1997 Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team

The 1997 Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) as an independent during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their twelfth year under head coach Nelson Stokley, the team compiled a 1–10 record.