Alcorn State·SWAC

2016 — The 2016 Season

Alcorn State's 2016 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 Non-bowl season
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -5.8 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Alab Sta 21-18 L vs Arka Blu 43-45 L @ Grambl 18-43 L @ Arkansas 10-52 W @ Alab A&M 42-19 W vs Texa Sou 23-20 L vs Southern 33-41 L @ Prai A&M 27-31 W @ Miss Sta 61-7 W vs Jack Sta 35-16 L vs Grambl 20-27
Defining moments
The statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: Alcorn State 61, Mississippi Valley State 7. A 54-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Alcorn State 10, Arkansas 52. A 42-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Braves!"
— Alcorn State fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What it meant

2016 is a middle chapter for Alcorn 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.