Southern's defense leads the way in 35-14 homecoming win against Alabama A&M

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- The Southern defense that had spent the better part of the last four games getting pushed around took its turn as the aggressor in Saturday’s 35-14 win against Alabama A&M.

On a homecoming greatly affected by Hurricane Nate — kickoff was moved up five hours, and the sky grew dark and rain came down in force at A.W. Mumford Stadium — Southern (3-3, 1-1 Southwestern Athletic Conference) allowed just 251 yards from scrimmage, including a season-low 52 yards on the ground.

The Jaguars had given up at least 160 yards rushing in each of their first five games.

Southern also kept Alabama A&M in check through the air.

A harassing Jaguars defense never let quarterback Aqueel Glass find a rhythm, and the true freshman looked his age Saturday.

Glass completed just 3 of 18 pass attempts for 44 yards. He split time in the first half with Damion May but was pulled for good after throwing an ill-advised interception in the third quarter that led to a Southern touchdown.



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