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Jacksonville State vs. Kennesaw State

Jacksonville State and Kennesaw State first met in 2017 and have played 8 times; the series is tied 4–⁠4. Over the last 8 meetings it’s even at 4–⁠4.

Jacksonville State wins
4
Kennesaw State wins
4
Ties
0
First meeting
2017
Longest streak
3 Kennesaw State
Current streak
1 Jacksonville State
Last 10 meetings
even at 4–⁠4
Most recent
2026

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
2010s0–⁠2
2020s4–⁠2
Average margin
12.9 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Jacksonville State
2–⁠2 Jacksonville State’s record at home
At Kennesaw State
1–⁠2 Kennesaw State’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 Jacksonville State first

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Jacksonville State’s biggest win2024: Jacksonville State 63, Kennesaw State 24by 39 points
  2. Kennesaw State’s biggest win2021: Kennesaw State 31, Jacksonville State 6by 25 points

Coach against coach

YearsJacksonville StateSeriesKennesaw State
2025–⁠2026Charles Kelly2–⁠1Jerry Mack

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Jacksonville State’s side (Kelly 2–⁠1 against Mack). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Jacksonville State and Kennesaw State, 2017 on13001500170020202025

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Amari Odom Kennesaw State26 of 32, 246 yards, 1 TD2025 Passing
Tyler Huff Jacksonville State15 carries, 176 yards, 3 TD2024 Rushing

Named most valuable

Amari Odom Kennesaw State2025

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

On television

2025ESPNU0.0 million viewers

Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.

Every game

Oct 7, 2026Jacksonville State 27, Kennesaw State 26at Kennesaw State
Dec 5, 2025Kennesaw State 19, Jacksonville State 15at Jacksonville StateConference USA Championship
Nov 15, 2025Jacksonville State 35, Kennesaw State 26at Jacksonville State
Oct 4, 2024Jacksonville State 63, Kennesaw State 24at Kennesaw State
Oct 1, 2022Jacksonville State 35, Kennesaw State 28at Jacksonville State
Oct 2, 2021Kennesaw State 31, Jacksonville State 6at Kennesaw State
Nov 17, 2018Kennesaw State 60, Jacksonville State 52SunTrust Park
Dec 2, 2017Kennesaw State 17, Jacksonville State 7at Jacksonville State

Every game is listed as played on the field.