South Alabama rallies from two touchdowns down to beat Georgia Southern on Saturday in Statesboro, Ga., setting a school record with its seventh win of the season.
South Alabama rallied from two touchdowns down to beat Georgia Southern 38-31 on Saturday in Statesboro, Ga., setting a school record with its seventh win of the season.
South Alabama’s defense held Georgia Southern to just seven points in the second half. The Eagles’ second-half possessions ended in an interception, a touchdown, a punt, a punt, and a turnover on downs with 4:17 left.South Alabama fell into an early 14-0 hole after the Georgia Southern offense and defense victimized the Jaguars in the first six minutes of the game.
South Alabama answered with a touchdown — Bradley’s 10-yard strike to Jalen Wayne — but Georgia Southern scored again when quarterback Kyle Vantrease found a leaping Derwin Burgess in the end zone for a 16-yard touchdown. The Eagles led 21-7 after one quarter.South Alabama cut the lead to seven at 21-14 when Webb ran for a 1-yard touchdown on the first play of the second quarter.
South Alabama was penalized 13 times for 118 yards in the game. Guard Dontae Lucas was ejected after being called for unsportsmanlike conduct when officials said he spit on a Georgia Southern player after a touchdown.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Sen. Ben Sasse: SEC isn’t ‘trash’ -- just Georgia, Alabama and LSUU.S. Sen. Ben Sasse, a Republican from Nebraska, said his wife is an Alabama “super fan.” He requested that no one share his feelings on Nick Saban’s program because he doesn’t want to sleep on the couch for the next decade.
Read more »
College football TV schedule: It’s SEC Saturday with Georgia-Tennessee, Alabama-LSUTennessee-Georgia, Alabama-LSU are the highlights of Saturday's college football TV schedule.
Read more »
ALABAMA FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Kelly: No. 15 LSU should relish facing Saban, No. 6 AlabamaBATON ROUGE, La. — If first-year LSU coach Brian Kelly had remained at Notre Dame, there was no guarantee he would get another shot to coach against Alabama's Nick Saban.
Read more »
Three Major Alabama Newspapers to Stop Producing Print Editions - Alabama NewsAlabama Media Group is moving to all-digital delivery, ending publication of its three major state newspapers next year. alnews newspapers aabamanewsnetwork
Read more »
Alabama Power Donation Funds Intern Program in Selma - Alabama NewsAlabama Power Foundation donates $100,000 dollars -- to fund a workforce development -- youth internship program in Selma.
Read more »
Diesel Shortage Could Lead to Higher Prices in Alabama - Alabama NewsReports of a shortage of diesel fuel could lead to higher prices on consumer goods across Alabama.
Read more »