BATON ROUGE, La. -- Quincy Richard threw for a career-high
five touchdowns as Southern took a 55-25 victory over Alabama A&M
on Saturday night.
Richard overcame three interceptions to finish 25-of-40 for 312
yards as the Jaguars (6-0, 4-0 Southwestern Athletic Conference)
finished with 470 yards of total offense.
Alabama A&M (4-3, 2-2) was held to 153 yards, 105 in the air.
A&M's Jeremiah Bond was held to a season-low 22 rushing yards on
14 carries and a touchdown.
The Jaguars struck for three touchdowns during a five-minute
span in the second quarter to take a 32-5 halftime lead.
Richard started the scoring blitz with an 11-yard touchdown toss
to Chris Davis.
Southern recovered an Alabama A&M fumble on the ensuing kickoff,
and Richard capitalized three plays later with a 33-yard scoring
strike to Drayton Bridges.
A failed fake punt attempt on the Bulldogs next possession set
up the Jaguars' next score, a 4-yard run by Leon Miller.
Alabama A&M's only first-half points came on a Reggie Johnson
return on a blocked extra point attempt for 2 points and Rashad
Cylar's 48-yard field goal.
The Bulldogs managed to climb back into the game briefly in the
third quarter when Henry Robinson intercepted a Richard pass on
Southern's 3-yard line and ran it in for a score. Then Bond's
touchdown closed the deficit to 34-19.
But on A&M's next possession, Southern's Erin Damond returned an
interception 46-yards for a score.
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