Louisiana Tech Bulldogs represent the Louisiana Tech University in the NCAA Division I-Bowl Subdivision's Western Athletic Conference. Louisiana Tech's football program started way back in 1901, opening the school's campaign with back-to-back losses to Louisiana State and Arkansas. The team's first win only came later in 1904, its lone victory that season. The team spent its first 14 seasons in the independent scene before joining the Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1915. The Bulldogs made a breakthrough that very same year with the team's first conference title. Louisiana Tech joined the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association from 1925 through 1941 then became a member of the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference from 1939 through 1947. The Bulldogs claimed three titles in the LIC before leaving for the Gulf States Conference in 1948. Louisiana Tech captured a number of championships with the GSC, including ten conference championships (five of them shared) and the team's first ever national championship, the NCAA College Division Mideast Region title in 1968 (after finishing the season with a 9-2-0 record). Louisiana Tech's first Bowl Game also happened during that national championship year, beating Akron in the Grantland Rice Bowl. Louisiana Tech then joined the Southland Conference in 1971 and wasted no time making an immediate impact, finishing the season with a 9-2-0 record, a first Southland Conference Championship, and a second NCAA College Division Midwest Region title. The Bulldogs completed an impressive triumphant run from 1971 to '74, winning 44 out of the team's 48 games, and claiming 4 conference titles, and 4 national championship titles/selections (in '71 and '72 the team won the NCAA College Division Mideast Region Champions; in '73, the NCAA Division II National Championship; and in '74, a United Press International College Division National Championship selection). The team also appeared in five Bowl Games in that span, including 4 straight victories. The Bulldogs first Division I-A Bowl Game came a few years later when the team defeated Louisville in the Independence Bowl of 1977. Louisiana Tech was a Division II school from 1973-74, but was reclassified, as Division I in 1975, as Division I-A in 1978, and as Division I-AA in 1982. The team's stint with Southland lasted until 1986, afterwhich, the team switched back into the independent scene. In 1989. the school was reclassified into a Division I-A school. The team had an uneventful stint with the Big West Conference from 1993-1995 with a dismal 11-22 record.
From 1996 to 2000, Louisiana Tech became independent again before joining the Western Athletic Conference in 2001. 2001 broke some dry spells in La Tech football: 11 years without a Bowl Game appearance, and 17 years without a conference title. As of 2006, the Bulldogs have claimed 23 conference titles, 5 national titles/selections, and six Bowl game victories. Conference-mates Louisiana Tech and Fresno State also meet in a rivalry game, the Battle of the Bone (fondly called so as both teams are nicknamed "Bulldogs"), with Fresno State enjoying a 6-2-0 advantage.
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 2008 Roster
| No. | Name | Ht. | Wt. | Pos. | Cl./Exp. | Hometown/Prev. School
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| 1 | Richie Casey | 5-11 | 175 | WR | FR/HS | Homer, La./Homer HS
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| 3 | Randy Hardin | 6-0 | 195 | QB | RS FR/TR | Jacksonville, Fla./Southern Miss
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| 3 | Al Hawkins | 6-2 | 229 | QB | SR/TR | Linden, N.J./Grambling State
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| 4 | Tarence Calais | 5-11 | 200 | S | SO/1L | Patterson, La./Patterson HS
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| 5 | D'Anthony Smith | 6-2 | 300 | DL | JR/2L | Pickering, La./Pickering HS
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| 6 | Phillip Livas | 5-8 | 175 | WR | SO/1L | Houma, La./South Terrebonne HS
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| 7 | Steven Ensminger | 6-2 | 231 | QB | RS SO/TR | West Monroe, La./Auburn
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| 8 | Tym Toussaint | 5-9 | 205 | CB | SO/HS | New Orleans, La./Warren Easton HS
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| 8 | Shawn Simmons | 6-0 | 205 | DB | JR/1L | New Brunswick, NJ/New Brunswick HS
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| 9 | Cruz Williams | 6-3 | 195 | WR | FR/HS | Little Rock, Ark./Pulaski Academy
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| 10 | John Hinton | 5-9 | 170 | K | FR/HS | Ruston, La./Ruston
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| 10 | Colby Cameron | 6-2 | 170 | QB | FR/HS | Newbury Park, Calif./Newbury Park HS
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| 11 | Ross Jenkins | 6-3 | 212 | QB | RS SO/RS | Houston, Texas/Langham Creek HS
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| 11 | DeMarcion Evans | 5-8 | 165 | DB | SO/SQ | Bossier City, La./Airline HS
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| 13 | Taylor Bennett | 6-3 | 217 | QB | GS/TR | St. Louis, Mo./Georgia Tech
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| 14 | Cade Glasgow | 6-0 | 180 | K | FR/HS | Pflugerville, Texas/Pflugerville
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| 15 | Josh Victorian | 5-10 | 180 | CB | SO/1L | St. Rose, La./Destrehan HS
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| 16 | Darrius Terry | 5-11 | 170 | DB | FR/HS | Lufkin, Texas/Lufkin
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| 17 | Chris Keagle | 6-0 | 242 | P | SR/3L | Baton Rouge, La./Bishop Sullivan HS
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| 18 | Adrian Linwood | 6-0 | 202 | WR | RS FR/HS | Garland, Texas/North Garland HS
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| 19 | Shane Womack | 6-2 | 208 | WR | SR/2L | Greensburg, La./St. Helena Central HS
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| 19 | Sumner Ellis | 5-9 | 190 | DB | JR/TR | Tifton, Ga./Prebyterian College
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| 20 | Alex Anglin | 5-11 | 190 | DB | FR/HS | Shreveport, La./Loyola Prep
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| 20 | Daniel Porter | 5-10 | 190 | RB | JR/2L | Baton Rouge, La./Istrouma HS
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| 21 | Dominique Faust | 5-11 | 190 | LB | SO/1L | Athens, Ga./Clarke Central
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| 22 | Tavaures James | 5-7 | 210 | RB | SR/TR | Macon, Ga./Edward Waters College
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| 22 | Alex Anderson | 5-9 | 188 | FS | SR/1L | New Orleans, La./De La Salle HS
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| 23 | Patrick Jackson | 5-10 | 203 | RB | SR/3L | Edgard, La./West St. John HS
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| 24 | Todd Spence | 6-0 | 165 | DB | FR/HS | Lewisville, Texas/Lewisville
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| 25 | Deon Young | 5-11 | 197 | S | JR/2L | Hattiesburg, Miss./Oak Grove HS
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| 26 | Myke Compton | 5-8 | 193 | RB | SO/1L | Idabel, Okla./Tucker (Ga.) HS
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| 27 | Stevon Howze | 5-9 | 175 | CB | SR/1L | Wiggins, Miss./Mississippi Gulf Coast CC
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| 28 | Terry Carter | 5-10 | 183 | CB | RS FR/HS | West Monroe, La./West Monroe HS
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| 29 | Zach Booker | 5-11 | 200 | RB | JR/TR | Spring, Texas/Blinn CC
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| 30 | Drexel Perkins | 6-1 | 193 | DB | RS FR/HS | Geismar, La./Dutchtown HS
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| 31 | Adam Linwood | 5-8 | 190 | WR | JR/TR | Garland, Texas/Hawaii
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| 32 | Joel Hall | 5-9 | 165 | K | SR/TR | Shreveport, La./Arkansas
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| 32 | Allen Gilbert | 5-9 | 195 | RB | RS FR/HS | Dallas, Texas/Skyline HS
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| 33 | Brad Oestricher | 5-10 | 184 | K | SR/3L | Metairie, La./Archbishop Rummel
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| 33 | Brian Henry | 6-2 | 221 | LB | SO/SQ | Mandeville, La./Fountainbleau HS
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| 34 | Antonio Baker | 5-11 | 200 | S | JR/2L | Amite, La./Amite HS
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| 35 | Weldon Brown | 5-10 | 187 | CB | SR/3L | Bossier City, La./Bossier HS
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| 36 | Brian White | 6-1 | 228 | LB | JR/1L | Springhill, La./Springhill HS
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| 37 | Quin Harris | 6-2 | 235 | LB | GS/3L | Visalia, Calif./Redwood HS
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| 38 | Chase Burns | 6-0 | 205 | LB | RS FR/HS | Shreveport, La./Captain Shreve HS
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| 39 | Roosevelt Falls | 6-1 | 220 | RB | SO/1L | Atlanta, Texas/Atlanta HS
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| 40 | Kiamni Washington | 6-2 | 225 | LB | SO/1L | Gibson, La./HL Bourgeois HS
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| 41 | Zack Summage | 5-9 | 193 | DB | FR/HS | Shreveport, La./Evangel Christian HS
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| 42 | Tristan Broussard | 5-11 | 232 | FB | SO/SQ | Iberia, La./New Iberia HS
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| 42 | Keith Brown | 5-9 | 200 | DB | SO/SQ | Shreveport, La./Byrd HS
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| 43 | Dustin Mitchell | 6-4 | 252 | TE | JR/2L | Lutcher, La./Lutcher HS
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| 44 | Adrien Cole | 5-11 | 245 | LB | FR/HS | Mobile, Ala./McGill-Toolen HS
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| 45 | Jay Dudley | 6-4 | 215 | LB | RS FR/HS | Shreveport, La./Northwood HS
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| 47 | Anthony Harrison | 6-3 | 242 | TE | SR/3L | Houston, Texas/Kinkaid HS
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| 48 | Dusty Rust | 6-3 | 215 | LB | RS FR/HS | Shreveport, La./Captain Shreve HS
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| 49 | Dennis Morris | 6-2 | 266 | TE | JR/2L | Shreveport, La./Woodlawn HS
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| 52 | Thomas Graham | 5-10 | 236 | DS | JR/2L | Ruston, La./Ruston HS
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| 53 | Adam Hymel | 6-0 | 282 | OL | RS FR/HS | Destrehan, La./Jesuit HS
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| 54 | Nolan Darby | 6-1 | 230 | LB | SR/2L | Monroe, La./Neville
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| 55 | Jonathan Zeno | 6-0 | 232 | LB | RS SO/TR | St. Martinville, La./Louisiana College
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| 56 | Solomon Randle | 5-11 | 239 | LB | FR/HS | Mobile, Ala./LeFlore Academy
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| 58 | Brannon Jackson | 6-1 | 265 | LB | GS/3L | Lake Charles, La./Washington Marion HS
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| 59 | Kevin Saia | 6-2 | 306 | OL | FR/HS | Geismar, La./Dutchtown HS
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| 60 | Lon Roberts | 6-3 | 277 | C | RS SO/1L | Kilgore, Texas/Kilgore HS
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| 61 | Jared Barron | 6-2 | 230 | DE | RS FR/HS | Shreveport, La./Evangel Christian Academy
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| 62 | Ben Harris | 6-4 | 295 | OL | JR/2L | Baton Rouge, La./University Lab
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| 63 | Steven Warner | 6-0 | 300 | OL | FR/HS | Ruston, La./Ruston
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| 64 | Corbin Best | 6-2 | 314 | OL | RS FR/HS | Marshall, Texas/Marshall HS
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| 66 | David Accardo | 6-4 | 324 | OL | SR/3L | Houston, Texas/Mayde Creek HS
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| 67 | Jared Miles | 6-3 | 324 | OL | SO/1L | Harvey, La./Helen Cox HS
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| 68 | Chris Tusch | 6-3 | 270 | OL | RS SO/HS | Kenner, La./John Curtis HS
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| 70 | Clayton Chambers | 6-5 | 235 | OL | SO/1L | West Monroe, La./West Monroe HS
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| 72 | Will Taylor | 6-5 | 292 | OL | RS SO/HS | Bucktanna, Miss./Wayne County HS
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| 73 | Josh Parrish | 6-3 | 280 | OL | FR/HS | Klein, Texas/Klein Collins
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| 74 | Rob McGill | 6-6 | 305 | OL | RS SO/1L | Metairie, La./Ouachita Christian
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| 75 | Michael Lacy | 6-4 | 283 | OL | FR/HS | Gulfport, Miss./Gulfport
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| 76 | Cudahy Harmon | 6-6 | 327 | OL | RS SO/1L | Tyler, Texas/John Tyler HS
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| 78 | Ryan Snell | 6-4 | 340 | OL | SR/1L | Houston, Texas/Alief Taylor HS
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| 79 | Kris Cavitt | 6-2 | 285 | OL | RS FR/HS | Mansfield, Texas/Mansfield Summit
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| 80 | Houston Tuminello | 6-0 | 173 | WR | FR/HS | Gilmer, Texas/Gilmer
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| 81 | Josh Wheeler | 6-4 | 204 | WR | SR/3L | Texarkana, Texas/Liberty-Eylau HS
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| 82 | Philip Beck | 5-9 | 190 | WR | SR/1L | Crosby, Texas/Blinn JC
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| 83 | R.P. Stuart | 6-3 | 205 | WR | FR/HS | Austin, Texas/Anderson
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| 83 | Adrian Logan | 6-2 | 251 | DL | JR/SQ | Coushatta, La./Red River HS
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| 84 | Joshua Hill | 6-0 | 175 | WR | SO/HS | Gretna, La./Archbishop Shaw
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| 85 | Randy Grigsby | 6-3 | 245 | DE | RS SO/1L | Simsboro, La./Ruston HS
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| 86 | Eric Fiege | 5-8 | 165 | WR | FR/HS | Santee, Calif./West Hills HS
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| 87 | Zak Latif | 6-5 | 240 | TE | SR/TR | Los Angeles, Calif./Grambling State
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| 88 | Earl Griffin | 5-10 | 210 | WR | SR/3L | Ruston, La./Ruston HS
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| 89 | Chandler Spence | 6-3 | 247 | TE | FR/HS | Arlington, Texas/Lamar
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| 90 | Mason Hitt | 6-1 | 268 | DT | SO/1L | Baton Rouge, La./Parkview Baptist
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| 91 | Matt Broha | 6-4 | 228 | DE | RS FR/HS | Baton Rouge, La./Catholic HS
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| 92 | Philip Longino | 6-0 | 270 | DT | FR/HS | Missouri City, Texas/Marshall HS
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| 93 | Christian Lacey | 6-1 | 230 | DE | FR/HS | Harvey, La./Archbishop Shaw
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| 94 | Ramone Randle | 6-2 | 294 | DT | SO/1L | Shreveport, La./Booker T. Washington
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| 95 | Breon Jackson | 6-2 | 333 | DT | SR/3L | Montgomery, La./Montgomery HS
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| 96 | Jared Parten | 6-2 | 294 | DL | GS/RS | Meridian, Miss./East Mississippi CC
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| 97 | Kwame Jordan | 6-4 | 245 | DE | JR/TR | Marrero, La./Fort Scott CC
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| 98 | Eric Harper | 6-4 | 225 | DE | FR/HS | Marrero, La./John Ehret HS
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| 99 | Rolando Melancon | 6-2 | 260 | DL | SO/HS | Gramercy, La./Lutcher HS
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