The Sun Belt Conference football championship game Saturday between No. 12 Coastal Carolina and No. 19 Louisiana-Lafayette was canceled Thursday night because of a positive COVID-19 test within the Coastal Carolina program.
An entire position group would have been unavailable to play for the unbeaten Chanticleers (11-0, 8-0) because of contact tracing, the conference said.
“We are very disappointed that the championship game cannot be played, but we are so proud of all of the players and staff members and their hard work during this truly challenging season,” Sun Belt Commissioner Keith Gill said in a statement.