayette, LA Louisiana–Lafayette400 ULL 23–11
Totals 620451 ULL 23–11

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References

  1. "Tribal lore". The Sporting News. 1997.
  2. "The Week". CNN. October 9, 1978.
  3. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/NCAANewsArchive/1982/19820215.pdf
  4. "Louisiana-Lafayette vs Lamar (TX)". cfbdatawarehouse.com. Retrieved 2013-02-07.