• Texas Southern returns to SWAC play and plays at home for the first time in 2022 as they'll host Alabama State at PNC Stadium Saturday at 6 p.m.
• Saturday's contest will feature live audio on KTSU 90.9 FM and will be shown live on AT&T Sports Southwest.
• TSU enters Saturday's game off a tough loss at UTSA but outrushed the FBS Roadruners by 100-plus yards and was within striking distance entering the final quarter.
• Alabama State has won four straight over TSU as TSU's last win over ASU was in Montgomery, Ala. on Sept. 24, 2016.
• Saturday's game is a reunion of sorts as several members of the ASU coaching staff have direct ties to TSU or the city of Houston. ASU head coach Eddie Robinson, Jr. played for the Houston Oilers while wide receivers coach Jacoby Jones played for the Houston Texans. ASU defensive backs coach James Williams played at TSU in the late 80s and early 1990s. ASU defensive line coach Miles Brandon and running backs coach Greg Ruffin both coached at TSU.
• At stake is an above .500 SWAC record for TSU as TSU hasn't been 2-1 in SWAC play since 2016. TSU's best SWAC start was a 3-1 mark also in 2016.
• TSU hasn't defeated Alabama State in Houston since a 31-7 win in 1997. ASU has won nine of the past 10 over TSU.
• The Tigers feature fourth-year head coach Clarence McKinney. A Houston native, McKinney attended high school across the street at Jack Yates High School and played collegiately at Montana State and the University of Mary. He also served as head coach at Yates before joining the staffs at Houston, Texas A&M and Arizona.
• Clarence McKinney is the 17th head coach in the history of Texas Southern Football. McKinney has a task ahead as the program has only had 28 winning seasons in 76 years of existence and hasn't recorded a winning season since 2000.
• McKinney won as a student at Yates High School and helped the University of Mary post three winning seasons as a student-athlete in college which made school history. As head coach at Yates, McKinney posted a mark of 30-8 over three years before moving on to the collegiate ranks as an assistant. As an assistant at Houston, Texas A&M and Arizona, McKinney has only experienced three losing seasons in his 11 years of collegiate coaching.
