Bulldogs to face Lane College for final night game of season at Louis Crews Stadium

NORMAL — Alabama A&M University will look for its third straight victory as the Bulldogs welcome Lane College to Louis Crews Stadium for the final night game of the season.

Kickoff for the Boots & Buckles with Butch/Suicide Awareness Night game against the Dragons is set for 6 p.m. Saturday.

The game marks just the seventh meeting in the series. The Bulldogs own a 5-0-1 record in the series, which began during the 1948 season.

“Last week was an outstanding victory for this institution and this program,” Alabama A&M head coach Sam Shade said. “This is a new week, and we have another good opponent that will be looking to get an upset victory over a Division I opponent. We cannot take them (Lane College) lightly.

“We did continue to improve off the win last weekend and are very excited to be playing in front of the home crowd again.”

The game will be broadcast on SWAC TV wit Mo Carter (play-by-play) and Tolly Carr (analyst) on the call. Fans can also tune into WJAB (90.9 FM) as Thai Floyd (play-by-play), Maurice Brooks (analyst), Evan Hayes (pregame and postgame) and Chauncy Sanders (pregame and postgame) will bring the action.

ABOUT THE GAME

• Saturday’s game is the Boots & Buckles with Butch/Suicide Awareness Night game
• Alabama A&M (2-1) is riding a two-game winning streak after opening with a loss at Arkansas
• Lane College (0-2) is seeking its first win of the season
• The matchup marks the final non-conference game for Alabama A&M
• The Bulldogs are 85-50 all-time inside Louis Crews Stadium
• Alabama A&M has not lost to a member of the SIAC since 2013 (Tuskegee)
• Since the loss to Tuskegee in 2013, the Bulldogs are 9-0 against members of the SIAC

BULLDOGS AT A GLANCE

• Alabama A&M is coming off a 23-21 victory in the inaugural Legacy Series game at Tennessee State
• Kicker Victor Barbosa went 3-for-3 in field goal attempts, including booting the game-winner, a career-high 45 yards late in the third quarter
• Quarterback Cornelious Brown IV tossed two more touchdown passes, one in the second quarter and one more in third
• Cornelious Brown IV has seven touchdown passes and no interceptions through three games
• Cornelious Brown IV has tossed touchdown passes in five out of his last six games
• Alabama A&M has scored in the first quarter in eight consecutive games
• Victor Barbosa earned SWAC Specialist of the Week honors and STATS Perform FCS National Special Teams Player of the Week Honorable Mention
• Cornelious Brown IV earned back-to-back SWAC Offensive Player of the Week honors
• The Bulldogs moved up it the NCAA’s Digital HBCU Power Rankings after the win over the Tigers, jumping from 10^th to fifth in the poll

DRAGONS AT A GLANCE

• Lane is coming into the game off back-to-back losses to Lincoln (Mo.) and Allen to open the season
• Against Allen, the Dragons fell behind 9-0 after the first quarter and battled back, cutting the deficit to two points three times before an Allen touchdown midway through the final quarter sealed the game
• Lane had 220 total yards, with 119 coming through the air last Saturday at Allen
• Quarterback Nick Billoups leads the offense, throwing for 227 yards and rushing for 115
• Defensively, Jeremiah Malbroue and Cadarius Newcomb have combined for 32 total tackles, including 22 solo stops

SERIES HISTORY

• Alabama A&M and Lane will be meeting for the seventh time
• The series began in 1948 and produced the lone tie (13-13)
• The two teams last met during the 2023 series, a 51-13 Bulldog victory
• The Bulldogs have outscored the Dragons, 194-53, in the series

THREE KEYS TO THE GAME

• Alabama A&M needs to protect the line of scrimmage
• AAMU needs to win the turnover battle
• The Bulldogs must avoid committing a ton of penalties

LOOKING AHEAD TO WHAT’S NEXT

• The Bulldogs return to the road, opening Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) play Sept. 27 at Bethune-Cookman
• This will be the 19^th meeting in the series, which began in 1965
• AAMU is 7-11 in the all-time series
• The Bulldogs lost their last game in Daytona Beach, 31-14, in 2023
• Alabama A&M and Bethune-Cookman met last season in Huntsville, with the Bulldogs rolling to a 56-12 homecoming victory

PURCHASE TICKETS

• Season tickets and single-game tickets for the 2025 season are on sale. To purchase tickets, visit aamusports.com or call the ticket office at: 256-372-7255 or 256-372-7254.