Southwestern U Pirates
Southern AthleticGeorgetown, TXBirkelbach Field
2026: 1–5 (1–2 Southern Athletic). Last: lost at Berry 34–6. Next: Rhodes, Saturday, Oct 24, 1 p.m. ET.
- L 26–36McMurry
- L 10–19at Texas Lutheran
- L 28–31at Schreiner
- W 42–21at Sewanee
- L 7–35Trinity (TX)
- L 6–34at Berry
- Oct 24Rhodes
- Oct 31Millsaps
- Nov 7at Maryville (TN)
- Nov 14Centre
Southwestern U has played football since at least 1908 and is 48–131–7 in the 186 games on record. The most-played rival is Texas: 22 meetings, Texas leads 20–2. This season, they’re 1–5.
On this date in 2024Southwestern U lost to Millsaps 17–14 at home.
Résumé
- Record on file
- 48–131–7 .277; how we count
- Postseason
- 2–0 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 3 ranked
- Elo now
- 966
- Seasons
- 40 since 1908, 186 games
2026 season 1–5
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vsMcMurry | L 26–36 | 47% |
| Sep 12 | atTexas Lutheran | L 10–19 | 30% |
| Sep 19 | atSchreiner | L 28–31 | 18% |
| Oct 3 | atSewanee | W 42–21 | 47% |
| Oct 10 | vsTrinity (TX) | L 7–35 | 23% |
| Oct 17 | atBerry | L 6–34 | 14% |
| Oct 24 | vsRhodes | Preview | 79% |
| Oct 31 | vsMillsaps | Preview | 38% |
| Nov 7 | atMaryville (TN) | Preview | 23% |
| Nov 14 | vsCentre | Preview | 49% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Program strength since 1908
Best seasons everMost-played series
All rivalries- Texas
2–20 in 22
- 1921 L 0–44
- 1922 L 0–26
- 1923 L 0–44
- 1924 L 0–27
- 1925 L 0–33
- 1926 L 6–27
- 1933 L 0–46
- 1943 W 14–7
- 1944 L 0–20
- 1945 L 0–46
Lost the last two.
- Rice
5–16 in 21
- 1925 L 0–19
- 1926 L 6–7
- 1927 W 14–12
- 1928 W 14–6
- 1929 L 6–14
- 1930 L 6–32
- 1943 W 21–7
- 1944 L 7–18
- 1945 W 13–7
- 1946 L 0–48
Lost the last one.
- Baylor
6–13–1 in 20
- 1920 W 7–0
- 1921 L 0–16
- 1926 L 0–7
- 1927 W 19–6
- 1935 L 0–39
- 1937 L 2–39
- 1938 L 0–33
- 1939 L 0–34
- 1945 L 0–19
- 1946 L 7–21
Lost the last six.
| Opponent | Games | SWU record |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 22 | 2–20 |
| Rice | 21 | 5–16 |
| Baylor | 20 | 6–13–1 |
| Texas A&M | 18 | 0–18 |
| TCU | 12 | 5–7 |
| SMU | 7 | 2–2–3 |
| Howard Payne | 6 | 2–4 |
| Austin | 5 | 1–4 |
Every opponent (44)
Every program Southwestern U has played, A to Z, with Southwestern U’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Arkansas 0–3–1
- Austin 1–0
- Austin 1–4
- Baylor 6–13–1
- Belhaven 0–2
- Berry 0–4
- Birmingham-Southern 1–0
- Cal Lutheran 0–2
- Centre 0–3
- Daniel Baker 1–0
- East Texas Baptist 0–2
- Hardin Simmons 0–1
- Henderson State 0–1
- Hendrix 0–2
- Howard Payne 2–4
- Louisiana Christian 0–1
- LSU 1–0
- Mary Hardin Baylor 0–2
- Maryville (TN) 0–1
- McMurry 3–1
- Millsaps 1–2
- New Mexico 1–0
- Oklahoma Baptist 1–0
- Ole Miss 1–0
- Puget Sound 2–0
- Randolph Field 0–1
- Rhodes 2–1
- Rice 5–16
- Schreiner 0–1
- Sewanee 4–0
- SMU 2–2–3
- St. Mary’s (Texas) 1–0
- Sul Ross State 0–2
- TCU 5–7
- Texas 2–20
- Texas A&M 0–18
- Texas Lutheran 0–5
- Texas State 2–1–1
- Texas Tech 1–1
- Trinity (Texas) 0–2
- Trinity (TX) 0–4
- Tulane 1–1
- Tulsa 0–1–1
- University of Mexico 1–0
Conferences
- Independent 1910–1914
- Southwest Conference 1915–1916
- Independent 1917–1921
- Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference 2014–2016
- American Southwest Conference 2017–2022
- Southern Athletic Conference since 2023
Southwestern U’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).
On the newsreel
- ARKANSAS SWAMPS TEXAS A&M
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 966 | ||||
| 2025 | 4–6 | 2–4 | 991 | ||||
| 2024 | 4–6 | 2–5 | 994 | ||||
| 2023 | 3–7 | 3–5 | 957 | ||||
| 2022 | 2–8 | 2–6 | 959 | ||||
| 2020 | 0–5 | 1054 | |||||
| 1947 | 0–1 | 1208 | |||||
| 1946 | 0–2 | 1225 | |||||
| 1945 | 1–3 | 1268 | |||||
| 1944 | 2–5 | 1291 | |||||
| 1943 | 3–0–1 | 11 | 1333 | ||||
| 1939 | 0–1 | 1184 | |||||
| 1938 | 0–1 | 1182 | |||||
| 1937 | 0–1 | 1180 | |||||
| 1935 | 0–1 | 1179 | |||||
| 1933 | 0–1 | 1181 | |||||
| 1931 | 0–1 | 1183 | |||||
| 1930 | 0–2 | 1187 | |||||
| 1929 | 0–2 | 1214 | |||||
| 1928 | 1–2 | 1252 | |||||
| 1927 | 2–1 | 1246 | |||||
| 1926 | 0–4 | 1169 | |||||
| 1925 | 0–3 | 1176 | |||||
| 1924 | 0–3 | 1194 | |||||
| 1923 | 0–3 | 1220 |
Every season back to 1908 (15 more)
No season on file for 1932, 1934, 1936, 1940–42, 1948–2019, 2021: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
All 40 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.