RUSTON, Louisiana -- Louisiana Tech finalized its 2015 non-conference schedule Thursday with the addition of Southern.The 2014 Conference USA West Division champs will open the season Sept. 5 against 2014 Southwestern Athletic Conference West Division champion Southern, whose rival Grambling is a couple minute drive down I-20 from Ruston.
The game will be the first in the newly renovated Joe Aillet Stadium, which is currently undergoing a $20-plus million addition to the south end zone.
Southern went 9-4 and knocked off Grambling in the Bayou Classic to clinch a berth in the SWAC title game. The Jaguars ended up falling to Alcorn State, 38-24.
With Southern coming to Ruston, Tech will hope to avoid another FCS disaster like 2014 when Northwestern State kicked a game-winning field goal to pull off a 30-27 upset.
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