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▲ Above its 5-year level +7▲ Up 4 this season
Career58since 1936
Peak762014
Last 553seasons
#87 nationally · 3-2 (1-0 conf)
Résumé #49 · record ahead of its play
Schedule so far #48
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
Sun Belt · Ruston, LA · Joe Aillet Stadium · Head coach Sonny Cumbie
Rival
UTEP · also Southern Miss
Building rivalry
18-3-1 all time (22 meetings since 1939)
Louisiana Tech leads
Last: won 30-11 (2025) · Louisiana Tech has won 4 straight
Holds it
program traits are earned from history
0national titles
0Heisman
0AP top-10
3All-Americans
37NFL picks
54.2%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1971. Every season →
Chemistry
61
58Foundation
65Gel
gel counts 40% so far
at its usual level
early · #56 of 138
HC year5
Ret. starters32%
QB yrs w/ OC1
| Season | Record | Conference | AP final | Season rank | Rating | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026in progress | 3-2 | Sun Belt | — | #87 | 60 | Sonny Cumbie |
| 2025 | 8-5 | Conference USA | — | #85 | 60 | Sonny Cumbie |
| 2024 | 5-8 | Conference USA | — | #118 | 52 | Sonny Cumbie |
| 2023 | 3-9 | Conference USA | — | #121 | 50 | Sonny Cumbie |
| 2022 | 3-9 | Conference USA | — | #121 | 49 | Sonny Cumbie |
| 2021 | 3-9 | Conference USA | — | #99 | 55 | Skip Holtz |
| 2020 | 5-5 | Conference USA | — | #65 | 52 | Skip Holtz |
| 2019 | 10-3 | Conference USA | — | #75 | 62 | Skip Holtz |
| 2018 | 8-5 | Conference USA | — | #95 | 57 | Skip Holtz |
| 2017 | 7-6 | Conference USA | — | #87 | 59 | Skip Holtz |
| 2016 | 9-5 | Conference USA | — | #61 | 66 | Skip Holtz |
| 2015 | 9-4 | Conference USA | — | #76 | 64 | Skip Holtz |
| 2014 | 9-5 | Conference USA | — | #32 | 76 | Skip Holtz |
| 2013 | 4-8 | Conference USA | — | #113 | 43 | Skip Holtz |
| 2012 | 9-3 | Western Athletic | — | #46 | 70 | Sonny Dykes |
| 2011 | 8-5 | Western Athletic | — | #42 | 70 | Sonny Dykes |
| 2010 | 5-7 | Western Athletic | — | #78 | 59 | Sonny Dykes |
| 2009 | 4-8 | Western Athletic | — | #68 | 63 | Derek Dooley |
| 2008 | 8-5 | Western Athletic | — | #81 | 57 | Derek Dooley |
| 2007 | 5-7 | Western Athletic | — | #105 | 50 | Derek Dooley |
| 2006 | 3-10 | Western Athletic | — | #118 | 31 | Jack Bicknell |
| 2005 | 7-4 | Western Athletic | — | #79 | 59 | Jack Bicknell |
| 2004 | 6-6 | Western Athletic | — | #76 | 61 | Jack Bicknell |
| 2003 | 5-7 | Western Athletic | — | #88 | 55 | Jack Bicknell |
| 2002 | 4-8 | Western Athletic | — | #99 | 52 | Jack Bicknell |
| 2001 | 7-5 | Western Athletic | — | #78 | 60 | Jack Bicknell |
| 2000 | 3-9 | FBS Independents | — | #94 | 54 | Jack Bicknell |
| 1999 | 8-3 | FBS Independents | — | #47 | 67 | Jack Bicknell |
| 1998 | 6-6 | FBS Independents | — | #57 | 64 | Gary Crowton |
| 1997 | 9-2 | FBS Independents | — | #65 | 62 | Gary Crowton |
| 1996 | 6-5 | FBS Independents | — | #86 | 55 | Gary Crowton |
| 1995 | 5-6 | Big West | — | #94 | 51 | Joe Peace |
| 1994 | 3-8 | Big West | — | #102 | 39 | Joe Peace |
| 1993 | 2-9 | Big West | — | #96 | 50 | Joe Peace |
| 1992 | 5-6 | FBS Independents | — | #73 | 60 | Joe Peace |
| 1991 | 8-1-2 | FBS Independents | — | #60 | 61 | Joe Peace |
| 1990 | 8-3-1 | FBS Independents | — | #43 | 67 | Joe Peace |
| 1989 | 5-4-1 | FBS Independents | — | #53 | 64 | Joe Peace |
| 1981 | 4-6-1 | Southland | — | #89 | 58 | Billy Brewer |
| 1980 | 5-6 | Southland | — | #113 | 50 | Billy Brewer |
| 1979 | 2-9 | Southland | — | #110 | 50 | Larry Beightol; Pat Patterson |
| 1978 | 6-5 | Southland | — | #75 | 60 | Maxie Lambright |
| 1977 | 9-1-2 | Southland | — | #64 | 64 | Maxie Lambright |
| 1976 | 6-5 | Southland | — | #65 | 64 | Maxie Lambright |
| 1975 | 8-2 | Southland | — | #44 | 69 | Maxie Lambright |
| 1974 | 5-0 | Southland | — | — | — | |
| 1973 | 3-0 | Southland | — | — | — | |
| 1972 | 2-0 | Southland | — | — | — | |
| 1971 | 2-1 | Southland | — | — | — |
★ = a national title the school claims. Seasons before 1936 (the first AP poll) are the early era: shown in gray and rated on the same yardstick, but the all-time pool and program totals that matter most start in 1936.