Alcorn State Braves
SWACLorman, MSJack Spinks Stadium
2026: 4–4 (2–2 SWAC). Last: lost at Prairie View A&M 41–38. Next: at Mississippi Valley State, Saturday, Oct 31, 3 p.m. ET.
- W 56–7Miles
- L 3–49at Southern Miss
- W 53–51vs. Arkansas–Pine Bluff
- L 20–38at North Alabama
- W 43–40Texas Southern
- L 59–63at Grambling
- W 63–7Arkansas Baptist
- L 38–41at Prairie View A&M
- Oct 31at Mississippi Valley State
- Nov 7Florida A&M
- Nov 14at Southern
- Nov 21Jackson State
Alcorn State has played football since 1921 and is officially 502–396–38; 236 of its 936 games are in our file. They have won 13 Southwestern Athletic Conference titles (the last in 2019), counting shared titles. Since 1968, the NFL Draft has taken 26 players from here in its first seven rounds, 3 of them in the first round. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 2 players and 1 coach from Alcorn State. The most-played rival is Southern: 23 meetings, Alcorn State leads 14–9. This season, they’re 4–4.
On this date in 2024Alcorn State lost to Southern 24–14 on the road.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 502–396–38 official; 114–122 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 0–3 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1264
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 110 · Composite No. 94 in FCS, Oct 17; down 2 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 13 last in 2019
- Seasons
- 26 since 1977, 236 games
2026 season 4–4
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vsMiles | W 56–7 | 78% |
| Sep 5 | at Southern Miss | L 3–49 | 25% |
| Sep 12 | vs Arkansas–Pine Bluff | W 53–51 | 64% |
| Sep 19 | at North Alabama | L 20–38 | 54% |
| Sep 26 | vs Texas Southern | W 43–40 | 60% |
| Oct 3 | at Grambling | L 59–63 | 42% |
| Oct 10 | vsArkansas Baptist | W 63–7 | 75% |
| Oct 17 | at Prairie View A&M | L 38–41 | 42% |
| Oct 31 | at Mississippi Valley State | Preview | 65% |
| Nov 7 | vs Florida A&M | Preview | 64% |
| Nov 14 | at Southern | Preview | 51% |
| Nov 21 | vs Jackson State | Preview | 34% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterThe moneyOn the 2026 team
- Jaylon Tolbert2,361 passing yards, 24 TD (leads Alcorn State in passing yards)
- Fred Robertson501 rushing yards, 7 TD (leads Alcorn State in rushing yards)
- Timothy Jasper58 tackles, 1 INT (leads Alcorn State in tackles)
- Dillon Crowell51 tackles, 2.5 sacks (leads Alcorn State in sacks)
- Mahamadou Diarra49 tackles, 2.5 sacks
- Elijah Ruffin35 tackles, 3 INT (leads Alcorn State in interceptions)
Program greats See all
Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Alcorn State.
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
Program strength since 1977
Best seasons everHead coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Marino Casem | 1977 | 3–8 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- Southern
14–9 in 23
- 2018 W 20–3
- 2018 W 37–28
- 2019 W 27–13
- 2019 W 39–24
- 2020 L 0–2
- 2021 L 35–38
- 2022 L 17–21
- 2023 W 44–21
- 2024 L 14–24
- 2025 W 35–17
Won the last one.
Next: Nov 14
- Grambling
8–13 in 21
- 2017 L 14–41
- 2017 L 32–40
- 2018 W 33–26
- 2019 L 16–19
- 2021 W 24–20
- 2022 L 6–35
- 2023 W 25–24
- 2024 W 17–15
- 2025 W 27–16
- 2026 L 59–63
Lost the last one.
- Texas Southern
12–7 † in 20
- 2016 W 23–20
- 2017 W 24–17
- 2018 W 27–15
- 2020 L 0–2
- 2021 W 44–27
- 2022 L 27–34
- 2023 L 10–44
- 2024 W 42–21
- 2025 W 33–14
- 2026 W 43–40
Won the last three.
| Opponent | Games | ALCN record |
|---|---|---|
| Southern | 23 | 14–9 |
| Grambling | 21 | 8–13 |
| Texas Southern | 20 | 12–7 † |
| Jackson State | 20 | 7–13 |
| Mississippi Valley State | 20 | 17–3 |
| Prairie View A&M | 19 | 9–10 |
| Alabama State | 17 | 8–9 |
| Alabama A&M | 15 | 9–6 |
Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.
Rivals the program names: Jackson State.
Every opponent (47)
Every program Alcorn State has played, A to Z, with Alcorn State’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Alabama A&M 9–6
- Alabama State 8–9
- Arkansas 0–1
- Arkansas Baptist 1–0
- Arkansas State 0–1
- Arkansas–Pine Bluff 9–6
- Bethune-Cookman 1–1
- Bishop 0–1
- Central Michigan 1–2
- Concordia (AL) 1–0
- Edward Waters 1–0
- Florida A&M 0–2
- Florida International 0–1
- Georgia Tech 0–2
- Grambling 8–13
- Howard 0–1
- Jackson State 7–13
- James Madison 0–1
- Langston 1–0
- Lincoln (CA) 1–0
- Louisiana Christian 2–0
- McNeese 2–3
- Miles 2–0
- Mississippi College 1–0
- Mississippi State 0–3
- Mississippi Valley State 17–3
- New Mexico State 0–2
- North Alabama 0–1
- North Carolina A&T 1–3
- North Carolina Central 0–1
- Northwestern State 1–1
- Prairie View A&M 9–10
- Savannah State 1–0
- SE Louisiana 2–2
- South Alabama 0–1
- South Carolina State 0–1
- Southern 14–9
- Southern Miss 0–5
- Stephen F. Austin 0–3
- Texas Southern 12–7 †
- Troy 0–1
- Tulane 0–1
- UAB 0–2
- UL Monroe 0–1
- Vanderbilt 0–1
- Virginia Lynchburg 1–0
- Warner 1–0
Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.
Conference titles
13, counting shared titlesAs the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Black college football
Black college national titles 5
- 1968
- 1969
- 1974
- 1984
- 2014
Who named them
- 1968 (as Alcorn A&M) 9–1: Atlanta Daily World & 100% Wrong Club–W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy (1953–1992, 2010); Coca-Cola National Historical Black College Football Championship Award (1993–2009); New Pittsburgh Courier (Sheridan Poll)
- 1969 (as Alcorn A&M) 8–0–1: Atlanta Daily World & 100% Wrong Club–W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy (1953–1992, 2010); Coca-Cola National Historical Black College Football Championship Award (1993–2009); New Pittsburgh Courier (Sheridan Poll)
- 1974 9–2: New Pittsburgh Courier (Sheridan Poll) (declined automatic bid to Pelican Bowl to participate in NCAA Division II playoffs)
- 1984 9–1: Atlanta Daily World & 100% Wrong Club–W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy (1953–1992, 2010); Coca-Cola National Historical Black College Football Championship Award (1993–2009); Sheridan Broadcasting Network (Sheridan Poll)
- 2014 10–3: Add’s HBCU Sports Report (Add Seymour, Jr.) for NCAA Division I FCS teams; American Urban Radio Networks (Sheridan Poll); BOXTOROW (& formerly Black Athlete Sports Network)–Coaches Poll; BOXTOROW (& formerly Black Athlete Sports Network)–Media Poll; Black College Sports Page (Carl “Lut” Williams & formerly Major Broadcasting Cable); Dr. Cavil’s Classic Cuts (Jafus Kenyatta Cavil & formerly SWAC Page Network)–Major Division Poll; Heritage Sports Radio Network–HSRN Conaway Cup for NCAA Division I FCS teams; T. A. Jones’ Talented 10th (Trevin A. “T. A.” Jones)
Black College Football Hall of Fame: 6 inductees from Alcorn State.
Black college national champions as Wikipedia’s list gives each season’s selections since 1920 (the black press’s polls, bowls and later media polls; some seasons have several). Black college football history: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Conferences
- Independent 1921–1927
- Gulf Coast Athletic Association 1928
- Independent 1929–1934
- South Central Athletic Conference 1935–1942 and 1945–1960
- SWAC 1978–2019 and since 2021
Alcorn State’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).
Heisman runners-up and finalists
The votes| 1994 | Steve McNair QB | 3rd |
Second to fifth in the vote, from each season’s Wikipedia article.
In the Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 2
- Coaches
- 1
| 2022 | Dennis Thomas C |
| 2020 | Steve McNair QB |
| 2003 | Marino Casem coach here, 1977 |
In the NFL Draft
By college- Drafted, rounds 1–7
- 26 since 1968
- First-round picks
- 3
| 1995 | Steve McNair QB | No. 3, Houston Oilers |
| 1994 | John Thierry LB | No. 11, Chicago Bears |
| 1980 | Roynell Young DB | No. 23, Philadelphia Eagles |
The school
Alcorn State University- Enrollment
- 2,995 2,532 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Alcorn State, Mississippi
- Public or private
- Public
- Founded
- 1871
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $36,421 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4–4 | 2–2 | 1264 | ||||
| 2025 | 5–7 | 4–5 | 1278 | ||||
| 2024 | 6–6 | 5–3 | 1287 | ||||
| 2023 | 7–4 | 6–2 | 1317 | ||||
| 2022 | 5–6 | 4–4 | 1267 | ||||
| 2021 | 6–5 | 5–3 | 1276 | ||||
| 2020 | 0–6 | 1292 | |||||
| 2019 | 9–4 | 6–1 | 1431 | ||||
| 2018 | 9–4 | 8–1 | 1424 | ||||
| 2017 | 7–5 | 6–3 | 1348 | ||||
| 2016 | 5–6 | 5–5 | 1360 | ||||
| 2015 | 8–3 | 7–1 | 1476 | ||||
| 2014 | 10–3 | 8–2 | 1449 | ||||
| 2013 | 8–3 | 7–2 | 1351 | ||||
| 2012 | 4–7 | 4–5 | 1132 | ||||
| 2011 | 2–8 | 1–8 | 1153 | ||||
| 2010 | 5–5 | 4–4 | 1251 | ||||
| 2009 | 3–6 | 3–4 | 1187 | ||||
| 2008 | 2–10 | 2–7 | 1122 | ||||
| 2007 | 2–8 | 2–7 | 1157 | ||||
| 2006 | 0–1 | 1278 | |||||
| 2005 | 0–1 | 1289 | |||||
| 2004 | 2–1 | 1326 | |||||
| 2003 | 1–1 | 1327 | |||||
| 1978 | 1–0 | 1398 |
Every season back to 1977 (1 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 3–8 | 2–4 | Marino Casem | 1291 | -8.6 |
Officially 502–396–38 since 1921 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 114–122 (236 of its 936 games are on file). Our file starts in 1977; the program began in 1921. Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1979–2002: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.