Texas Southern Tigers
SWACHouston, TXBBVA Compass Stadium
2026: 1–5 (0–3 SWAC). Last: lost to Mississippi Valley State 38–34 at home. Next: Southern, Saturday, Oct 24, 3 p.m. ET.
- W 42–30North Carolina Central
- L 14–52at Prairie View A&M
- L 10–51at UTEP
- L 40–43at Alcorn State
- L 10–66at Florida Atlantic
- L 34–38Mississippi Valley State
- Oct 24Southern
- Oct 31Grambling
- Nov 7Alabama State
- Nov 14at Alabama A&M
- Nov 21Arkansas–Pine Bluff
Texas Southern has played football since 1947 and is officially 336–444–27; 225 of its 807 games are in our file. They have won two Southwestern Athletic Conference titles (the last in 1968) and one Midwest Athletic Association title, counting shared titles. Since 1967, the NFL Draft has taken 22 players from here in its first seven rounds, 2 of them in the first round. The AFL draft also took one player from here. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 1 player from Texas Southern. The most-played rival is Alcorn State: 20 meetings, Alcorn State leads 12–7 (one Texas Southern win vacated). This season, they’re 1–5.
On this date in 2019Texas Southern lost to Southern 28–21 at home.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 336–444–27 official; 69–155–1 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
- 1198
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 120 · Composite No. 121 in FCS, Oct 17. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 3 last in 1968
- Seasons
- 29 since 1977, 225 games
Identity
- Band
- The Ocean of Soul Marching Band since 1969, 200+ members
2026 season 1–5
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vs North Carolina Central | W 42–30 | 44% |
| Sep 6 | at Prairie View A&MLabor Day Classic | L 14–52 | 38% |
| Sep 12 | at UTEP | L 10–51 | 32% |
| Sep 26 | at Alcorn State | L 40–43 | 40% |
| Oct 3 | at Florida Atlantic | L 10–66 | 16% |
| Oct 10 | vs Mississippi Valley State | L 34–38 | 74% |
| Oct 24 | vs Southern | Preview | 57% |
| Oct 31 | vs Grambling | Preview | 45% |
| Nov 7 | vs Alabama State | Preview | 32% |
| Nov 14 | at Alabama A&M | Preview | 24% |
| Nov 21 | vs Arkansas–Pine Bluff | Preview | 55% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterThe moneyOn the 2026 team
- Cam’Ron McCoy1,107 passing yards, 7 TD (leads Texas Southern in passing yards)
- Athean Renfro531 rushing yards, 5 TD (leads Texas Southern in rushing yards)
- Donovan Jones47 tackles (leads Texas Southern in tackles)
- Jordan Thompson24 tackles, 4.5 sacks (leads Texas Southern in sacks)
- Aaron Kizzee34 tackles, 1 sack
- Roriyon Richardson21 catches, 258 yards, 1 TD (leads Texas Southern in receiving yards)
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 Texas Southern.
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
Program strength since 1977
Best seasons everHead coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Steve Wilson | 2007 | 0–9 |
| DeChon Burns | 2007 | 0–2 |
| Wendell Mosley | 1977 | 6–4–1 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- Alcorn State
7–12 † in 20
- 2016 L 20–23
- 2017 L 17–24
- 2018 L 15–27
- 2020 W 2–0
- 2021 L 27–44
- 2022 W 34–27
- 2023 W 44–10
- 2024 L 21–42
- 2025 L 14–33
- 2026 L 40–43
Lost the last three.
- Prairie View A&M
4–16 in 20
- 2017 L 16–30
- 2018 L 14–60
- 2019 L 23–44
- 2020 L 19–20
- 2021 L 17–40
- 2022 L 23–40
- 2023 L 34–37
- 2024 W 27–9
- 2025 L 21–22
- 2026 L 14–52
Lost the last two.
- Southern
5–13–1 † in 20
- 2016 L 10–26
- 2017 L 7–33
- 2018 L 7–21
- 2019 L 21–28
- 2020 L 23–51
- 2021 W 35–31
- 2022 W 24–0
- 2023 L 17–23
- 2024 L 19–22
- 2025 W 35–30
Won the last one.
Next: Oct 24
| Opponent | Games | TXSO record |
|---|---|---|
| Alcorn State | 20 | 7–12 † |
| Prairie View A&M | 20 | 4–16 |
| Southern | 20 | 5–13–1 † |
| Grambling | 18 | 5–13 |
| Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 18 | 9–8 † |
| Mississippi Valley State | 15 | 7–7 † |
| Alabama State | 14 | 1–12 † |
| Jackson State | 14 | 1–12 † |
Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.
Rivals the program names: Prairie View A&M.
Every opponent (52)
Every program Texas Southern has played, A to Z, with Texas Southern’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Alabama A&M 3–10 †
- Alabama State 1–12 †
- Alcorn State 7–12 †
- Arkansas State 0–1
- Arkansas–Pine Bluff 9–8 †
- Bacone College 1–0
- Baylor 0–1
- Bethune-Cookman 3–0
- Bishop 1–0
- California 0–1
- Central State 2–0
- Concordia (AL) 1–0
- Florida A&M 0–3
- Florida Atlantic 0–1
- Grambling 5–13
- Houston 0–2
- Houston Christian 0–3
- Howard 1–1
- Incarnate Word 0–1
- Jackson State 1–12 †
- Kennesaw State 0–1
- Lamar 0–3
- Langston 1–0
- Lincoln (CA) 2–0
- Louisiana 0–1
- McNeese 0–1
- Mississippi Valley State 7–7 †
- Missouri S&T 0–1
- Morgan State 0–1
- Nevada 0–2
- New Mexico State 0–1
- Nicholls 1–1 †
- North Carolina Central 1–0
- North Texas 0–2
- Northwestern State 0–1
- Prairie View A&M 4–16
- Rice 0–3
- Rutgers 0–1
- Sam Houston 0–3
- Shaw 1–0
- Southern 5–13–1 †
- Tennessee State 0–1
- Texas A&M–Kingsville 0–1
- Texas College 4–0
- Texas State 0–4
- Toledo 0–1
- Tuskegee 0–1
- UConn 0–1
- UL Monroe 0–1
- UTEP 0–4
- UTSA 0–1
- Virginia Lynchburg 2–0
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
3, counting shared titles- Southwestern Athletic Conference 2
- 1956, 1968 (shared)
- Midwest Athletic Association 1
- 1952
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.
Black college football
Black college national titles 1
Who named them
- 2010 0–3: Dr. Cavil’s Classic Cuts (Jafus Kenyatta Cavil & formerly SWAC Page Network)–Major Division Poll (record does not include vacated games (was 9–3))
Black College Football Hall of Fame: 3 inductees from Texas Southern.
Black college national champions as Wikipedia’s list gives each season’s selections since 1920 (the black press’s polls, bowls and later media polls; some seasons have several). Black college football history: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Conferences
- Independent 1947–1950
- Midwest Athletic Conference 1951–1954
- SWAC since 1978
Texas Southern’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).
In the Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 1
- Coaches
- 0
| 2025 | Michael Strahan DL |
In the draft
By college- NFL picks, rounds 1–7
- 22 since 1967
- First-round picks
- 2
- AFL picks
- 1 1963
| 1973 | Mike Holmes DB | No. 18, San Francisco 49ers |
| 1970 | Ken Burrough WR | No. 10, New Orleans Saints |
The school
Texas Southern University- Enrollment
- 8,704 6,844 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Houston, Texas
- Public or private
- Public Research 2
- Founded
- 1947
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $38,924 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 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 1198 | ||||
| 2025 | 6–5 | 5–3 | 1249 | ||||
| 2024 | 5–6 | 4–4 | 1238 | ||||
| 2023 | 3–8 | 2–6 | 1246 | ||||
| 2022 | 5–6 | 4–4 | 1262 | ||||
| 2021 | 2–8 | 2–6 | 1140 | ||||
| 2020 | 1–2 | 1108 | |||||
| 2019 | 0–11 | 0–7 | 1007 | ||||
| 2018 | 1–9 | 1–7 | 1078 | ||||
| 2017 | 2–9 | 2–6 | 1124 | ||||
| 2016 | 4–7 | 4–5 | 1167 | ||||
| 2015 | 2–6 | 1–6 | 1123 | ||||
| 2014 | 5–6 | 3–6 | 1162 | ||||
| 2013 | 2–8 | 2–6 | 1128 | ||||
| 2012 | 2–9 | 2–7 | 1115 | ||||
| 2011 | 4–7 | 2–7 | 1266 | ||||
| 2010 | 7–3 | 7–1 | 1392 | ||||
| 2009 | 6–5 | 5–2 | 1272 | ||||
| 2008 | 4–8 | 1–6 | 1098 | ||||
| 2007 | 0–11 | 0–9 | Steve Wilson, DeChon Burns | 1076 | |||
| 2006 | 0–2 | 1199 | |||||
| 2005 | 0–2 | 1207 | |||||
| 2004 | 0–3 | 1198 | |||||
| 2003 | 1–1 | 1269 | |||||
| 2001 | 0–1 | 1292 |
Every season back to 1977 (4 more)
Officially 336–444–27 since 1947 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 69–155–1 (225 of its 807 games are on file). Our file starts in 1977; the program began in 1947. Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1978–79, 1981–91, 1994–2000, 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.