Mississippi Valley State
1-3SWAC · Rice-Totten Field · 10,000 · 1,575 avg in 2026
LastL 6–21 vs Delta State · Sat Sep 19 · Javieane Stevens 2 sacks, 2 TFL, 7 tackles
Nextat Alabama State · Sat Sep 26 · 6 pm ET · Hornet Stadium · series 2-15, lost the last 4 · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 22 · through week 3
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 27 | #253 | #204 | +28.5✗ | @Nicholls | L 10–44 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 1 | Sep 6 | #253 | #131 | +38.5✗ | @Sacramento State | L 0–52 123 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #255 | #420 | — | Lincoln (PA) (N) | W 31–20 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #262 | #314 | — | Delta State | L 6–21 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 4 | Sep 26 | #265 | #137 | @Alabama State | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | #265 | #129 | Prairie View A&M | ||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | @Texas Southern | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | Bethune-Cookman | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | Alcorn State | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | @Jackson State | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | @Florida A&M | ||||||
| 12 | Nov 21 | Alabama A&M |
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)▼
| Date | Opp | Result | Yds | TO | TOP | EPA/play | Success% | Explosive% | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | Delta State | L 6–21 | — | — | — | -0.368 | 23.5% | 103.4% | Season-low EPA/play |
| Sep 12 | Lincoln (PA) | W 31–20 | — | — | — | +0.094 | 40.0% | 126.7% | Season-high EPA/play |
| Sep 6 | @Sacramento State | L 0–52 | 147 | 1 | 26:52 | -0.161 | 18.9% | 121.9% | Defense's roughest night |
| Aug 27 | @Nicholls | L 10–44 | — | — | — | -0.193 | 33.3% | 42.6% | Blowout loss |
| Season average (4 games) | 147 | 1.0 | -0.157 | 28.9% | 98.6% | ||||
Mississippi Valley State is the SWAC program that has never won a conference championship despite producing Hall of Famers Jerry Rice and Deacon Jones — now rebuilding under Terrell Buckley in year one after a 2-10 season, proving the talent pipeline still exists.
Fans here believe mississippi Valley State has produced two Hall of Famers and 25+ NFL alumni, proving the program is capable of developing elite talent. The chip is that the program knows it can…
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2026 · 1-3
✓ measured from 4 games · ranks are among SWAC teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Mississippi Valley State has won two of its last five.
Cooling. 2-8 over the last 10, and lost the last one.
Once we pulled our starters in the second half, our backups turned the ball over five times
Next Sep 26
vs Alabama State · away
Outcome band · Mississippi Valley State · 2026
Outcome band · Mississippi Valley State · 2026Mississippi Valley State's most likely season is 1-11 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 4-8.
No season-path projection for this program yet, so this is last season's record with a two-win swing down and a three-win swing up, over a 12-game frame.
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Mississippi Valley State is the SWAC program that has never won a conference championship despite producing Hall of Famers Jerry Rice and Deacon Jones — now rebuilding under Terrell Buckley in year one after a 2-10 season, proving the talent pipeline still exists.
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