BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- The Southern coaching staff returns to the recruiting trail beginning Monday. The Southwestern Athletic Conference champions can tout their success this season as a perk to high school players. The Jaguars (9-4 and 8-2 against SWAC competition) won their first conference title in 10 years when they defeated Jackson State 34-27 in double overtime in the league’s title game Saturday at Reliant Stadium in Houston. The victory avenged a 19-14 loss against the Tigers on Sept. 28 in A.W. Mumford Stadium.
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The Jaguars put together a clutch, all-around performance to beat JSU. Senior QB Dray Joseph threw for 337 yards and three touchdowns. Two of the scoring passes went to Willie Quinn, who finished with seven catches for 142 yards. The first touchdown came on a 34-yard pass to Quinn and gave Joseph the Southern record for career touchdown passes. He finished with 73. Joseph added a 35-yarder to Quinn and a 16-yarder to Lee Doss, which provided the game-winning points in the second overtime. Doss finished with 10 catches for 125 yards. Lenard Tillery had his third consecutive 100-yard rushing game, finishing with 118 yards on 16 carries. The Southern defense forced four turnovers and the Jaguars outgained the Tigers 512-381.
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