Howard beats Alabama A&M 31-24
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Howard beat Alabama A&M 31-24. Share this game
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How it swung
There is no win probability chart for this game. The play-by-play feed for this game has the two teams' scores the wrong way round, so the line cannot be right.
Box score
Howard 31, Alabama A&M 24
Howard covered +1.5 by 8.5. The total, 55, went over 46.5.
Alabama A&M leaders
- Passing Cornelious Brown 25 of 41, 254 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
- Rushing Maurice Edwards 7 for 57 yds; Imari Conely 1 for 43 yds
- Receiving Jarel Williams 4 for 72 yds, 1 TD; Imari Conely 5 for 39 yds, 1 TD
Howard leaders
- Passing Ja'Shawn Scroggins 19 of 36, 315 yds, 3 TD
- Rushing Ja'Shawn Scroggins 15 for 49 yds; Travis Kerney 13 for 41 yds
- Receiving Semaj Pierre 2 for 68 yds; Se'Quan Osborne 2 for 67 yds, 1 TD
Before kickoff
Recent games, the series and the betting line below are as they stood going in; the season profile is the season so far.
Recent games
Last three games · 2025 season
Alabama A&M · 4-8
Rated 189th in our preseason ratings.
L 7-24 @ Texas Southern #211 of 667
lost by 17 as a 3.5-point underdog
L 23-26 vs Florida A&M #216 of 667
lost by 3 as a 2.5-point underdog
L 5-48 vs Prairie View A&M #137 of 667
lost by 43 as a 3.5-point underdog
L 10-13 @ Grambling #199 of 667
lost by 3 as a 3.5-point underdog
L 13-56 vs Alabama State #93 of 667
lost by 43 as a 14-point underdog
W 45-25 vs Mississippi Valley State #250 of 667
won by 20 as a 21-point favorite
L 24-57 vs Jackson State #89 of 667
lost by 33 as a 14.5-point underdog
L 34-41 @ Bethune-Cookman #206 of 667
lost by 7 as a 4.5-point favorite
W 49-7 vs Lane College #359 of 667
W 23-21 @ Tennessee State #213 of 667
won by 2 as a 1-point favorite
W 41-31 vs Alcorn State #195 of 667
won by 10 as a 3.5-point favorite
L 7-52 @ Arkansas #23 of 667
lost by 45 as a 45.5-point underdog
Last three games · 2025 season
Howard · 5-7
Rated 235th in our preseason ratings.
W 44-15 vs Norfolk State #256 of 667
won by 29 as a 3.5-point favorite
L 13-26 @ Delaware State #169 of 667
lost by 13 as a 13.5-point underdog
L 12-42 @ South Carolina State #138 of 667
lost by 30 as a 15.5-point underdog
L 14-35 vs North Carolina Central #126 of 667
lost by 21 as a 15-point underdog
W 33-27 vs Morgan State #223 of 667
won by 6 as a 1-point underdog
L 7-24 @ Tennessee State #229 of 667
lost by 17 as a 2-point favorite
L 14-32 @ Sacred Heart #206 of 667
lost by 18 as a 2.5-point underdog
L 12-13 @ Richmond #161 of 667
lost by 1 as a 16-point underdog
W 34-7 vs Hampton #245 of 667
won by 27 as a 3-point underdog
W 38-10 vs Morehouse #411 of 667
L 7-55 @ Temple #107 of 667
lost by 48 as a 27.5-point underdog
W 10-9 @ Florida A&M #122 of 667
won by 1 as a 7.5-point underdog
Line, fans and home field
The betting line, and the fans
Our model and the betting line agree on Howard’s chances here.
Alabama A&M favored by 1.5 · Total 46.5
The market
The spread moved 4 points toward Alabama A&M.
Spread: −2.5 → +1.5
The books’ cut: 5.4%, the margin built into the odds