<\/a>Special to The Flash<\/strong>
\nJackson State University Tigers stopped the Southern Jaguars on downs inside the 10-yard line with a minute left and held on for a 19-14 Southwestern Athletic Conference win Saturday night.
\nThe Jaguars (2-3, 2-1 SWAC) took over on their own 25 midway through the fourth quarter and marched quickly to the Southern 14. But the drive fizzled and Dray Joseph\u2019s fourth-down pass from the 7 fell incomplete.<\/p>\n

Jackson State (3-2, 3-0) had taken a 19-7 lead in the third quarter on 2-yard touchdown runs by Clayton Moore and Rakeem Simms. Joseph brought Southern back with a 70-yard drive capped by a 19-yard strike to Lee Doss with a minute left in the third.<\/p>\n

The Tigers had a balanced attack with 190 yards rushing and 165 passing from Moore.
\nJoseph finished with 246 yards passing. Lenard Tillery had a 60-yard TD run to put the Jags up 7-3 at halftime.<\/p>\n

Jackson State\u2019s John McNabb was tabbed as a College Football Performance Awards SWAC player of the week for his performance against the Southern last weekend. McNabb finished with five tackles (four solo), three tackles for loss and a quarterback sack in JSU\u2019s 19-14 win over the Jaguars.
\nJackson State returns to action Saturday, Oct. 5 when the Tigers host the Arkansas Pine Bluff Golden Lions at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium. Kickoff is set for 6 pm. Jackson State has won all its SWAC games so far this season and has a 3-0 SWAC record, despite having lost two non-conference games to Tulane University and Tennessee State University.<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s game against the Golden Lions is one that JSU surely plans to win given the fact that UABP cost the Tigers a SWAC championship last year. Even though they were picked as preseason favorites, the Lions seem to have lost their roar. The team is currently winless after four games.<\/p>\n

So far this season, the Golden Lions lost 14 to 58 against 18th ranked McNeese State. Their other losses were to Arkansas State, 11-62; and Alcorn State, 16-21. Last week, they lost their season opener with Alabama State by one point, score 39-40. It was also the first SWAC game for the Golden Lions, who fell to 0-3 and 0-1 in the SWAC. Alabama State improved to 1-2 and 1-1 with their first win of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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