2020 Southern Jaguars football team explained
Year: | 2020 |
Team: | Southern Jaguars |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
Division: | West Division |
Short Conf: | SWAC |
Fcscoachrank: | 19 |
Record: | 5–1 |
Conf Record: | 4–1 |
Head Coach: | Dawson Odums |
Hc Year: | 8th |
Stadium: | Ace W. Mumford Stadium |
The 2020 Southern Jaguars football team represented Southern University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Jaguars were led by eighth-year head coach Dawson Odums and played their home games at Ace W. Mumford Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).
On July 20, 2020, the Southwestern Athletic Conference announced that it would not play fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which included the football program.[1] The conference is formalizing plans to conduct a competitive schedule for football during the 2021 spring semester.
Preseason
Recruiting class
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Preseason polls
The SWAC will release their polls in July 2020.
Preseason all–SWAC teams
Offense
Defense
Schedule
The 2020 schedule originally consisted of 5 home, 3 away, and 3 neutral site games in the regular season. The Tigers will travel to SWAC foes Alabama A&M, Alabama State, and Prairie View A&M. The Tigers will play host to SWAC foes Jackson State, Alcorn State, and Arkansas–Pine Bluff. The Tigers will play two neutral site conference games—the Dallas State Fair Showdown against Texas Southern at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, TX and the Bayou Classic against Grambling State at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, LA.
Due to the SWAC's postponement of the 2020 football season to spring 2021, games against Florida A&M,, Morehouse, and Tennessee State were canceled.[4] [5] [6]
Southern's revised schedule, released by the conference on August 17,[7] will feature six games; 2 home, 3 away, and 1 at a neutral site.
Schedule Source:[8]
Game summaries
At Alabama State
See also: 2020 Alabama State Hornets football team.
Statistics | Southern | Alabama State |
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First downs | 12 | 22 |
Total yards | 274 | 274 |
Rushing yards | 139 | 125 |
Passing yards | 135 | 149 |
Turnovers | 3 | 3 |
Time of possession | 23:44 | 36:16 |
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Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Southern | Passing | Ladarius Skelton | 10/22, 135 yards, 1 TD |
Rushing | Ladarius Skelton | 10 carries, 72 yards, 1 TD |
Receiving | Gregory Perkins | 1 reception, 59 yards, 1 TD |
Alabama State | Passing | Ryan Nettles | 16/27, 149 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT |
Rushing | Ezra Gray | 14 carries, 73 yards |
Receiving | | 5 receptions, 47 yards, 1 TD | |
Arkansas–Pine Bluff
See also: 2020 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team.
Statistics | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | Southern |
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First downs | 20 | 23 |
Total yards | 411 | 426 |
Rushing yards | 188 | 134 |
Passing yards | 223 | 292 |
Turnovers | 0 | 4 |
Time of possession | 30:26 | 29:34 |
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Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Arkansas–Pine Bluff | Passing | Skyler Perry | 22/37, 223 yards, 2 TDs |
Rushing | Skyler Perry | 8 carries, 58 yards, 2 TDs |
Receiving | Tyrin Ralph | 7 receptions, 86 yards |
Southern | Passing | John Lampley | 20/33, 238 yards, 2 TDs, 3 INTs |
Rushing | Jarod Sims | 11 carries, 55 yards, 1 TD |
Receiving | Brandon Hinton | 3 receptions, 60 yards | |
At Texas Southern
See also: 2020 Texas Southern Tigers football team.
Statistics | Southern | Texas Southern |
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First downs | 24 | 22 |
Total yards | 460 | 383 |
Rushing yards | 258 | 102 |
Passing yards | 202 | 281 |
Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
Time of possession | 32:51 | 27:09 |
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Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Southern | Passing | Ladarius Skelton | 11/18, 174 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT |
Rushing | Ladarius Skelton | 14 carries, 71 yards |
Receiving | Ethan Howard | 2 receptions, 56 yards, 2 TDs |
Texas Southern | Passing | Jalen Brown | 21/37, 281 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT |
Rushing | Jacorey Howard | 14 carries, 59 yards, 1 TD |
Receiving | Ke'Lenn Davis | 3 receptions, 85 yards, 1 TD | |
At Jackson State
See also: 2020 Jackson State Tigers football team and Boombox Classic.
Statistics | Southern | Jackson State |
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First downs | 26 | 16 |
Total yards | 474 | 309 |
Rushing yards | 294 | 66 |
Passing yards | 180 | 243 |
Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
Time of possession | 42:49 | 17:11 |
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Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Southern | Passing | John Lampley | 9/14, 116 yards, 1 TD |
Rushing | Jerodd Sims | 17 carries, 79 yards |
Receiving | Ethan Howard | 4 receptions, 54 yards |
Jackson State | Passing | Jalon Jones | 17/29, 243 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT |
Rushing | Tyson Alexander | 8 carries, 38 yards |
Receiving | Daylen Baldwin | 3 receptions, 91 yards, 1 TD | |
Vs. Grambling State
See also: 2020 Grambling State Tigers football team and Bayou Classic.
Statistics | Grambling State | Southern |
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First downs | 13 | 19 |
Total yards | 208 | 520 |
Rushing yards | 143 | 232 |
Passing yards | 65 | 288 |
Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
Time of possession | 25:51 | 34:09 |
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Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Grambling State | Passing | Elijah Walker | 9/14, 65 yards, 1 TD |
Rushing | Lyndemian Brooks | 9 carries, 71 yards |
Receiving | Raylon Richardson | 3 receptions, 51 yards, 1 TD |
Southern | Passing | John Lampley | 8/11, 143 yards, 1 TDs |
Rushing | Ladarius Skelton | 7 carries, 76 yards, 2 TDs |
Receiving | Ethan Howard | 5 receptions, 80 yards | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Stephenson . Creg . SWAC becomes latest FCS conference to postpone 2020 football season to spring. AL.com. 21 July 2020 . 20 July 2020.
- Web site: Southern Football adds Nine on Early Signing Day . Southern University . 26 April 2020 . en.
- Web site: Southern Lands Seven New Players to add to 2020 Signing Class . Southern University . 26 April 2020 . en.
- Web site: Visser . David . SWAC Suspends Fall Football Season. FBSchedules.com . July 20, 2020 . July 21, 2020.
- Web site: Witz . Billy . First Cancellations Emerge for Major College Football . The New York Times . June 18, 2020 . 17 June 2020.
- Web site: Kelley . Kevin . Southern to host Florida Memorial in 2020 and 2021 . FBSchedules.com . June 21, 2020 . June 20, 2020.
- Web site: SWAC Releases 2021 Spring Football Schedule . swac.org . 18 August 2020 . en.
- Web site: 2020 Southern Football Schedule . FBSchedules.com . April 10, 2020.