Alabama State·SWAC

2021 — The 2021 Season

Alabama State's 2021 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+ -9.8 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Miles 14-13 L @ Auburn 0-62 W vs Bethun 38-24 L @ Flor A&M 0-28 W vs Arka Blu 35-15 L @ Jack Sta 7-28 L @ Alab A&M 28-42 L @ Prai A&M 20-24 L @ Miss Sta 31-44 W vs Texa Sou 24-21 W vs Tuskegee 43-9
Defining moments
The statement

The 2021 season's largest margin: Alabama State 43, Tuskegee 9. A 34-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Alabama State 0, Auburn 62. A 62-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Hornets!"
— Alabama State fanbase voice · 2021· synthesized
What it meant

2021 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.