Arkansas State vs. Louisiana-Lafayette final stats

LAFAYETTE, La. (11/25/06) - Despite a stellar performance by running back Reggie Arnold, Louisiana-Lafayette scored twice in the fourth quarter to spoil Arkansas State's season finale, 28-13, at Cajun Field here Saturday.

Arnold, a redshirt freshman, carried the football 18 times for 156 yards, including 110 in the first half which put him over the 1,000-yard mark for the season. Arnold came into the game ranked third nationally among freshman rushers.

With the Indians down by one, 14-13, ULL quarterback Jerry Babb ran for a 23-yard score with 11:31 left in the game. Shortly after, Tyrell Fenroy scored on a one-yard run. Drew Edmiston hit both extra points to end ASU's quest for a 7-5 record. ASU is now 6-6 and 4-3 in Sun Belt play, while the Ragin' Cajuns are 6-5 and 3-3.

ASU got on the board first when Josh Arauco connected on a 38-yard field goal with 10:02 in the first quarter on the Indians' first series. Fenroy answered with a seven-yard TD run at the start of the second quarter.

Arnold set up ASU's ensuing touchdown by rushing for 22 yards and then 19. Quarterback Corey Leonard threw a 15-yard TD strike to Levi Dejohnette and Arauco was good on the PAT with 10:43 remaining to put the Indians up, 10-7. Fenroy scored again on a two-yard run just before the half.

Arauco's 36-yard field goal with 14:53 in the final period was ASU's final score on the day.

Both teams were pretty evenly matched with ASU gaining 365 yards of total offense to ULL's 372. Leonard ended the day hitting 13 of his 30 passes for 132 yards and one TD. Babb was 10-of-18 with one interception and 107 yards.

Defensively, Tyrell Johnson led ASU's assault with 10 tackles, including eight solo stops. Linebacker Koby McKinnon had seven. Khayyam Burns finished with one interception for 15 return yards and recovered a fumble and returned it 19 yards.

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