Jackson State Holds Off Southern 35-17 to Stay Unbeaten
Jackson State scored first, scored again before the first quarter was out, and never gave the lead back. The Tigers beat Southern 35-17 and are 2-0.
Nate Blount IV ran in from a yard out with 11:52 left in the first quarter, and after a 27-yard Christopher McKenna field goal for Southern, Jared Lockhart threw a 70-yard touchdown pass to Rembert and it was 14-3. Blount added an 8-yard run in the second quarter, Trey Holly scored from 6 yards for Southern (the extra point failed), and Lockhart ran one in from a yard out with 3:39 left in the half. Jackson State led 28-9 at the break and nobody tied it or led it from the other side at any point.
Southern did make a game of the third quarter. Mike Franklin ran in from a yard out with 1:25 to go and Holly ran in the two-point conversion, which made it 28-17 entering the fourth. That was as close as it got. Lockhart threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Alex Valbuena (listed as an offensive lineman, in case you are wondering how that one got into the box score) with 2:45 left to make it 35-17.
The teams combined for zero turnovers, which is a strange thing to see in a game with 52 points. Jackson State had 358 total yards to Southern's 317 and three sacks to none. Southern ran 39 times for 164 yards, 26 of those carries by Holly for just 97.
Jackson State moves to 2-0, and Southern drops to 0-2. For fantasy, Blount and Lockhart both went over 25, and Holly's 19.8 was the best day for anyone on the losing side.