Incarnate Word
2-1Southland · Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium · 6,000 · 2,840 avg in 2026
LastW 30–23 vs Houston Christian · Sat Sep 19 · Emmett Brown 259 pass yds, 1 INT, 20 rush yds
Nextat Texas State · Sat Sep 26 · 6 pm ET · Bobcat Stadium (TX) · series 1-1 · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 22 · through week 3
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 29 | #127 | — | — | Oklahoma Panhandle | W 76–14 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #140 | #152 | +4.5✗ | @Northern Arizona | L 28–38 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #143 | #225 | -14✗ | Houston Christian | W 30–23 | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| 4 | Sep 26 | #149 | #38 | @Texas State | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | #148 | #83 | @Stephen F. Austin | ||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | @Lamar | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | UT Rio Grande Valley | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | McNeese | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | Northwestern State | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 8 | @SE Louisiana | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | Nicholls | ||||||
| 12 | Nov 21 | @East Texas A&M |
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)▼
| Date | Opp | Result | Yds | TO | TOP | EPA/play | Success% | Explosive% | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | Houston Christian | W 30–23 | — | — | — | +0.069 | 43.8% | 90.2% | Season-low EPA/play |
| Sep 12 | @Northern Arizona | L 28–38 | — | — | — | +0.084 | 54.2% | 107.6% | Defense's roughest night |
| Aug 29 | Oklahoma Panhandle | W 76–14 | — | — | — | +0.546 | 62.0% | 132.3% | Season-high EPA/play |
| Season average (3 games) | — | — | +0.233 | 53.3% | 110.1% | ||||
Incarnate Word is the San Antonio Cardinals that won a Southland title in 2024 and belong in every playoff conversation — stumbled in 2025, but didn't break.
Fans here believe the chip is invisibility: Incarnate Word wins the Southland, reaches the playoff semifinal in 2022, and the national media still describes the program as an FCS 'surprise.' San…
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2025 · 5-7 · last season
✓ measured from 12 games · ranks are among Southland teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Incarnate Word has won three of its last five.
Mixed. 5-5 over the last 10, and won the last one.
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vs Texas State · away
Outcome band · Incarnate Word · 2026
Outcome band · Incarnate Word · 2026Incarnate Word's most likely season is 2-10 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 5-7.
No season-path projection for this program yet, so this is last season's record with a two-win swing down and a three-win swing up, over a 12-game frame.
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Incarnate Word is the San Antonio Cardinals that won a Southland title in 2024 and belong in every playoff conversation — stumbled in 2025, but didn't break.
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