Southwestern University4-6The Pirates of Georgetown, Texas, who play for the oldest university in the state — football dropped in 1951, reborn in 2013, and crowned undefeated SCAC champions by 2016.
Southwestern is the oldest university in Texas, but its football is treated as brand new because the program went dark for six decades.
The Pirates plot the next voyage.
Southwestern University · Next-Season Outcome Band
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Variance assumed at ±2 wins from last-season record. Replace with the season-path projection once preview data is built.
Recent Form · last 10 games
Cold
One of five. The film room is busy this week.
Opens Sep 5
vs McMurry · at home
Game Week
9 days
until kickoff · vs McMurry · Sat Sep 5 · 23:00 UTC
The Pirates of Georgetown, Texas, who play for the oldest university in the state — football dropped in 1951, reborn in 2013, and crowned undefeated SCAC champions by 2016.
Southwestern University sits 6th in the Southern Athletic Conference and 140th of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berry | 7-0 | 11-2 | 71.0 |
| 2 | Trinity (TX) | 5-2 | 10-2 | 67.5 |
| 3 | Centre | 4-2 | 5-5 | 55.0 |
| 4 | Millsaps | 4-3 | 6-4 | 55.2 |
| 5 | Hendrix College | 1-1 | 6-4 | 50.2 |
| 6 | Southwestern U | 2-4 | 4-6 | 47.7 |
| 7 | Sewanee | 1-5 | 3-7 | 44.4 |
| 8 | Rhodes | 0-7 | 1-9 | 36.2 |
Win the Southern Athletic Conference for the automatic berth into the 40-team NCAA Division III bracket. Miss it and the path is an at-large bid, selected by NPI — the metric the CFB Index mirrors. Six wins survive the bracket to the Stagg Bowl.
Signature win 35-22 over Rhodes; toughest day 14-65 against Trinity (TX).
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.
The Pulse on Southwestern University
What moved it — fall camp · last 14 days
No player stats logged for this program yet — stats appear once the season is underway.
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Sep 6 | — | — | — | @McMurry | W 27–19 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 14 | #466 | #598 | — | Puget Sound | W 51–43 | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| 4 | Sep 21 | #501 | #487 | — | Texas Lutheran | L 35–38 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 6 | Oct 4 | #510 | #449 | — | @Trinity (TX) | L 14–65 | 2-2 | 0-1 |
| 7 | Oct 11 | #526 | #580 | — | Sewanee | W 39–31 | 3-2 | 1-1 |
| 8 | Oct 18 | #528 | #513 | — | @Centre | L 16–19 | 3-3 | 1-2 |
| 9 | Oct 25 | #537 | #409 | — | Maryville (TN) | L 13–44 | 3-4 | 1-2 |
| 10 | Nov 1 | #551 | #515 | — | @Millsaps | L 24–27 | 3-5 | 1-3 |
| 11 | Nov 8 | #549 | #629 | — | @Rhodes | W 35–22 | 4-5 | 2-3 |
| 12 | Nov 15 | #542 | #390 | — | Berry | L 7–49 | 4-6 | 2-4 |
Home-Field Advantage · Southwestern University · 2018-present
Above-Average
38% home win rate vs 27% on the road. margin runs -2.2 weaker at home. Birkelbach Field seats 12,442.
85°F average kickoff temp; 6% of games had measurable precipitation; 9 mph average wind.
Based on 18 home games with weather data.
All-Time Record
47-121-7
since 1908 · 38 seasons · .268 win rate