Northwestern State–Southeastern Louisiana football rivalry

The Northwestern State–Southeastern Louisiana football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Northwestern State Demons and the Southeastern Louisiana Lions. Both schools are members of the University of Louisiana System, and compete together as members of the Southland Conference.^[1][2][3][4]

Northwestern State–Southeastern Louisiana football rivalry

Northwestern State Demons Southeastern Louisiana Lions
Sport	Football
First meeting	September 20, 1935 Southeastern Louisiana 19, Northwestern State 13
Latest meeting	November 9, 2024 Southeastern Louisiana 41, Northwestern State 0
Next meeting	October 18, 2025
Trophy	None
Statistics
Meetings total	69
All-time series	SELU, 40–29
Largest victory	Northwestern State, 87–27 (2003)
Longest win streak	Southeastern Louisiana, 14 (2012–present)
Current win streak	Southeastern Louisiana, 14 (2012–present)

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Southeastern Louisiana

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Locations of Northwestern State and Southeastern Louisiana

The two teams have met 69 times on the football field, and Southeastern Louisiana currently leads the all-time series 40–29.^[5]

Game results

Northwestern State victories

Southeastern Louisiana victories

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 September 20, 1935 Hammond, LA Southeastern Louisiana 19–13 2 September 25, 1936 Natchitoches, LA Southeastern Louisiana 34–6 3 October 7, 1938 Natchitoches, LA Louisiana Normal 6–0 4 October 6, 1939 Hammond, LA Louisiana Normal 18–6 5 October 4, 1940 Natchitoches, LA Louisiana Normal 32–0 6 November 1, 1941 Hammond, LA Louisiana Normal 6–0 7 October 30, 1942 Natchitoches, LA Louisiana Normal 7–6 8 October 18, 1946 Hammond, LA Southeastern Louisiana 13–0 9 October 17, 1947 Natchitoches, LA Northwestern State 14–12 10 October 15, 1948 Hammond, LA Northwestern State 49–0 11 October 15, 1949 Natchitoches, LA Southeastern Louisiana 25–13 12 October 28, 1950 Hammond, LA Southeastern Louisiana 28–14 13 October 27, 1951 Natchitoches, LA Southeastern Louisiana 33–14 14 October 25, 1952 Hammond, LA Southeastern Louisiana 19–0 15 October 31, 1953 Natchitoches, LA Southeastern Louisiana 27–19 16 November 20, 1954 Hammond, LA Southeastern Louisiana 32–6 17 November 19, 1955 Natchitoches, LA Southeastern Louisiana 27–20 18 November 17, 1956 Hammond, LA Southeastern Louisiana 20–15 19 November 23, 1957 Natchitoches, LA Northwestern State 13–7 20 November 22, 1958 Hammond, LA Northwestern State 7–0 21 November 21, 1959 Natchitoches, LA Southeastern Louisiana 15–13 22 November 19, 1960 Natchitoches, LA Southeastern Louisiana 7–0 23 November 18, 1961 Hammond, LA Southeastern Louisiana 19–0 24 November 17, 1962 Natchitoches, LA Northwestern State 19–6 25 November 23, 1963 Hammond, LA Northwestern State 13–7 26 November 21, 1964 Natchitoches, LA Southeastern Louisiana 37–21 27 November 20, 1965 Hammond, LA Northwestern State 38–22 28 November 19, 1966 Natchitoches, LA Northwestern State 27–24 29 November 18, 1967 Natchitoches, LA Southeastern Louisiana 26–14 30 November 23, 1968 Natchitoches, LA Southeastern Louisiana 24–19 31 November 22, 1969 Hammond, LA Northwestern State 34–6 32 November 21, 1970 Natchitoches, LA Northwestern State 22–14 33 November 19, 1971 Hammond, LA Northwestern State 14–6 34 November 25, 1972 Natchitoches, LA Northwestern State 24–8 35 November 17, 1973 Hammond, LA Northwestern State 21–14 No. Date Location Winner Score 36 November 23, 1974 Natchitoches, LA Northwestern State 40–3 37 November 22, 1975 Hammond, LA Southeastern Louisiana 31–6 38 November 20, 1976 Natchitoches, LA Southeastern Louisiana 34–27 39 November 19, 1977 Hammond, LA Southeastern Louisiana 38–21 40 November 18, 1978 Hammond, LA Northwestern State 13–12 41 October 13, 1979 Hammond, LA Southeastern Louisiana 33–7 42 November 22, 1980 Natchitoches, LA Northwestern State 16–14 43 October 31, 1981 Hammond, LA Southeastern Louisiana 21–16 44 November 13, 1982 Natchitoches, LA Northwestern State 31–3 45 November 12, 1983 Natchitoches, LA Northwestern State 23–7 46 November 10, 1984 Hammond, LA Northwestern State 34–14 47 November 16, 1985 Hammond, LA Southeastern Louisiana 20–14 48 October 11, 2003 Natchitoches, LA Northwestern State 87–27 49 October 15, 2005 Natchitoches, LA Northwestern State 31–10 50 October 14, 2006 Hammond, LA Southeastern Louisiana 31–24 51 October 13, 2007 Natchitoches, LA Northwestern State 27–24 52 October 18, 2008 Hammond, LA Southeastern Louisiana 26–21 53 November 7, 2009 Natchitoches, LA Southeastern Louisiana 27–0 54 November 6, 2010 Hammond, LA Northwestern State 35–16 55 October 15, 2011 Natchitoches, LA Northwestern State 51–17 56 October 13, 2012 Hammond, LA Southeastern Louisiana 27–22 57 October 19, 2013 Natchitoches, LA Southeastern Louisiana 37–22 58 October 4, 2014 Hammond, LA Southeastern Louisiana 30–22 59 September 3, 2015 Natchitoches, LA Southeastern Louisiana 34–20 60 September 24, 2016 Hammond, LA Southeastern Louisiana 34–24 61 September 30, 2017 Natchitoches, LA Southeastern Louisiana 49–20 62 September 29, 2018 Hammond, LA Southeastern Louisiana 24–17 63 September 28, 2019 Natchitoches, LA Southeastern Louisiana 44–27 64 March 13, 2021 Hammond, LA Southeastern Louisiana 27–24 65 October 23, 2021 Natchitoches, LA Southeastern Louisiana 51–14 66 November 13, 2021 Hammond, LA Southeastern Louisiana 56–28 67 November 12, 2022 Hammond, LA Southeastern Louisiana 23–7 68 October 19, 2023 Natchitoches, LA Southeastern Louisiana 37–20 69 November 9, 2024 Hammond, LA Southeastern Louisiana 41–0 Series: Southeastern Louisiana leads 40–29

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games

References

1. "Southeastern Louisiana Lions vs. Northwestern State Demons – Recap – October 15, 2005". ESPN. October 15, 2005. Archived from the original on December 24, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
2. "Lions Picked Tied For Fifth; Sixth In Southland Preseason Poll". lionsports.net. July 24, 2012. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
3. "Lions Host Demons In Southland Television Contest". lionsports.net. October 12, 2012. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
4. https://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/18400/pdf/11_07_Northwestern%20State.pdf Archived December 24, 2013, at the Wayback Machine ^{[bare URL PDF]}
5. "SE Louisiana vs Northwestern St :: CFB Info". cfbinfo.com. Retrieved October 3, 2019.