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Gallery: Wildcats win home opener against SFA

September 8, 2025 by Ashley Henderson and Daniel Curd Leave a Comment

Football opened its home season Saturday night with a win, defeating No. 25 Stephen F. Austin 28–20 at Wildcat Stadium. The No. 16-ranked Wildcats forced three turnovers and scored 14 points off them to secure their fourth win in the last five games against FCS Top 25 teams. Redshirt senior running back Jordon Vaughn led the offense with two ... [Read More…]

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Gallery: Men’s Basketball takes tough loss against SFA in overtime

December 3, 2023 by Daniel Curd

The Men’s Basketball team lost a regular season game against the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks, 74-79, on Saturday at Moody Coliseum. The Wildcats started off strong in the first half, concluding the first half 32-27; however, the Luberjacks brought the score up to 66-66 at the end of regular regulation. The Wildcats couldn't pick up traction, ... [Read More…]

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Clark breaks record as Wildcats come up short in heartbreaking loss against SFA

October 8, 2022 by Connor Mullins

ACU fell to SFA on a 51-yard game-winning field goal as time expired on Saturday night, 41-38. With four seconds remaining, kicker Blair Zepeda, junior from Richmond, attempted a 54-yard field goal to win the game for ACU. His kick was short as SFA caught the field goal and ran to the ACU 49-yard line before being horse-collar tackled by the ... [Read More…]

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Wildcats look to continue WAC momentum in upcoming home games

September 28, 2022 by Connor Mullins

ACU (4-9, 1-0) continues Western Athletic Conference play this week against the University of Texas-Arlington (9-4, 1-0) on Thursday and Stephen F. Austin (13-2, 1-1) on Saturday. ACU started hot with a 3-2 win over Sam Houston to open their WAC schedule last Thursday. The Wildcats had the weekend off for the first time this season and head ... [Read More…]

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