Southern
1-2SWAC · Ace W. Mumford Stadium · 28,500 · 15,094 avg in 2026
LastL 6–77 at Houston · Sat Sep 12 · Wydell Clark Jr. 79 rec yds, 1 TD
Nextvs Louisiana Christian · Sat Sep 19 · 7 pm ET · Ace W. Mumford Stadium · first meeting on record · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 29 | #201 | #114 | -19.5✗ | Alabama State (N) | L 17–30 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 1 | Sep 5 | #201 | #307 | — | Kentucky State | W 34–15 | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #221 | #22 | +51.5✗ | @Houston | L 6–77 106 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #199 | Louisiana Christian | |||||
| 4 | Sep 26 | #202 | #117 | @Jackson State | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | ||||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | @Prairie View A&M | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | @Texas Southern | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | @Florida A&M | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | Bethune-Cookman | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | Alcorn State | ||||||
| 13 | Nov 28 | Grambling (N) |
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)▼
| Date | Opp | Result | Yds | TO | TOP | EPA/play | Success% | Explosive% | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12 | @Houston | L 6–77 | 121 | 3 | 21:42 | -0.141 | 13.6% | 139.9% | Season-low EPA/play |
| Sep 5 | Kentucky State | W 34–15 | — | — | — | +0.234 | 37.3% | 140.3% | Season-high EPA/play |
| Aug 29 | Alabama State | L 17–30 | — | — | — | +0.177 | 34.8% | 133.9% | |
| Season average (3 games) | 121 | 3.0 | +0.090 | 28.6% | 138.1% | ||||
A program with 19 SWAC championships and a nationally iconic marching band tradition, now asserting itself in the Bayou Classic rivalry after four consecutive wins over Grambling.
Southern's Human Jukebox is celebrated across America as one of the greatest marching bands in sports history, yet the football program is rarely mentioned in national college football discourse. The…
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What it is like to watch them2025 · 2-10 · last season
✓ measured from 12 games · ranks are among SWAC teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Southern has won two of its last five.
Cooling. 2-8 over the last 10, and lost the last one.
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vs Louisiana Christian · at home
Outcome band · Southern · 2026
Outcome band · Southern · 2026Southern's most likely season is 5-7 — no postseason. The floor is 2-10; the ceiling is 9-4.
Floor, base and ceiling come from the season-path projection, which plays out conference title games and the CFP — so a ceiling can run past 12 games.
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Southern University is the Human Jukebox marching band's halftime Battle of the Bands at the annual Bayou Classic, 19 SWAC championships, and a program that keeps beating Grambling in their rivalry -- proof an HBCU football program can compete, win, and define a culture.
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