Arkansas-Pine Bluff·SWAC

2021 — The 2021 Season

Arkansas-Pine Bluff's 2021 season (2-9) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 2-9
Final result No postseason
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -12.8 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Lane Col 34-16 L @ Cent Ark 23-45 L vs Alco Sta 38-39 L @ Prai A&M 17-27 L @ Alab Sta 15-35 L vs Southern 7-34 L @ Arkansas 3-45 L @ Texa Sou 17-59 W vs Grambl 33-26 L vs Flor A&M 7-37 L @ Alab A&M 24-52
Defining moments
The statement

The 2021 season's largest margin: Arkansas-Pine Bluff 34, Lane College 16. A 18-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Arkansas-Pine Bluff 3, Arkansas 45. A 42-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Lions"
— Arkansas-Pine Bluff fanbase voice · 2021· synthesized
What it meant

2021 is a middle chapter for Arkansas-Pine Bluff — 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.