Jaguars Shut Out Mississippi Valley

The southern jaguars hosted the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils at a home game for Southern that would be a commanding victory for the Jaguars. The Delta Devil offense struggled in this game and could not get in range to score a touchdown for the entire game. The defense for Southern was very effective in keeping their opponents at bay. At the end of the night, the Jaguars would shut out their opponents by a score of 55-0. This is the 8^th straight win for the jaguars in what has been a great season for Southern.

In the first quarter, the southern defense would stop Mississippi Valley on their first drive, and would get the ball back for their first drive of the game. Southern only needed 5 plays to drive 76 yards for the first touchdown of the game that game the jaguars the 7-0 lead early in the game. That touchdown would come from a pass from Austin Howard to a wide open Dontrell Brown for the 23 yard score. A few plays later the jaguars would get the ball back in great field position, which would begin with a pass completion to Quinn to get the jaguars towards the goal line. After a few more plays of the jaguars driving down the field, the delta devils would put up a strong defensive stop to prevent southern from scoring on that drive. Albuquerque scored a 20 yard field goal to give the jaguars a 10-0 led with 5 minutes left to play in the first quarter. The first quarter would end with the Jaguars leading by a score of 10-0.

The second quarter would begin with the ball in the hands of the Jaguars. They would drive down the field for a few minutes and the drive would end with a touchdown pass from Howard to Beard for two yards to extend the Jaguar lead even further. The Delta Devils would struggle on offense at times, this showed when Southern intercepted the ball to take over and begin driving down the field again with around 10 minutes left in the first half. The Jaguars would capitalize on that interception which led to a touchdown pass from Howard to Quinn for 31 yards, with Quinn making a play and extending the pass that led to the touchdown. This gave the Jaguars a 24-0 lead over Mississippi Valley. A few plays later, the delta devils would throw another interception that was caught by Houston of Southern. The Jaguars would then score a touchdown with a pass from Howard to Allswell Opusunju for 24 yards. This was the receiver’s first career touchdown pass completion and that would lead into halftime with the score at the half being 34-0.

Once the third quarter began, the jaguars went back to work. The jaguars drove down the field with help from Tillery and Menard. The drive would end with a 27 yard touchdown run by Lenard Tillery to give southern the 41-0 lead. The delta devils would get the ball back and after a few plays would kick the ball away to Southern. The kick was fumbled and southern would get the ball back around the 30 yard line. With Shorts in the game for Southern, he would complete a pass to Opusunju for 26 yards, then on the next play Shorts would run in the ball himself for the touchdown. Southern would run the ball down the field later in the quarter and would attempt a field goal that would be blocked by Mississippi Valley. The score at the end of the third quarter would be 47-0.

Once the fourth quarter began, Southern would drive the ball down the field that would lead to rushing touchdown by Deonte Shorts. This was Short’s second rushing touchdown of the night. The game would end without any other team scoring and the final for the game would be 55-0. The jaguars shut out the delta devils in their 8^th straight win of the season. The next game for Southern is the highly anticipated Bayou Classic against Grambling. Both Southern and Grambling are undefeated in the SWAC and have both won 8 straight games. The entire season seems to have led up to this upcoming matchup between southern and Grambling and fans should expect an amazing game.

By: Phil Blanchard