Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football
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| First season | 1902 | ||
| Head coach |
Tom Matukewicz 3rd year, 12–22 (.353) |
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| Stadium | Houck Stadium | ||
| Seating capacity | 11,015 | ||
| Location | Cape Girardeau, Missouri | ||
| NCAA division | Division I FCS | ||
| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference | ||
| All-time record | 431–481–36 (.474) | ||
| Bowl record | 0–0 (–) | ||
| Conference titles | 1 (FCS) 17 (D-II) | ||
| Colors | Red and Black |
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| Website | gosoutheast.com | ||
The Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Southeast Missouri State University located in the U.S. state of 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.
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.
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.
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