2021 SWAC Football Championship Game (December)

2021 SWAC Football Championship Game
Conference Championship
1234 Total
Prairie View A&M 7300 10
Jackson State 76140 27
DateDecember 4, 2021
Season2021
StadiumMississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
LocationJackson, Mississippi
FavoriteJackson State by 8
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN2
AnnouncersTiffany Greene (play-by-play), Jay Walker (analyst), & Tiffany Blackmon (sideline)
SWAC Football Championship Game
 < 2021 (May) 2022
2021 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
No. 22 Jackson State x$   8 0     11 2  
No. 25 Florida A&M ^   7 1     9 3  
Alabama A&M   5 3     7 3  
Mississippi Valley State   3 5     4 7  
Alabama State   3 5     5 6  
Bethune–Cookman   2 6     2 9  
West Division
Prairie View A&M x   6 2     7 5  
Alcorn State   5 3     6 5  
Grambling State   3 5     4 7  
Southern   3 5     4 7  
Texas Southern   2 6     2 8  
Arkansas–Pine Bluff   1 7     2 9  
Championship: Jackson State 27, Prairie View A&M 10
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2021 SWAC Championship Game was a college football game played on December 4, 2021, at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi.[1] It was the 23rd edition of the SWAC Championship Game and determined the champion of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) for the 2021 season. The game began at 3:00 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN2. The game featured the Jackson State Tigers, the East Division champions, and the Prairie View A&M Panthers, the West Division champions. Sponsored by wireless service provider Cricket and by beverage corporation PepsiCo through their Pepsi Zero Sugar brand, the game was officially known as the 2021 Cricket SWAC Football Championship presented by Pepsi Zero Sugar.[2] The winner of the game received a bid to the Celebration Bowl to face the South Carolina State Bulldogs, champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC).

  1. ^ Thompson, Khari (November 20, 2021). "Jackson State football pulls away from Alcorn State 24-10 in first sellout of Deion Sanders era". Mississippi Clarion Ledger.
  2. ^ "2021 SWAC Football Regular Season Play Set to Conclude". Southwestern Athletic Conference.