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Rivalry History

Battle on the Bayou

Louisiana and UL Monroe have met 60 times since 1951. This page keeps the record, streaks, trophy context, and recent results in one canonical rivalry URL.

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Series snapshot

Record
24-16
Current streak
Louisiana 2 games
Longest streak
Louisiana 5 games (2008-2012)
Avg. margin / points
11.1 / 49.1

Series overview

Louisiana 24-16 UL Monroe. Current streak: Louisiana 2 games.

Last five meetings

Louisiana 4 | UL Monroe 1

Largest margin

50 points

Rivalry notes

  • The tracked window runs from 1951 through 2024.
  • 40 completed games currently back the series calculations on this page.
  • The latest tracked meeting was Nov 30, 2024.

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UL Monroe

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What this rivalry is

Louisiana and UL Monroe have a tracked series that starts in 1951 and spans 60 listed meetings. The page combines series record, streaks, recent games, and research links in one canonical rivalry URL.

Wooden Boot gives this matchup a named trophy context in addition to the team-by-team series record.

Series history

Status
Active series
Years
1951-2024
Busiest era
2000s, 10 games
Longest pause
4 years (1992-1997)
  • 2000s10 games
  • 2010s10 games
  • 1980s8 games
  • 1990s5 games

Biggest games and recent trend

Landmark games are selected from the same tracked rivalry results used for the series record.

4 featured games

Latest meeting

2024 - Nov 30, 2024

Louisiana 37, UL Monroe 23. Most recent completed chapter in the tracked series.

Closest finish

2019 - Dec 1, 2019

Louisiana 31, UL Monroe 30. The smallest final-score margin in the available game log.

Highest scoring

2017 - Sep 23, 2017

Louisiana 50, UL Monroe 56. The biggest combined scoring total in the available game log.

Largest margin

2020 - Nov 28, 2020

Louisiana 70, UL Monroe 20. The widest final-score gap in the available game log.

Recent trend

Last five
Louisiana 4, UL Monroe 1 across 5 games
Last ten
Louisiana 8, UL Monroe 2 across 10 games
Scoring profile
Balanced scoring profile; average total 49.1, average margin 11.1.
Current streak
Louisiana 2 games

Players and coaches from recent chapters

Recent leaders are capped to keep the page fast while still pointing readers toward the names around recent meetings.

  • Ben Wooldridge

    Louisiana, 2024

    Passing Yards: 2453

  • Bill Davis

    Louisiana, 2024

    Rushing Yards: 796

  • Lance LeGendre

    Louisiana, 2024

    Receiving Yards: 826

  • Ahmad Hardy

    UL Monroe, 2024

    Rushing Yards: 1352

  • Aidan Armenta

    UL Monroe, 2024

    Passing Yards: 1294

  • Jacob Godfrey

    UL Monroe, 2024

    Receiving Yards: 265

Coach context

Coach rows summarize recent rivalry-season overlap for each program.

  • Michael Desormeaux

    Louisiana - 2021-2024 - 23-18

  • Terry Bowden

    UL Monroe - 2021-2023 - 10-26

  • Billy Napier

    Louisiana - 2020-2021 - 22-2

  • Bryant Vincent

    UL Monroe - 2024 - 5-7

Weather, rankings, and research links

5 recent rivalry games have weather context, average temperature 62F, 1 with precipitation.

Ranking context is available through the rankings archive and team season-result pages.

Louisiana team page

Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.

UL Monroe team page

Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.

Louisiana season results

Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.

UL Monroe season results

Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.

Louisiana weather

Weather impact for games involving this program.

UL Monroe weather

Weather impact for games involving this program.

Game stats archive

Search box scores and detailed game stat pages.

Rankings

Poll and ranking context around rivalry seasons.

College football records

National record and history context.

Historical comparison

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Recent rivalry results

The latest games are rendered in the page HTML so search engines and readers can see the rivalry's recent chapter without client-side interaction.

10 most recent tracked games

DateMatchupScoreVenueResult
Nov 30, 2024Louisiana at UL MonroeLouisiana 37, UL Monroe 23Venue unavailableLouisiana
Nov 25, 2023UL Monroe at LouisianaLouisiana 52, UL Monroe 21Venue unavailableLouisiana
Sep 25, 2022Louisiana at UL MonroeLouisiana 17, UL Monroe 21Venue unavailableUL Monroe
Nov 27, 2021UL Monroe at LouisianaLouisiana 21, UL Monroe 16Venue unavailableLouisiana
Nov 28, 2020Louisiana at UL MonroeLouisiana 70, UL Monroe 20Venue unavailableLouisiana
Dec 1, 2019UL Monroe at LouisianaLouisiana 31, UL Monroe 30Venue unavailableLouisiana
Nov 24, 2018Louisiana at UL MonroeLouisiana 31, UL Monroe 28Venue unavailableLouisiana
Sep 23, 2017UL Monroe at LouisianaLouisiana 50, UL Monroe 56Venue unavailableUL Monroe
Dec 3, 2016Louisiana at UL MonroeLouisiana 30, UL Monroe 3Venue unavailableLouisiana
Oct 31, 2015UL Monroe at LouisianaLouisiana 30, UL Monroe 24Venue unavailableLouisiana

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