Alabama State·SWAC

2017 — The 2017 Season

Alabama State's 2017 season (5-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 5-6
Final result No postseason
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -8.7 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L vs Tuskegee 6-14 L @ Troy 7-34 L vs Kenn Sta 14-20 L vs Prai A&M 0-34 L vs Alco Sta 10-24 W @ Texa Sou 23-16 W vs Alab A&M 21-16 W @ Jack Sta 13-3 L vs Grambl 7-24 W @ Miss Sta 16-10 W vs Edwa Wat 37-3
Defining moments
The statement

The 2017 season's largest margin: Alabama State 37, Edward Waters 3. A 34-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Alabama State 0, Prairie View A&M 34. A 34-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Hornets!"
— Alabama State fanbase voice · 2017· synthesized
What it meant

2017 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.