Alabama State·SWAC

2016 — The 2016 Season

Alabama State'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+ -8.3 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ UTSA 13-26 L @ Alco Sta 18-21 L @ Southern 6-64 L vs Texa Sou 27-31 W vs Arka Blu 41-21 L @ Prai A&M 17-24 W vs Miss Sta 56-24 L vs Alab A&M 41-42 W vs Jack Sta 14-7 L @ Grambl 0-21 W vs Miles 53-20
Defining moments
The statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: Alabama State 53, Miles 20. A 33-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Alabama State 6, Southern 64. A 58-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Hornets!"
— Alabama State fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What it meant

2016 is a middle chapter for Alabama State — 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.