2013 New Orleans Bowl

2013 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Louisiana–Lafayette win vacated by the NCAA in 2016
Tulane Green Wave Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
(7–5) (8–4)
C-USA Sun Belt
21 24
Head coach: 
Curtis Johnson		 Head coach: 
Mark Hudspeth
1234 Total
Tulane 01470 21
Louisiana 14703 24
DateDecember 21, 2013
Season2013
StadiumMercedes-Benz Superdome
LocationNew Orleans, Louisiana
MVPOrleans Darkwa (RB, Tulane)[1]
RefereeDavid Witvoet (Big Ten)
Attendance54,728[2]
PayoutUS$500,000
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN/ESPN Radio
AnnouncersTV: Mike Patrick (play-by-play), Ed Cunningham (analyst), Jeannine Edwards (sideline)
Radio: Bill Rosinski (play-by-play), David Norrie (analyst), and Joe Schad (sideline reporter).[3]
New Orleans Bowl
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The 2013 New Orleans Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 21, 2013, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The thirteenth edition of the New Orleans Bowl, it featured the Tulane Green Wave of Conference USA against the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns of the Sun Belt Conference.[4] The game began at 8:00 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN.[5] It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. Sponsored by freight shipping company R+L Carriers, the game was officially known as the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl. The Ragin' Cajuns defeated the Green Wave by a score of 24–21.

In March 2016, Louisiana–Lafayette vacated its 2011 and 2013 New Orleans Bowl wins, due to major NCAA violations including ACT exam fraud and payments to recruits.[6][7]

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  2. ^ New Orleans Bowl Box Score
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  4. ^ "Louisiana downs Tulane to win New Orleans Bowl". Associated Press. December 21, 2013. Archived from the original on December 23, 2013. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  5. ^ "About". NewOrleansBowl.org. New Orleans Bowl. 2013. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
  6. ^ "Exam fraud, recruit payments among NCAA accusations against UL-Lafayette, ex-assistant coach David Saunders". The Baton Rouge Advocate. October 11, 2015. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  7. ^ Patterson, Chip (March 3, 2016). "Ragin' Cajuns vacate 2013 Sun Belt title, 22 wins due to NCAA violations". CBS Sports. Retrieved December 22, 2019.