McNeese
1-2Southland · Cowboy Stadium · 17,610 · 9,333 avg in 2026
LastL 24–27 vs Tarleton State · Sat Sep 12 · Devin Lippold 286 pass yds, 2 TD, 65 rush yds
Nextat UT Rio Grande Valley · Sat Sep 19 · 8 pm ET · Robert and Janet Vackar Stadium · series 0-1
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 29 | #224 | #96 | +12.5✓ | Stephen F. Austin | L 27–38 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 1 | Sep 5 | #224 | — | — | Texas Wesleyan | W 52–0 | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #210 | #95 | +19.5✓ | Tarleton State | L 24–27 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| 3 | Sep 20 | #185 | #143 | @UT Rio Grande Valley | ||||
| 4 | Sep 26 | #181 | #232 | East Texas A&M | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | @LSU | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | @Northwestern State | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | @Incarnate Word | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | Nicholls | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | @Houston Christian | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 15 | @SE Louisiana | ||||||
| 12 | Nov 22 | Lamar |
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)▼
| Date | Opp | Result | Yds | TO | TOP | EPA/play | Success% | Explosive% | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12 | Tarleton State | L 24–27 | — | — | — | +0.283 | 43.4% | 145.0% | Defense's roughest night |
| Sep 5 | Texas Wesleyan | W 52–0 | — | — | — | +0.414 | 47.0% | 161.4% | Season-high EPA/play |
| Aug 29 | Stephen F. Austin | L 27–38 | — | — | — | +0.246 | 39.7% | 177.5% | Season-low EPA/play |
| Season average (3 games) | — | — | +0.314 | 43.4% | 161.3% | ||||
Game Week
5d 0h
until kickoff · at UT Rio Grande Valley · Sat Sep 19 · 8 pm ET
McNeese is the Lake Charles Cowboys that won 14 Southland titles and appeared in two national championship games — and still can't shake the feeling that the blue bloods owe them something.
Fans here believe the chip is systemic: McNeese won 19 championships in a small Louisiana city and nobody outside the Gulf Coast knows it. The Cowboys appear on SportsCenter once every three years, wh…
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2025 · 5-7 · last season
✓ measured from 12 games · ranks are among Southland teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
McNeese has won two of its last five.
Cooling. 5-5 over the last 10, and lost the last one.
Next Sep 20
vs UT Rio Grande Valley · away
Outcome band · McNeese · 2026
Outcome band · McNeese · 2026McNeese's most likely season is 1-11 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 4-8.
No season-path projection for this program yet, so this is last season's record with a two-win swing down and a three-win swing up, over a 12-game frame.
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McNeese is the Lake Charles Cowboys that won 14 Southland titles and appeared in two national championship games — and still can't shake the feeling that the blue bloods owe them something.
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