South Alabama Outlasts Arkansas State 56-49 in a Shootout
One hundred and five points, 897 total yards, and Trey Owens had 49.5 fantasy points on the losing side. That is a lot of football for a seven-point game. South Alabama won 56-49, and the winner did it with its legs.
The Jaguars ran for 305 yards on 46 carries and threw for only 76. Arkansas State did the opposite, throwing for 418 and running for 98 on 27 attempts. It went back and forth early: PJ Martin ran in from six yards, Arkansas State tied it at 7, and Keenan Phillips returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown with 1:31 left in the first quarter. It was tied at 14, then Arkansas State went up 21-14, and Phillips tied it again at 21 with a three-yard run. Jared Hollins then ran for two three-yard scores in 22 seconds to make it 34-21 (the second extra point failed, which is why it was 34 and not 35). Arkansas State cut it to 34-28 with a 20-yard pass from Owens to Hunter Summers at 0:32 of the half.
Phillips ran in from 23 yards early in the third and Rod Gibbs caught a seven-yard pass from Hollins to make it 49-28, and Arkansas State answered with a four-yard touchdown pass from Owens to Solomon Baggett to get back to 49-35 entering the fourth. Phillips broke a 42-yard run at 14:52, Owens hit Jabari Bush from 15 yards, and then Owens scored himself from a yard out with 6:51 left to make it 56-49. Nobody scored after that.
The Red Wolves paid for their turnovers. Owens threw two interceptions and lost a fumble, and South Alabama had none at all. The Jaguars are 4-2, and Arkansas State falls to 2-4.
Fantasy owners got three huge lines: Owens at 49.5, Summers at 35.5 and Phillips at 35.4.