Alabama A&M
3-1SWAC · Louis Crews Stadium · 21,000 · 11,216 avg in 2026
LastW 45–3 vs Bowie State · Sat Sep 19 · Cornelious Brown 350 pass yds, 2 TD, 2 rush yds
Nextat Florida A&M · Sat Sep 26 · 7 pm ET · Bragg Memorial Stadium · series 0-5, lost the last 5 · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 22 · through week 3
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 29 | #189 | #235 | -1.5✗ | Howard (N) | L 24–31 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 1 | Sep 5 | #189 | #335 | — | Miles | W 38–23 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #218 | #193 | +3.5✓ | Tennessee State | W 30–3 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #192 | #339 | — | Bowie State | W 45–3 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 4 | Sep 26 | #191 | #221 | @Florida A&M | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | #189 | #128 | Jackson State (N) | ||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | Bethune-Cookman | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | Grambling | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | Alabama State (N) | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | @Prairie View A&M | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | Texas Southern | ||||||
| 12 | Nov 21 | @Mississippi Valley State |
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)▼
| Date | Opp | Result | Yds | TO | TOP | EPA/play | Success% | Explosive% | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | Bowie State | W 45–3 | — | — | — | +0.557 | 63.9% | 116.7% | Season-high EPA/play |
| Sep 12 | Tennessee State | W 30–3 | — | — | — | +0.186 | 35.3% | 156.6% | Season-low EPA/play |
| Sep 5 | Miles | W 38–23 | — | — | — | +0.452 | 59.0% | 122.1% | |
| Aug 29 | Howard | L 24–31 | — | — | — | +0.393 | 43.9% | 154.3% | Defense's roughest night |
| Season average (4 games) | — | — | +0.397 | 50.5% | 137.4% | ||||
Alabama A&M is the HBCU that answered college football's hardest HBCU question with an undefeated 2020 season and a consensus national championship — and is now rebuilding under first-year coach Sam Shade after a 4-8, last-place 2025.
Fans here believe Alabama A&M has already proven, as recently as 2020, that it can beat anyone in the SWAC and win a national title -- the frustration is that the program keeps having to prove it…
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What it is like to watch them2026 · 3-1
✓ measured from 4 games · ranks are among SWAC teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Alabama A&M has won three of its last five.
Mixed. 4-6 over the last 10, and won the last three.
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Outcome band · Alabama A&M · 2026
Outcome band · Alabama A&M · 2026Alabama A&M's most likely season is 7-6 — a bowl game. The floor is 3-9; the ceiling is 10-3.
Floor, base and ceiling come from the season-path projection, which plays out conference title games and the CFP — so a ceiling can run past 12 games.
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Alabama A&M is the HBCU program that proved it could win at the highest level of Black college football — an undefeated 2020 season crowned by a consensus HBCU national championship — and is now rebuilding under first-year coach Sam Shade after a 4-8, last-place finish in the SWAC East in 2025.
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