NCAA.com | December 31, 2013 History: New Orleans Bowl Share Traditionally, the New Orleans Bowl pits a team from the Sun Belt against a team from Conference USA. In the inaugural New Orleans Bowl in 2001, the Mountain West Conference sent Colorado State to face Sun Belt champ North Texas, the first team in NCAA history to make a bowl game after starting the season 0-5.The game has been played at the New Orleans Superdome each year except 2005, when the game was played at Cajun Field in Lafayette, La. That season, it was renamed the "New Orleans Bowl at Lafayette."Memorable moments• In 2008, Southern Miss was supposed to be the away team against Troy. However, the Golden Eagles played in their home yellow jerseys. Southern Miss was penalized one timeout in the first half for the mistake. It mattered little, as Southern Miss won the game in overtime after Michael McGhee blocked Troy kicker Sam Glusman's field-goal attempt that would have tied the game.• Louisiana-Lafayette's Blaine Gautier had 470 passing yards in the 2011 game against San Diego State. The Cajun's needed every bit of it, too; they won 32-30 on a 50-yard field goal with four seconds left.NEW ORLEANS BOWL RESULTSYEARWINNERSCORELOSERSCORE2001Colorado State45North Texas202002North Texas24Cincinnati192003Memphis27North Texas172004Southern Miss31North Texas102005Southern Miss31Arkansas State192006Troy41Rice172007Florida Atlantic44Memphis272008Southern Miss30Troy27 (OT)2009Middle Tennessee42Southern Miss322010Troy48Ohio212011UL-Lafayette32San Diego State302012UL-Lafayette43East Carolina342013UL-Lafayette24Tulane21 Making sense of FCS conference realignment Here's a breakdown of the many changes to the FCS football landscape in the upcoming seasons amid major conference realignment. READ MORE 3 single-game FCS records that could be next to fall As the FCS evolves, once-untouchable records are now in reach. Here are three single-game FCS records that could be next to fall. READ MORE Here is every FCS vs FBS game scheduled for 2022 In 2022, there are over 100 FCS vs. FBS games scheduled as of June 22. Check them out here. READ MORE