Alabama A&M Gives Southern Its First Loss

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Gerald Stockdale passed 55 yards for a touchdown and Kelcy Luke had two shorter scoring throws to Rashad Johnson as Alabama A&M gave Southern its first defeat of the season, 33-28 Saturday (Oct. 6).

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Stockdale's touchdown throw to Thomas Harris was his only pass of the night for A&M, now even with Southern at 5-1 overall, 3-1 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference.

Luke, who finished 20 for 33 with two interceptions for 226 yards and ran for 9 yards, opened scoring with a 12-yard pass to Johnson; Jeremy Licea made the extra point.

The Jaguars got as close as they would all night on a 9-yard run by Darren Coates, who led the team with 82 yards on 21 carries and 99 yards on eight passes, to make the score 7-6 with 10:10 left in the first quarter.

But A&M had the next three touchdowns, on a 2-yard run by Ulysses Banks, Stockdale's pass - and Luke's 18-yard throw to Johnson, before Alvin Fossilman got Southern on the board again with a 1-yard run for a 28-14 halftime score.

The Jaguars got within three points late in the fourth quarter. Bryant Lee, who also scored on a 6-yard throw to Clevan White, made his second touchdown pass at 14 yards to Gerard Landry to make it 31-28 with 4:40 left.

The final margin was on Whitney Garrett's safety with 2:38 left.

Banks had 19 carries for 73 yards and caught five passes for another 64.

Lee finished 24 for 39 with 219 yards for Southern; Gerard Landry had 10 catches for 98 yards.