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Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football

Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football

Intercollegiate American football team

For information on all Stephen F. Austin State University sports, see Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks and Ladyjacks.

The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) located in the U.S. state of Texas. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as members of the Southland Conference, which SFA rejoins for the 2024 season after a three-year absence.[2] SFA had played the 2023 season in the United Athletic Conference (UAC), newly formed for the 2023 season as a merger of the football leagues of SFA's previous home of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) and the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN). It replaced an alliance between the two conferences that operated in the 2021 and 2022 seasons.[3][4]

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SFA had long been a member of the Southland Conference (SLC) before joining the WAC in July 2021, the same time that conference relaunched its football league at the FCS level.[5] It returned to the SLC for 2024 and beyond. Stephen F. Austin's first football team was fielded in 1923. The team plays its home games at the 14,575 seat Homer Bryce Stadium in Nacogdoches, Texas.

Conference championships

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† Co-champions

Head coaches

Red Conkright was head coach from 1959 to 1961.

Notable former players

Bum Phillips played college football for the Lumberjacks

Notable alumni include:

Postseason history

The Lumberjacks earned a berth in the NCAA Division I FCS playoffs in 2009, the first postseason appearance for the team since 1995. The 2010 season marked the first time that the school had won an outright conference championship since 1989.

The team's only bowl game was the 1973 Poultry Bowl, in which the team defeated Gardner–Webb, 31–10, in Gainesville, Georgia.

Division I-AA/FCS Playoffs results

The Lumberjacks have appeared in the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs eight times with an overall record of 7–8.

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Rivalries

The Lumberjacks have active rivalries with the Northwestern State Demons and the Sam Houston Bearkats.

Main articles: Chief Caddo and Battle of the Piney Woods

Future non-conference opponents

Announced schedules as of December 4, 2022.[6] Austin Peay, announced as a non-conference opponent for 2024 and 2025, became a conference opponent with the formation of the UAC. However, the statuses of these matchups, and in some cases their existence, are subject to change due to SFA's return to the SLC for 2024 and beyond,

2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
at Troy at Kansas at Nicholls Missouri State at Missouri State at Louisville
Alcorn State at North Texas Nicholls
at Northwestern State at Montana State Montana State
Texas A&M–Commerce at Texas A&M–Commerce
Northwestern State

References

  1. [1]
    SFA Official University Identity Standards Manual (PDF). June 17, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  2. [2]
    "SFA Athletics Accepts Invitation to Join Southland Conference in 2024-25" (Press release). Southland Conference. May 29, 2024. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  3. [3]
    "ASUN And WAC Unveil 2023 Football Schedule" (Press release). Western Athletic Conference. December 20, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  4. [4]
    "ASUN-WAC Football Partnership Formally Rebrands As The United Athletic Conference" (Press release). ASUN Conference. April 17, 2023. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
  5. [5]
    "WAC Announces Expedited Entrance for Four Texas Institutions" (Press release). Western Athletic Conference. January 21, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  6. [6]
    "Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks Football Future Schedules". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
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