The Isleta New Mexico Bowl starts Saturday at University Stadium

ALBUQUERQUE, NM – For the first time, two teams that have never played in the Isleta New Mexico Bowl will take the field Saturday afternoon.

The Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns will take on TCU’s Horned Frogs at the Isleta New Mexico Bowl. It’s a game they’ve been working for all season.

TCU is a Big 12 team, they have won five of their last six games. Louisiana is 10 and 3, they are also the first Sun Belt team to ever play in the New Mexico Bowl.

On Friday, both coaches spoke about Saturday’s game.

“Everybody wants to win a conference championship, everybody wants to play in the playoffs, everybody wants to play in a bowl game and do these things. And you know, everybody starts out with the same plan, but it’s about the work you’re willing to put in. And this team has worked relentlessly, you know, to get us back,” Louisiana head coach Michael Desormeaux said.

“A mature football team handles it the way we handled it. Had this been an immature team or a team that was really a selfish group or not committed to each other, I’m not sure we would have been able to to turn the season around the way they have,” said Sonny Dykes, TCU head coach.

The match starts on Saturday afternoon at 12:30 at the University Stadium, but the organizers advise you to arrive early.

In 2023, there were over 30,000 people in the stands. For more ticket information, click here.