South Alabama Jaguars
Sun BeltMobile, ALHancock Whitney Stadium
2026: 4–2 (2–0 Sun Belt). Last: won at Arkansas State 56–49. Next: at Marshall, Tuesday, Oct 20, 7:30 p.m. ET.
- W 39–14SE Louisiana
- L 24–28at Tulane
- W 41–36Ohio
- L 21–45at Kentucky
- W 52–35UL Monroe
- W 56–49at Arkansas State
- Oct 20at Marshall
- Oct 31Louisiana Tech
- Nov 7at Louisiana
- Nov 14Troy
- Nov 21at Southern Miss
- Nov 27App State
- Outfitted by Adidas
South Alabama has played football since 2009 and is 79–108 in the 187 games on record here, which start in 2011. Joey Jones (2012–2017) won more games here than any other coach: 29. This season, under Major Applewhite, they’re 4–2.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 94–106 official; 79–108 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 2–3 matches the official bowl record
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1500 78th of 138 FBS
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 88 · Composite No. 86 in FBS, Oct 17; down 1 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Seasons
- 16 since 2011, 187 games
Identity
- Fight song
- South!
- Mascot
- Southpaw and Miss Pawla
- Apparel
- Adidas deal through 2030
- Band
- South Alabama Jaguar Marching Band since 2009, 260+ members
2026 season 4–2
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs SE Louisiana | W 39–14 | 74% |
| Sep 12 | at Tulane | L 24–28 | 29% |
| Sep 19 | vs Ohio | W 41–36 | 45% |
| Sep 26 | at Kentucky | L 21–45 | 36% |
| Oct 3 | vs UL Monroe | W 52–35 | 79% |
| Oct 8 | at Arkansas State | W 56–49 | 44% |
| Oct 20 | at Marshall | Preview | 45% |
| Oct 31 | vs Louisiana Tech | Preview | 58% |
| Nov 7 | at Louisiana | Preview | 36% |
| Nov 14 | vs Troy | Preview | 61% |
| Nov 21 | at Southern Miss | Preview | 63% |
| Nov 27 | vs App State | Preview | 62% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Future schedule
2027–31- 20274 games: 2 home, 2 away, non-conference only
- 20283 games: 1 home, 2 away, non-conference only
- 20292 games: 2 home, non-conference only
- 20301 game: 1 away, non-conference only
- at UAB
- 20312 games: 2 home, non-conference only
South Alabama’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, as its Wikipedia article lists them (announced schedules as of December 11, 2025). Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
On the 2026 team
- Damyrion Darby12 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 3 INT (No. 10 in FBS in interceptions)
- Jared Hollins855 passing yards, 7 TD (leads South Alabama in passing yards)
- Keenan Phillips444 rushing yards, 5 TD (leads South Alabama in rushing yards)
- P.J. Martin423 rushing yards, 6 TD (leads South Alabama in rushing touchdowns)
- Brendan Jenkins21 catches, 355 yards, 3 TD (leads South Alabama in receiving yards)
- Cole Blaylock42 tackles (leads South Alabama in tackles)
Around the program
- Apparel
- Adidas · Official source
- University of South Alabama Athletics; read 2026-10-10
- Sports Business Journal; read 2026-10-10
- Mascot
- Southpaw and Miss Pawla · Single source
- Wikipedia; read 2026-10-10
Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.
The apparel deal
Adidas, June 2018 through June 2030. Seven-year deal from 2018, extended in 2024. Adidas replaced Nike in 2018. Extended in November 2024 through June 2030.
- South Alabama Athletics, Nov 7, 2024: Extension as exclusive apparel provider through June 2030
- SportBusiness: Seven-year deal from June 1, 2018 to May 31, 2025, replacing Nike
Before: Nike, through May 2018.
Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026.
Program strength since 2011
Best seasons everMore coverage
- Gibson laments latest effort from Herd, vows to evaluate everything ahead of midweek matchup vs. South Alabama, wvmetronews.com,
- A-State faces setback in high-scoring matchup versus South Alabama, 56-49, stuttgartdailyleader.com,
- South Alabama is unstoppable on Thursdays in the Applewhite era, underdogdynasty.com,
- Arkansas State falls to South Alabama, drops to 0-2 in Sun Belt, kait8.com,
- ASU falls to South Alabama in a high-scoring affair, arkansasonline.com,
- South Alabama beats Arkansas State 56-49 in the highest scoring FBS game this season, winnipegfreepress.com,
- South Alabama Vs Arkansas State: Thursday, October 8 kickoff at 18:30 p.m. CT puts Week 6 Sun Belt matchup on the national radar, el-balad.com,
Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.
Head coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
 Major Applewhite | 2024–2026 | 15–16 |
| Kane Wommack | 2021–2023 | 22–16 |
 Steve Campbell | 2018–2020 | 9–26 |
 Joey Jones | 2012–2017 | 29–46 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- Arkansas State
7–8 in 15
- 2017 W 24–19
- 2018 L 14–38
- 2019 W 34–30
- 2020 W 38–31
- 2021 W 31–13
- 2022 W 31–3
- 2023 W 21–14
- 2024 L 16–18
- 2025 L 14–15
- 2026 W 56–49
Won the last one.
- Louisiana
4–10 in 14
- 2016 L 23–28
- 2017 L 14–19
- 2018 L 38–48
- 2019 L 27–37
- 2020 L 10–38
- 2021 L 18–20
- 2022 W 20–17
- 2023 L 20–33
- 2024 W 24–22
- 2025 L 22–31
Lost the last one.
Next: Nov 7
- Troy
4–10 in 14
- 2016 L 21–28
- 2017 W 19–8
- 2018 L 17–38
- 2019 L 13–37
- 2020 L 0–29
- 2021 L 24–31
- 2022 L 6–10
- 2023 L 10–28
- 2024 W 25–9
- 2025 L 24–31
Lost the last one.
Next: Nov 14
| Opponent | Games | USA record |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas State | 15 | 7–8 |
| Louisiana | 14 | 4–10 |
| Troy | 14 | 4–10 |
| UL Monroe | 13 | 8–5 |
| Texas State | 11 | 4–7 |
| Georgia Southern | 10 | 2–8 |
| Georgia State | 9 | 4–5 |
| Southern Miss | 6 | 6–0 |
Rivals the program names: Troy.
Every opponent (61)
Every program South Alabama has played, A to Z, with South Alabama’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Air Force 0–1
- Alabama A&M 1–0
- Alabama State 1–0
- Alcorn State 1–0
- App State 2–4
- Arkansas State 7–8
- Auburn 0–1
- Bowling Green 1–1
- Cal Poly 0–1
- Central Michigan 1–1
- Coastal Carolina 1–3
- Eastern Michigan 1–0
- Florida Atlantic 1–0
- Florida International 0–1
- Gardner-Webb 1–0
- Georgia Southern 2–8
- Georgia State 4–5
- Hawai’i 0–1
- Idaho 2–2
- Jackson State 1–0
- James Madison 0–1
- Kent State 2–1
- Kentucky 0–1
- Lamar 1–0
- Louisiana 4–10
- Louisiana Tech 1–2
- LSU 0–1
- Marshall 1–0
- Memphis 0–2
- Middle Tennessee 0–1
- Mississippi State 1–2
- Mississippi Valley State 1–0
- Morgan State 1–0
- Navy 0–2
- NC State 0–3
- Nebraska 0–2
- New Mexico State 1–1
- Nicholls 3–0
- North Texas 0–3
- Northwestern State 1–0
- Ohio 1–1
- Oklahoma State 1–2
- Old Dominion 1–0
- Ole Miss 0–1
- Presbyterian 1–0
- San Diego State 2–0
- SE Louisiana 2–0
- South Carolina 0–1
- Southern Miss 6–0
- Southern Utah 0–1
- Tennessee 0–2
- Texas State 4–7
- Troy 4–10
- Tulane 1–4
- UAB 0–2
- UCLA 0–1
- UL Monroe 8–5
- UT Martin 1–0
- UTSA 1–1
- Western Kentucky 1–1
- Western Michigan 1–0
Conferences
- Independent 2011
- Sun Belt Conference since 2012
- 2011Went independent from the Unclassified (exhibition only) in football. Source
- 2013Joined the Sun Belt Conference from independence in football. Source
South Alabama’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
- 4 since 2017
- First-round picks
- 0
Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.
The school
University of South Alabama- Enrollment
- 14,003 9,241 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Mobile, Alabama
- Public or private
- Public Research 2
- Founded
- 1963
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $49,379 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.
Official accounts
- Football
- X @SouthAlabamaFBInstagram @southalabamafbFacebook SouthAlabamaAthletics
Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones usajaguars.com lists for its football program, as of Oct 12, 2026.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4–2 | 2–0 | Major Applewhite | 1500 | -11.1 | ||
| 2025 | 4–8 | 3–5 | Major Applewhite | 1440 | -12.7 | ||
| 2024 | 7–6 | 5–3 | Major Applewhite | 1554 | 2.8 | ||
| 2023 | 7–6 | 4–4 | Kane Wommack | 1576 | 5.1 | ||
| 2022 | 10–3 | 7–1 | Kane Wommack | 1562 | 10.8 | ||
| 2021 | 5–7 | 2–6 | Kane Wommack | 1399 | -7.2 | ||
| 2020 | 4–7 | 3–5 | Steve Campbell | 1353 | -11.3 | ||
| 2019 | 2–10 | 1–7 | Steve Campbell | 1305 | -20.3 | ||
| 2018 | 3–9 | 2–6 | Steve Campbell | 1317 | -17.7 | ||
| 2017 | 4–8 | 3–5 | Joey Jones | 1354 | -12.0 | ||
| 2016 | 6–7 | 2–6 | Joey Jones | 1379 | -9.4 | ||
| 2015 | 5–7 | 3–5 | Joey Jones | 1363 | -10.4 | ||
| 2014 | 6–7 | 5–3 | Joey Jones | 1408 | -4.3 | ||
| 2013 | 6–6 | 4–3 | Joey Jones | 1428 | -10.2 | ||
| 2012 | 2–11 | 1–7 | Joey Jones | 1195 | -25.5 | ||
| 2011 | 4–4 | 1291 |
Officially 94–106 since 2009 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 79–108 (−15 wins, +2 losses). Our file starts in 2011; the program began in 2009. Some games are missing from our source.
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.