Minter with 2 TDs as South Alabama beats Jackson State 37-14
Minter scores twice for South Alabama in win over Jackson State
Tra Minter scores two touchdowns and rushes for 189 yards in South Alabama's 37-14 win over Jackson State.
MOBILE, Ala. -- Tra Minter ran for two touchdowns as South Alabama beat Jackson State 37-14 on Saturday night.
Minter racked up 189 yards on 16 carries for the Jaguars (1-1), including a 49-yard scoring run late in the first quarter. Cephus Johnson threw for 120 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score.
South Alabama led 13-7 after Minter's TD run when Johnson threw a short touchdown pass to Kawaan Baker with seconds to go in the first half and the Jaguars led 19-7 at halftime.
Minter ran for his second touchdown late in the third but the two-point conversion failed, leaving it at 25-7 with 5:36 to play in the quarter.
Jackson State scored a touchdown late in the first quarter on a 6-yard pass from Derrick Ponder to Newman but did not score again until late in the fourth when Tyson Alexander squeezed one more in on a 30-yard run with 5:22 to play.
Ponder finished with 123 yards passing for the Tigers (0-2).
Game Information
2024 Southwestern Athletic Conference Standings
Team | CONF | OVR |
---|---|---|
Jackson State | 8-0 | 12-2 |
Florida A&M | 5-3 | 7-5 |
Alabama State | 5-3 | 7-5 |
Alabama A&M | 4-4 | 6-6 |
Bethune-Cookman | 2-6 | 2-10 |
Mississippi Valley State | 1-7 | 1-11 |
Team | CONF | OVR |
---|---|---|
Southern | 7-1 | 8-5 |
Alcorn State | 5-3 | 6-6 |
Texas Southern | 4-4 | 5-6 |
Prairie View A&M | 3-5 | 5-7 |
Grambling | 2-6 | 5-7 |
Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 2-6 | 3-9 |
2024 Sun Belt Conference Standings
Team | CONF | OVR |
---|---|---|
Marshall | 7-1 | 10-3 |
Georgia Southern | 6-2 | 8-5 |
James Madison | 4-4 | 9-4 |
Old Dominion | 4-4 | 5-7 |
Coastal Carolina | 3-5 | 6-6 |
App State | 3-5 | 5-6 |
Georgia State | 1-7 | 3-9 |
Team | CONF | OVR |
---|---|---|
Louisiana | 7-1 | 10-3 |
Texas State | 5-3 | 7-5 |
Arkansas State | 5-3 | 7-5 |
South Alabama | 5-3 | 7-6 |
UL Monroe | 3-5 | 5-7 |
Troy | 3-5 | 4-8 |
Southern Miss | 0-8 | 1-11 |