SE Louisiana Lions
SouthlandHammond, LAStrawberry Stadium
2026: 4–3 (2–2 Southland). Last: beat Lamar 34–31 at home. Next: at Stephen F. Austin, Saturday, Oct 24, 6 p.m. ET.
- L 28–34Houston Christian
- L 14–39at South Alabama
- W 30–25North Alabama
- W 38–35at UL Monroe
- W 52–21at Northwestern State
- L 3–13at UT Rio Grande Valley
- W 34–31Lamar
- Oct 24at Stephen F. Austin
- Oct 31at East Texas A&M
- Nov 7Incarnate Word
- Nov 14McNeese
- Nov 19at Nicholls
SE Louisiana has played football since 1930 and is officially 351–306–17; 284 of its 674 games are in our file. They have won six Gulf States Conference titles (the last in 1961), plus three Southland Conference titles, one Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference title, counting shared titles. The most-played rival is Northwestern State: 27 meetings, SE Louisiana leads 21–6. This season, they’re 4–3.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 351–306–17 official; 143–141 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 0–1 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1350
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 28 · Composite No. 42 in FCS, Oct 17; up 4 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 10 last in 2022
- Seasons
- 40 since 1949, 284 games
2026 season 4–3
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27 | vs Houston Christian | L 28–34 | 81% |
| Sep 5 | at South Alabama | L 14–39 | 26% |
| Sep 12 | vs North Alabama | W 30–25 | 71% |
| Sep 19 | at UL Monroe | W 38–35 | 42% |
| Sep 26 | at Northwestern State | W 52–21 | 79% |
| Oct 10 | at UT Rio Grande Valley | L 3–13 | 43% |
| Oct 17 | vs Lamar | W 34–31 | 50% |
| Oct 24 | at Stephen F. Austin | Preview | 21% |
| Oct 31 | at East Texas A&M | Preview | 65% |
| Nov 7 | vs Incarnate Word | Preview | 59% |
| Nov 14 | vs McNeese | Preview | 70% |
| Nov 19 | at Nicholls | Preview | 65% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterThe moneyOn the 2026 team
- Kyle Lowe1,162 passing yards, 10 TD (leads SE Louisiana in passing yards)
- Trace Carter53 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT
- Carter Hanberry60 tackles (leads SE Louisiana in tackles)
- Chad Elzy Jr282 rushing yards, 3 TD
- Carter Byrd39 tackles, 2 INT (leads SE Louisiana in interceptions)
- Deantre Jackson303 rushing yards (leads SE Louisiana in rushing yards)
Program strength since 1949
Best seasons everMost-played series
All rivalries- Northwestern State
21–6 in 27
- 2018 W 24–17
- 2019 W 44–27
- 2020 W 27–24
- 2021 W 51–14
- 2021 W 56–28
- 2022 W 23–7
- 2023 W 37–20
- 2024 W 41–0
- 2025 W 49–0
- 2026 W 52–21
Won the last 10.
- McNeese
13–10 in 23
- 2016 W 31–24
- 2017 L 3–13
- 2018 W 23–6
- 2019 L 34–38
- 2020 W 25–20
- 2021 W 38–35
- 2021 W 23–20
- 2022 W 28–27
- 2023 W 38–24
- 2025 W 38–0
Won the last six.
Next: Nov 14
- Nicholls
12–9 in 21
- 2017 W 21–17
- 2018 L 0–44
- 2019 L 27–28
- 2020 W 52–45
- 2021 W 58–48
- 2021 L 42–45
- 2022 W 40–17
- 2023 L 16–21
- 2024 W 19–16
- 2025 W 38–26
Won the last two; holds the River Bell Trophy.
Next: Nov 19
| Opponent | Games | SELA record |
|---|---|---|
| Northwestern State | 27 | 21–6 |
| McNeese | 23 | 13–10 |
| Nicholls | 21 | 12–9 |
| Lamar | 15 | 11–4 |
| Incarnate Word | 13 | 6–7 |
| Stephen F. Austin | 13 | 7–6 |
| Sam Houston | 12 | 2–10 |
| Central Arkansas | 12 | 4–8 |
Rivals the program names: Nicholls, Northwestern State, Louisiana.
The trophy it holds: River Bell Trophy (Nicholls). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.
Every opponent (71)
Every program SE Louisiana has played, A to Z, with SE Louisiana’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Abilene Christian 3–2
- Alcorn State 2–2
- Arkansas Monticello 2–0
- Auburn 1–0
- Ball State 0–1
- Bethune-Cookman 0–1
- Central Arkansas 4–8
- Central Connecticut 2–0
- East Tennessee State 1–1
- East Texas A&M 4–1
- Eastern Washington 1–1
- Florida A&M 1–0
- Florida Atlantic 0–1
- Florida Tech 1–0
- Gardner-Webb 0–2
- Henderson State 0–1
- Houston Christian 9–2
- Idaho 1–0
- Illinois State 1–1
- Incarnate Word 6–7
- Jacksonville 4–0
- Jacksonville State 2–0
- James Madison 0–1
- Kansas 0–1
- Kentucky Wesleyan 1–0
- Lamar 11–4
- Louisiana 1–2
- Louisiana Tech 0–4
- LSU 0–3
- McNeese 13–10
- Mercyhurst 1–0
- Mississippi State 0–2
- Mississippi Valley State 3–0
- Missouri 0–1
- Montana 0–1
- Murray State 2–0
- New Mexico State 0–2
- Nicholls 12–9
- North Alabama 2–0
- Northern Colorado 1–1
- Northwestern State 21–6
- Ohio 0–1
- Oklahoma State 0–1
- Ole Miss 0–2
- Prairie View A&M 1–0
- Sam Houston 2–10
- Samford 1–1
- Savannah State 1–0
- South Alabama 0–2
- South Dakota 0–1
- South Dakota State 0–3
- Southeast Missouri State 1–1
- Southern Illinois 0–1
- Southern Miss 0–9
- Southern Utah 1–1
- St. Mary’s (CA) 0–1
- Stephen F. Austin 7–6
- Tarleton State 0–2
- TCU 0–1
- Texas College 1–0
- Texas State 3–4
- Texas Tech 0–1
- Troy 0–1
- Tulane 0–8
- UAB 0–1
- UL Monroe 7–3
- Union College 1–0
- UT Martin 1–1
- UT Rio Grande Valley 1–1
- Villanova 1–0
- Webber International 1–0
Conference titles
10, counting shared titles- Gulf States Conference 6
- 1952 (shared), 1953 (shared), 1954, 1956, 1960 (shared), 1961
- Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference 1
- 1946
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
- Independent 1930–1942
- Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference 1946–1947
- Gulf South Conference 1973–1978
- Independent 1979–1983
- Gulf Star Conference 1984–1985
- Independent 2003–2004
- Southland Conference since 2005
- 2003Went independent from the No team in football. Source
- 2005Joined the Southland Conference from independence in football. Source
SE Louisiana’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 NFL Draft
By college- Drafted, rounds 1–7
- 6 since 1971
- First-round picks
- 0
The school
Southeastern Louisiana University- Enrollment
- 14,426 13,192 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Hammond, Louisiana
- Public or private
- Public
- Founded
- 1925
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $46,482 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 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 1350 | ||||
| 2025 | 9–4 | 7–1 | 1401 | ||||
| 2024 | 7–5 | 6–1 | 1349 | ||||
| 2023 | 3–8 | 3–4 | 1299 | ||||
| 2022 | 9–4 | 5–1 | 1466 | ||||
| 2021 | 9–4 | 6–2 | 1449 | ||||
| 2020 | 4–3 | 1366 | |||||
| 2019 | 8–5 | 6–3 | 1399 | ||||
| 2018 | 4–7 | 4–5 | 1278 | ||||
| 2017 | 6–5 | 6–3 | 1371 | ||||
| 2016 | 7–4 | 7–2 | 1352 | ||||
| 2015 | 4–7 | 3–6 | 1295 | ||||
| 2014 | 9–4 | 7–1 | 1479 | ||||
| 2013 | 10–2 | 7–0 | 1508 | ||||
| 2012 | 5–6 | 5–2 | 1263 | ||||
| 2011 | 3–8 | 1–6 | 1200 | ||||
| 2010 | 2–7 | 1–5 | 1222 | ||||
| 2009 | 6–5 | 4–3 | 1257 | ||||
| 2008 | 1–2 | 1244 | |||||
| 2007 | 3–7 | 2–4 | 1213 | ||||
| 2006 | 2–9 | 1–5 | 1171 | ||||
| 2005 | 4–6 | 2–4 | 1299 | ||||
| 2004 | 7–4 | 1317 | |||||
| 2003 | 4–7 | 1272 | |||||
| 1981 | 2–0 | 1366 |
Every season back to 1949 (15 more)
Officially 351–306–17 since 1930 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 143–141 (284 of its 674 games are on file). Our file starts in 1949; the program began in 1930. Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1952, 1954–64, 1970–74, 1982–2002: 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.