Alabama State·SWAC

2014 — The 2014 Season

Alabama State's 2014 season (7-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-5
Final result No postseason
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -8.7 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ Sam Hou 20-51 W vs Tenn Sta 27-21 W vs Miss Sta 47-22 W vs Arka Blu 42-7 W vs Texa Sou 38-3 L @ Alco Sta 7-33 L @ Prai A&M 24-34 L @ Alab A&M 36-37 L @ Southern 21-28 W vs Jack Sta 26-10 W @ Grambl 37-23 W vs Stillman 30-27
Defining moments
The statement

The 2014 season's largest margin: Alabama State 42, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 7. A 35-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Alabama State 20, Sam Houston 51. A 31-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Hornets!"
— Alabama State fanbase voice · 2014· synthesized
What it meant

2014 is a middle chapter for Alabama State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.