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SEGUIN, Texas – It was Texas Lutheran's Homecoming, but the game was more historic for Louisiana College than the Bulldogs.

Junior receiver Jordan Rideaux (Carencro, La./Carencro) set the team's new single-season mark for receiving yards and the single-season mark for all-purpose yards and the single season mark for receiving touchdowns … And junior quarterback Ben McLaughlin set the new single-game record for touchdown passes with six … And, perhaps most impressive and important of all, LC officially registered its second consecutive winning season, after more than 40 years without finishing over .500, with a 42-3 win.

“That was a fun,” LC coach Dennis Dunn said, “probably our most complete performance of the season as far as our offense, defense and kicking game … just an outstanding performance by our team.”

The LC seniors also tied the mark for number of conference wins by a senior class in a four-year period and could set a new record next week in the Wildcats' season finale at home against McMurry, a team coached by former Kentucky and Southeastern Louisiana coach Hal Mumme.

“This is a special group of seniors,” Dunn, himself a fourth-year coach, said. “They were all freshman with me. To see them persevere and get to this point, a point where we are, in my opinion, competitive with anyone in out conference, is special.”

Rideaux, who needed 64 receiving yards coming in to break the Wildcats' old record (set by Justin Joseph in 2005), needed just five receptions to set the new mark, finishing the first half with 83 yards and a touchdown.

For the game, Rideaux had 164 receiving yards, 29 return yards and three touchdowns, a mark that tied the single-game mark for receiving touchdowns.

For the season, he now has 1,095 receiving yards and 11 receiving touchdowns and 1,888 all-purpose yards. The old records were 1,685 all-purpose yards, 995 receiving yards and 10 receiving touchdowns.

“It feels good to know that I broke those records,” Rideaux said. “It wasn't something I was really worrying about; I was just trying to play my game.”

Not to be out done, junior quarterback Ben McLaughlin, who last week became the Wildcats' career leader in touchdown passes, total touchdowns and passing yards, went19-for-27 with six touchdowns to four different receivers to build on his own legacy.

“Records of any kind are nice, but you share them with your teammates,” McLaughlin said. “You don't pass for six touchdowns in a game without great guys around you … So, while I am honored to be a part of this, I owe it all to my teammates.”

Dunn, whose team improved to 6-3 overall and 5-2 in American Southwest Conference play, said of his two junior stars, “They are two great young men. I can't say enough about Ben and the progression I have seen him make every week. He's a consummate leader and a great quarterback. And, what more can you say about Rideaux, it was another, typical performance for him. He is an amazing player.”

The Wildcats wasted no time taking the lead, marching 66 yards in five plays and striking pay dirt on a 40-yard touchdown pass from McLaughlin to Rideaux.

After the defense forced back-to-back punts, and senior linebacker Donovan Williams drilled Texas Lutheran quarterback Rocky Huff for a sack (a blow so severe that it left the Bulldogs without their starting quarterback for the remainder of the first half), the LC offense went 48 yards in five plays and took a 14-0 lead thanks to a 29-yard touchdown pass from McLaughlin to senior tailback Detrick James.

After the Bulldogs got on the scoreboard with a 31-yard field goal late in the first, the LC offense again found its way to the endzone, this time with a 10-play, 67-yard drive that ended with a 20-yard touchdown pass from McLaughlin to senior wide receiver Brian Jackson.

By game's end, McLaughlin had also connected with Rideaux twice more (touchdown passes of 26 and 55 yards) and Davonne Lumar once for a 13-yard score.