The 2021 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team represented

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in the

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. The Gamecocks competed in the

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, a football partnership between the

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(WAC) and the ASUN Conference, until the ASUN began play as a football conference. Jacksonville State was led by eighth-year head coach

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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

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Previous season

The

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finished the 2020–21 season 10–3, 6–1 in OVC play to win the

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championship. The Gamecocks defeated Davidson in the first round of the FCS playoffs before losing to

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in the

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. The 2020–21 season was JSU's last in the OVC. On January 29, 2021, the ASUN announced that JSU was one of three schools that would join the conference on July 1 of that year. This marked JSU's return to the conference where it was previously a member from 1995 to 2003.

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References

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