Jackson State will visit Alabama State on Saturday, Nov. 14, for a Southwestern Athletic Conference football game scheduled for 2 p.m. at ASU Stadium. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.
Jackson State is 7-2 overall and 4-2 in the SWAC, while Alabama State is 5-4 overall and 3-3 in conference play. Jackson State is tied with Alabama A&M atop the SWAC East Division, one game ahead of Alabama State and Bethune-Cookman. Jackson State holds the tiebreaker over Alabama A&M.
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Jackson State says it would win the division and host the SWAC Championship Game if it wins its remaining games. The Tigers are coming off a victory over Mississippi Valley State the previous weekend.
Jackson State leads the series 37-15-1 after 53 meetings since 1965, and has a 16-5 record in Montgomery. The teams last met there in 2024, when Jackson State won 16-10. Under head coach T.C. Taylor, Jackson State has played in Montgomery once, winning that game to claim the SWAC East Division championship.
Jackson State has won three SWAC championships, played in three Celebration Bowls and won the 2024 HBCU national championship.
Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."
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