The state’s Kick COVID-19 campaign is continuing, with stops at football games at the Univ. of Alabama, Auburn and Samford on Saturday.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. | The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) will host its annual SWAC Football Media on Tuesday, July 20 at 10:00 am CST at the Sheraton-Birmingham. The event will be streamed live on ESPN3 with college football commentators Tiffany Greene and Jay Walker teaming up to host the event.
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Ryan Nettles threw three touchdown passes and ran for two scores, leading Alabama State to a 42-17 victory over Mississippi Valley State. Alabama State (3-2, 3-1 Southwestern Athletic Conference) has won 11 straight against Mississippi Valley State (1-3, 1-3). Nettles completed 20 of 34 passes for 305 yards and added 66 yards rushing on seven carries. Nettles’ 59-yard touchdown pass…
Tickets to the 79th Magic City Classic are now on sale. This is the SWAC rivalry football game between Alabama State and Alabama A&M. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, football season was moved from last fall to the spring. This year’s game will be played on April 17 at Legion Field in Birmingham. Kickoff is at 6:30PM. There are some…
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) – Chad Williams had 10 receptions for 145 yards and a score and Grambling State beat Alabama State 21-0 on Saturday for its seventh-consecutive win. Jestin Kelly had 62 yards rushing on 13 carries with a touchdown and Verlan Hunter had five catches for 52 yards and a touchdown. Devante Kincade hit Hunter for a 16-yard touchdown…
SHREVEPORT, La. (bamastatesports.com) – With the Alabama State football team coming off its’ most complete defensive effort of the season in a 14-7 victory against conference foe Jackson State last week, the Hornets will have a tall order on Saturday when it travels to Shreveport, La. to take on conference unbeaten Grambling State in the Red River State Fair Classic…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (bamastatesports.com) — The Alabama State football team’s defense came up large with a stingy effort to hold Jackson State to just 294 total yards of offense on their way to a 14-7 victory at ASU Stadium on Saturday. Kourtney Berry led the unit with nine tackles, Darron Johnson added eight tackles and Ronnie Scott came up with a…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alex Anderson scored on a 15-yard run with 9:01 left to play as Alabama State defeated Jackson State 14-7 on Saturday. Anderson’s score was set up when Christian Jacquemin punted the ball 30 yards with the Tigers at their own 12-yard line. Khalid Thomas returned it 12 yards, and a Jackson State penalty put Alabama State…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (bamastatesports.com) – Alabama State head football coach Brian Jenkins addressed the local media during Wednesday’s weekly press conference and discussed the one-point defeat in overtime to Alabama A&M at Saturday’s Magic City Classic and this week’s opponent Jackson State. “Tough one,” coach Jenkins said. “One that hurts and that bothers you from the inside out, but you just…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (bamastatesports.com) – The 75th annual McDonald’s Magic City Classic presented by Coca Cola between Alabama State and Alabama A&M on Saturday at Legion Field lived up to the billing as there was a record-setting crowd for the game that was estimated at 70,000 plus fans. The figure did not include all those who were tailgating outside and around…
