2000 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team

The 2000 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette as an independent in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by second-year head coach Jerry Baldwin and played their home games at Cajun Field in Lafayette, Louisiana.

2000 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–10
Head coach	Jerry Baldwin (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Larry Edmondson (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Tony Tademy (2nd season)
Home stadium	Cajun Field

2000 NCAA Division I-A independents football records

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 15 Notre Dame  %			–						9	–	3
UCF			–						7	–	4
Middle Tennessee			–						6	–	5
Connecticut			–						3	–	8
Louisiana Tech			–						3	–	9
Louisiana–Lafayette			–						1	–	10
Louisiana–Monroe			–						1	–	10
Navy			–						1	–	10
% – BCS at-large representative Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	Sam Houston State	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA		L 14–21	15,728
September 9	at No. 6 Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	FSSW	L 10–52	80,017
September 16	at Texas Tech	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX		L 0–26	35,740
September 23	Northwestern State	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA		L 21–23	15,212
September 30	at UAB	Legion Field Birmingham, AL		L 2–47	22,000
October 7	Tulane	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA		L 37–38	20,113
October 14	at Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA		L 14–48	18,125
October 28	North Texas	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA		L 0–13	12,650
November 4	at Louisiana–Monroe	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA (Battle on the Bayou)		W 21–18	7,782
November 11	Jacksonville State	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA		L 14–28	8,595
November 18	at Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN		L 38–41 2OT	7,913
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game