The 2024 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the Sun Belt Conference's West Division during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Ragin' Cajuns were led by Michael Desormeaux in his third year as the head coach. The Ragin' Cajuns played their home games at Cajun Field, located in Lafayette, Louisiana.
The Cajuns compiled a 10âÂÂ2 regular-season overall record on the season, the most successful under Desormeaux's tenure as head coach. The Cajuns also played in the Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game for the fifth year out of the seven total seasons the game has been played. In the postseason, the Cajuns made their first appearance in the New Mexico Bowl, becoming the first Sun Belt team to play in that bowl.
In the Sun Belt preseason coaches' poll, the Ragin' Cajuns were picked to finish third place in the West division.
Offensive lineman AJ Gillie and returner Zylan Perry were awarded to be in the preseason All-Sun Belt first team offense and special teams, respectively. Defensive lineman Jordan Lawson, linebacker KC Ossai, and defensive back Tyrone Lewis Jr. were named to the second team.
The football schedule was announced on March 1, 2024.