By: By Jake Dorow
Game Date: Saturday, September 16, 2017
Stadium: ASU Stadium
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Location: Montgomery, Alabama
Miles from Kennesaw: 180 miles
Conference: SWAC (East Division)
Enrollment: 5,383
Home Stadium (Capacity): ASU Football Stadium (26,500)
2016 Overall Record: 4-7
2016 Conference Record (Finish): 3-6
Postseason: None
Head Coach (Career Record, Years): Brian Jenkins (Overall Record: 56-28, 8
th year; at ASU: 10-14, 3
rd year)
Offensive Starters Returning/Lost: 7/4
Defensive Starters Returning/Lost: 6/5
Top Returning Offensive Player: RB Alex Anderson
Top Returning Defensive Player: DE Ishmael Aurismond
Last Year's Meeting: Did not meet
Most Famous Alumni: Dr. Ralph David Abernathy, Activist/Minister and Jesse White, Erskine Hawkins
Place to visit on campus or in city: Rosa Parks Library/Museum, Civil Rights Memorial, Montgomery Zoo, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
Previewing the Hornets in 2017
Alabama State welcomes Kenensaw State into its Hornets nest for the first meeting between the two programs at ASU Football Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 16. Kobie Jones leads the offense, entering the third week with 232 passing yards and one TD, completing 29-of-55 passes (52.7 percent). In the backfield, the Hornets' duo of Darrel King (117 yards) and Alex Anderson (50 yards) provide a combined 83.5 yards per game on the ground. Defensively, senior S Treyon Garnett and sophomore DB Joshua Hill have 14 tackles each, combining for 28 tackles (19 solo), 2.0 TFL and a sack entering Saturday. Alabama State finished 2016 with a 4-7 overall record and a 3-6 mark in conference action.
