NEW ORLEANS -- Southern is going back to the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship game.
The Jaguars (9-3 and 8-1 in the SWAC) claimed the West Division title with a wild 52-45 victory against Grambling (7-5, 7-2) on Saturday in the Bayou Classic on Saturday in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
The Jaguars led wire to wire Saturday but had to withstand a dramatic comeback by the Tigers and stop them at the half-yard line on the final play of the game.
Freshman Austin Howard, named Southern’s Most Valuable Player, passed for 258 yards and three touchdowns and Lenard Tillery rushed for 168 yards and two touchdowns. Tillery became the Jaguars first 1,000-yard rusher in 11 years, increasing his season total to 1,141.
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