College Football
BOXSCORE
Alcorn State 38, Southern 24
When: 4:00 PM   ET ,  Saturday, December 6, 2014
Where: NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas
Attendance: 38969
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Alcorn State 10 14 7 7 38
Southern 0 10 14 0 24
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 11:05
Alcorn State   TD  Southern 0 - Alcorn State 7
Jordan Payne 13 yd. pass from John Gibbs, Jr. (Haiden McCraney kick)
1st Quarter - 2:34
Alcorn State   FG  Southern 0 - Alcorn State 10
Haiden McCraney 27 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 12:14
Southern   FG  Southern 3 - Alcorn State 10
Greg Pittman 21 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 8:20
Alcorn State   TD  Southern 3 - Alcorn State 17
Anthony Williams III 12 yd. run (Haiden McCraney kick)
2nd Quarter - 2:59
Southern   TD  Southern 10 - Alcorn State 17
Willie Quinn 86 yd. punt return (Greg Pittman kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:08
Alcorn State   TD  Southern 10 - Alcorn State 24
Billy Shed 3 yd. pass from John Gibbs, Jr. (Haiden McCraney kick)
3rd Quarter - 12:14
Southern   TD  Southern 17 - Alcorn State 24
Malcolm Crockett 2 yd. run (Greg Pittman kick)
3rd Quarter - 10:11
Southern   TD  Southern 24 - Alcorn State 24
Dennis Craig 9 yd. blocked punt return (Greg Pittman kick)
3rd Quarter - 4:55
Alcorn State   TD  Southern 24 - Alcorn State 31
Anthony Williams III 4 yd. run (Haiden McCraney kick)
4th Quarter - 14:12
Alcorn State   TD  Southern 24 - Alcorn State 38
Brandon Vessell 51 yd. pass from John Gibbs, Jr. (Haiden McCraney kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Alcorn State Southern
W/L 10 - 3 - 0 9 - 4 - 0
Conference 7 - 2 - 0 8 - 1 - 0
Team Stats
  Alcorn State Southern
Score 38 24
1st Downs 22 13
3rd Down Efficiency 7-for-16
44%
3-for-13
23%
4th Down Efficiency 0-for-0
0%
0-for-1
0%
Total Yards 480 268
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 47-230 29-108
Average/Rush 4.9 3.7
Passing
Comp-Att 21-31 17-33
Passing Yards 250 160
Average/Pass Play 8.1 4.8
Penalties-Yards 8-50 4-38
Fumbles-Lost 0-1 0-2
Interceptions Thrown 1 0
Time of Possession 37:05 22:55
PLAYER STATS
Alcorn State (10 - 3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Gibbs, Jr. 20/30 245 3 1
Z. Rollins, Jr. 1/1 5 0 0
Southern (9 - 4)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
A. Howard 15/30 152 0 0
D. Shorts 2/3 8 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
J. Gibbs, Jr. 16 132 8.2 0
A. Baker 12 58 4.8 0
A. Williams III 9 26 2.9 2
D. Ragsdale 8 14 1.8 0
J. McKenzie 2 0 0.0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
L. Tillery 14 55 3.9 0
M. Crockett 8 21 2.6 1
A. Howard 4 17 4.2 0
T. Bracken 2 14 7.0 0
D. Shorts 1 1 1.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
B. Vessell 1 51 51.0 1
C. Hughes 3 49 16.3 0
Z. Rollins, Jr. 4 31 7.8 0
A. Baker 2 28 14.0 0
B. Shed 3 27 9.0 1
J. McKenzie 3 25 8.3 0
A. Williams III 3 21 7.0 0
J. Payne 1 13 13.0 1
J. Gibbs, Jr. 1 5 5.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
L. Tillery 4 60 15.0 0
W. Quinn 6 59 9.8 0
M. Jones 2 17 8.5 0
M. Jones 3 16 5.3 0
S. Altman 1 6 6.0 0
J. Morgan 1 2 2.0 0