Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
OVCCape Girardeau, MOHouck Field
2026: 4–3 (2–0 OVC). Last: beat Western Illinois 40–30 at home. Next: at Eastern Illinois, Saturday, Oct 24, 3 p.m. ET.
- W 23–21at Indiana State
- L 10–38at Iowa State
- L 20–34at Southern Illinois
- W 27–9Central Arkansas
- L 17–20West Florida
- W 38–27at Lindenwood
- W 40–30Western Illinois
- Oct 24at Eastern Illinois
- Oct 31Gardner-Webb
- Nov 7at Tennessee State
- Nov 14at Charleston Southern
- Nov 21UT Martin
Southeast Missouri State has played football since 1902 and is officially 505–569–37; 275 of its 1,111 games are in our file. They have won 16 Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association titles (the last in 1988), plus three Ohio Valley Conference titles, one Big South–OVC Football Association title, one Mid America Conference title, counting shared titles. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 1 player from Southeast Missouri State. The most-played rival is Southern Illinois: 24 meetings, Southern Illinois leads 18–6. This season, they’re 4–3.
On this date in 2024Southeast Missouri State beat Charleston Southern 26–13 on the road.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 505–569–37 official; 111–164 on file; 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
- 1308
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 25 · Composite No. 35 in FCS, Oct 17; up 3 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 21 last in 2024
- Seasons
- 38 since 1906, 275 games
2026 season 4–3
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | at Indiana State | W 23–21 | 49% |
| Sep 5 | at Iowa State | L 10–38 | 11% |
| Sep 12 | at Southern Illinois | L 20–34 | 30% |
| Sep 19 | vs Central Arkansas | W 27–9 | 54% |
| Sep 26 | vs West Florida | L 17–20 | 52% |
| Oct 10 | at Lindenwood | W 38–27 | 42% |
| Oct 17 | vs Western Illinois | W 40–30 | 62% |
| Oct 24 | at Eastern Illinois | Preview | 57% |
| Oct 31 | vs Gardner-Webb | Preview | 65% |
| Nov 7 | at Tennessee State | Preview | 59% |
| Nov 14 | at Charleston Southern | Preview | 47% |
| Nov 21 | vs UT Martin | Preview | 56% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
On the 2026 team
- Braylen Ragland1,466 passing yards, 7 TD (leads Southeast Missouri State in passing yards)
- Khyair Spain492 rushing yards, 4 TD (leads Southeast Missouri State in rushing yards)
- D.J. Delmore40 tackles, 1 sack, 2 INT (leads Southeast Missouri State in tackles)
- John Anthony21 catches, 403 yards, 5 TD (leads Southeast Missouri State in receiving yards)
- L.J. Minner Jr.33 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 1 INT (leads Southeast Missouri State in sacks)
- David Jones31 tackles, 3 INT (leads Southeast Missouri State in interceptions)
Program greats See all
Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Southeast Missouri State.
Program strength since 1906
Best seasons everMost-played series
All rivalries- Southern Illinois
6–18 in 24
- 2017 L 17–35
- 2018 W 48–44
- 2019 W 44–26
- 2020 L 17–20
- 2021 L 21–47
- 2022 W 34–31
- 2023 L 25–26
- 2024 W 38–21
- 2025 L 31–59
- 2026 L 20–34
Lost the last two.
- Eastern Illinois
12–10 in 22
- 2016 W 21–14
- 2017 L 16–19
- 2018 W 38–32
- 2019 W 26–12
- 2020 W 47–7
- 2021 W 38–15
- 2022 W 31–7
- 2023 W 35–28
- 2024 W 38–27
- 2025 W 42–13
Won the last eight.
Next: Oct 24
- UT Martin
9–13 in 22
- 2016 L 10–24
- 2017 L 14–16
- 2018 W 56–33
- 2019 W 17–10
- 2020 W 21–16
- 2021 L 30–38
- 2021 W 31–14
- 2023 L 14–41
- 2024 W 45–42
- 2025 L 10–34
Lost the last one.
Next: Nov 21
| Opponent | Games | SEMO record |
|---|---|---|
| Southern Illinois | 24 | 6–18 |
| Eastern Illinois | 22 | 12–10 |
| UT Martin | 22 | 9–13 |
| Tennessee Tech | 20 | 12–8 |
| Murray State | 20 | 9–11 |
| Tennessee State | 19 | 11–8 |
| Eastern Kentucky | 16 | 4–12 |
| Jacksonville State | 16 | 3–13 |
Every opponent (63)
Every program Southeast Missouri State has played, A to Z, with Southeast Missouri State’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Arkansas 0–2
- Arkansas State 0–4
- Austin Peay 10–5
- Ball State 0–1
- Bowling Green 0–1
- Bryant 0–1
- Central Arkansas 2–1
- Central Methodist 1–0
- Central Michigan 0–2
- Charleston Southern 1–1
- Cincinnati 0–2
- Dayton 1–1
- Eastern Illinois 12–10
- Eastern Kentucky 4–12
- Eastern Michigan 0–2
- Eastern Washington 0–1
- Gardner-Webb 1–1
- Hawai’i 0–1
- Illinois State 0–2
- Indiana State 3–2
- Iowa State 0–2
- Jacksonville State 3–13
- Kansas 0–2
- Kansas State 0–1
- Kent State 0–1
- Lindenwood 3–2
- Mars Hill 1–0
- Marshall 0–1
- Memphis 0–1
- Middle Tennessee 1–0
- Missouri 0–4 †
- Missouri Baptist 1–0
- Missouri S&T 1–0
- Missouri State 0–4
- Montana 0–1
- Montana State 0–1
- Murray State 9–11
- New Mexico State 0–1
- Nicholls 2–0
- North Alabama 2–0
- North Dakota State 0–1
- Northwestern State 2–0
- Ohio 0–1
- Ole Miss 1–1 †
- Purdue 0–1
- Quincy 1–0
- Robert Morris 0–1
- Saint Louis 0–2
- Sam Houston 0–1
- Samford 2–3
- SE Louisiana 1–1
- Shorter 0–1
- Southern Illinois 6–18
- Southwest Baptist 3–0
- Stony Brook 1–0
- Tennessee State 11–8
- Tennessee Tech 12–8
- UT Martin 9–13
- Washington St. Louis 0–3
- Weber State 0–1
- West Florida 0–1
- West Virginia State 1–0
- Western Illinois 3–0
Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.
Conference titles
21, counting shared titles- Big South–OVC Football Association 1
- 2024 (shared)
- Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association 16
- 1937, 1946, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1987, 1988
- Mid America Conference 1
- 1942
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 1902–1913 and 1915–1923
- Mid America Conference 1973–1990
- OVC 1991–2022
- Big South-OVC 2023–2024
- OVC-Big South 2025
- OVC since 2026
- 2026Joined the OVC from the OVC-Big South in football, announced June 18, 2026. Source
Southeast Missouri State’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 Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 1
- Coaches
- 0
| 1998 | Kenneth Dement OT |
In the NFL Draft
By college- Drafted, rounds 1–7
- 7 since 1990
- First-round picks
- 0
The school
Southeast Missouri State University- Enrollment
- 9,501 7,926 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Cape Girardeau, Missouri
- Public or private
- Public
- Founded
- 1873
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $44,030 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 | 2–0 | 1308 | ||||
| 2025 | 4–8 | 3–5 | 1238 | ||||
| 2024 | 9–4 | 6–2 | 1368 | ||||
| 2023 | 4–7 | 3–2 | 1332 | ||||
| 2022 | 9–3 | 5–0 | 1417 | ||||
| 2021 | 4–7 | 4–4 | 1309 | ||||
| 2020 | 4–4 | 1361 | |||||
| 2019 | 9–4 | 7–1 | 1398 | ||||
| 2018 | 9–4 | 6–2 | 1408 | ||||
| 2017 | 3–8 | 3–5 | 1230 | ||||
| 2016 | 3–8 | 3–5 | 1227 | ||||
| 2015 | 4–7 | 3–4 | 1268 | ||||
| 2014 | 5–7 | 3–5 | 1250 | ||||
| 2013 | 0–3 | 1183 | |||||
| 2012 | 3–8 | 2–6 | 1196 | ||||
| 2011 | 3–8 | 2–6 | 1244 | ||||
| 2010 | 9–3 | 7–1 | 1379 | ||||
| 2009 | 2–6 | 1–4 | 1218 | ||||
| 2008 | 4–8 | 2–6 | 1190 | ||||
| 2007 | 3–7 | 1–5 | 1166 | ||||
| 2006 | 4–7 | 2–6 | 1185 | ||||
| 2005 | 2–9 | 2–6 | 1176 | ||||
| 2004 | 3–8 | 3–5 | 1220 | ||||
| 2003 | 5–7 | 5–3 | 1299 | ||||
| 2002 | 1–1 | 1288 |
Every season back to 1906 (13 more)
Officially 505–569–37 since 1902 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 111–164 (275 of its 1,111 games are on file). Our file starts in 1906; the program began in 1902. Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1909–10, 1912–35, 1937–41, 1943–82, 1986–93, 1995, 1997–99: 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.