BATON ROUGE - Southern lost 38-13 to Jackson State to fall to 1-4 on the season.
The Jags started the game strong by recovering a muffed punt inside the Jackson State 10-yard line. They got a field goal out of it for a 3-0 lead.
In the second quarter, the Jags trailed 7-3 before taking the lead when running back Trey Holly broke loose for a big 73-yard touchdown run.
Southern was in scoring position with less than two minutes in the second quarter, but quarterback Ashton Strother threw an interception in the endzone to give the ball back to Jackson State.
With just seconds left on the clock before halftime, Tigers' quarterback Jacobian Morgan threw a Hail Mary pass to Nate Rembert for a touchdown. Tigers led 17-13 at halftime.
From there, Southern could not come from behind to beat JS