Wide: | yes |
Cajun Crown | |
Team1: | Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns |
Team1logo: | Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns wordmark.svg |
Team2: | McNeese Cowboys |
Team2logo: | McNeese Athletics logo.svg |
Sport: | Football |
Firstmeeting: | September 22, 1951 Southwestern Louisiana 35, McNeese State 14 |
Mostrecent: | September 10, 2016 Louisiana–Lafayette 30, McNeese 22 |
Nextmeeting: | September 6, 2025 |
Total: | 38 |
Series: | McNeese leads, 20–16–2 |
Largestvictory: | Southwestern Louisiana, 55–12 (1954) |
Longeststreak: | Southwestern Louisiana, 6 (1965–1970) |
Longestunbeatenstreak: | McNeese, 10 (1973–1982) |
Currentstreak: | Louisiana–Lafayette, 1 (2016) |
Trophy: | Cajun Crown |
The Cajun Crown is the name of the rivalry trophy between the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns and the McNeese Cowboys.[1] [2] [3]
The two teams have met 38 times on the football field, with McNeese currently holding a 20–16–2 edge in the all time series. Originally an annual series, the game has been less frequently played since McNeese moved from the NCAA's Division I-A to Division I-AA in 1982.