American football team
The 2021 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team represented Jacksonville State University in the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Gamecocks competed in the AQ7, a football partnership between the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) and the ASUN Conference, until the ASUN began play as a football conference.[1] Jacksonville State was led by eighth-year head coach John Grass for the first nine games of the season before Grass resigned. Maxwell Thurmond was appointed interim head coach for the final two games of the year. Jacksonville State finished the season with an overall record of 5–6 and a mark of 3–3 in conference play, tying for fourth place in the AQ7. The team played home games at Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium in Jacksonville, Alabama.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| 6:30 p.m. | vs. UAB* | No. 10 | | ESPN | L 0–31 | 9,122 |
September 11 | 7:00 p.m. | at Florida State* | No. 16 | | ACCN | W 20–17 | 60,198 |
September 18 | 6:00 p.m. | North Alabama* | No. 10 | | ESPN+ | W 27–24 | 20,992 |
September 25 | 3:00 p.m. | UT Martin* | No. 9 | - Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium
- Jacksonville, AL
| ESPN+ | L 31–34 | 18,648 |
October 2 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 20 Kennesaw State* | No. 17 | | ESPN+ | L 6–31 | 7,476 |
October 9 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 23 Stephen F. Austin | No. 24 | - Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium
- Jacksonville, AL
| ESPN+ | W 28–24 | 16,355 |
October 23 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 1 Sam Houston | | | ESPN+ | L 7–42 | 7,559 |
October 30 | 1:00 p.m. | Central Arkansas | | - Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium
- Jacksonville, AL
| ESPN+ | L 14–38 | 13,907 |
November 6 | 1:00 p.m. | Abilene Christian | | - Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium
- Jacksonville, AL
| ESPN+ | W 40–25 | 14,143 |
November 13 | 4:00 p.m. | at Lamar | | | ESPN+ | W 38–7 | 6,812 |
November 20 | 1:00 p.m. | at Eastern Kentucky | | | ESPN+ | L 31–39 2OT | 11,682 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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