| 2024 | Western Kentucky 33 Jacksonville State 20 |
| 2023 | Liberty 20 Jacksonville State 17 |
| 2022 | UTSA 24 North Texas 14 |
| 2021 | UTSA 28 Western Kentucky 22 |
| 2020 | Marshall 27 UTSA 24 |
| 2019 | Marshall 49 Louisiana Tech 23 |
| 2018 | MTSU 35 UAB 21 |
| 2017 | Florida Atlantic 41 North Texas 14 |
| 2016 | Louisiana Tech 24 Florida Intl. 17 OT |
| 2015 | Western Kentucky 28 Marshall 13 |
| 2014 | Marshall 41 Lousiana Tech 24 |
| 2013 | Rice 22 East Carolina 15 OT |
| 2012 | Tulsa 28 East Carolina 17 |
| 2011 | Southern Miss 45 Houston 28 |
| 2010 | East Carolina 34 SMU 33 |
| 2009 | East Carolina 28 Houston 25 |
| 2008 | Tulsa 18 Southern Miss 16 |
| 2007 | Tulsa 44 Southern Miss 31 |
| 2006 | Southern Miss 31 Houston 27 |
| 2005 | Memphis 38 Houston 24 |
