Soul Bowl

The Soul Bowl is an American college football rivalry between Jackson State and Alcorn State.^[1] Mississippi's two largest historically black colleges and universities have played over 80 times in the game dating back to the late 1920s. The game has carried the unofficial moniker "the Soul Bowl" since the late 1970s. JSU currently holds a 48-38-2 lead in the series which has included some of the greatest names in college football.^[2][3] From 1993 to 2011, the game was dubbed the "Capital City Classic" and held in Jackson annually before it was moved to an alternating schedule between Jackson and Lorman in 2012.^[4] During the 2020 season, Alcorn State, after choosing to forgo its season, the SWAC ruled that all their scheduled games would result in forfeits.^[5]

Soul Bowl

Alcorn State Braves Jackson State Tigers
Sport	Football
First meeting	1927 Alcorn A&M, 25–12
Latest meeting	November 18, 2023 Alcorn State, 28–24
Next meeting	November 16, 2024 Lorman, MS
Stadiums	Casem-Spinks Stadium Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Alumni Field (Jackson, MS) King Field (Vicksburg, MS) City Park (Vicksburg) Henderson Stadium (Lorman, MS)
Statistics
Meetings total	88
All-time series	Jackson State leads, 48–38–2
Largest victory	Alcorn A&M, 52–0 (1932) Jackson State, 58–6 (1999)
Longest win streak	Jackson College, 9 (1955–1963)
Current win streak	Alcorn State, 1 (2023–present)

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Jackson State

Alcorn State

  

Locations of Alcorn State at Jackson State

Results

Jackson State victories

Alcorn State victories

Tie games

Vacated wins

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 1927 Alcorn A&M 25–12 2 1928 Alcorn A&M 12–0 3 1929 Alcorn A&M 17–12 4 1931 Jackson, MS Jackson College 19–6 5 1932 Alcorn A&M 19–7 6 1932 Alcorn A&M 52–0 7 1933 Alcorn A&M 6–0 8 1934 Alcorn A&M 7–6 9 1938 Jackson, MS Alcorn A&M 29–0 10 1939 Tie 0–0 11 1946 Jackson, MS (Alumni Field) Jackson College 6–0 12 1947 Vicksburg, MS (King Field) Alcorn A&M 13–0 13 1948 Jackson, MS (Alumni Field) Jackson College 12–0 14 1949 Vicksburg, MS (City Park) Alcorn A&M 6–0 15 1950 Jackson, MS (Alumni Field) Alcorn A&M 19–14 16 1951 Jackson, MS (Alumni Field) Alcorn A&M 18–6 17 1952 Jackson, MS (Alumni Field) Alcorn A&M 13–0 18 1953 Jackson, MS (Alumni Field) Jackson College 19–0 19 1954 Jackson, MS (Alumni Field) Alcorn A&M 19–13 20 1955 Jackson, MS (Alumni Field) Jackson College 14–0 21 1956 Lorman, MS (Henderson Stadium) Jackson College 37–20 22 1957 Jackson, MS (Alumni Field) Jackson College 40–0 23 1958 Lorman, MS (Henderson Stadium) Jackson College 69–6 24 1959 Jackson, MS (Alumni Field) Jackson College 21–12 25 1960 Lorman, MS (Henderson Stadium) Jackson College 26–0 26 1961 Jackson, MS (Alumni Field) Jackson College 28–20 27 1962 Lorman, MS (Henderson Stadium) Jackson College 34–0 28 1963 Jackson, MS (Alumni Field) Jackson College 22–13 29 1964 Lorman, MS (Henderson Stadium) Alcorn State 27–8 30 1965 Jackson, MS (Alumni Field) Jackson College 21–6 31 1966 Lorman, MS (Henderson Stadium) Tie 25–25 32 1967 Jackson, MS (Alumni Field) Jackson State 7–6 33 1968 Lorman, MS (Henderson Stadium) Alcorn A&M 30–6 34 1969 Jackson, MS Alcorn A&M 50–8 35 1970 Jackson, MS Alcorn A&M 30–11 36 1971 Jackson, MS Jackson State 35–29 37 1972 Jackson, MS Jackson State 28–14 38 1973 Jackson, MS Jackson State 21–7 39 1974 Lorman, MS (Henderson Stadium) Jackson State 19–13 40 1975 Jackson, MS Alcorn State 12–6 41 1976 Lorman, MS (Henderson Stadium) Alcorn State 19–7 42 1977 Jackson, MS Jackson State 23–16 43 1978 Lorman, MS (Henderson Stadium) Jackson State 36–8 44 1979 Jackson, MS Alcorn State 9–7 45 1980 Lorman, MS (Henderson Stadium) Jackson State 37–16 No. Date Location Winner Score 46 1981 Jackson, MS Jackson State 13–10 47 1982 Lorman, MS (Henderson Stadium) Jackson State 20–16 48 1983 Jackson, MS Alcorn State 24–17 49 1984 Lorman, MS (Henderson Stadium) Alcorn State 17–13 50 1985 Jackson, MS Jackson State 31–20 51 1986 Jackson, MS Jackson State 23–17 52 1987 Jackson, MS Jackson State 19–10 53 1988 Jackson, MS Jackson State 7–0 54 1989 Jackson, MS Jackson State 23–20 55 1990 Jackson, MS Jackson State 38–20 56 1991 Jackson, MS Alcorn State 18–16 57 1992 Lorman, MS Alcorn State 42–35 58 1993 Jackson, MS Alcorn State 31–22 59 1994 Jackson, MS Alcorn State 52–34 60 1995 Jackson, MS Jackson State 28–7 61 1996 Jackson, MS Jackson State 27–17 62 1997 Jackson, MS Jackson State 54–15 63 1998 Jackson, MS Jackson State 56–26 64 1999 Jackson, MS Jackson State 58–6 65 2000 Jackson, MS Jackson State 30–14 66 2001 Jackson, MS Jackson State 52–28 67 2002 Jackson, MS Jackson State 34–20 68 2003 Jackson, MS Alcorn State 49–25 69 2004 Jackson, MS Alcorn State 16–14 70 2005 Jackson, MS Alcorn State 31–14 71 2006 Jackson, MS Alcorn State 32–31 72 2007 Jackson, MS Jackson State 31–19 73 2008 Jackson, MS Jackson State 26–21 74 2009 Jackson, MS Alcorn State 14–7 75 2010 Jackson, MS Jackson State 27–14 76 2011 Jackson, MS Jackson State 51–7 77 2012 Lorman, MS Jackson State 37–11 78 2013 Jackson, MS Alcorn State 48–33 79 2014 Lorman, MS Jackson State 34–31 80 2015 Jackson, MS Alcorn State 14–10 81 2016 Lorman, MS Alcorn State 35–16 82 2017 Jackson, MS Jackson State 7–3 83 2018 Lorman, MS Alcorn State 24–3 84 2019 Jackson, MS Alcorn State 41–6 85 2020 Lorman, MS Jackson State 2–0 (forfeit) 86 2021 Jackson, MS Jackson State 24–10 87 2022 Lorman, MS Jackson State 24–13 88 2023 Jackson, MS Alcorn State 28–24 Series: Jackson State leads 48–38–2

(All games listed in Jackson, MS were played at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium and all games listed in Lorman, MS were played at Casem-Spinks Stadium unless otherwise noted)

References

1. "Coaching Records Game by Game". cfbdatawarehouse.com. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015.
2. Kindred, Dave (November 27, 1994). "COMMENTARY : Alcorn State's Steve McNair Rated College Football's Best". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
3. "Jackson State's Walter Payton to receive Lifetime Achievement Award". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
4. "Alcorn State to host JSU in Lorman this year". WAPT. July 3, 2012. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
5. Marshall, Kendrick (February 17, 2021). "Alcorn State to forfeit spring games, will play some scheduled fall home contests on road, SWAC announces". Retrieved August 15, 2021.