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Sanders, Wideman help Jackson St. rally, beat Southern 21-17
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Shedeur Sanders threw two fourth-quarter touchdown passes to Malachi Wideman to help Jackson State beat Southern on Saturday night to clinch a berth in the SWAC Championship Game and end a 9-game losing streak against the Jaguars.
Jackson State (9-1, 7-0 Southwestern Athletic Conference) forced a punt and took possession near midfield with 7:34 to play and trailing 17-7. Sanders completed five passes on a six-play drive that culminated when Wideman caught a 13-yard TD less than two minutes later and, after Southern (4-6, 3-4) went three-and-out, Sanders was sacked for a 12-yard loss and the Tigers were penalized for a false start and a delay of game before Wideman caught a 50-yard touchdown pass from Sanders to make it 21-17 with 1:42 remaining.
Jackson State - which clinched the East Division title, its first title since 2013 - closes the regular season at home against Alcorn State next Saturday and will host the SWAC Championship Game on Dec. 4.
Sanders was 24-of-31 passing for 260 yards with two interceptions - just his fourth and fifth of the season - and lost a fumble.
Jerodd Simms had 98 yards rushing and a touchdown for the Jaguars.
Acting head coach Gary Harrell improved to 4-0 while filling in for Deion Sanders, who has missed the past four weeks for Jackson State after suffering complications from foot surgery in September. Sanders, a Pro Football Hall of Famer and Shedeur's father, was released from the hospital earlier in the week and returned to the sideline against Southern.
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Team Stats | ||
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1st Downs | 0 | 0 |
Rushing | 0 | 0 |
Passing | 0 | 0 |
Penalty | 0 | 0 |
3rd Down Conv | 0-0 | 0-0 |
4th Down Conv | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Total Net Yards | 0 | 0 |
Total Plays | 0 | 0 |
Avg Gain | 0 | 0 |
Net Yards Rushing | 0 | 0 |
Rush Attempts | 0 | 0 |
Avg Rush Yards | 0 | 0 |
Yards Passing | 0 | 0 |
Comp. - Att. | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Yards Per Pass | 0 | 0 |
Penalties - Yards | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Touchdowns | ||
Rushing TDs | 0 | 0 |
Passing TDs | 0 | 0 |
Other | ||
Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
Fumbles - Lost | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Int. Thrown | 0 | 0 |
Punts - Avg | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Return Yards | ||
Punts - Returns | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Kickoffs - Returns | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Int. - Returns | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Safeties | 0 | 0 |
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Passing | CP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT |
Rushing | ATT | YDS | TD | LG |
J. MartinÂ
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J. Martin | 54 | 227 | 3 | 51 | ||||||||||||||||||||
D. MoultrieÂ
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D. Moultrie | 7 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
Receiving | TAR | REC | YDS | TD | LG |
J. MartinÂ
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J. Martin | 0 | 7 | 46 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
K. Wiggins Jr.Â
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K. Wiggins Jr. | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
Defense | T-A | SACK | INT |
Kicking | FG | LG | XP | PTS |
Punting | NO | AVG | IN20 | LG |
Kickoff Returns | NO | AVG | LG | TD |
Punt Returns | NO | AVG | LG | TD |
Passing | CP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT |
Rushing | ATT | YDS | TD | LG |
K. DillonÂ
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K. Dillon | 88 | 671 | 4 | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||||
C. WhitfieldÂ
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C. Whitfield | 2 | 14 | 0 | 11 |
Receiving | TAR | REC | YDS | TD | LG |
C. WhitfieldÂ
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C. Whitfield | 0 | 16 | 175 | 0 | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
T. KirkwoodÂ
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T. Kirkwood | 0 | 9 | 111 | 1 | 46 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
K. DillonÂ
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K. Dillon | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
Defense | T-A | SACK | INT |
Kicking | FG | LG | XP | PTS |
Punting | NO | AVG | IN20 | LG |
Kickoff Returns | NO | AVG | LG | TD |
Punt Returns | NO | AVG | LG | TD |