BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- Alabama A&M's football game at Southwestern Athletic Conference foe Southern University (La.) ended after multiple delays due to severe weather with the Jaguars downing the Bulldogs 20-17 in double overtime on a 37-yard field goal by Southern kicker Matthew Hill.The game was delayed with 3:27 to play in the fourth quarter after multiple lightning strikes forced officials to push back the restart time on several occasions.
When play resumed the Bulldogs took the lead at 17-14 when quarterback Brandon Wells found tight end Toriono Upshaw for a 4-yard touchdown pass with 49 seconds to play.
Aided by a 39-yard kick return by Southern wide receiver Willie Quinn, the Jaguars drove the ball down to the Bulldogs 16-yard line and Southern kicker Greg Pittman connected on a 37-yard field goal as time expired to send the game into overtime tied at 17.
A&M gave up both of its touchdowns against Southern about three and half minutes into the contest.
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