McCray leads Southern past Grambling 34-17 in Bayou Classic | |
NEW ORLEANS (AP) Besean McCray scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 22-yard run and Southern pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat Grambling 34-17 in the Bayou Classic on Saturday at the Superdome. It was a back-and-forth affair until McCray capped a 12-play, 60-yard drive for Southern (7-4, 5-3 Southwestern Athletic Conference) with his scoring run. The Jaguars took the first two-score lead of the game when Kriston Davis picked off a Julian Calvez pass and returned it 42 yards for a touchdown and a 28-17 advantage. Calvez, a freshman, staked Grambling to a 7-0 lead with 43 seconds left in the first quarter on a 4-yard touchdown pass to Lyndon Rash. MORE | |
| Leaders | |||||
| Passing Yards: | Q. Hawkins | 928 | |||
| Passing TDs: | Q. Hawkins | 6 | |||
| Rushing Yards: | M. Washington | 589 | |||
| Rushing TDs: | M. Washington | 7 | |||
| Receiving Yards: | L. Rash | 517 | |||
| Receiving TDs: | L. Rash | 5 | |||
| Interceptions: | None | ||||
| Schedule 2022 | ||||
| Date | Opponent | Result / Time | ||
| 9/3 | at Arkansas State | L 3 - 58 | ||
| 9/10 | vs. Northwestern State | W 47 - 21 | ||
| 9/17 | at Jackson State | L 24 - 66 | ||
| 9/24 | at Bethune-Cookman | L 19 - 36 | ||
| 10/1 | vs. Prairie View A&M | L 14 - 34 | ||
| 10/8 | at Alabama A&M | L 31 - 37 | ||
| 10/15 | vs. Florida A&M | L 16 - 20 | ||
| 10/29 | vs. Alcorn State | W 35 - 6 | ||
| 11/5 | vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff | W 36 - 10 | ||
| 11/12 | at Texas Southern | L 7 - 41 | ||
| 11/26 | at Southern University | L 17 - 34 | ||
| Southwestern Athletic | ||||||||||||
| East | ||||||||||||
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||
| 10 Jackson State | 8-0 | 11-0 | ||||||||||
| Florida A&M | 7-1 | 9-2 | ||||||||||
| Alabama State | 4-4 | 6-5 | ||||||||||
| Alabama A&M | 4-4 | 4-7 | ||||||||||
| Bethune-Cookman | 2-6 | 2-9 | ||||||||||
| Mississippi Valley State | 2-6 | 2-9 | ||||||||||
| West | ||||||||||||
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||
| Southern | 5-3 | 7-4 | ||||||||||
| Prairie View A&M | 5-3 | 6-5 | ||||||||||
| Texas Southern | 4-4 | 5-6 | ||||||||||
| Alcorn State | 4-4 | 5-6 | ||||||||||
| Grambling State | 2-6 | 3-8 | ||||||||||
| Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 1-7 | 3-8 | ||||||||||
| Offense (FCS Rank) | |||||
| Yards: | 3308 (98) | ||||
| Passing Yards: | 1636 (105) | ||||
| Rushing Yards: | 1672 (58) | ||||
| Points per game: | 22.6 (77) | ||||
| Yards per game: | 300.7 (101) | ||||
| Touchdowns: | 29 (77) | ||||
| Field Goals: | 6 (99) | ||||
| Defense (FCS Rank) | |||||
| Yards: | 4313 (68) | ||||
| Passing Yards: | 2202 (33) | ||||
| Rushing Yards: | 2111 (96) | ||||
| Points per game: | 33.0 (93) | ||||
| Yards per game: | 392.1 (73) | ||||
| Touchdowns: | 41 (81) | ||||
| Field Goals: | 10 (67) | ||||
