Hardin Simmons Cowboys
American SouthwestAbilene, TXShelton Stadium
2026: 5–0 (2–0 American Southwest). Last: beat East Texas Baptist 63–27 at home. Next: at Nelson (TX), Saturday, Oct 24, 2 p.m. ET.
- W 44–24Chapman
- W 28–20at Wisconsin La Crosse
- W 58–0UFTL
- W 48–17at McMurry
- W 63–27East Texas Baptist
- Oct 24at Nelson (TX)
- Oct 31at Howard Payne
- Nov 7Schreiner
- Nov 14at Mary Hardin Baylor
Hardin Simmons has played football since at least 1909 and is 168–138–13 in the 319 games on record. Their best finish in the final AP poll is No. 17, in 1940. Warren Woodson (1941–1951) won more games here than any other coach: 58. The most-played rival is UTEP: 23 meetings, Hardin Simmons leads 16–6–1. This season, they’re 5–0.
On this date in 2024Hardin Simmons beat McMurry 17–12 on the road.
Résumé
- Record on file
- 168–138–13 .547; how we count
- Postseason
- 5–4 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 3 ranked
- Elo now
- 1294
- Seasons
- 47 since 1909, 319 games
2026 season 5–0
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vsChapman | W 44–24 | 67% |
| Sep 12 | atWisconsin La Crosse | W 28–20 | 51% |
| Oct 3 | vsUFTL | W 58–0 | 74% |
| Oct 10 | atMcMurry | W 48–17 | 68% |
| Oct 17 | vsEast Texas Baptist | W 63–27 | 84% |
| Oct 24 | atNelson (TX) | Preview | 64% |
| Oct 31 | atHoward Payne | Preview | 64% |
| Nov 7 | vsSchreiner | Preview | 84% |
| Nov 14 | atMary Hardin Baylor | Preview | 46% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Program strength since 1909
Best seasons everHead coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
 Warren Woodson | 1941–1951 | 58–24–6 |
 Frank Kimbrough | 1939–1940 | 16–1–1 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- UTEP
16–6–1 in 23
- 1953 W 14–13
- 1954 L 7–20
- 1955 W 23–21
- 1956 L 13–51
- 1957 W 33–20
- 1958 W 14–6
- 1959 W 25–14
- 1960 L 6–45
- 1961 L 7–35
- 1962 L 6–7
Lost the last three.
- Arizona State
13–8 in 21
- 1952 L 7–26
- 1953 W 27–20
- 1954 L 13–14
- 1955 L 14–69
- 1956 L 13–26
- 1957 L 26–35
- 1958 W 14–6
- 1959 L 8–14
- 1960 L 0–28
- 1961 L 0–47
Lost the last three.
- West Texas
14–7 in 21
- 1953 W 26–14
- 1954 W 33–27
- 1955 W 19–18
- 1956 L 6–20
- 1957 L 19–39
- 1958 W 26–6
- 1959 W 22–0
- 1960 L 0–21
- 1961 L 0–42
- 1962 L 13–34
Lost the last three.
| Opponent | Games | HSU record |
|---|---|---|
| UTEP | 23 | 16–6–1 |
| Arizona State | 21 | 13–8 |
| West Texas | 21 | 14–7 |
| Texas Tech | 18 | 4–12–2 |
| Baylor | 14 | 1–13 |
| New Mexico State | 13 | 9–3–1 |
| TCU | 12 | 1–9–2 |
| Howard Payne | 12 | 12–0 |
Every opponent (72)
Every program Hardin Simmons has played, A to Z, with Hardin Simmons’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Abilene Christian 0–2
- Albright 1–0
- Arizona 6–4
- Arizona State 13–8
- Arkansas 0–3
- Auburn 0–1
- Austin 2–0
- Baylor 1–13
- Catholic 1–0
- Centenary (LA) 3–1
- Chapman 2–0
- Cincinnati 1–5–1
- Creighton 1–0
- Curry 1–0
- Daniel Baker 1–0
- Denver 1–0
- East Texas Baptist 7–0
- Endicott 1–1
- George Washington 0–1
- Georgia 0–1
- Houston 2–1–1
- Howard Payne 12–0
- Kansas State 1–0
- Louisiana Christian 1–0
- Louisiana Tech 2–0
- Loyola Marymount 3–4
- LSU 0–1
- Mary Hardin Baylor 4–4
- McMurry 7–2
- Memphis 0–2
- Midwestern Texas State 3–0
- Mississippi State 0–1
- Nelson (TX) 1–0
- New Mexico 4–0
- New Mexico State 9–3–1
- North American 1–0
- North Texas 4–8
- Oklahoma City 1–0
- Oklahoma State 1–2
- Ole Miss 0–2
- Ouachita 1–0
- Pacific 1–1–1
- Phillips 0–2
- Rice 0–1
- San Diego State 1–0
- San Francisco 1–1–1
- San José State 1–1–1
- Santa Clara 0–0–1
- Second Air Force (Washington) 0–1
- SMU 1–3–1
- Southern Miss 0–1
- Southwestern U 1–0
- St. Edward’s 1–0
- Sul Ross State 3–0
- TCU 1–9–2
- Texas 0–2
- Texas A&M 0–1
- Texas Lutheran 3–0
- Texas Tech 4–12–2
- Texas Wesleyan 1–0
- Texas–Arlington 0–1
- Trinity (Texas) 8–3
- Trinity (TX) 0–3
- Tulsa 3–9
- UFTL 1–0
- UTEP 16–6–1
- Wayland Baptist 1–0
- West Texas 14–7
- Wichita State 4–3
- Wisconsin La Crosse 2–0
- Wisconsin Platteville 1–0
- Wyoming 0–1
Conferences
- Independent 1939–1940
- Border Conference 1941–1942 and 1946–1961
- Independent 1962
- American Southwest Conference since 2014
- 1962Went independent from the Border Conference. Source
- 1963Went independent from independence. Source
Hardin Simmons’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
- 7 since 1938
- First-round picks
- 1
- AFL picks
- 1 1964
| 1940 | Bulldog Turner C | No. 7, Chicago Bears |
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1294 | ||||
| 2025 | 9–2 | 5–1 | 1303 | ||||
| 2024 | 10–1 | 6–0 | 1326 | ||||
| 2023 | 9–2 | 7–0 | 1274 | ||||
| 2022 | 9–2 | 7–1 | 1304 | ||||
| 2020 | 4–1 | 1339 | |||||
| 1963 | 1–2 | 1338 | |||||
| 1962 | 1–9 | 1198 | |||||
| 1961 | 0–10 | 0–4 | 1157 | ||||
| 1960 | 0–10 | 0–4 | 1236 | ||||
| 1959 | 3–7 | 2–2 | 1408 | ||||
| 1958 | 6–5 | 4–0 | 1489 | ||||
| 1957 | 5–5 | 3–2 | 1463 | ||||
| 1956 | 4–6 | 2–3 | 1444 | ||||
| 1955 | 5–5 | 3–2 | 1432 | ||||
| 1954 | 4–6 | 2–3 | 1405 | ||||
| 1953 | 6–5 | 4–1 | 1477 | ||||
| 1952 | 5–3–2 | 2–2–1 | 1493 | ||||
| 1951 | 6–6 | 4–1 | Warren Woodson | 1503 | |||
| 1950 | 5–5 | 3–3 | Warren Woodson | 1503 | |||
| 1949 | 6–4–1 | 4–2 | Warren Woodson | 1527 | |||
| 1948 | 6–2–3 | 3–2–1 | Warren Woodson | 1593 | |||
| 1947 | 8–3 | 5–1 | Warren Woodson | 1622 | |||
| 1946 | 11–0 | 6–0 | Warren Woodson | 1693 | |||
| 1942 | 9–1–1 | 4–0–1 | Warren Woodson | 1605 |
Every season back to 1909 (22 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | 7–3–1 | 3–1 | Warren Woodson | 1555 | |||
| 1940 | 9–0 | 17 | Frank Kimbrough | 1566 | |||
| 1939 | 7–1–1 | Frank Kimbrough | 1420 | ||||
| 1938 | 2–2 | 1312 | |||||
| 1937 | 1–0 | 1303 | |||||
| 1936 | 2–2 | 1293 | |||||
| 1935 | 1–3–1 | 1233 | |||||
| 1934 | 0–2 | 1179 | |||||
| 1933 | 0–3 | 1185 | |||||
| 1932 | 1–1 | 1199 | |||||
| 1931 | 0–3 | 1182 | |||||
| 1930 | 0–0–1 | 1190 | |||||
| 1929 | 0–1 | 1173 | |||||
| 1928 | 0–2 | 1172 | |||||
| 1925 | 0–1 | 1174 | |||||
| 1924 | 0–2 | 1171 | |||||
| 1923 | 0–2 | 1178 | |||||
| 1922 | 0–1–1 | 1189 | |||||
| 1921 | 1–2 | 1190 | |||||
| 1920 | 0–3–1 | 1172 | |||||
| 1917few games on file | 0–1 | 1186 | |||||
| 1909few games on file | 0–1 | 1186 |
No season on file for 1910–16, 1918–19, 1926–27, 1943–45, 1964–2019, 2021: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
All 47 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.