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Sam Houston football schedule 2026

12 regular-season games, 6 at home and 6 away, from Sep 5 to Nov 28. 8 in the Conference USA. Next up: away at Troy on Sep 5.

September 2026 4 games

Date Opponent Time
Sep 5 at Troy
Sep 12 vs Tulsa
Sep 19 vs Nicholls
Sep 26 at Texas Tech TBC

October 2026 4 games

Date Opponent Time
Oct 8 at Liberty
Oct 14 vs Western Kentucky
Oct 21 vs New Mexico State
Oct 27 at Missouri State

November 2026 4 games

Date Opponent Time
Nov 7 at Jacksonville State
Nov 14 vs Kennesaw State
Nov 21 vs Middle Tennessee
Nov 28 at Florida International

Home games at Elliott T. Bowers Stadium. College football data by CollegeFootballData.com, updated nightly.

Sam Houston's 2026 season

Sam Houston plays 12 regular-season games in 2026, 6 at home at Elliott T. Bowers Stadium and 6 away, opening on Sep 5 and finishing on Nov 28. 8 of them are Conference USA games and 4 are not — which is the shape of a college season: a short non-conference run, most of it early, and then two months inside the conference. The longest run at home is 2 games, from Sep 12 to Sep 19; the longest run on the road is 2, from Sep 26 to Oct 8.

The non-conference games are against Troy on Sep 5, Tulsa on Sep 12, Nicholls on Sep 19, Texas Tech on Sep 26. Those opponents are not in the Conference USA, so they do not appear as rows on the conference grid — a cell naming one carries a dotted underline there to say so. They are part of this team's season all the same, which is why they are on the grid at all rather than left as blank weeks.

Kick-off times are shown in your own timezone rather than US Eastern time — detected automatically, and overridable in the “Times in” control above. A Saturday-evening game in the United States is the small hours of Sunday morning across Europe, and a game that crosses midnight carries a +1 so it cannot be mistaken for the same evening. 1 of these games have no confirmed kick-off time yet and show a “?” rather than a guess. To see how Sam Houston's season compares with the rest of the conference — who has the harder stretch, and whose non-conference run is heaviest — the full Conference USA grid puts all 10 teams side by side.

Frequently asked questions

When does Sam Houston play next?

Sam Houston's next game is away at Troy on Sep 5. The list below shows every remaining game, with kick-off times in your own timezone.

How many games does Sam Houston play in 2026?

12 regular-season games: 6 at home at Elliott T. Bowers Stadium and 6 away, from Sep 5 to Nov 28. 8 are against Conference USA opponents and 4 are not. Conference championship games, bowls and the College Football Playoff are not included.

Who does Sam Houston play outside the Conference USA in 2026?

4 games: Troy on Sep 5, Tulsa on Sep 12, Nicholls on Sep 19, Texas Tech on Sep 26. Those opponents are not in the Conference USA, so they have no row of their own on the conference grid — they are marked there with a dotted underline, and named in full on this page.

Why do some of Sam Houston's games have no kick-off time?

Because the networks have not chosen it yet. 1 of 12 games have a date but no confirmed time; college football kick-offs are fixed a week or two ahead, and a game can still move to a different day. Those carry a "?" instead of a time, because a placeholder you could not tell from a real time would be worse than none.

What time do Sam Houston's games start in my timezone?

Every confirmed kick-off on this page is converted to the timezone your browser reports, with a manual override in the "Times in" control. College football is published in US Eastern time, so a Saturday-evening game there starts in the small hours of Sunday across Europe, and those carry a +1 mark.

Other Conference USA teams

Delaware Florida International Jacksonville State Kennesaw State Liberty Middle Tennessee Missouri State New Mexico State Western Kentucky