ALCORN STATE, Mississippi -- Jordan Payne ran for two touchdowns as Alcorn State rallied to beat Southern University 20-17 on Saturday in Southwestern Athletic Conference action.The Braves opened the scoring with a 1-yard touchdown run from freshman backup quarterback Payne. Alcorn State (2-4, 2-2) then jumped ahead 14-0 after John Gibbs connected with Joe Price on a 42-yard strike. Four different quarterbacks took snaps for the Braves.
Southern (2-3, 1-2), however, did not give up, tying the game 14-all behind a 50-yard punt return for a touchdown by Virgil Williams. Southern took a 20-17 lead after Greg Pittman converted his first career field goal.
Alcorn State and Southern traded possessions until the Braves got the ball on their 29 with 6:10 remaining for the final drive of the game.
The Braves drove to the Jaguars 1 and capped the 14-play drive with a touchdown run from Payne with 20 seconds remaining.
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Jaguars take loss to Braves in good fashion
LORMAN, Miss. — For a team that had just fallen in heartbreaking fashion and seen its brief win streak dashed, Southern took its 20-17 loss to Alcorn State remarkably well.
Unlike in the Jaguars’ last loss, which came to Mississippi Valley State, there wasn’t a flood of tears or seething anger.
Disappointed? Sure. But that’s really all this amounted to — a disappointing outing that put the kibosh on some grandiose visions of where their season could go.
Mathematically, Southern is still in the Southwestern Athletic Conference title hunt. At 1-2 in the conference and a game-and-a-half behind Arkansas-Pine Bluff, all it takes is six straight wins to book a spot in the SWAC Championship.
But unlike at this time last week, when SU was coming off back-to-back victories and on top of the world, that doesn’t seem likely.
Southern was outworked by a struggling Alcorn team, dispelling the notion that the Jaguars were somehow invincible under interim coach Dawson Odums.
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