2011 New Orleans Bowl
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| Date | December 17, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Mercedes-Benz Superdome | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | QB Blaine Gautier, UL-Lafayette | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | San Diego State by 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Randy Christal (Big 12) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 42,841 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$325,000 per team | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN/ESPN 3D | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers |
Carter Blackburn (Play-by-Play) Brock Huard (Analyst) Shelley Smith (Sidelines) |
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| Nielsen ratings | 1.63 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2011 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, part of the 2011–12 bowl game season, took place on December 17, 2011, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The 11th edition of the game featured the Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns from the Sun Belt Conference (Sun Belt), and the San Diego State Aztecs from the Mountain West Conference. The game was telecast at 8:00 p.m. CT on ESPN and ESPN 3D.
Louisiana–Lafayette accepted a bid to compete in the 2011 edition of the game on November 21, while San Diego State accepted a bid on December 4.
In 2015, the NCAA vacated Louisiana–Lafayette's New Orleans Bowl win due to major violations including ACT exam fraud and payments to recruits.
On November 21, 2011, the UL Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns accepted an invite to represent the Sun Belt Conference. Prior to the start of the 2011 season, the Ragin' Cajuns were expected to finish last in the Sun Belt Conference and be ranked last among the 120 FBS school. However, the Ragin' Cajuns team was a surprise and finished the regular season with an 8-4 record. The New Orleans Bowl marked UL Lafayette's first ever division I FBS bowl appearance and their first bowl appearance since the 1970 Grantland Rice Bowl. Because of UL Lafayette's close proximity to New Orleans, the New Orleans Bowl set an attendance record at 42,841. However, in 2015, Louisiana–Lafayette was forced to vacated all nine wins including the New Orleans Bowl due to major NCAA violations including ACT exam fraud and payments to players.
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