Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks Football TV Schedule, Channels, Times
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The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks compete in the Southland Conference, and nearly every game on their 2026 schedule streams on ESPN+ — all nine league contests plus the home dates against Northeastern State and the road trip to Abilene Christian, since the UAC uses the same platform. The one likely exception is the September 19 visit to Prairie View A&M, which falls under the SWAC's own streaming arrangement. SFA arrives as the defending Southland champion after an 11-3 season that included an eight-game winning streak and a run to the FCS quarterfinals, where Montana State ended it. Colby Carthel is in his eighth year at Homer Bryce Stadium, and the Jacks return enough talent to land four players on Stats Perform's preseason All-America teams. The season closes on an unusual note: a Thursday night finale on November 19.
| Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks TV Schedule 2026 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Game | Time ET | TV |
| Week 1 (Sat, Aug. 29) | @ McNeese * | 7:00 PM | ESPN+ |
| Week 2 (Sat, Sept. 5) | vs East Texas A&M * | 8:00 PM | ESPN+ |
| Week 3 (Sat, Sept. 12) | @ Abilene Christian | 8:00 PM | ESPN+ |
| Week 4 (Sat, Sept. 19) | @ Prairie View A&M | 8:00 PM | SWAC TV |
| Week 5 (Sat, Sept. 26) | vs Northeastern State | 6:00 PM | ESPN+ |
| Week 6 (Sat, Oct. 3) | vs Incarnate Word * | 6:00 PM | ESPN+ |
| Week 7 (Sat, Oct. 10) | BYE WEEK | — | — |
| Week 8 (Sat, Oct. 17) | @ Nicholls * | 4:00 PM | ESPN+ |
| Week 9 (Sat, Oct. 24) | vs Southeastern Louisiana * | 6:00 PM | ESPN+ |
| Week 10 (Sat, Oct. 31) | vs Houston Christian * | 3:00 PM | ESPN+ |
| Week 11 (Sat, Nov. 7) | @ Lamar * | 4:00 PM | ESPN+ |
| Week 12 (Sat, Nov. 14) | @ UTRGV * | 6:00 PM | ESPN+ |
| Week 13 (Thu, Nov. 19) | vs Northwestern State * (Chief Caddo) | 7:00 PM | ESPN+ |
* Southland Conference game. Home games are played at Homer Bryce Stadium in Nacogdoches, Texas.
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The season opens with the game most likely to decide the Southland race. SFA travels to Lake Charles on August 29 to face McNeese, and the Cowboys have built their schedule around it — the Jacks walk in as defending champions with a target already on them. Two weeks later comes a rematch that needs no build-up: Abilene Christian hosts SFA on September 12, nine months after the Jacks survived a 41-34 shootout in Abilene in the second round of the FCS playoffs. That trip is followed by a rare crossover at Prairie View A&M, giving Stephen F. Austin back-to-back road games against opponents from two different conferences before conference play resumes.
The finale is the one Nacogdoches circles every year. Northwestern State visits on Thursday, November 19 with Chief Caddo on the line — the seven-and-a-half-foot wooden statue that stands as the largest trophy in college football, and a series that reaches its 80th meeting this fall. SFA won last year's edition 62-14 on the road. The Thursday slot is unusual and gives the rivalry a standalone national window at the end of the regular season. Before that, October 24 brings Southeastern Louisiana to Homer Bryce Stadium in a meeting of 2025 playoff teams, and the November 7 trip to Beaumont renews another Texas rivalry with Lamar.
