2021 Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football team
| 2021 Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football | |
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| Conference | Lone Star Conference |
| 2021 record | 7–4 (5–2 LSC) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Billy Riebock (3rd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Xavier Adibi (3rd season) |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium (capacity: 13,500) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Midwestern State $ | 6 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Angelo State ^ | 5 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Texas A&M | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M–Commerce | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M–Kingsville | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas–Permian Basin | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern New Mexico | 1 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western New Mexico | 0 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2021 Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football team represented Texas A&M University–Commerce as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC) during the 2021 NCAA Division II football season. Led by third-year head coach David Bailiff, the Lions compiled an overall record of 7–4 with a mark of 5–2 in confernece play, tying for second place in the LSC. Texas A&M–Commerce played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Commerce, Texas.
The 2021 season was the last that the Lions competed in the Lone Star Conference. In 2022, the program will move to NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision play and compete in the Southland Conference.[1][2]
Previous season[]
The Lions finished the 2019 season with an overall record of 10–3 and a mark of 7–1 in Lone Star Conference (LSC) play, to placing second in the conference standings. On August 12, 2020, the Lone Star Conference postponed fall competition in 2020 for several sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][4] Two weeks later, Texas A&M–Commerce announced that they would out the football program in competing in the 2020–21 academic year.[5]
Schedule[]
Texas A&M–Commerce announced their 2021 football schedule on March 24, 2021.[6]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 2 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 12 CSU–Pueblo* | No. 8 | W 12–6 | 6,590 | |
| September 11 | 6:00 p.m. | vs. Midwestern State | No. 7 | L 30–31 | 6,712 | |
| September 18 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 1 West Florida* | No. 21 | L 17–35 | 8,269 | |
| September 25 | 7:00 p.m. | at Texas A&M–Kingsville | W 35–10 | 7,071 | ||
| October 2 | 6:30 p.m. | Fort Lauderdale* |
| W 72–6 | 4,133 | |
| October 9 | 4:00 p.m. | Saginaw Valley State* |
| L 17–20 OT | 5,102 | |
| October 16 | 4:00 p.m. | Western New Mexico |
| W 58–0 | 6,875 | |
| October 23 | 6:00 p.m. | at West Texas A&M |
| W 15–3 | 6,216 | |
| October 30 | 4:00 p.m. | Texas–Permian Basin |
| W 41–0 | 4,827 | |
| November 6 | 6:00 p.m. | at Angelo State | L 3–30 | 3,817 | ||
| November 13 | 4:00 p.m. | Eastern New Mexico |
| W 30–10 | 5,077 | |
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Rankings[]
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| AFCA | 8 | 7 | 21 | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
References[]
- ^ "Texas A&M-Commerce taking leap to Southland Conference, NCAA Division I". Houston Chronicle. September 28, 2021. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
- ^ Brady Renard (September 28, 2021). "Southland Conference adds Texas A&M-Commerce to membership". KPLC. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
- ^ "LSC Announces Decision on Fall 2020 Competition". Lone Star Conference. August 7, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
- ^ "LSC postpones Fall sports competitions until Spring 2021". KAUZ-TV. August 7, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
- ^ "Texas A&M Commerce won't play football until 2021 regular season due to COVID-19; other sports announce plans". WCAV. August 28, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
- ^ "Texas A&M-Commerce will play first Division II football game at Globe Life Park". Dallas Morning News. March 24, 2021. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
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