louisiana tech opened their home schedule at joe aillet stadium by hosting the university of central arkansas bears for the third meeting between the two schools and the first since 2007. the louisiana tech bulldogs defeated the uca bears 48–42 in overtime. louisiana tech took an early 7–0 lead after a 42-yard touchdown pass from nick isham to quinton patton. after uca kicked a 39-yard field goal to cut the lead to 7–3, isham completed a 72-yard touchdown pass to patton to extend the louisiana tech to 14–3 over central arkansas. near the end of the first quarter, uca quarterback nathan dick completed a 17-yard touchdown pass to jessie grandy to cut the tech lead to 14–10. in the second quarter, tech running back lennon creer ran for a 5-yard touchdown and uca's dominiqu croom caught a 3-yard touchdown from nathan dick to make the halftime score louisiana tech 21, central arkansas 17.