| Year: | 1980 |
| Team: | Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Southland Conference |
| Short Conf: | Southland |
| Record: | 7–4 |
| Conf Record: | 4–1 |
| Head Coach: | Sam Robertson |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Stadium: | Cajun Field |
The 1980 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) in the Southland Conference during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Sam Robertson, the team compiled a 7–4 record.[1] [2]