2023 Alcorn State Braves football team

2023 Alcorn State Braves football
SWAC West Division co-champion
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Division	West Division
Record	7–4 (6–2 SWAC)
Head coach	Fred McNair (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Elliott Wratten (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Cedric Thomas (2nd season)
Home stadium	Casem-Spinks Stadium

2023 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
No. 11 Florida A&M xy$		8	–	0					12	–	1
Alabama State		5	–	3					7	–	4
Jackson State		5	–	3					7	–	4
Alabama A&M		3	–	5					5	–	6
Bethune–Cookman		2	–	6					3	–	8
Mississippi Valley State		1	–	7					1	–	10
West Division
Prairie View A&M xy		6	–	2					6	–	6
Alcorn State x		6	–	2					7	–	4
Southern		5	–	3					6	–	5
Grambling State		4	–	4					5	–	6
Texas Southern		2	–	6					3	–	8
Arkansas–Pine Bluff		1	–	7					2	–	9
Championship: Florida A&M 35, Prairie View A&M 14
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2023 Alcorn State Braves football team represented Alcorn State University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by head coach Fred McNair, who is coaching in his seventh season with the program. The Braves played home games at Casem-Spinks Stadium in Lorman, Mississippi.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	at Southern Miss*	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	ESPN+	L 14–40	30,335
September 9	6:00 p.m.	at Stephen F. Austin*	Homer Bryce Stadium Nacogdoches, TX	ESPN+	L 10–38	7,844
September 16	6:00 p.m.	McNeese*	Jack Spinks Stadium Lorman, MS	Braves All Access	W 17–3	2,052
September 23	6:00 p.m.	Prairie View A&M	Jack Spinks Stadium Lorman, MS	Braves All Access	L 20–23	14,645
September 30	5:00 p.m.	at Alabama State	ASU Stadium Montgomery, AL		W 23–20	14,355
October 7	2:30 p.m.	Grambling State	Jack Spinks Stadium Lorman, MS	ESPN+	W 25–24	21,012
October 21	2:00 p.m.	at Arkansas–Pine Bluff	Simmons Bank Field Pine Bluff, AR	HBCU Go	W 31–7	13,469
October 28	2:00 p.m.	Mississippi Valley State	Jack Spinks Stadium Lorman, MS	Braves All Access	W 24–3	7,789
November 4	2:00 p.m.	Southern	Jack Spinks Stadium Lorman, MS	ESPN+	W 44–21	14,592
November 12	2:00 p.m.	at Texas Southern	Shell Energy Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN+	L 10–44	3,987
November 18	2:00 p.m.	at Jackson State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	ESPN+	W 28–24	42,791
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Central time