Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football
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| First season | 1901 | ||
| Athletic director | Tommy McClelland | ||
| Head coach |
Skip Holtz 5th year, 31–22 (.585) |
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| Other staff | Todd Fitch (OC) Blake Baker (DC) |
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| Stadium | Joe Aillet Stadium | ||
| Year built | 1968 | ||
| Seating capacity | 28,019 | ||
| Field surface | FieldTurf | ||
| Location | Ruston, Louisiana | ||
| NCAA division | Division I FBS | ||
| Conference | C-USA | ||
| Division | West (2013–present) | ||
| Past conferences |
LIAA (1915–1925) SIAA (1925–1941) LIC (1939–1947) Gulf States (1948–1970) Southland (1971–1986) Big West (1993–1995) WAC (2001–2012) |
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| All-time record | 604–451–39 (.570) | ||
| Bowl record | 5–3–1 (.611) | ||
| Claimed nat'l titles | 3 (Division II) (1972, 1973, 1974) | ||
| Conference titles | 25 | ||
| Division titles | 2 | ||
| Consensus All-Americans | 3 | ||
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| Colors | Blue and Red |
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| Fight song | Tech Fight | ||
| Mascot |
Tech (live) Champ (costumed) |
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| Marching band | Band of Pride | ||
| Outfitter | Adidas | ||
| Rivals |
Southern Miss Golden Eagles Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks |
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| Website | LaTechSports.com | ||
The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football program represents Louisiana Tech University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) level. After 12 seasons in the Western Athletic Conference, Louisiana Tech began competing as a member of Conference USA in 2013. Since 2013, the Bulldogs have been coached by Skip Holtz. Since 1968, the Bulldogs have played their home games at Joe Aillet Stadium. Since the Bulldogs first season in 1901, Louisiana Tech has compiled an all-time record of 604 wins, 451 losses, and 39 ties. In 111 football seasons, the Bulldogs have won 3 Division II national championships, won 25 conference championships, and played in 24 postseason games including 9 major college bowl games. Louisiana Tech has defeated at least one team from each of the current 10 FBS conferences, and Louisiana Tech is the only team from a non-AQ conference to defeat an SEC champion in the BCS era as the Bulldogs defeated Alabama in 1999.
Louisiana Tech University first fielded a football team in 1901. The team's head coach was Edwin Barber and the team played three games, losing to LSU and Arkansas and defeating Shreveport High School.
Percy Prince became the head football coach at Louisiana Tech in 1909 and coached the Bulldog football team through the 1915 season in which Louisiana Tech won the Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship. The 1915 season the first season Louisiana Tech ever competed in a football conference, and therefore, Louisiana Tech's first ever conference championship.
George Bohler served as the head football coach at Louisiana Tech from 1930-1933, compiling a 15–17 record. Bohler's 1931 team finished an undefeated 7–0, but other than that, Bohler's Bulldogs were unable to win more than four games in a single season.
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