Alabama A&M beats Miles 38-23

Team pages: Miles · Alabama A&M

Miles0-223
Alabama A&M1-138Final
Sat, Sep 5 · Louis Crews Stadium, Huntsville, Ala. · Crowd 13,634

Alabama A&M beat Miles 38-23.

We had Alabama A&M favored. It won.

Next: Miles lost to Edward Waters 36-20, Sat Sep 12

Next: Alabama A&M beat Tennessee State 30-3, Sat Sep 12

How it swung

Before kickoff, our ratings gave Alabama A&M a 94% chance.

Favored the whole way: Alabama A&M never fell below 54%.

Miles never had better than a 45% chance.

FinalAlabama A&M 38-23 MilesAlabama A&M wonMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.
50%75%90%Q1Q2Q3Q4Alabama A&MWon38-2312+10+11Scores
50%75%90%Q1Q2Q3Q4Alabama A&MWon38-2312Scores
50%10%25%Q1Q2Q3Q4Alabama A&MLowest 0%Lost23-3812−10−11Scores
50%10%25%Q1Q2Q3Q4Alabama A&MLowest 0%Lost23-3812Scores

The two plays that swung it

  1. 1Q1 10:08Nero 7-yd TD run, Alabama A&M goes ahead 7-0Alabama A&M 66% → 76% (+10)
  2. 2Q2 0:33Brown 15-yd TD pass to Chambers-Smith, Alabama A&M leads 24-7Alabama A&M 85% → 96% (+11)

The two plays that swung it

  1. 1Q1 10:08Nero 7-yd TD run, Alabama A&M goes ahead 7-0Miles 34% → 24% (−10)
  2. 2Q2 0:33Brown 15-yd TD pass to Chambers-Smith, Alabama A&M leads 24-7Miles 15% → 4% (−11)
Alabama A&M’s chance to win after every play.
How to read this chartNot adjusted for the pregame line. Dots are the biggest swings; ticks under the chart are scores.

Every drive

Alabama A&M scored on 6 of its 10 drives; Miles on 3 of its 10.

Alabama A&M’s drives are teal, Miles’s amber. A line runs from where a drive started to where it ended; a filled dot means it scored.

own goalgoal lineQ1Miles: Punt, from 80 yards out to 57PuntAlabama A&M: Touchdown, from 80 yards out to 0TouchdownMiles: Punt, from 71 yards out to 49PuntAlabama A&M: Touchdown, from 89 yards out to 0TouchdownMiles: Touchdown, from 80 yards out to 0TouchdownAlabama A&M: Field goal, from 79 yards out to 16Field goalQ2Miles: Punt, from 72 yards out to 86PuntAlabama A&M: Punt, from 48 yards out to 50PuntMiles: Punt, from 86 yards out to 68PuntAlabama A&M: Touchdown, from 80 yards out to 0TouchdownMiles: End of half, from 75 yards out to 83End of halfQ3Alabama A&M: Touchdown, from 58 yards out to 0TouchdownMiles: Touchdown, from 32 yards out to 0TouchdownAlabama A&M: Touchdown, from 74 yards out to 0TouchdownMiles: Touchdown, from 75 yards out to 0TouchdownQ4Alabama A&M: Safety, from 99 yards out to 100SafetyMiles: Turned over on downs, from 70 yards out to 15DownsAlabama A&M: Punt, from 85 yards out to 51PuntMiles: Turned over on downs, from 86 yards out to 52DownsAlabama A&M: End of game, from 48 yards out to 45End of game

Box score

Alabama A&M 38, Miles 23

Miles leaders

  • Passing Brinley Vandiver 26 of 39, 208 yds
  • Rushing Brinley Vandiver 11 for 66 yds, 2 TD; Lavarion Logan 8 for 44 yds
  • Receiving Ed Osley 9 for 64 yds; Jaiden Jones 4 for 36 yds

Alabama A&M leaders

  • Passing Cornelious Brown 15 of 21, 181 yds, 1 TD
  • Rushing Troy Bruce 11 for 145 yds, 2 TD; Kolton Nero 18 for 87 yds, 2 TD
  • Receiving Imari Conely 2 for 42 yds; Jordan Chambers-Smith 3 for 38 yds, 1 TD

Before kickoff

Recent games, the series and the betting line below are as they stood going in; the season profile is the season so far.

Recent games

Last three games · 2025 season

Miles · 3-8

Rated 335th in our preseason ratings, 335th now.

1-2 in its last three — but nothing on this résumé beats a top-40 team yet.

L 23-24 vs Tuskegee #368 of 667

L 14-24 @ Fort Valley State #346 of 667

W 28-24 @ Central State #407 of 667

W 27-20 vs Clark Atlanta #407 of 667

W 23-13 @ Lane College #429 of 667

L 17-38 vs Kentucky State #296 of 667

L 17-24 @ Morgan State #223 of 667

L 19-45 vs Savannah State #318 of 667

L 9-37 @ Alabama State #138 of 667

L 14-46 @ Edward Waters #332 of 667

L 3-45 @ Virginia Union #292 of 667

Last three games · 2025 season

Alabama A&M · 4-8

Rated 189th in our preseason ratings, 189th now.

Three straight losses.

L 7-24 @ Texas Southern #211 of 667

lost by 17 as a 3.5-point underdog

L 23-26 vs Florida A&M #216 of 667

lost by 3 as a 2.5-point underdog

L 5-48 vs Prairie View A&M #137 of 667

lost by 43 as a 3.5-point underdog

L 10-13 @ Grambling #199 of 667

lost by 3 as a 3.5-point underdog

L 13-56 vs Alabama State #93 of 667

lost by 43 as a 14-point underdog

W 45-25 vs Mississippi Valley State #250 of 667

won by 20 as a 21-point favorite

L 24-57 vs Jackson State #89 of 667

lost by 33 as a 14.5-point underdog

L 34-41 @ Bethune-Cookman #206 of 667

lost by 7 as a 4.5-point favorite

W 49-7 vs Lane College #359 of 667

W 23-21 @ Tennessee State #213 of 667

won by 2 as a 1-point favorite

W 41-31 vs Alcorn State #195 of 667

won by 10 as a 3.5-point favorite

L 7-52 @ Arkansas #23 of 667

lost by 45 as a 45.5-point underdog

Alabama A&M lost 7-52 at Arkansas. Chance to win started at under 1%, low under 1%, high 1%.

Week by week

Alabama A&M

  • Wk 1Lat Howard24-31

Miles

  • Wk 1Lat Alcorn State7-56

Line, fans and home field

Home field

Home-field advantage: Bottom third of FBS.

0% at home, 0% on the road against FBS opponents (0-0 home, 0-6 away).

Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads +6.9 at home vs. away over 34 games — inside the ±11.3 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.

Night kickoff — historically worth about half a point more to the home side against the number, and not much more than that. The visitors travel about 92 miles to get here.

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