Louisiana at Louisiana Tech

RUSTON, La. (Interstat) — Louisiana will visit Louisiana Tech on Saturday at Joe Aillet Stadium in a NCAA Football Bowl Division game between the Ragin’ Cajuns and Bulldogs. The forecast at game time calls for 66 degrees. Louisiana enters the matchup 4-1. Louisiana Tech is 2-2. The Ragin’ Cajuns have wins against Lamar, UAB, Charlotte and Arkansas State, with their lone loss coming at Southern California. The Bulldogs have beaten Northwestern State and Army, with losses at LSU and Baylor.

Louisiana quarterback Lunch Winfield is a player to watch. In his most recent outing, Winfield completed 18 of 21 passes for 189 yards and rushed 14 times for 64 yards and a touchdown in a 23-20 win against Arkansas State. JJ Garner added seven rushes for 78 yards and a touchdown and one reception for 4 yards. Steven Blanco had nine rushes for 42 yards, one reception for 10 yards and one kick return for 15 yards.

Winfield completed 19 of 26 passes for 149 yards and rushed 13 times for 28 yards with one passing and one rushing touchdown in a 34-7 win at Charlotte. Against UAB, he completed 15 of 20 passes for 110 yards and ran 19 times for 91 yards and two touchdowns in a 21-14 win. At Southern California, he completed 4 of 4 passes for 60 yards and ran twice for 5 yards in a 49-30 loss.

Louisiana Tech quarterback Trey Kukuk is a player to watch. In a 31-29 win against Army, Kukuk completed 16 of 22 passes for 185 yards and rushed 12 times for 40 yards and a touchdown. Marcus Calwise Jr. caught a 74-yard touchdown pass. At Baylor, Kukuk completed 25 of 44 passes for 223 yards and rushed 11 times for 75 yards and a touchdown in a 36-19 loss. At LSU, he completed 3 of 3 passes for 15 yards and ran four times for 2 yards in a 45-14 loss.

Louisiana will next host Troy before visiting Southern Mississippi. The Ragin’ Cajuns also have home games against South Alabama and Coastal Carolina and road games at Louisiana-Monroe and Georgia State. Louisiana Tech will visit Louisiana-Monroe before hosting Old Dominion. The Bulldogs also visit South Alabama and Troy, host Southern Mississippi and Arkansas State, and visit Georgia Southern.

Interstat’s game simulator projects Louisiana Tech 41, Louisiana 33. Louisiana has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of +3. The over/under is 46.5.