Birmingham-Southern Panthers

Southern AthleticBirmingham, ALGeneral Charles C. Krulak Stadium

Birmingham-Southern has played football since at least 1919 and is 37–⁠57–⁠5 in the 99 games on record. Since 1970, the NFL Draft has taken 20 players from here in its first seven rounds, 0 of them in the first round. This season, they’re 3–⁠7.

Résumé

Record on file
37–⁠57–⁠5 .399; how we count
Postseason
0–⁠0 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 0 ranked
Elo now
981
Best season by Elo
1921 rated 1338
Seasons
28 since 1919, 99 games

2023 season 3–⁠7

RosterFull 2023 season

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Birmingham-Southern’s Elo through 2023: 1128 going into the opener, 981 after the last game.1000105011001150Elo 1128 going in; beat McMurry 20–19Elo 1131 going in; lost to Huntingdon 16–0Elo 1103 going in; lost to Trinity (TX) 38–3Elo 1072 going in; lost to Southwestern U 43–20Elo 1029 going in; lost to Millsaps 14–8Elo 996 going in; beat Sewanee 38–32Elo 1020 going in; beat Hendrix 16–15Elo 1026 going in; lost to Rhodes 34–8Elo 1007 going in; lost to Berry 53–6Elo 988 going in; lost to Centre 10–6Final: Elo 981 after the last game981
Elo going into each game, then after the last. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

Program strength since 1919

Best seasons ever
Birmingham-Southern end-of-season Elo from 1919 to 2023, best in 1921 at 1338.13001500170019001920194019601980200020201921 peak: Elo 1338
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Head coaches

CoachYearsRecord
Red Drew19244–⁠4–⁠1

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesBIR record
Auburn163–⁠13
Mercer72–⁠4–⁠1
Samford62–⁠2–⁠2
Mississippi State50–⁠5
Millsaps53–⁠1–⁠1
Rhodes53–⁠2
Chattanooga52–⁠2–⁠1
Every opponent (30)

Every program Birmingham-Southern has played, A to Z, with Birmingham-Southern’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Conferences

  1. Independent 1920–⁠1922 and 1924
  2. Southern Athletic Conference since 2014

Birmingham-Southern’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).

In the NFL Draft

By college
Drafted, rounds 1–⁠7
20 since 1970
First-round picks
0

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20233–⁠72–⁠6981
20227–⁠35–⁠21192
20202–⁠21137
20140–⁠11178
20131–⁠01239
20091–⁠01231
20081–⁠01220
19390–⁠21190
19380–⁠11198
19370–⁠11202
19361–⁠21209
19350–⁠31205
19343–⁠01281
19330–⁠2–⁠11195
19320–⁠11201
19310–⁠11214
19301–⁠11237
19290–⁠11222
19281–⁠01247
19270–⁠11231
19260–⁠11260
19250–⁠21311
19244–⁠4–⁠1Red Drew1259
19230–⁠5–⁠11273
19222–⁠6–⁠11312
Every season back to 1919 (3 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
19214–⁠4–⁠11338
19206–⁠31336
1919few games on file0–⁠31167

No season on file for 1940–⁠2007, 2010–⁠12, 2015–⁠19, 2021: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

All 28 seasons on file are complete, game by game: every win and loss in the record has its game here.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.