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South Alabama Jaguars at Troy Trojans

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Troy builds big lead, holds off South Alabama comeback

After Desmond Trotter's 4-yard run gave South Alabama a 7-0 lead, Troy (5-4, 3-2 Sun Belt Conference) responded with 31 consecutive points. Bruce Brooks kicked a short field goal, Woods scored on two short runs and Tez Johnson had a 31-yard TD run before Robertson gave the Trojans a 31-7 lead with his interception return.

But Trotter connected with Terrion Avery on a short touchdown pass to draw the Jaguars within 31-14 at the half. Trotter and Avery connected again late in the third quarter to make it 31-21.

In the fourth quarter, USA (5-4, 2-4) drove inside the 20 with about six minutes left but had to settle for Diego Guajardo's 34-yard field goal. The Jaguars had one more possession; Trotter's fourth-down pass falling incomplete at their own 29.

Trotter completed 20 of 32 passes for 138 yards. Avery had a game-high 80 yards rushing on 23 carries to go with his two receiving TDs.

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Scoring Summary

USA TD 1st Period 10:24 Desmond Trotter 4 Yd Run (Diego Guajardo Kick)
TROY FG 1st Period 7:15 Brooks Buce 22 Yd Field Goal
TROY TD 1st Period 0:56 Jamontez Woods 3 Yd Run (Brooks Buce Kick)
TROY TD 2nd Period 10:10 Tez Johnson 31 Yd Run (Brooks Buce Kick)
TROY TD 2nd Period 5:36 Jamontez Woods 3 Yd Run (Brooks Buce Kick)
TROY TD 2nd Period 4:55 KJ Robertson 32 Yd Interception Return (Brooks Buce Kick)
USA TD 2nd Period 0:09 Terrion Avery 11 Yd pass from Desmond Trotter (Diego Guajardo Kick)
USA TD 3rd Period 1:22 Terrion Avery 3 Yd pass from Desmond Trotter (Diego Guajardo Kick)
USA FG 4th Period 6:45 Diego Guajardo 34 Yd Field Goal

Statistics

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22 1st Downs 17
4-16 3rd down efficiency 6-12
6-8 4th down efficiency 0-0
335 Total Yards 308
187 Passing 201
23/35 Comp/Att 17/25
5.3 Yards per pass 8.0
148 Rushing 107
46 Rushing Attempts 31
3.2 Yards per rush 3.5
3-30 Penalties 3-25
2 Turnovers 1
1 Fumbles lost 0
1 Interceptions thrown 1
36:25 Possession 23:35

Game Information

Veterans Memorial Stadium (AL)

Location: Troy, AL
Attendance: 26,211 · Capacity:

Sun Belt - East

TEAM OVR CONF
App State 0-0 0-0
Coastal Carolina 0-0 0-0
Georgia Southern 0-0 0-0
Georgia State 0-0 0-0
James Madison 0-0 0-0
Marshall 0-0 0-0
Old Dominion 0-0 0-0

Sun Belt - West

TEAM OVER CONF
Arkansas State 0-0 0-0
Louisiana 0-0 0-0
South Alabama 0-0 0-0
Southern Miss 0-0 0-0
Texas State 0-0 0-0
Troy 0-0 0-0
UL Monroe 0-0 0-0
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