The Abilene Christian Wildcats football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Abilene Christian University located in the U.S. state of Texas. The team was a member of the Southland Conference through the 2020–21 season, but joined the Western Athletic Conference in July 2021, coinciding with that league's reinstatement of football as an official conference sport. After the 2022 season, the WAC fully merged its football league with that of the ASUN Conference, creating what eventually became the United Athletic Conference, and ACU accordingly moved its football team to the new league. The school's first football team was fielded in 1919. The team plays its home games at the on-campus Anthony Field at Wildcat Stadium.

History

Football classifications

Conference affiliations

Head coaching history

Notable former players

Notable alumni include:

Championships

National championships

Conference championships

† Co-champions

Division championships

† Co-champions

Bowl games

Playoff appearances

NCAA Division I FCS

The Wildcats have made one appearance in the NCAA Division I FCS playoffs. They have a combined record of 1–0.

NCAA Division II

The Wildcats appeared in the Division II playoffs six times with an overall record of 3–6.

NAIA

The Wildcats appeared in the NAIA playoffs two times with an overall record of 4–0. They were National Champions in 1973 and 1977.

Future non-conference opponents

Announced schedules as of August 10, 2024.