Valdosta State Blazers
Gulf SouthValdosta, GABazemore-Hyder Stadium
2026: 4–1. Last: beat Erskine 56–0 at home. Next: Shorter, Saturday, Oct 24, 3 p.m. ET.
- W 38–10Emory & Henry
- W 59–10Warner
- W 38–9at Fayetteville State
- L 41–44at UNC Pembroke
- W 56–0Erskine
- Oct 24Shorter
- Oct 31at West Alabama
- Nov 7North Greenville
- Nov 14at Delta State
Valdosta State has played football since at least 1995 and is 53–18–1 in the 72 games on record. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 1 player from Valdosta State. This season, they’re 4–1.
On this date in 2024Valdosta State beat Mississippi College 35–10 at home.
Résumé
- Record on file
- 53–18–1 .743; how we count
- Postseason
- 3–4 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1330
- Seasons
- 8 since 1995, 72 games
2026 season 4–1
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27 | vsEmory & Henry | W 38–10 | 55% |
| Sep 3 | vsWarner | W 59–10 | 76% |
| Sep 12 | atFayetteville State | W 38–9 | 49% |
| Sep 19 | atUNC Pembroke | L 41–44 | 53% |
| Oct 3 | vsErskine | W 56–0 | 87% |
| Oct 24 | vsShorter | Preview | 87% |
| Oct 31 | atWest Alabama | Preview | 59% |
| Nov 7 | vsNorth Greenville | Preview | 66% |
| Nov 14 | atDelta State | Preview | 58% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterProgram 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 Valdosta State.
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
Program strength since 1995
Best seasons everMost-played series
All rivalries- Delta State
4–2 in 6
Won the last three.
Next: Nov 14
- West Alabama
3–1–1 in 5
Won the last one.
Next: Oct 31
- West Florida
3–2 in 5
Won the last three.
| Opponent | Games | VALD record |
|---|---|---|
| Delta State | 6 | 4–2 |
| West Alabama | 5 | 3–1–1 |
| West Florida | 5 | 3–2 |
| North Greenville | 5 | 5–0 |
| Shorter | 5 | 5–0 |
The trophy it holds: Peach State Bragging Trophy (West Georgia). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.
Every opponent (30)
Every program Valdosta State has played, A to Z, with Valdosta State’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Albany State 3–1
- Bowie State 1–0
- Chowan 3–0
- Clark Atlanta 1–0
- Colorado School of Mines 1–0
- Delta State 4–2
- Emory & Henry 1–0
- Erskine 2–0
- Fayetteville State 2–0
- Ferris State 1–2
- Johnson C. Smith 0–1
- Keiser University 2–0
- Lenoir Rhyne 0–2
- Limestone 1–0
- Miles 2–0
- Minnesota State 1–0
- Mississippi College 3–1
- Newberry 1–0
- North Greenville 5–0
- Point University 1–0
- Savannah State 1–0
- Shorter 5–0
- The Citadel 0–1
- UNC Pembroke 0–2
- UTEP 0–1
- Virginia Union 2–1
- Warner 1–0
- West Alabama 3–1–1
- West Florida 3–2
- West Georgia 3–1
In the Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 1
- Coaches
- 0
| 2007 | Jessie Tuggle LB |
In the NFL Draft
By college- Drafted, rounds 1–7
- 4 since 1997
- First-round picks
- 0
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4–1 | 1330 | |||||
| 2025 | 6–5 | 3–0 | 1307 | ||||
| 2024 | 13–1–1 | 7–0–1 | 1473 | ||||
| 2023 | 12–2 | 7–1 | 1388 | ||||
| 2022 | 5–6 | 3–5 | 1243 | ||||
| 2021 | 12–2 | 6–1 | 1390 | ||||
| 2018 | 1–0 | 1204 | |||||
| 1995 | 0–1 | 1189 |
No season on file for 1996–2017, 2019–20: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
All 8 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.