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Sam Houston Bearkats football
2024 Sam Houston Bearkats football team
First season
1912; 112 years ago
Athletic director
Bobby Williams
Head coach
K. C. Keeler 8th season, 80–23 (.777)
Stadium
Bowers Stadium (capacity: 12,593)
Field surface
Real Grass Pro Artificial Surface
Location
Huntsville, Texas
NCAA division
Division I FBS
Conference
Conference USA
All-time record
550–472–35 (.537)
Bowl record
3–1–1 (.700)
Playoff record
24–12
Claimed national titles
2 (NAIA): 1964 (Div. I FCS): 2020
Conference titles
15
Rivalries
Stephen F. Austin (rivalry) Texas State Bobcats (rivalry)
Colors
Orange and white[1]
Fight song
Bearkat Fight Song
Mascot
Sammy Bearkat
Marching band
Bearkat Marching Band
Outfitter
Under Armour
Website
GoBearkats.com
The Sam Houston Bearkats football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Sam Houston State University located in the U.S. state of Texas. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) as a member of the Conference USA. Sam Houston's first football team was fielded in 1912. The team plays its home games at the 12,593-seat Bowers Stadium in Huntsville, Texas. On January 23, 2014, K. C. Keeler was named the 15th head coach in Sam Houston program history.[2]
In July 2021, the Bearkats left the Southland Conference to join the Western Athletic Conference, which relaunched its football league at the FCS level at that time.[3] Just a few months later, on November 5, 2021, the school accepted an invitation to join Conference USA at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level beginning in the 2023–24 season.[4]
^"Athletic Branding". Sam Houston State University Department of Marketing and Communications. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
^Roepken, Corey (January 23, 2014). "Sam Houston State hires K.C. Keeler as head football coach". Houston Chronicle.
^"WAC Announces Expedited Entrance for Four Texas Institutions" (Press release). Western Athletic Conference. January 21, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
^"Sam Houston accepts invitation to join Conference USA". KBTX. November 5, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
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