River Bell Classic

River Bell Classic

Nicholls State Colonels Southeastern Louisiana Lions
Sport	Football
First meeting	September 30, 1972 Southeastern Louisiana 31, Nicholls State 9
Latest meeting	November 19 2015 Nicholls State 27, Southeastern Louisiana 24
Next meeting	2016
Trophy	River Bell Trophy
Statistics
Meetings total	25
All-time series	Nicholls State leads 13–12
Largest victory	Southeastern Louisiana, 62–3 (2014)
Longest streak	Nicholls State, 7 (1981–2006)
Current streak	Nicholls State, 1 (2015–present)

Nicholls State University

Southeastern Louisiana 
University

Locations in Louisiana

The River Bell Classic is the annual football game between Nicholls State University and Southeastern Louisiana University with the winner being presented with the River Bell Trophy.^[1] The two schools are 94 miles apart and no two football-playing schools in the Southland Conference are as close as Nicholls State and Southeastern Louisiana. The game played between the rivals began in 1972 and was played annually until 1985 when Southeastern Louisiana dropped its football program. It resumed 20 years later in 2005 when football was reinstated by the university.

The River Bell Trophy which was redesigned for the 2012 contest is a wooden trophy which has a ship's bell under an arch which reads "River Bell Classic". On each side of the bell are the teams athletic logos with Nicholls State on the left and Southeastern Louisiana on the right. Underneath the bell is a plaque surrounded by the yearly victors on each side of the plaque. The trophy was conceived by the Phi Chapter Alumni Association of Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity at Southeastern Louisiana.

Game results

Nicholls State victories

Southeastern Louisiana victories

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score		Series
				NSU	SLU
1	September 30, 1972	Hammond, LA	Southeastern Louisiana	9	31	SELU 1–0
2	September 29, 1973	Hammond, LA	Southeastern Louisiana	0	10	SELU 2–0
3	November 16, 1974	Thibodaux, LA	Nicholls State	10	0	SELU 2–1
4	November 15, 1975	New Orleans, LA	Nicholls State	14	6	Tied 2–2
5	November 13, 1976	New Orleans, LA	Southeastern Louisiana	7	17	SELU 3–2
6	November 12, 1977	Thibodaux, LA	Southeastern Louisiana	14	17	SELU 4–2
7	November 11, 1978	New Orleans, LA	Southeastern Louisiana	0	10	SELU 5–2
8	November 10, 1979	Hammond, LA	Southeastern Louisiana	0	38	SELU 6–2
9	November 15, 1980	Thibodaux, LA	Southeastern Louisiana	20	35	SELU 7–2
10	November 14, 1981	Hammond, LA	Nicholls State	29	17	SELU 7–3
11	November 20, 1982	Thibodaux, LA	Nicholls State	20	14	SELU 7–4
12	November 19, 1983	Hammond, LA	Nicholls State	6	0	SELU 7–5
13	November 17, 1984	Thibodaux, LA	Nicholls State	36	7	SELU 7–6
14	November 23, 1985	Hammond, LA	Nicholls State	21	17	Tied 7–7
15	November 12, 2005	Hammond, LA	Nicholls State	38	28	NSU 8–7
16	October 7, 2006	Thibodaux, LA	Nicholls State	14	10	NSU 9–7
17	November 17, 2007	Hammond, LA	Southeastern Louisiana	13	17	NSU 9–8
18	November 22, 2008	Thibodaux, LA	Nicholls State	35	28	NSU 10–8
19	November 19, 2009	Hammond, LA	Nicholls State	45	30	NSU 11–8
20	November 18, 2010	Thibodaux, LA	Nicholls State	27	25	NSU 12–8
21	November 17, 2011	Hammond, LA	Southeastern Louisiana	14	31	NSU 12–9
22	November 15, 2012	Thibodaux, LA	Southeastern Louisiana	16	35	NSU 12–10
23	November 21, 2013	Hammond, LA	Southeastern Louisiana	27	52	NSU 12–11
24	November 20, 2014	Thibodaux, LA	Southeastern Louisiana	3	62	Tied 12–12
25	November 19, 2015	Hammond, LA	Nicholls State	27	24	NSU 13–12
	Totals			445	561	NSU 13–12

^[2]

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games

References

1. "Bragging Rights". myneworleans.com. Archived from the original on July 27, 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
2. "Southeastern Louisiana vs Nicholls State - All Time". cfreference.net. Retrieved 2013-01-12.

Additional sources

• River Bell Classic
• River Bell Classic Trophy
• Nicholls State Colonels Media Guide