2011 New Orleans Bowl
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The 2011 R+L Carriers
New Orleans Bowl
, part of the 2011–12 bowl game
season, is scheduled to take place on December 17, 2011
, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The 11th edition of the game will feature the Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns from the Sun Belt Conference
(Sun Belt), and a team from the Conference USA
(C-USA). The game will be 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.
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R+L Carriers
R+L Carriers is a freight shipping company, based in the United States. Over the course of 40 years, R+L Carriers, Inc. has grown from one truck to a fleet of 21,000 tractors and trailers. R+L Carriers serves a total of 50 states plus Canada, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Dominican...
New Orleans Bowl
New Orleans Bowl
The New Orleans Bowl is a post-season college football bowl game certified by the NCAA that has been played annually at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana since 2001. The game was sponsored by Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from 2002 to 2004 and was officially called the Wyndham New...
, part of the 2011–12 bowl game
2011–12 NCAA football bowl games
The 2011–12 NCAA football bowl games, which will conclude the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season, are tentatively scheduled to include 35 team-competitive bowl games, and four all-star games...
season, is scheduled to take place on December 17, 2011
2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season, play of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level, began on Thursday, September 1, 2011...
, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The 11th edition of the game will feature the Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns from the Sun Belt Conference
Sun Belt Conference
The Sun Belt Conference is a college athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976. Its football teams participate in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision , the higher of two levels of Division I football competition . The Sun Belt has member institutions...
(Sun Belt), and a team from the Conference USA
Conference USA
Conference USA, officially abbreviated C-USA, is a college athletic conference whose member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports...
(C-USA). The game will be telecast at 8:00 p.m. CT
Central Time zone
In North America, the Central Time Zone refers to national time zones which observe standard time by subtracting six hours from UTC , and daylight saving, or summer time by subtracting five hours...
on ESPN
ESPN College Football
ESPN College Football is the branding used for broadcasts of NCAA Division I FBS college football across ESPN properties, including ESPN, ESPN2, ABC, ESPN Classic, ESPNU, and ESPN Radio...
and ESPN 3D
ESPN 3D
ESPN 3D is a television network part of the ESPN family of networks that launched June 11, 2010. The network broadcasts in the 3D television format. The channel simulcasts live games from ESPN on a semi-regular basis. It began broadcasting 24 hours a day on February 14, 2011...
Louisiana–Lafayette accepted a bid to compete in the 2011 edition of the game on November 21.
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
On November 21, 2011, the UL Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns accepted an invite to represent the Sun Belt Conference. The Ragin' Cajuns entered the bowl with a record of 8-4. This marks the first appearance in a bowl game for UL Lafayette since the 1970 Grantland Rice BowlGrantland Rice Bowl
The Grantland Rice Bowl was an annual college football bowl game, one of four regional NCAA college division championships from 1964 to 1972. It was the Mideast Regional championship, played in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, from 1964 to 1968...
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