BATON ROUGE, Louisiana - Offense was a valuable commodity Thursday evening at A.W. Mumford Stadium. Mississippi Valley State visited Southern University for the Jaguars’ Southwestern Athletic Conference opener, and a lone score was the difference for the Delta Devils in a 6-0 win. Their defense made sure that’s all they needed.
“I knew we could do it. We just had to show the world,” Valley senior defensive end Leployer Franklin said. “We know what we go through in practice with the coaches. Being a senior, I feel like this is my defense, and getting a shutout is such a good feeling.”
The groundwork for Valley’s win was laid last week in the second half of a 29-7 loss at Alabama State. During those final two quarters in Montgomery, Ala., the Devils limited the Hornets to a second-half field goal. With that, they felt they’d turned a corner.
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Dray Joseph, Jaguars can’t move ball against Delta Devils
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana - A distraught and teary-eyed Dray Joseph lingered outside the Southern University locker room following the Jaguars’ 6-0 loss to Mississippi Valley State on Thursday night at A.W. Mumford Stadium.
The junior quarterback, who was named the undisputed starter after fall practice, and the Jaguars offense had hoped to put on a show in front of their home fans for the first time this season and a national audience on ESPNU.
Instead, the Southern offense was pretty painful to watch in person or on TV as the Jaguars (0-2, 0-1 Southwestern Athletic Conference) suffered the painful loss to the historically hapless Delta Devils (1-3, 1-1).
“Unfortunately for us, it was a bad game, especially when you have a TV audience to play in front of,” said Southern coach Stump Mitchell.
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