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Battle for the Belt
South Alabama and Troy have met 14 times since 2012. This page keeps the record, streaks, trophy context, and recent results in one canonical rivalry URL.
Series snapshot
- Record
- 4-10
- Current streak
- Troy 1 game
- Longest streak
- Troy 6 games (2018-2023)
- Avg. margin / points
- 13.3 / 42.7
Series overview
South Alabama 4-10 Troy. Current streak: Troy 1 game.
Last five meetings
South Alabama 1 | Troy 4
Largest margin
29 points
Rivalry notes
- The tracked window runs from 2012 through 2025.
- 14 completed games currently back the series calculations on this page.
- The latest tracked meeting was Oct 4, 2025.
Related pages
Move from rivalry history into team-level seasons, rosters, and archives.
Rivalry guide
What this rivalry is
South Alabama and Troy have a tracked series that starts in 2012 and spans 14 listed meetings. The page combines series record, streaks, recent games, and research links in one canonical rivalry URL.
The Belt gives this matchup a named trophy context in addition to the team-by-team series record.
Series history
- Status
- Active series
- Years
- 2012-2025
- Busiest era
- 2010s, 8 games
- Longest pause
- No multi-year pause found
- 2010s8 games
- 2020s6 games
Biggest games and recent trend
Landmark games are selected from the same tracked rivalry results used for the series record.
3 featured games
Latest meeting
2025 - Oct 4, 2025
South Alabama 24, Troy 31. Most recent completed chapter in the tracked series.
Closest finish
2013 - Oct 5, 2013
South Alabama 33, Troy 34. The smallest final-score margin in the available game log.
Largest margin
2020 - Dec 5, 2020
South Alabama 0, Troy 29. The widest final-score gap in the available game log.
Recent trend
- Last five
- South Alabama 1, Troy 4 across 5 games
- Last ten
- South Alabama 2, Troy 8 across 10 games
- Scoring profile
- Balanced scoring profile; average total 42.7, average margin 13.3.
- Current streak
- Troy 1 game
Players and coaches from recent chapters
Recent leaders are capped to keep the page fast while still pointing readers toward the names around recent meetings.
Bishop Davenport
South Alabama, 2025
Passing Yards: 2072
Devin Voisin
South Alabama, 2025
Receiving Yards: 775
Kentrel Bullock
South Alabama, 2025
Rushing Yards: 1085
Rara Thomas
Troy, 2025
Receiving Yards: 629
Tae Meadows
Troy, 2025
Rushing Yards: 695
Tucker Kilcrease
Troy, 2025
Passing Yards: 1537
Coach context
Coach rows summarize recent rivalry-season overlap for each program.
Kane Wommack
South Alabama - 2021-2023 - 22-16
Major Applewhite
South Alabama - 2024-2025 - 7-6
Gerad Parker
Troy - 2024-2025 - 4-8
Jon Sumrall
Troy - 2022-2023 - 23-4
Weather, rankings, and research links
5 recent rivalry games have weather context, average temperature 64F.
Ranking context is available through the rankings archive and team season-result pages.
South Alabama team page
Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.
Troy team page
Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.
South Alabama season results
Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.
Troy season results
Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.
South Alabama weather
Weather impact for games involving this program.
Troy weather
Weather impact for games involving this program.
Game stats archive
Search box scores and detailed game stat pages.
Rankings
Poll and ranking context around rivalry seasons.
College football records
National record and history context.
Historical comparison
Compare program seasons and statistical profiles.
Recent rivalry results
The latest games are rendered in the page HTML so search engines and readers can see the rivalry's recent chapter without client-side interaction.
10 most recent tracked games
| Date | Matchup | Score | Venue | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2025 | South Alabama at Troy | South Alabama 24, Troy 31 | Veterans Memorial Stadium (AL) | Troy |
| Oct 15, 2024 | Troy at South Alabama | South Alabama 25, Troy 9 | Venue unavailable | South Alabama |
| Nov 2, 2023 | South Alabama at Troy | South Alabama 10, Troy 28 | Venue unavailable | Troy |
| Oct 20, 2022 | Troy at South Alabama | South Alabama 6, Troy 10 | Venue unavailable | Troy |
| Nov 6, 2021 | South Alabama at Troy | South Alabama 24, Troy 31 | Venue unavailable | Troy |
| Dec 5, 2020 | Troy at South Alabama | South Alabama 0, Troy 29 | Venue unavailable | Troy |
| Oct 17, 2019 | South Alabama at Troy | South Alabama 13, Troy 37 | Venue unavailable | Troy |
| Oct 24, 2018 | Troy at South Alabama | South Alabama 17, Troy 38 | Venue unavailable | Troy |
| Oct 12, 2017 | South Alabama at Troy | South Alabama 19, Troy 8 | Venue unavailable | South Alabama |
| Oct 20, 2016 | Troy at South Alabama | South Alabama 21, Troy 28 | Venue unavailable | Troy |
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