Nicholls
2-1Southland · Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium · 10,500 · 6,888 avg in 2026
LastW 31–28 vs UT Rio Grande Valley · Sat Sep 12 · Kasai Jones 2 sacks, 2 TFL, 7 tackles
Nextat Sam Houston · Sat Sep 19 · 7 pm ET · Elliott T. Bowers Stadium · series 3-11, last win 2018 · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 27 | #204 | #253 | -28.5✓ | Mississippi Valley State | W 44–10 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 1 | Sep 5 | #204 | #32 | +41✗ | @Kansas State | L 3–71 129 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #157 | #139 | +5.5✓ | UT Rio Grande Valley | W 31–28 | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #197 | #154 | @Sam Houston | ||||
| 4 | Sep 26 | #197 | #150 | Lamar | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | @Houston Christian | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | Stephen F. Austin | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | @Northwestern State | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | @McNeese | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | East Texas A&M | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | @Incarnate Word | ||||||
| 12 | Nov 20 | SE Louisiana |
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)▼
| Date | Opp | Result | Yds | TO | TOP | EPA/play | Success% | Explosive% | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12 | UT Rio Grande Valley | W 31–28 | — | — | — | +0.054 | 34.6% | 140.7% | Most explosive |
| Sep 5 | @Kansas State | L 3–71 | 122 | 1 | 26:17 | -0.276 | 23.0% | 138.7% | Season-low EPA/play |
| Aug 27 | Mississippi Valley State | W 44–10 | — | — | — | +0.154 | 45.2% | 133.4% | Season-high EPA/play |
| Season average (3 games) | 122 | 1.0 | -0.023 | 34.3% | 137.6% | ||||
Nicholls is the Thibodaux Colonels that won three Southland titles in six years (2018-2023), then hired a new coach and are learning whether the success was the system or the program.
Fans here believe the chip is internal: the pressure to prove that the three Southland titles under Rebowe created a foundation that survives coaching change. Nicholls wants to build a program, not ju…
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2025 · 4-8 · last season
✓ measured from 12 games · ranks are among Southland teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Nicholls has won three of its last five.
Mixed. 5-5 over the last 10, and won the last one.
Next Sep 19
vs Sam Houston · away
Outcome band · Nicholls · 2026
Outcome band · Nicholls · 2026Nicholls' most likely season is 2-10 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 5-7.
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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Nicholls is the Thibodaux Colonels that won three Southland titles in six years (2018-2023), then hired a new coach and are learning whether the success was the system or the program.
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