2021 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 2021

| team = Jacksonville State Gamecocks

| sport = football

| image = Jacksonville State Gamecocks wordmark.svg

| image_size = 150

| conference = ASUN Conference

| short_conf = AQ7

| record = 5–6

| conf_record = 3–3

| head_coach = John Grass

| hc_year = 8th

| hc_games = first 9 games

| head_coach2 = Maxwell Thurmond

| hc_games2 = interim; final 2 games

| off_coach = Jimmy Ogle

| oc_year = 22nd

| off_scheme = Spread

| codef_coach1 = William Green

| codc1_year = 3rd

| codef_coach2 = Owen Kilgore

| codc2_year = 3rd

| def_scheme = Multiple

| captain =

| stadium = Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium

}}

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.{{cite press release|url=https://asunsports.org/sports/fball/2020-21/releases/20210223bff9nn |title=ASUN, WAC Conferences Announce Football Partnership for 2021 |publisher=ASUN Conference |date=February 23, 2021 |access-date=February 23, 2021}} 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

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 2021

| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS

| poll = STATS

| timezone = Central

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = {{tooltip|September 1|Wednesday}}

| time = 6:30 p.m.

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| rank = 10

| opponent = vs. UAB

| site_stadium = Cramton Bowl

| site_cityst = Montgomery, AL

| tv = ESPN

| score = 0–31

| attend = 9,122

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 11

| time = 7:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| away = y

| nonconf = y

| rank = 16

| opponent = Florida State

| site_stadium = Doak Campbell Stadium

| site_cityst = Tallahassee, FL

| tv = ACCN

| score = 20–17

| attend = 60,198

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 18

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| rank = 10

| opponent = North Alabama

| site_stadium = Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium

| site_cityst = Jacksonville, AL

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 27–24

| attend = 20,992

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 25

| time = 3:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| rank = 9

| opponent = UT Martin

| site_stadium = Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium

| site_cityst = Jacksonville, AL

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 31–34

| attend =18,648

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 2

| time = 2:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| away = y

| nonconf = y

| rank = 17

| opponent = Kennesaw State

| opprank = 20

| site_stadium = Fifth Third Bank Stadium

| site_cityst = Kennesaw, GA

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 6–31

| attend = 7,476

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 9

| time = 3:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| homecoming = y

| rank = 24

| opponent = Stephen F. Austin

| opprank = 23

| site_stadium = Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium

| site_cityst = Jacksonville, AL

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 28–24

| attend = 16,355

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 23

| time = 2:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Sam Houston

| opprank = 1

| site_stadium = Bowers Stadium

| site_cityst = Huntsville, TX

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 7–42

| attend = 7,559

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 30

| time = 1:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| opponent = Central Arkansas

| site_stadium = Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium

| site_cityst = Jacksonville, AL

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 14–38

| attend = 13,907

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 6

| time = 1:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| opponent = Abilene Christian

| site_stadium = Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium

| site_cityst = Jacksonville, AL

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 40–25

| overtime =

| attend = 14,143

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 13

| time = 4:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Lamar

| site_stadium = Provost Umphrey Stadium

| site_cityst = Beaumont, TX

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 38–7

| attend = 6,812

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 20

| time = 1:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Eastern Kentucky

| site_stadium = Roy Kidd Stadium

| site_cityst = Richmond, KY

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 31–39

| overtime = 2OT

| attend = 11,682

}}

{{cite web |author= |title=Jacksonville State Gamecocks Schedule 2021 |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/55/season/2021 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=December 5, 2022}}{{cite web |title=2021 JSU Football Schedule |url=https://jsugamecocksports.com/sports/football/schedule/2021 |publisher=Jacksonville State University Athletics |access-date=December 5, 2022}}{{Cite web|title=2021 Jacksonville State Gamecocks Football Schedule|url=https://fbschedules.com/2021-lamar-football-schedule/

|website=FBSchedules.com}}

References

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