| Year Game Played: | 2021 |
| Game Name: | SWAC Football Championship Game |
| Subheader: | Conference Championship |
| Visitor Name Short: | Arkansas–Pine Bluff |
| Visitor Nickname: | Golden Lions |
| Home Nickname: | Bulldogs |
| Visitor School: | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff |
| Home Name Short: | Alabama A&M |
| Football Season: | 2020 |
| Home School: | Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University |
| Visitor Record: | 4–0 |
| Home Record: | 3–0 |
| Visitor 1Q: | 14 |
| Home 1Q: | 10 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 12 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 7 |
| Home 2Q: | 8 |
| Home 3Q: | 14 |
| Home 4Q: | 8 |
| Visitor Coach: | Doc Gamble |
| Home Coach: | Connell Maynor |
| Date Game Played: | May 1 |
| Stadium: | Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium |
| City: | Jackson, Mississippi |
| Referee: | Marty Adams |
| Attendance: | 17,248 |
| Us Network: | ESPN2 |
| Us Announcers: | Tiffany Greene (play by play), Jay Walker (color) |
| Different Previous: | 2019 |
| Different Next: | 2021 (Dec.) |
The Spring 2021 SWAC Championship Game was a college football game played on Saturday, May 1, 2021, at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi.[1] It was the 22nd SWAC Championship Game and determined the 2020 champion of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). Sponsored by wireless service provider Cricket, the game was officially known as the Spring 2021 Cricket SWAC Football Championship.[2]
While prior editions of the SWAC Championship Game had been played in December, this edition was delayed into May due to impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
Alabama A&M entered the championship game 3-0. Alabama A&M had won the championship game once prior in 2006.[3]
See main article: 2020 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team. Arkansas–Pine Bluff entered the championship game 4-0. Arkansas-Pine Bluff had won the championship game once prior in 2012.[4]