Alabama A&M·SWAC

2016 — The 2016 Season

Alabama A&M's 2016 season (4-7) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 4-7
Final result No postseason
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -10.4 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ Midd Ten 0-55 W @ Miss Sta 35-16 L vs Prai A&M 20-41 L vs Southern 31-59 L @ Texa Sou 31-34 L vs Alco Sta 19-42 W @ Arka Blu 40-7 W @ Alab Sta 42-41 L vs Grambl 17-56 W @ Jack Sta 27-20 L @ Auburn 0-55
Defining moments
The statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: Alabama A&M 40, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 7. A 33-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Alabama A&M 0, Middle Tennessee 55. A 55-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Bulldogs!"
— Alabama A&M fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What it meant

2016 is a middle chapter for Alabama A&M — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.