Marshall Beats South Alabama 20-13 on Late Price Touchdown
Both teams sit at 4-3 now, and the box score explains why neither could pull away. Marshall outgained South Alabama 329 yards to 326 and won 20-13. That is a three-yard edge in total yards and a seven-point edge on the scoreboard, and the second one is the one that counts.
The first four scores of the day were all field goals, two apiece, and the teams went to the locker room tied 6-6. Marshall got the first touchdown, Zion Turner running it in from three yards out with 3:25 left in the third quarter, which made it 13-6. PJ Martin answered with a 19-yard run for South Alabama with 4:38 to play and the game was tied at 13-13. Then Judah Price ran it in from five yards out with 1:49 left. That was the last score.
South Alabama ran 42 times for 178 yards and threw for 148, so the ground game was not the problem. The Jaguars threw an interception and Marshall turned it over zero times, which in a seven-point game is about as loud as a stat gets. Marshall threw for 181 and ran for 148 on 32 carries, a tidier split.
The fantasy takeaway is a quiet one. Turner scored 17.7 points against a per-game average of 9.0 on the year, and tight end Toby Payne caught seven passes for a season high. Price needed 13 carries to get 30 yards, and one of them won the game. I will take it, and so will a 4-3 team that needed the win.