McNeese
1-3Southland · Cowboy Stadium · 17,610 · 9,333 avg in 2026
LastL 10–27 at UT Rio Grande Valley · Sat Sep 19 · Emauri Sibley 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 4 tackles
Nextvs East Texas A&M · Sat Sep 26 · 7 pm ET · Cowboy Stadium · series 2-2, won the last 2
Updated Tue Sep 22 · through week 3
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 29 | #224 | #96 | +12.5✓ | Stephen F. Austin | L 27–38 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 1 | Sep 5 | #224 | — | — | Texas Wesleyan | W 52–0 | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #210 | #94 | +19.5✓ | Tarleton State | L 24–27 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| 3 | Sep 20 | #185 | #144 | +5.5✗ | @UT Rio Grande Valley | L 10–27 | 1-3 | 0-2 |
| 4 | Sep 26 | #195 | #223 | East Texas A&M | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | #193 | #20 | @LSU | ||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | @Northwestern State | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | @Incarnate Word | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | Nicholls | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | @Houston Christian | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 15 | @SE Louisiana | ||||||
| 12 | Nov 22 | Lamar |
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)▼
| Date | Opp | Result | Yds | TO | TOP | EPA/play | Success% | Explosive% | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20 | @UT Rio Grande Valley | L 10–27 | — | — | — | -0.072 | 34.9% | 99.3% | Season-low EPA/play |
| Sep 12 | Tarleton State | L 24–27 | — | — | — | +0.283 | 43.4% | 145.0% | Defense's roughest night |
| Sep 5 | Texas Wesleyan | W 52–0 | — | — | — | +0.414 | 47.0% | 161.4% | Season-high EPA/play |
| Aug 29 | Stephen F. Austin | L 27–38 | — | — | — | +0.246 | 39.7% | 177.5% | Most explosive |
| Season average (4 games) | — | — | +0.218 | 41.3% | 145.8% | ||||
Game Week
4d 23h
until kickoff · vs East Texas A&M · Sat Sep 26 · 7 pm ET
McNeese is the Lake Charles Cowboys that won 14 Southland titles and appeared in two national championship games — and still can't shake the feeling that the blue bloods owe them something.
Fans here believe the chip is systemic: McNeese won 19 championships in a small Louisiana city and nobody outside the Gulf Coast knows it. The Cowboys appear on SportsCenter once every three years…
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2026 · 1-3
✓ measured from 4 games · ranks are among Southland teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
McNeese has won two of its last five.
Cooling. 5-5 over the last 10, and lost the last two.
Next Sep 26
vs East Texas A&M · at home
Outcome band · McNeese · 2026
Outcome band · McNeese · 2026McNeese's most likely season is 1-11 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 4-8.
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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McNeese is the Lake Charles Cowboys that won 14 Southland titles and appeared in two national championship games — and still can't shake the feeling that the blue bloods owe them something.
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