Southland All-Time Records vs Every Conference

Members over time

Each bar is a run of seasons as a member. Bold names are current members.

Season

Abilene Christian Wildcats 1964 to 1972, 2014 to 2020
Lamar Cardinals 1964 to 1986, 2011 to 2020, since 2023
Trinity (Texas) 1964
Arkansas State Red Wolves 1965 to 1986
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns 1971 to 1981
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 1971 to 1986
McNeese Cowboys since 1973
UT Arlington Mavericks 1973 to 1985
UL Monroe Warhawks 1982 to 1995
North Texas Mean Green 1983 to 1994
Northwestern State Demons since 1987
Sam Houston Bearkats 1987 to 2020
Texas State Bobcats 1987 to 2011
Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 1988 to 2020, since 2024
Nicholls Colonels since 1995
Jacksonville State Gamecocks 1996 to 2002
Troy Trojans 1998 to 2000
SE Louisiana Lions since 2005
Central Arkansas Bears 2007 to 2020
Houston Christian Huskies since 2014
Incarnate Word Cardinals since 2014
East Texas A&M Lions since 2022
UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros since 2025

Members

All-time conference records

Team	Record	Win %	Games	Seasons as a member
McNeese Cowboys	134-84-2	61.4%	220	Since 1973
SE Louisiana Lions	92-71	56.4%	163	Since 2005
Sam Houston Bearkats	90-39	69.8%	129	1987 to 2020
Nicholls Colonels	82-97	45.8%	179	Since 1995
Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks	78-76	50.6%	154	1988 to 2020, since 2024
Central Arkansas Bears	75-28	72.8%	103	2007 to 2020
Northwestern State Demons	61-117	34.3%	178	Since 1987
Lamar Cardinals	59-93-1	38.9%	153	1964 to 1986, 2011 to 2020, since 2023
Incarnate Word Cardinals	55-44	55.6%	99	Since 2014
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	26-14-2	64.3%	42	1971 to 1986
Texas State Bobcats	25-28	47.2%	53	1987 to 2011
UT Arlington Mavericks	24-21	53.3%	45	1973 to 1985
Arkansas State Red Wolves	22-21	51.2%	43	1965 to 1986
Abilene Christian Wildcats	20-34	37.0%	54	1964 to 1972, 2014 to 2020
Houston Christian Huskies	17-73	18.9%	90	Since 2014
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns	15-27-3	36.7%	45	1971 to 1981
East Texas A&M Lions	13-20	39.4%	33	Since 2022
UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros	7-6	53.8%	13	Since 2025
UL Monroe Warhawks	2-1	66.7%	3	1982 to 1995
Jacksonville State Gamecocks	1-3	25.0%	4	1996 to 2002
North Texas Mean Green	0-1	0.0%	1	1983 to 1994

Games against fellow members only, counting both teams' conference in the season each game was played. Current members are in bold.

Most played conference rivalries

Series	Record	As members	All meetings
McNeese Cowboys vs Northwestern State Demons	27-5	25	32
Nicholls Colonels vs Northwestern State Demons	19-10	25	29
McNeese Cowboys vs Nicholls Colonels	18-10	24	28
Northwestern State Demons vs SE Louisiana Lions	6-22	23	28
Lamar Cardinals vs McNeese Cowboys	7-16-1	22	24
Nicholls Colonels vs SE Louisiana Lions	10-12	22	22
McNeese Cowboys vs SE Louisiana Lions	11-13	21	24
McNeese Cowboys vs Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks	13-8	21	21
Nicholls Colonels vs Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks	6-15	21	21
Northwestern State Demons vs Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks	13-12	20	25
Northwestern State Demons vs Sam Houston Bearkats	7-12	19	19
McNeese Cowboys vs Sam Houston Bearkats	10-8	18	18

"As members" counts the meetings played while both teams were in the conference; the record is every College Football meeting.

Against every other conference

Opponent	Record	Games	Series	Most played
ACC	0-5	5	5	Abilene Christian Wildcats vs Virginia Cavaliers (1 meeting)
American	1-21	22	19	Nicholls Colonels vs Tulane Green Wave (2 meetings)
Association of Mid-Continent Universities football	1-0	1	1	Louisiana Tech Bulldogs vs Western Illinois Leathernecks (1 meeting)
Atlantic 10 Conference	2-0	2	2	McNeese Cowboys vs Villanova Wildcats (1 meeting)
Atlantic Sun Conference	1-1	2	2	Jacksonville State Gamecocks vs Nicholls Colonels (1 meeting)
Big 12	1-57	58	45	Northwestern State Demons vs Baylor Bears (5 meetings)
Big East Conference	0-2	2	2	McNeese Cowboys vs Miami Hurricanes (1 meeting)
Big Eight Conference	1-13	14	9	North Texas Mean Green vs Oklahoma State Cowboys (3 meetings)
Big Sky	40-56	96	52	Houston Christian Huskies vs Northern Colorado Bears (5 meetings)
Big South Conference	7-1	8	7	Sam Houston Bearkats vs Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs (2 meetings)
Big Ten Conference	0-5	5	5	Houston Christian Huskies vs Nebraska Cornhuskers (1 meeting)
Big West Conference	5-11	16	15	UL Monroe Warhawks vs Nevada Wolf Pack (2 meetings)
C-USA	5-55	60	47	SE Louisiana Lions vs Tulane Green Wave (4 meetings)
California Collegiate Athletic Association	1-0	1	1	Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns vs Cal Poly-Pomona (1 meeting)
Colonial	4-6	10	10	Central Arkansas Bears vs New Hampshire Wildcats (1 meeting)
Far Western Conference	1-0	1	1	Louisiana Tech Bulldogs vs Sacramento State Hornets (1 meeting)
Gateway Football Conference	6-8	14	9	Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks vs Northern Iowa Panthers (3 meetings)
Great West Conference	17-24	41	23	Texas State Bobcats vs Southern Utah Thunderbirds (5 meetings)
Gulf South Conference	4-3	7	5	Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns vs Northwestern State Demons (2 meetings)
Independent	135-166-5	306	135	Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns vs UL Monroe Warhawks (12 meetings)
Lone Star Conference	17-6	23	17	Lamar Cardinals vs Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks (3 meetings)
MAC	14-17	31	18	UT Arlington Mavericks vs Western Michigan Broncos (4 meetings)
Mid-eastern	4-2	6	4	Northwestern State Demons vs Delaware State Hornets (3 meetings)
Missouri Valley	48-41-1	90	27	McNeese Cowboys vs West Texas A&M (10 meetings)
Missouri Valley Football Conference	16-28	44	28	Central Arkansas Bears vs Missouri State Bears (4 meetings)
Mountain West	2-22	24	21	Nicholls Colonels vs Air Force Falcons (2 meetings)
North Central Conference	1-0	1	1	McNeese Cowboys vs South Dakota Coyotes (1 meeting)
Northeast	4-0	4	3	SE Louisiana Lions vs Central Connecticut Blue Devils (2 meetings)
OVC–Big South	0-5	5	5	McNeese Cowboys vs Eastern Illinois Panthers (1 meeting)
Ohio Valley Conference	22-15	37	26	Central Arkansas Bears vs Murray State Racers (4 meetings)
PAC-12	0-5	5	5	Central Arkansas Bears vs Colorado Buffaloes (1 meeting)
Pacific Coast Athletic Association	6-10	16	9	Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns vs Fresno State Bulldogs (3 meetings)
Pacific-10 Conference	0-1	1	1	Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks vs Arizona Wildcats (1 meeting)
Patriot	1-0	1	1	Sam Houston Bearkats vs Colgate Raiders (1 meeting)
Pioneer Football League	3-0	3	2	SE Louisiana Lions vs Jacksonville Dolphins (2 meetings)
SEC	2-47-1	50	35	Arkansas State Red Wolves vs Mississippi State Bulldogs (3 meetings)
Southern	15-13	28	19	Arkansas State Red Wolves vs The Citadel Bulldogs (4 meetings)
Southwest Conference	7-41	48	22	UT Arlington Mavericks vs TCU Horned Frogs (5 meetings)
Southwestern Athletic Conference	68-15	83	41	McNeese Cowboys vs Alcorn State Braves (5 meetings)
Sun Belt	14-40	54	32	Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns vs Nicholls Colonels (4 meetings)
UAC	9-14	23	14	Abilene Christian Wildcats vs Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks (4 meetings)
Western Athletic Conference	9-27	36	29	Central Arkansas Bears vs Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors (2 meetings)

Counts each game by both teams' conference in the season it was played. "Series" is how many different pairs of teams met; "Most played" is the pair that met most often while in these two conferences, with how many of those meetings count here; its bar is the whole series.

Southland

Members over time

Members

All-time conference records

Most played conference rivalries

Against every other conference

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