Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football
Intercollegiate American football team From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
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]
Remove ads
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.
Remove ads
Conference championships
† Co-champions
Remove ads
Head coaches
- Bob Shelton (1923–1928)
- Gene White (1929–1936)
- Red Willis (1937–1940)
- Maurice A. Baumgarten (1941)
- No team (1942–1945)
- Bill Pierce (1946)
- Ted Jefferies (1947–1955)
- Harold J. Fischer (1956–1958)
- Red Conkright (1959–1961)
- Shorty Hughes (1962–1970)
- John Levra (1971–1974)
- Dick Munzinger (1975)
- Charles Simmons (1976–1981)
- Jim Hess (1982–1988)
- Lynn Graves (1989–1991)
- John Pearce (1992–1998)
- Mike Santiago (1999–2004)
- Robert McFarland (2005–2006)
- J. C. Harper (2007–2013)
- Clint Conque (2014–2017)
- Jeff Byrd (interim) (2018)
- Colby Carthel (2019–present)
Remove ads
Notable former players
Notable alumni include:
Postseason history
Summarize
Perspective
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.
Remove ads
Rivalries
The Lumberjacks have active rivalries with the Northwestern State Demons and the Sam Houston Bearkats.
Future non-conference opponents
Announced schedules as of February 13, 2025.[6]
| 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| at Houston | at Abilene Christian | Abilene Christian | at Texas Tech | at Cal Poly | at Louisville |
| at Abilene Christian | at Northern Colorado | ||||
| Sul Ross State | |||||
| Cal Poly |
References
External links
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads