Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football

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Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football
AmericanFootball current event.svg 2024 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team
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First season1923;102 years ago (1923)
Athletic director Ryan Ivey
Head coach Colby Carthel
6th season, 33–35 (.485)
Stadium Homer Bryce Stadium
(capacity: 14,575)
Field surface Hellas Matrix Turf
Location Nacogdoches, Texas
NCAA division Division I FCS
Conference Southland Conference
All-time record426–545–30 (.441)
Bowl record1–0 (1.000)
Conference titles6 (1 Gulf Star, 4 SLC, 1 WAC)
Rivalries Northwestern State Demons (rivalry)
Sam Houston Bearkats (rivalry)
ColorsPurple and white [1]
   
Website www.sfajacks.com

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

YearCoachConferenceOverall recordConference record
1985† Jim Hess Gulf Star Conference 9–24–1
1989 Lynn Graves Southland Conference 12–2–16–0–1
1999† Mike Santiago 8–36–1
2009† J. C. Harper 10–36–1
2010 9–36–1
2022 Colby Carthel Western Athletic Conference 6–53–1
Conference championships6

† Co-champions

Head coaches

Red Conkright was head coach from 1959 to 1961. Conkright-Red-1940.jpg
Red Conkright was head coach from 1959 to 1961.

Notable former players

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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.

YearRoundOpponentResult
1988 First round
Quarterfinals		Jackson State
Georgia Southern		W 24–0
L 6–27
1989 First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
National Championship Game 		Grambling State
Southwest Missouri State
Furman
Georgia Southern		W 59–56
W 55–25
W 21–19
L 34–37
1993 First roundTroy StateL 20–42
1995 First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals		Eastern Illinois
Appalachian State
Montana		W 34–29
W 27–17
L 14–70
2009 First round
Quarterfinals		Eastern Washington
Montana		W 44–33
L 0–51
2010 Second roundVillanovaL 24–54
2014 First roundNorthern IowaL 10–44
2021 First roundIncarnate WordL 28–35 OT

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]

202520262027202820292030
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

  1. ↑ SFA Official University Identity Standards Manual (PDF). June 17, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  2. ↑ "SFA Athletics Accepts Invitation to Join Southland Conference in 2024-25" (Press release). Southland Conference. May 29, 2024. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  3. ↑ "ASUN And WAC Unveil 2023 Football Schedule" (Press release). Western Athletic Conference. December 20, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  4. ↑ "ASUN-WAC Football Partnership Formally Rebrands As The United Athletic Conference" (Press release). ASUN Conference. April 17, 2023. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
  5. ↑ "WAC Announces Expedited Entrance for Four Texas Institutions" (Press release). Western Athletic Conference. January 21, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks Football Future Schedules". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
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