South Alabama Runs 59 Times and Beats SE Louisiana 39-14
Two of South Alabama's points came on a safety, and the Jaguars never looked back. They beat SE Louisiana 39-14 and led from the opening score to the final one.
It was 7-0 at 13:19 of the first quarter on a 26-yard touchdown from Bishop Davenport to Brendan Jenkins, then 10-0 on a Davis Little field goal, and 12-0 when the safety went on the board. Trae'von Dunbar scored from a yard out to make it 19-0 before SE Louisiana finally answered with Kyle Lowe's 12-yard touchdown pass to Lonnie Shinn late in the first. Little kicked a 30-yarder as the half ended, and it was 22-7.
SE Louisiana pulled to 22-14 with another Lowe-to-Shinn touchdown, from seven yards, early in the third. That was the closest it got. Little kicked a 26-yarder, Davenport ran in from two yards, and PJ Martin finished it with a three-yard score in the fourth. South Alabama ran 59 times for 241 yards and threw for only 154, with no turnovers and a sack on defense. Davenport himself was 18 of 27 and carried 11 times.
South Alabama is 1-0 and SE Louisiana is 0-1. Little's three field goals (35, 30 and 26 yards) and the safety account for 11 points. For fantasy owners, Davenport (20.5) and Jenkins (18.8) were the standouts, and Martin's 18 carries show who gets the touches when the lead is safe. It was an efficient, unspectacular way to open a season, and with a 25-point margin nobody is going to complain about unspectacular.