Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football

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 rejoined 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.

Conference championships

† Co-champions ==Head coaches==

Head coaches

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==

Notable former players

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 ==Postseason history==

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. ==Rivalries==

Rivalries

The Lumberjacks have active rivalries with the Northwestern State Demons and the Sam Houston Bearkats. == Future non-conference opponents ==

Future non-conference opponents

Announced schedules as of January 29, 2026. ==References==

Source: Wikipedia ↗

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