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LAFAYETTE, La. — Chandler Fields accounted for three touchdowns and Louisiana-Lafayette became bowl eligible with its 52-21 rout of UL Monroe. Louisiana-Lafayette (6-6, 3-5 Sun Belt Conference) will play in a bowl game for a school-record sixth consecutive year. Fields opened the scoring with a 5-yard touchdown run and then led four scoring drives of at least 47 yards in the second quarter. Fields' 24-yard touchdown pass to Neal Johnson just before halftime gave the Ragin' Cajuns a 31-14 lead. Jiya Wright had a touchdown run and Dylan Howell scored on fumble recovery in the first half for UL Monroe (2-10, 0-8).
