Sabine Shoe


Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns	Lamar Cardinals

Sport(s)

Football

Total meetings

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
#	Date	Location	Winner	ULL	LU	Series
1	October 27, 1923	Beaumont, TX	Southwestern Louisiana	19	16	USL 1–0
2	November 8, 1924	Lafayette, LA	Southwestern Louisiana	20	8	USL 2–0
3	October 10, 1925	Lafayette, LA	Southwestern Louisiana	14	0	USL 3–0
4	October 23, 1926	Lafayette, LA	Southwestern Louisiana	19	0	USL 4–0
5	November 5, 1932	Beaumont, TX	Lamar College	0	6	USL 4–1
6	October 6, 1933	Lafayette, LA	Southwestern Louisiana	7	6	USL 5–1
7	October 2, 1936	Lafayette, LA	Southwestern Louisiana	13	6	USL 6–1
8	September 20, 1952	Lafayette, LA	Southwestern Louisiana	14	13	USL 7–1
9	September 19, 1953	Beaumont, TX	Southwestern Louisiana	22	13	USL 8–1
10	September 18, 1954	Lafayette, LA	Lamar Tech	20	26	USL 8–2
11	September 17, 1955	Beaumont, TX	Lamar Tech	6	19	USL 8–3
12	September 15, 1956	Lafayette, LA	Lamar Tech	14	21	USL 8–4
13	September 28, 1957	Beaumont, TX	Lamar Tech	20	36	USL 8–5
14	October 30, 1965	Beaumont, TX	Southwestern Louisiana	20	6	USL 9–5
15	October 8, 1966	Lafayette, LA	Southwestern Louisiana	14	6	USL 10–5
16	September 23, 1967	Beaumont, TX	Lamar Tech	13	14	USL 10–6
17	October 26, 1968	Lafayette, LA	Southwestern Louisiana	20	14	USL 11–6
18	October 25, 1969	Beaumont, TX	Southwestern Louisiana	24	16	USL 12–6
19	October 24, 1970	Lafayette, LA	Southwestern Louisiana	15	6	USL 13–6
20	October 23, 1971	Beaumont, TX	Southwestern Louisiana	21	20	USL 14–6
21	October 21, 1972	Lafayette, LA	Lamar	0	3	USL 14–7
22	October 20, 1973	Beaumont, TX	Lamar	0	31	USL 14–8
23	October 5, 1974	Lafayette, LA	Lamar	13	38	USL 14–9
24	October 18, 1975	Lafayette, LA	Southwestern Louisiana	21	12	USL 15–9
25	October 9, 1976	Beaumont, TX	Southwestern Louisiana	34	9	USL 16–9
26	September 17, 1977	Beaumont, TX	Southwestern Louisiana	10	6	USL 17–9
27	September 30, 1978	Lafayette, LA	Southwestern Louisiana	23	16	USL 18–9
28	October 20, 1979	Beaumont, TX	Lamar	17	21	USL 18–10
29	October 25, 1980	Lafayette, LA	Southwestern Louisiana	38	10	USL 19–10
30	November 14, 1981	Beaumont, TX	Lamar	12	14	USL 19–11
31	October 23, 1982	Lafayette, LA	Southwestern Louisiana	24	0	USL 20–11
32	October 22, 1983	Lafayette, LA	Southwestern Louisiana	31	6	USL 21–11
33	November 11, 1989	Lafayette, LA	Southwestern Louisiana	42	33	USL 22–11
34	September 1, 2012	Lafayette, LA	Louisiana–Lafayette	40	0	ULL 23–11
	Totals			620	451	ULL 23–11

^[4]

References

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

Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football

Venues	McNaspy Stadium (1940–1970) Cajun Field (1971–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Lamar (Sabine Shoe) Louisiana–Monroe: Battle on the Bayou McNeese State (Cajun Crown) Southeastern Louisiana (Cypress Mug)

Culture & lore	Cayenne "Ragin' Cajuns Fight Song" Pride of Acadiana

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Lamar Cardinals football

Venues	Provost Umphrey Stadium (1964–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Battle of the Border (McNeese State) Sabine Shoe (Louisiana–Lafayette)

Culture & lore	Cardinal "Cardinals Fight!" The Showcase of Southeast Texas

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Sun Belt Conference football rivalries

Conference	Battle on the Bayou (ULL–ULM) Arkansas State–Louisiana–Monroe Appalachian State–Georgia Southern Georgia Southern–Georgia State South Alabama–Troy

Non-conference	Battle for the Ol' School Bell (Jacksonville State–Troy) Battle for the Old Mountain Jug (Appalachian State–Western Carolina) Battle for the Paddle (Nicholls State–Texas State) Battle for the Palladium (Middle Tennessee–Troy) Battle of I-10 (New Mexico State–UTEP) Battle of the Palouse (Idaho–Washington State) Boise State–Idaho Cajun Crown (McNeese State–ULL) Cypress Mug (Southeastern Louisiana–ULL) I-35 Rivalry (Texas State–UTSA) Little Brown Stein (Idaho–Montana) Louisiana Tech–ULM Northwestern State–ULM Paint Bucket Bowl (Arkansas State–Memphis) Rio Grande Rivalry (New Mexico–New Mexico State) Sabine Shoe (Lamar–ULL)

Southland Conference football rivalries

Conference	Battle of the Border (Lamar–McNeese State) Battle of the Piney Woods (Sam Houston State–Stephen F. Austin) Chief Caddo (Northwestern State–Stephen F. Austin) McNeese State–Northwestern State Northwestern State–Southeastern Louisiana NSU Challenge (Nicholls State–Northwestern State) Red Beans and Rice Bowl (Central Arkansas–McNeese State) River Bell Classic (Nicholls State–Southeastern Louisiana)

Non-conference	Battle for the Paddle (Nicholls State–Texas State) Cajun Crown (McNeese State–ULL) Cypress Mug (Southeastern Louisiana–ULL) Northwestern State–ULM Sabine Shoe (Lamar–ULL)