The Southern Virginia Knights football program is a college football team that represents Southern Virginia University in the NCAA Division III. They are a member of the USA South Athletic Conference. The team has had six head coaches since its first recorded football game in 2003.
History
Classifications Classifications YearDivision2003–2012:NAIA2013–present:NCAA Division III
Conference Memberships Conference Memberships YearConference2003–2012:NAIA Independent2013: NCAA Division III Independent2014–2018: New Jersey Athletic Conference2019–2020Old Dominion Athletic Conference2021–presentUSA South Athletic Conference
Notable games On August 30, 2008, Southern Virginia played Division I FCS Morehead State and lost 6–49. On September 5, 2009, Southern Virginia played Division I FCS Morehead State and lost 10–61. On August 30, 2012 Southern Virginia played Division I FCS Morehead State and lost 0–55. On October 4, 2014, Southern Virginia played its first New Jersey Athletic Conference game and lost in overtime against Kean University 28–27. On November 10, 2018 Southern Virginia played its last game as a member of the New Jersey Athletic Conference against The College of New Jersey and lost 33–30. On April 9, 2021, Southern Virginia defeated North Carolina Wesleyan College in a home game 28–21 after being down by 21 points with 10:43 left in the third quarter. It was the final game of the spring 2021 season that was affected by the COVID-19 and their final game as a member of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference.
Seasons NAIA independent (2003–2012)2003Gary Buer0–10N/AN/A2004Gary Buer0–9N/AN/A2005Gary Buer2–8N/AN/A2006Gary Buer2–8N/AN/A2007Michael Smith6–5N/AN/A2008Michael Smith3–8N/AN/A2009DeLane Fitzgerald3–8N/AN/A2010DeLane Fitzgerald4–7N/AN/A2011DeLane Fitzgerald4–7N/AN/A2012DeLane Fitzgerald5–6N/AN/A NCAA Division III Independent (2013)2013DeLane Fitzgerald8–2N/AN/A New Jersey Athletic Conference (2014–2018)2014Jason Walker1–91–6T—7th of 82015Jason Walker0–100–910th of 102016Joe DuPaix2–81–8T—9th of 102017Joe DuPaix2–8 1–89th of 10 2018Edwin Mulitalo3–72–78th of 10 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (2019–2020)2019Edwin Mulitalo4–62–67th of 92020Edwin Mulitalo1–30–37th of 8 USA South Athletic Conference (2021–present)2021Edwin Mulitalo2–81–78th of 92022Edwin Mulitalo1–91–68th of 92023Joe DuPaix1–91–68th of 92024Joe DuPaix1–91–7T-7th of 92025Joe DuPaix6–43–45th of 8Totals22 seasons 6 coaches61–164 14–77 3 conferences
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