Alcorn State·SWAC

2017 — The 2017 Season

Alcorn State's 2017 season (7-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-5
Final result No bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -5.6 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Miles 50-21 L @ Flor Int 10-17 L vs McNeese 27-34 W vs Southern 48-31 W @ Texa Sou 24-17 W @ Alab Sta 24-10 W vs Prai A&M 34-21 L @ Grambl 14-41 W vs Alab A&M 47-22 W vs Miss Sta 59-0 L @ Jack Sta 3-7 L @ Grambl 32-40
Defining moments
The statement

The 2017 season's largest margin: Alcorn State 59, Mississippi Valley State 0. A 59-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Alcorn State 14, Grambling 41. A 27-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Braves!"
— Alcorn State fanbase voice · 2017· synthesized
What it meant

2017 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.