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Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football

Intercollegiate American football team

Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football
Summary

Intercollegiate American football team

FieldValue
CurrentSeason2025 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team
TeamNameStephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football
ImageSaustin lumberjacks wordmark 2020.png
ImageSize250
FirstYear
AthleticDirectorMichael McBroom
HeadCoachColby Carthel
HeadCoachYear7th
HCWins43
HCLosses37
StadiumHomer Bryce Stadium
StadCapacity14,575
LocationNacogdoches, Texas
NCAAdivisionI FCS
ConferenceSouthland
ATWins436
ATLosses547
ATTies30
BowlWins1
BowlLosses0
ConfTitlesGulf Star: 1985SLC: 1989, 1999, 2009, 2010, 2025WAC: 2022
RivalriesNorthwestern State Demons (rivalry)
Sam Houston Bearkats (rivalry; dormant)
WebsiteNamewww.sfajacks.com
WebsiteURLhttps://sfajacks.com/

Sam Houston Bearkats (rivalry; dormant) 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. 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.

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. 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.
  • 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)

Notable former players

[[Bum Phillips]] played college football for the Lumberjacks

Notable alumni include: :

  • Bruce Alexander
  • Derrick Blaylock
  • Larry Centers
  • KaRon Coleman
  • Spike Dykes
  • John Franklin-Myers
  • Todd Hammel
  • Sam Hunt
  • BJ Thompson
  • Willie Jefferson
  • Mark Moseley
  • Bum Phillips
  • Mike Quinn
  • James Ritchey
  • George Shirkey
  • Jeremiah Trotter
  • Ben Wells
  • Xavier Gipson
  • Christopher Wilkerson

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 made nine appearances in the Division I-AA/FCS playoffs, with an overall record of 8–9.

2025Second Round
QuarterfinalsAbilene Christian
Montana StateW 41–34
L 28–44

Rivalries

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

Main article: Chief Caddo, Battle of the Piney Woods

Future non-conference opponents

Announced schedules as of January 29, 2026.

Northeastern State

References

References

  1. (May 29, 2024). "SFA Athletics Accepts Invitation to Join Southland Conference in 2024-25". Southland Conference.
  2. (December 20, 2022). "ASUN And WAC Unveil 2023 Football Schedule". Western Athletic Conference.
  3. (April 17, 2023). "ASUN-WAC Football Partnership Formally Rebrands As The United Athletic Conference". ASUN Conference.
  4. (January 21, 2021). "WAC Announces Expedited Entrance for Four Texas Institutions". Western Athletic Conference.
  5. "Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks Football Future Schedules". FBSchedules.com.
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