YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 1979 NCAA III (6-2-0) Coach: Don Jonas 9/22 at St. Leo W 9/29 Fort Benning W 10/13 Maryville W 10/20 at Fort Lauderdale W 10/27 at Presbyterian L 11/3 at Emory & Henry L 11/10 University of the South W 11/17 Morehouse W 1980 NCAA III (4-4-1) Coach: Don Jonas 9/13 Carson-Newman $ FW 9/20 St. Leo W 9/27 Millsaps L 10/4 Miles T 10/11 at Savannah State L 10/18 at North Alabama L 11/1 Catawba W 11/8 Albany L 11/15 Emory & Henry W $ Later forfeited by Carson-Newman 1981 NCAA III (4-6-0) Coach: Don Jonas 9/12 Presbyterian L 9/19 Elizabeth City L 9/26 at Millsaps W 10/3 Miles W 10/10 Savannah State W 10/17 at Alabama A&M L 10/31 at West Georgia L 11/7 Hampden-Sydney W 11/14 Millersville L 11/21 Bethune-Cookman L 1982 NCAA II (0-10-0) Coach: Sam Weir 9/11 Georgia Southern $ L 9/18 Southeastern Louisiana L 9/25 at VMI L 10/2 at Valdosta State L 10/9 Bethune-Cookman L 10/16 Alabama A&M L 10/23 at Nicholls State L 10/30 West Georgia L 11/6 Carson-Newman L 11/13 Eastern Kentucky L $ at Jacksonville, Fla. 1983 NCAA II (5-6-0) Coach: Lou Saban 9/2 Elizabeth City W 9/10 at Georgia Southern W 9/17 at Southeastern Louisiana L 9/24 North Alabama L 10/1 Valdosta State W 10/15 at Richmond L 10/29 at Austin Peay W 11/5 at Carson-Newman L 11/12 Nicholls State L 11/19 Fort Lewis W 11/26 Bethune-Cookman L
21-0 7-6 10-7 14-0 0-48 14-28 24-0 14-7
1,000 14,138 7,350 500 3,800 1,000 10,111 13,309
30-21 55-0 7-8 11-11 0-44 3-28 14-12 27-28 18-14
13,941 8,730 12,793 8,990 4,100 3,500 7,757 14,022 6,907
0-3 9-14 13-6 6-0 47-13 15-23 6-20 17-0 9-27 20-24
8,347 4,833 800 6,320 6,493 8,700 6,200 8,391 4,365 8,354
9-16 14-24 0-69 7-13 21-40 10-31 10-60 7-41 17-36 14-26
2,350 8,196 6,100 9,500 9,127 6,654 8,500 9,257 3,818 4,822
37-7 33-29 28-54 20-47 20-0 26-31 10-7 14-35 14-37 59-28 22-31
9,041 5,815 5,000 8,307 12,777 3,413 7,000 3,300 4,500 14,212 13,294
1984 NCAA II (2-9-0) Coaches: Lou Saban (first 7 games) Jerry Anderson (last 4 games) 9/1 Bethune-Cookman L 22-43 7,421 9/8 at Louisiana-Monroe L 21-49 19,329 9/15 Georgia Southern L 28-42 7,124 9/22 at Western Kentucky W 35-34 8,500 9/29 at Texas State L 13-39 10,337 10/6 Akron L 21-26 6,814 10/13 at Eastern Kentucky L 14-37 18,300 10/20 Illinois State W 28-24 11,648 10/27 Austin Peay L 21-24 12,225 11/3 at Indiana State L 0-38 8,367 11/10 at Furman L 6-42 10,162 1985 NCAA II (4-7-0) Coach: Gene McDowell 9/7 Bethune-Cookman W 9/13 Southeastern Louisiana W 9/28 at Illinois State L 10/5 Texas State L 10/12 Western Kentucky L 10/19 Eastern Kentucky L 10/26 Stephen F. Austin L 11/2 at Louisville L 11/9 at Georgia Southern L 11/23 Savannah State W 11/30 Samford W
39-37 27-21 21-48 12-48 17-47 21-28 24-59 21-42 18-35 31-7 35-14
21,222 7,142 12,786 7,850 9,153 8,223 11,263 21,391 7,759 3,478 3,022
1986 NCAA II (6-5-0) Coach: Gene McDowell 9/6 Bethune-Cookman W 9/13 West Georgia W 9/20 Valdosta State W 9/27 at Akron L 10/4 Murray State W 10/11 at Wichita State L 10/18 at Eastern Kentucky L 10/25 Wofford L 11/1 at VMI W 11/8 Georgia Southern L 11/15 Samford W
26-14 34-21 10-7 17-20 38-25 6-9 24-51 28-31 38-9 23-33 66-7
23,041 10,125 12,056 12,186 13,086 4,167 12,200 23,760 3,200 11,137 6,176
17-9 34-10 16-23 32-34 36-26 52-14 45-3 67-3 42-21 14-19 24-7 12-10 10-31
9,768 11,752 15,197 15,540 10,743 10,029 15,208 7,552 11,081 4,803 10,112 15,043 14,327
1987 NCAA II (9-4-0) Coach: Gene McDowell 9/5 Bethune-Cookman W 9/19 Elon W 9/26 Eastern Kentucky L 10/3 at Georgia Southern L 10/10 Savannah State W 10/17 West Georgia W 10/24 NW Missouri St. W 10/31 Grand Valley State W 11/7 Liberty W 11/14 at Florida A&M L 11/21 Morningside W 11/28 Indiana (Pa.) $ W 12/5 Troy $ L $ Division II Playoffs
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1988 NCAA II (6-5-0) Coach: Gene McDowell 9/2 Bethune-Cookman W 9/10 West Georgia W 9/17 Troy State W 9/24 at East Tennessee State W 10/1 North Alabama W 10/8 New Haven L 10/15 Southern Conn. State W 10/22 at Valdosta State L 10/29 Georgia Southern L 11/5 at Liberty L 11/12 at Eastern Kentucky L
29-21 33-14 26-18 23-17 35-33 23-31 24-16 19-48 17-31 7-24 31-35
14,831 11,270 31,789 5,447 21,682 22,641 22,439 6,500 28,682 3,530 6,800
1989 NCAA II (7-3-0) Coach: Gene McDowell 9/1 Bethune-Cookman L 9/9 Valdosta State W 9/16 at Troy L 9/23 Newberry W 9/30 at North Alabama W 10/7 East Tennessee State W 10/21 at Georgia Southern L 10/28 Liberty W 11/11 Eastern Kentucky W 11/18 Texas Southern W
15-23 35-14 6-20 30-3 17-16 34-0 17-31 33-30 20-19 49-12
23,620 18,046 8,000 8,316 5,500 12,072 19,640 15,095 17,506 14,082
1990 NCAA FCS (10-4-0) Coach: Gene McDowell 9/1 Troy W 16-10 9/8 at Eastern Kentucky L 12-24 9/15 at Bethune-Cookman W 42-9 9/22 at Memphis L 28-37 9/29 Kentucky State W 49-0 10/6 at Samford W 37-16 10/20 Georgia Southern L 17-38 10/27 Southern Illinois W 49-14 11/3 Liberty W 28-6 11/10 Slippery Rock W 24-21 11/17 Texas Southern W 63-6 11/24 at Youngstown State $ W 20-17 12/1 William & Mary $ W 52-38 12/8 at Georgia Southern $ L 7-44 $ FCS Playoffs
22,462 19,200 9,500 21,385 6,055 5,463 16,258 14,052 14,107 16,208 16,328 12,500 20,067 13,183
1991 NCAA FCS (6-5-0) Coach: Gene McDowell 8/31 Troy W 21-10 9/7 at James Madison L 31-49 9/14 at Valdosta State W 12-0 9/21 East Carolina L 25-47 9/28 Bethune-Cookman W 32-6 10/5 at Arkansas State W 31-20 10/12 Samford L 6-13 10/26 at Georgia Southern L 6-20 11/2 Savannah State L 31-33 11/9 at Liberty W 31-26 11/16 Millersville W 52-6
18,586 10,081 6,379 20,049 16,066 18,200 12,011 19,063 13,188 2,650 10,027
1992 NCAA FCS (6-4-0) Coach: Gene McDowell 9/5 Gardner-Webb W 71-21 9/12 Bethune-Cookman W 28-3 9/19 Troy L 16-20 9/26 at Western Illinois W 35-22 10/3 Moscow (exhibition) W 43-6
10,286 12,075 7,755 9,764 5,412
10/17 10/24 10/31 11/7 11/14 11/21
Nicholls State at Western Kentucky at Liberty Buffalo James Madison at Samford
W L L W W L
42-18 36-50 28-31 63-21 41-37 13-20
8,087 10,589 8,100 9,067 6,681 4,987
1993 NCAA FCS (9-3-0) Coach: Gene McDowell 9/11 Valdosta State W 35-30 9/18 at East Carolina L 17-41 9/25 McNeese State W 22-3 10/2 Yale W 42-28 10/9 Samford W 48-17 10/16 Western Illinois W 35-17 10/23 at Bethune-Cookman W 34-14 10/30 at Troy L 15-29 11/6 Liberty W 55-19 11/13 Buffalo W 42-7 11/20 at Louisiana Tech W 38-16 11/27 at Youngstown State $ L 30-56 $ FCS Playoffs
11,033 30,867 10,759 23,489 8,081 12,857 5,500 5,100 8,688 7,609 4,000 7,408
1994 NCAA FCS (7-4-0) Coach: Gene McDowell 9/3 at Maine W 28-6 9/10 Valdosta State L 14-31 9/17 Bethune-Cookman W 48-17 9/24 Western Kentucky W 59-45 10/1 at Illinois State W 27-26 10/8 at Samford L 35-36 10/15 at Louisiana-Monroe W 33-16 10/22 Troy L 38-39 10/29 at Liberty W 49-24 11/12 at East Carolina L 20-23 11/19 Buffalo W 48-0
6,296 22,518 22,049 24,326 6,550 3,632 8,123 27,003 6,153 25,783 18,856
1995 NCAA FCS (6-5-0) Coach: Gene McDowell 8/31 Eastern Kentucky W 40-32 9/9 Carson-Newman W 35-21 9/23 at Florida State (#1) L 14-46 9/30 at McNeese State L 7-49 10/7 Samford W 41-14 10/14 Liberty L 6-7 10/21 at Hawaii L 14-45 10/28 at Louisiana-Monroe W 34-14 11/4 Bethune-Cookman W 38-7 11/11 Troy L 17-28 11/18 Maine W 37-17
13,422 13,413 76,600 16,921 11,333 12,210 24,383 16,808 16,002 12,312 11,119
1996 NCAA FBS (5-6) Coach: Gene McDowell 8/29 William & Mary W 9/7 at South Carolina L 9/14 at New Mexico L 9/21 at Ball State L 9/28 at East Carolina L 10/12 Samford W 10/19 Louisiana-Monroe L 10/26 at Georgia Tech L 11/2 Illinois State W 11/9 at UAB W 11/16 Bowling Green W
18,013 76,411 18,317 11,475 34,121 12,122 16,293 43,610 17,639 12,500 14,112
39-33 14-33 7-17 10-31 7-28 38-6 38-39 20-27 42-15 35-13 27-19
1997 NCAA FBS (5-6) Coach: Gene McDowell 8/30 at Mississippi L 9/6 at South Carolina L 9/13 at Nebraska (#6) L 9/20 Idaho W 9/27 at Auburn (#8) L 10/4 at Kent State W 10/11 Samford W 10/25 at Mississippi State L 11/1 at Louisiana-Monroe L 11/15 Eastern Michigan W 11/22 Toledo W
23-24 (OT)28,216 31-33 81,908 24-38 75,327 41-10 41,827 14-41 82,109 59-43 10,584 52-7 22,016 28-35 28,621 41-45 15,936 27-10 39,433 34-17 15,062
1998 NCAA FBS (9-2) Coach: Mike Kruczek 9/5 at Louisiana Tech W 9/12 Eastern Illinois W 9/19 at Purdue (ESPN) L 9/26 at Bowling Green W 10/3 at Toledo W 10/10 Northern Illinois W 10/24 at Louisiana W 10/31 Youngstown State W 11/7 at Auburn L 11/14 Ball State W 11/21 New Mexico W
64-30 48-0 7-35 38-31 31-24 38-17 42-10 44-32 6-10 37-14 38-6
1999 NCAA FBS (4-7) Coach: Mike Kruczek 9/4 Purdue (#22) L 9/11 at Florida (#4) L 9/18 at Georgia Tech (#12) L 9/25 at Georgia (#11) L 10/2 Eastern Illinois W 10/16 Nicholls State W 10/23 Louisiana Tech L 10/30 Eastern Michigan W 11/6 at Auburn L 11/13 at Middle Tennessee W 11/20 Bowling Green L
13-47 40,112 27-58 85,346 10-41 45,355 23-24 86,117 31-21 18,864 28-0 13,875 35-46 16,535 31-6 27,845 10-28 75,804 39-14 10,751 30-33 (OT)14,299
2000 NCAA FBS (7-4) Coach: Mike Kruczek 9/2 at Georgia Tech L 9/9 Northwestern State W 9/16 at Akron L 9/23 William & Mary W 9/30 at Eastern Michigan W 10/7 at Northern Illinois L 10/14 Eastern Kentucky W 10/21 Louisiana-Monroe W 10/28 at Alabama W 11/4 at Louisiana Tech W 11/11 Virginia Tech (#8) L
17-21 19-7 24-35 52-7 31-10 20-40 34-3 55-0 40-38 20-16 21-44
23,677 35,219 53,469 15,824 20,008 30,415 10,124 21,251 80,743 31,412 19,025
40,993 19,003 12,964 23,164 10,238 18,148 18,908 25,093 83,818 12,532 50,220
2001 NCAA FBS (6-5) Coach: Mike Kruczek 9/1 at Clemson (#19) L 9/8 at Syracuse L 9/22 at Tulane W 9/29 at Virginia Tech (#8) L 10/6 UAB W 10/13 Liberty W 10/20 Louisiana-Monroe W 10/27 at Utah State L 11/3 Akron W 11/10 at Arkansas L 11/24 Louisiana W
13-21 10-21 36-29 14-46 24-7 63-0 38-6 27-30 57-17 20-27 31-0
75,000 35,938 17,497 53,662 30,820 17,103 23,001 16,135 15,779 61,527 12,264
2002 NCAA FBS (7-5, 6-2) Coach: Mike Kruczek 8/31 at Penn State (#24) (ESPN) L 24-27 9/7 at Arizona State L 12-46 9/20 at Marshall* (ESPN2) L 21-26 9/28 Liberty W 48-17 10/12 at Western Michigan* W 31-27 10/19 Toledo* L 24-27 10/26 Akron * W 28-17 11/2 Syracuse L 35-38 11/9 at Buffalo * W 45-21 11/16 Kent State * W 32-6 11/23 at Miami (Ohio) * W 48-31 11/30 Ohio * W 42-32 * MAC game
103,029 43,401 32,900 21,137 21,505 18,812 19,799 24,043 6,923 7,354 7,962 12,462
2003 NCAA FBS (3-9, 2-6) Coaches: Mike Kruczek (first 10 games), Alan Gooch (last two games) 8/31 at Va. Tech (#9) (ESPN) L 28-49 9/13 Florida Atlantic W 33-29 9/20 at Syracuse L 14-38 9/27 at Kent State * L 16-36 10/4 Buffalo * W 19-10 10/11 at Ohio * L 0-28 10/18 at Akron * L 24-38 10/25 Central Michigan * W 31-13 11/1 at West Virginia L 18-36 11/8 at Eastern Michigan * L 13-19 11/19 Marshall (ESPN2) * L 7-21 11/28 Miami (Ohio) (#15) * L 21-56 * MAC Game
65,115 26,901 35,103 6,728 22,657 21,109 8,113 20,523 42,712 5,150 18,141 12,902
2004 NCAA FBS (0-11, 0-8) Coach: George O’Leary 8/31 at Wisconsin (#21) (ESPN) L 6-34 82,116 9/11 West Virginia (#10) L 20-45 32,224 9/18 at Penn State L 13-37 101,715 10/2 at Buffalo * L 20-48 12,173 10/9 Northern Illinois * L 28-30 16,555 10/16 Akron * L 21-26 18,401 10/23 at Miami (Ohio) * L 7-43 8,012 10/30 at Marshall * L 3-20 23,122 11/6 Ohio * L 16-17 (ot) 20,498 11/13 at Ball State * L 17-21 5,309 11/23 Kent State * L 24-41 12,083 * MAC Game
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2005 NCAA FBS (8-5, 7-1) Coach: George O’Leary 9/1 at South Carolina (ESPN) L 15-24 9/17 at USF L 14-31 9/24 Marshall * W 23-13 10/1 at Louisiana W 24-21 10/8 Memphis * W 38-17 10/15 at Southern Miss * L 31-52 10/21 Tulane * W 34-24 10/29 at East Carolina * W 30-20 11/5 Houston (i) * W 31-29 11/12 at UAB (CBS C) * W 27-21 11/19 at Rice * W 31-28 12/3 Tulsa @ (ESPN) L 27-44 12/24 vs. Nevada ^ (ESPN) L 48-49 (OT) * Conference USA Game @ Conference USA Championship Game ^ Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl 2006 NCAA FBS (4-8, 3-5) Coach: George O’Leary 9/2 Villanova W 35-16 9/9 at Florida (#7) L 0-42 9/16 USF (CSTV) L 17-24 9/26 Southern Miss * (ESPN2) L 14-19 10/4 at Marshall * (ESPN2) W 23-22 10/13 Pitt (ESPN) L 7-52 10/21 Rice * L 29-40 10/28 at Houston * (CBS C) L 31-51 11/4 East Carolina * (CBS C) L 10-23 11/11 at Memphis * (CBS C) W 26-24 11/18 at Tulane * L 9-10 11/25 UAB * (CSS) W 31-22 * Conference USA Game 2007 NCAA FBS (10-4, 7-1) Coach: George O’Leary 9/1 at NC State (ESPN 360) W 25-23 9/15 Texas (#6) (ESPN2) L 32-35 9/22 Memphis * (CSS) W 56-20 9/29 Louisiana W 37-19 10/6 at East Carolina * (CBS C) L 38-52 10/13 at USF (#5) (ESPNU) L 12-64 10/20 Tulsa * W 44-23 10/28 at Southern Miss * (ESPN) W 34-17 11/3 Marshall * (CSS) W 47-13 11/10 at UAB * (CBS C) W 45-31 11/17 at SMU * W 49-20 11/24 UTEP * W 36-20 12/1 Tulsa @ (ESPN) W 44-25 12/29 Mississippi State ^ (ESPN) L 3-10 * Conference USA Game @ Conference USA Championship Game ^ AutoZone Liberty Bowl
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82,753 45,139 22,217 18,262 20,562 28,366 15,009 34,410 32,635 12,199 8,267 51,978 16,134
2008 NCAA FBS (4-8, 3-5) Coach: George O’Leary 8/30 South Carolina State W 17-0 9/6 USF (#17) (ESPN2) L 24-31 (OT) 9/20 at Boston College (ESPNU) L 7-34 9/27 at UTEP * (CBS C) L 13-58 10/4 SMU * (CBS C) W 31-17 10/11 at Miami (ESPNU) L 14-20 10/26 at Tulsa * (#19) (ESPN) L 19-49 11/2 East Carolina * (ESPN) L 10-13 (OT) 11/8 Southern Miss * L 6-17 11/15 at Marshall * (CSS) W 30-14 11/22 at Memphis * W 28-21 11/29 UAB * L 0-15 * Conference USA Game
29,398 90,210 46,708 23,540 27,572 35,858 30,307 13,242 31,414 20,611 15,341 23,755
2009 NCAA FBS (8-5, 6-2) Coach: George O’Leary 9/5 Samford (BHSN) W 28-24 9/12 at Southern Miss * L 19-26 9/19 Buffalo (BHSN) W 23-17 9/26 at East Carolina * (BHSN) L 14-19 10/3 Memphis * (BHSN) W 32-14 10/17 Miami (#9) (CBS CS) L 7-27 10/24 at Rice * W 49-7 11/1 Marshall * (ESPN) W 21-20 11/7 at Texas (#2) (FSN) L 3-35 11/14 Houston * (#13/12) (CBS CS) W 37-32 11/21 Tulane * (BHSN) W 49-0 11/28 at UAB * W 34-27 12/19 vs. Rutgers ^ (ESPN) L 24-45 * Conference USA Game ^ St. Petersburg Bowl
ALL-TIME HOMECOMING RESULTS (20-10) 57,283 45,622 42,153 42,646 42,777 65,948 45,510 27,103 46,103 12,621 10,271 41,967 44,128 63,816
11/8/80 11/7/81 10/30/82 10/1/83 10/27/84 10/26/85 10/25/86 10/24/87 10/15/88 10/28/89 11/10/90 11/2/91 11/7/92 10/16/93 10/22/94 11/4/95 11/2/96 11/15/97 11/14/98 10/30/99 10/21/00 10/20/01 10/26/02 10/25/03 11/6/04 11/5/05 11/4/06 11/3/07 11/8/08 11/14/09
Albany Hampden-Sydney West Georgia Valdosta State Austin Peay Stephen F. Austin Wofford N.W. Missouri State Southern Conn. State Liberty Slippery Rock Savannah State Buffalo Western Illinois Troy Bethune-Cookman Illinois State Eastern Michigan Ball State Eastern Michigan Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe Akron Central Michigan Ohio Houston East Carolina Marshall Southern Miss Houston
L, 27-28 W, 17-0 L, 7-41 W, 20-0 L, 21-24 L, 24-59 L, 28-31 W, 45-3 W, 24-16 W, 33-30 W, 24-21 L, 31-33 W, 63-21 W, 35-17 L, 38-39 W, 38-7 W, 42-15 W, 27-10 W, 37-14 W, 31-6 W, 55-0 W, 38-6 W, 28-17 W, 31-13 L, 16-17 (OT) W, 31-29 L, 10-23 W, 47-13 L, 6-17 W, 37-32
42,126 46,805 41,267 33,339 43,147 40,011 30,000 40,202 41,652 24,059 18,836 23,644
38,719 27,456 35,121 43,210 40,408 48,453 10,196 35,676 101,003 36,776 31,390 13,381 29,763
14,022 8,391 9,257 12,777 12,225 11,263 23,760 15,208 22,439 15,095 16,208 13,188 9,067 12,857 27,003 16,002 17,639 39,433 31,412 27,845 25,093 23,001 19,799 20,523 20,498 32,635 31,414 46,103 41,652 36,776