Jackson State
2-0SWAC · Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium · 44,215 · 16,726 avg in 2026
LastW 66–14 vs Edward Waters · Sat Sep 5 · Jared Lockhart 388 pass yds, 4 TD, 20 rush yds
Nextvs Tuskegee · Sat Sep 19 · 7 pm ET · Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium · series 1-1 · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 1
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 30 | #110 | #217 | -12.5✗ | @Tennessee State | W 26–24 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 1 | Sep 5 | #110 | #328 | — | Edward Waters | W 66–14 | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #117 | #365 | Tuskegee | ||||
| 4 | Sep 26 | #117 | #202 | Southern | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | Alabama A&M (N) | ||||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | @Grambling | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | Florida A&M | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | @Bethune-Cookman | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | Mississippi Valley State | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | @Alabama State | ||||||
| 12 | Nov 21 | @Alcorn State |
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)▼
| Date | Opp | Result | Yds | TO | TOP | EPA/play | Success% | Explosive% | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | Edward Waters | W 66–14 | — | — | — | +0.556 | 59.5% | 144.3% | |
| Aug 30 | @Tennessee State | W 26–24 | — | — | — | +0.285 | 43.8% | 118.8% | |
| Season average (2 games) | — | — | +0.420 | 51.6% | 131.6% | ||||
Jackson State is proving that institutional strength survives the departure of individual legends. Deion left for Colorado; T.C. Taylor made the program stronger. This is what faith in the institution looks like.
Jackson State competes at a structural disadvantage due to HBCU funding realities and FCS-tier status, yet produces Hall of Famers and 102 NFL draft picks. The chip is against a system that values bra…
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What it is like to watch them2025 · 9-3 · last season
✓ measured from 12 games · ranks are among SWAC teams the same season
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Jackson State has won four of its last five.
Warming. 8-2 over the last 10, and won the last two.
The referees came over and said [Wilson] asked if we could shorten the quarter, and I said, ‘Yeah, of course, whatever he wants, we will do,’
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vs Tuskegee · at home
Outcome band · Jackson State · 2026
Outcome band · Jackson State · 2026Jackson State's most likely season is 9-4 — a bowl game. The floor is 5-7; the ceiling is 12-1.
Floor, base and ceiling come from the season-path projection, which plays out conference title games and the CFP — so a ceiling can run past 12 games.
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Jackson State football is an HBCU institution proving its strength independent of any one figure. Walter Payton played here. Deion Sanders rebuilt it and left for Colorado. T.C. Taylor did something harder: he made the program better than the legend that preceded him. This is what institutional resilience looks like.
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