2003 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team

The 2003 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette as a member of the Sun Belt Conference in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by second-year head coach Rickey Bustle and played their home games at Cajun Field in Lafayette, Louisiana.

2003 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	4–8 (4–3 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Rickey Bustle (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Rob Christophel (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Brent Pry (2nd season)
Home stadium	Cajun Field

2003 Sun Belt Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Texas $		7	–	0					9	–	4
Louisiana–Lafayette		3	–	2					4	–	8
Arkansas State		3	–	3					5	–	7
Middle Tennessee		3	–	3					4	–	8
Utah State		3	–	3					3	–	9
Idaho		3	–	4					3	–	9
New Mexico State		2	–	5					3	–	9
Louisiana–Monroe		1	–	5					1	–	11
$ – Conference champion

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:00 p.m.	at South Carolina*	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	L 7–14	82,227
September 6	7:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech*	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA	L 3–34	24,211
September 13	7:00 p.m.	Houston*	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA	L 14–21	11,127
September 20	7:00 p.m.	at Minnesota*	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	L 14–48	34,929
September 27	3:00 p.m.	at North Texas	Fouts Field Denton, TX	L 23–44	17,239
October 4	6:00 p.m.	at Oklahoma State*	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	L 3–56	44,700
October 11	4:00 p.m.	Louisiana–Monroe	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA (Battle on the Bayou)	L 42–45	13,540
October 16	6:00 p.m.	New Mexico State	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA	W 26–24	12,308
October 25	4:00 p.m.	Idaho	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA	W 31–20	9,213
November 1	2:00 p.m.	at Southern Miss*	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	L 3–48	25,649
November 8		FIU*	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA	W 43–10	13,571
November 15		at Middle Tennessee State	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 57–51 4OT
*Non-conference game All times are in Central time