Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football

The Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Southeast Missouri State University located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Ohio Valley Conference. The school's first football team was fielded in 1902. The team plays its home games at the 11,015-seat Houck Stadium. They are coached by Tom Matukewicz.

History
Southeast Missouri State first competed in football in 1904. In 1912, the school joined the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA), which later joined the NCAA as a Division II conference. The football team had its first known head coach, J.F. Corleux, in 1915. Corleux remained head coach until 1929.

In 1991, Southeast Missouri State joined the Ohio Valley Conference and moved up to the Division I-AA level.

Classifications

 * 1952–1957: NAIA
 * 1958–1972: NCAA College Division
 * 1973–1990: NCAA Division II
 * 1991–present: NCAA Division I–AA/FCS

Conference memberships

 * 1902–1923: Independent
 * 1924–1990: Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association
 * 1991–present: Ohio Valley Conference

Conference championships
Southeast Missouri State has won 20 conference championships, 12 outright and eight shared. † Co-champions

FCS Playoffs results
The Redhawks have appeared in the FCS playoffs four times with an overall record of 1–4.

Rivalries
Southeast Missouri State has an in-state rivalry with Missouri State. The two schools last played in 2008, and Missouri State leads the series 46–28.

Another rivalry is with Southern Illinois. The annual series between the schools went on hiatus after 2005 and resumed in 2010. In 2013, the two schools played in a game called the College Classic, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. In the first-ever football game held at Busch, Southern Illinois won 36-19. In 2014, the rivalry game was played at SIU's stadium in Carbondale, Illinois, and Southern Illinois won 50-23. Southeast Missouri State leads the series 39–35–8 as of 2014.

Within the Ohio Valley Conference, Southeast Missouri State's rival is Murray State. Murray State leads the series 38–10–1 as of 2014.

Future non-conference opponents
Announced schedules as of June 6, 2024.