East Texas A&M Lions
SouthlandCommerce, TXMemorial Stadium (Commerce TX)
2026: 2–5 (2–3 Southland). Last: lost at Houston Christian 43–24. Next: Prairie View A&M, Saturday, Oct 24, 7 p.m. ET.
- L 15–23at Mercer
- L 7–44at Stephen F. Austin
- W 38–14Northwestern State
- L 0–42at Tulsa
- L 24–27at McNeese
- W 20–17UT Rio Grande Valley
- L 24–43at Houston Christian
- Oct 24Prairie View A&M
- Oct 31SE Louisiana
- Nov 7at Nicholls
- Nov 14at Lamar
- Nov 21Incarnate Word
East Texas A&M has played football since 1915 and is officially 542–435–30; 84 of its 1,007 games are in our file. They have won 23 Lone Star Conference titles (the last in 2016), counting shared titles. Since 1939, the NFL Draft has taken 11 players from here in its first seven rounds, 0 of them in the first round. The AAFC draft also took one player from here. This season, they’re 2–5.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 542–435–30 official; 29–54–1 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 4–0 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1183
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 78 · Composite No. 73 in FCS, Oct 17; down 5 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 23 last in 2016
- Bowl record
- 18–8–2 official, bowls only
- Seasons
- 24 since 1924, 84 games
2026 season 2–5
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | at Mercer | L 15–23 | 20% |
| Sep 5 | at Stephen F. Austin | L 7–44 | 16% |
| Sep 12 | vs Northwestern State | W 38–14 | 72% |
| Sep 19 | at Tulsa | L 0–42 | 17% |
| Sep 26 | at McNeese | L 24–27 | 36% |
| Oct 3 | vs UT Rio Grande Valley | W 20–17 | 32% |
| Oct 17 | at Houston Christian | L 24–43 | 38% |
| Oct 24 | vs Prairie View A&M | Preview | 43% |
| Oct 31 | vs SE Louisiana | Preview | 35% |
| Nov 7 | at Nicholls | Preview | 41% |
| Nov 14 | at Lamar | Preview | 19% |
| Nov 21 | vs Incarnate Word | Preview | 36% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterThe moneyOn the 2026 team
- Micah Simpson33 catches, 428 yards, 2 TD (leads East Texas A&M in receiving yards)
- Tramar Gilbert45 tackles, 1 sack (leads East Texas A&M in tackles)
- Quay Middlebrooks343 rushing yards, 1 TD (leads East Texas A&M in rushing yards)
- Eric Rodriguez628 passing yards, 4 TD (leads East Texas A&M in passing yards)
- E.J. Oakmon280 rushing yards, 1 TD
- Roman Kupu34 tackles
Program strength since 1924
Best seasons everMost-played series
All rivalries- Northwestern State
4–2 in 6
Won the last four.
- Houston Christian
4–2 in 6
Lost the last one.
- McNeese
2–3 in 5
Lost the last three.
| Opponent | Games | ETAM record |
|---|---|---|
| Northwestern State | 6 | 4–2 |
| Houston Christian | 6 | 4–2 |
| McNeese | 5 | 2–3 |
| SE Louisiana | 5 | 1–4 |
Rivals the program names: Tarleton State.
Every opponent (42)
Every program East Texas A&M has played, A to Z, with East Texas A&M’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Angelo State 0–1
- Arkansas 0–1
- Arkansas State 0–2–1
- CSU Pueblo 1–0
- Eastern New Mexico 1–0
- Florida State 0–1
- Grambling 0–2
- Houston Christian 4–2
- Incarnate Word 1–3
- Lamar 0–3
- Lincoln (CA) 1–0
- McNeese 2–3
- Mercer 0–1
- Midwestern State 0–1
- Missouri Valley 1–0
- Nicholls 0–2
- North American 1–0
- North Carolina Central 0–1
- Northwestern State 4–2
- Old Dominion 0–1
- Prairie View A&M 1–1
- Sacramento State 0–2
- Saginaw Valley State 0–1
- Sam Houston 0–2
- San Diego State 0–1
- SE Louisiana 1–4
- SMU 0–1
- Southern Miss 1–0
- Stephen F. Austin 1–3
- TCU 0–4
- Tennessee State 0–1
- Tennessee Tech 1–1
- Texas A&M–Kingsville 1–0
- Tulsa 0–1
- UC Davis 0–2
- UFTL 1–0
- UT Permian Basin 1–0
- UT Rio Grande Valley 1–1
- UTSA 0–1
- West Florida 1–1
- West Texas 2–1
- Western New Mexico 1–0
Conference titles
23, counting shared titles- Lone Star Conference 23
- 1933, 1934, 1935 (shared), 1937, 1938, 1942, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 (shared), 1955 (shared), 1957 (shared), 1958, 1959, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1983 (shared), 1990, 2014, 2015, 2016
- LSC North 2
- 2007, 2009
As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Conferences
- Lone Star Conference 1982–2019 and 2021
- Southland Conference since 2022
- 2022Joined the Southland Conference from the Lone Star Conference, announced September 28, 2021. Source
East Texas A&M’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the draft
By college- NFL picks, rounds 1–7
- 11 since 1939
- First-round picks
- 0
- AAFC picks
- 1 1948
The school
East Texas A&M University- Enrollment
- 13,252 9,992 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Commerce, Texas
- Public or private
- Public Research 2
- Founded
- 1889
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $50,296 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2–5 | 2–3 | 1183 | ||||
| 2025 | 3–9 | 3–5 | 1162 | ||||
| 2024 | 3–9 | 3–4 | 1131 | ||||
| 2023 | 2–9 | 2–5 | 1126 | ||||
| 2022 | 5–6 | 3–3 | 1210 | ||||
| 2021 | 7–4 | 5–2 | 1273 | ||||
| 2017 | 1–0 | 1189 | |||||
| 2015 | 0–1 | 1174 | |||||
| 2013 | 1–0 | 1196 | |||||
| 2012 | 0–1 | 1146 | |||||
| 2009 | 0–1 | 1162 | |||||
| 2008 | 0–1 | 1200 | |||||
| 1979 | 0–1 | 1232 | |||||
| 1977 | 1–1 | 1257 | |||||
| 1958 | 1–0 | 1243 | |||||
| 1957 | 1–0 | 1222 | |||||
| 1953 | 0–0–1 | 1215 | |||||
| 1952 | 1–0 | 1224 | |||||
| 1949 | 0–1 | 1202 | |||||
| 1948 | 1–1 | 1218 | |||||
| 1930 | 0–1 | 1182 | |||||
| 1928 | 0–1 | 1179 | |||||
| 1925 | 0–1 | 1177 | |||||
| 1924 | 0–1 | 1184 |
Officially 542–435–30 since 1915 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 29–54–1 (84 of its 1,007 games are on file). Our file starts in 1924; the program began in 1915. Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1926–27, 1929, 1931–47, 1950–51, 1954–56, 1959–76, 1978, 1980–2007, 2010–11, 2014, 2016, 2018–20: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
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.