HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – With the cancellation of the Mississippi Valley State game scheduled for this Saturday, April 24, Alabama A&M (4-0, 3-0 SWAC) football has completed the first undefeated regular season since the legendary 1966 campaign. This weekend's contest was scrapped due to ongoing COVID-19 protocols within the MVSU program.
 
Under the guidance of Bulldog Hall of Famer Louis Crews, that 1966 squad went 8-0, defeating Tuskegee (30-19), Savannah State (50-9), Benedict (44-28), South Carolina State (18-14), Bethune-Cookman (22-13), Alabama State (36-19), Allen (20-13) and Miles – the latter by a fitting 8-0 margin.
 
This year's team under the leadership of head coach Connell Maynor has dealt with COVID-19 and the multiple cancellations and postponements that have come with it to deliver a perfect 4-0 mark in what was already going to be an abbreviated campaign.
 
A&M earned a 2-0 forfeit from Alcorn State as a result of an opt-out before knocking off South Carolina State 31-7 on the road on March 6 and then were idle for 35 days. Since that time they have beaten Jackson State 52-43 on the road and drilled rival Alabama State 38-14 in the Magic City Classic.
 
In addition to the first undefeated regular season in 54 years, the Bulldogs have also now registered just the fourth unbeaten conference slate in program history.
 
The last came in the NCAA Division II Era with a 7-0 (8-3 overall) mark in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) in 1989. Prior to that it was the 1979 season at 4-0 (7-2) and 1972 at 6-0-1 (7-1-1) with the latter seeing them go undefeated in their last eight games following a narrow 7-6 loss to Mississippi Valley State in the opener.
 
With the cancellation, and subsequent cancelling of the Arkansas-Pine Bluff/Texas Southern game scheduled for Saturday, A&M and the Golden Lions will make the SWAC Championship Game an undefeated affair on Saturday, May 1. Home field for that game has yet to be determined.
 
Stay tuned to www.AAMUSports.com , the official online home of Alabama A&M Athletics, for any and all further updates to the Spring 2021 football schedule.