South Alabama 38, Georgia Southern 31
Associated Press
STATESBORO, Ga. - Sophomore La'Damian Webb rushed for a school-record 247 yards and four touchdowns to rally South Alabama to a 38-31 victory over Georgia Southern.
Webb carried 35 times to post his record total for South Alabama (7-2, 4-1 Sun Belt Conference), surpassing the previous mark of 203 set by Tra Minter in 2018 against Coastal Carolina.
Webb scored the final three touchdowns of the game. His 5-yard scoring run with three minutes left in the third quarter pulled the Jaguars within 31-24. Webb added another 5-yard touchdown run with 11:46 remaining in the game to knot the score at 31 and gave South Alabama the lead with 5:50 left on a 9-yard run.
Georgia Southern (5-4, 2-3) led 21-7 after one quarter on Khadry Jackson's 43-yard interception-return score, Jalen White's 54-yard scoring run and Kyle Vantrease's 16-yard touchdown pass to Derwin Burgess Jr.
Webb's first TD run helped South Alabama pull within 24-17 at halftime.
Carter Bradley completed 16 of 27 passes for 193 yards for the Jaguars with two interceptions. His 10-yard scoring toss to Jalen Wayne came in the first quarter.
Vantrease totaled 278 yards on 26-of-45 passing for the Eagles with two touchdowns and an interception. Jjay Mcafee had the other touchdown catch. Burgess finished with eight receptions for 96 yards.
November 5, 2022
| Scoring Summary |
| First Quarter |
USA | GaSo |
| GaSo |
TD |
11:31 |
Khadry Jackson 43 yd interception return (Alex Raynor kick) |
0 |
7 |
| GaSo |
TD |
9:20 |
Jalen White 54 yd run (Alex Raynor kick) |
0 |
14 |
| USA |
TD |
6:56 |
Jalen Wayne 10 yd pass from Carter Bradley (Diego Guajardo kick) |
7 |
14 |
| GaSo |
TD |
3:24 |
Derwin Burgess Jr. 16 yd pass from Kyle Vantrease (Alex Raynor kick) |
7 |
21 |
| Second Quarter |
USA | GaSo |
| USA |
TD |
14:56 |
La'Damian Webb 1 yd run (Diego Guajardo kick) |
14 |
21 |
| GaSo |
FG |
10:17 |
Alex Raynor 22 yd FG |
14 |
24 |
| USA |
FG |
3:23 |
Diego Guajardo 29 yd FG |
17 |
24 |
| Third Quarter |
USA | GaSo |
| GaSo |
TD |
8:45 |
Jjay Mcafee 7 yd pass from Kyle Vantrease (Alex Raynor kick) |
17 |
31 |
| USA |
TD |
3:00 |
La'Damian Webb 5 yd run (Diego Guajardo kick) |
24 |
31 |
| Fourth Quarter |
USA | GaSo |
| USA |
TD |
11:46 |
La'Damian Webb 5 yd run (Diego Guajardo kick) |
31 |
31 |
| USA |
TD |
5:50 |
La'Damian Webb 9 yd run (Diego Guajardo kick) |
38 |
31 |
| Team Stats |
| |
South Alabama |
Georgia Southern |
| First downs |
29 |
21 |
| Rushing |
17 |
4 |
| Passing |
11 |
11 |
| Penalty |
1 |
6 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
8-15, 53% |
4-12, 33% |
| 4th down efficiency |
1-1, 100% |
0-1, 0% |
| Rushes-Yards |
56-321 |
18-88 |
| Passing Yards |
193 |
278 |
| Return Yards |
58 |
84 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
16-27-2 |
26-45-1 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost |
4--27 |
1--7 |
| Punts |
3 |
5 |
| Punts-Average |
29.3 |
38.4 |
| Fumbles Lost |
2-1 |
0-0 |
| Penalties - Yards |
13-118 |
7-60 |
| Time of Possession |
37:04 |
22:56 |
| South Alabama Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| C. Bradley |
16 |
27 |
193 |
1 |
2 |
| Georgia Southern Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| K. Vantrease |
26 |
45 |
278 |
2 |
1 |
| South Alabama Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| L. Webb |
35 |
247 |
7.1 |
4 |
| B. McReynolds |
6 |
42 |
7.0 |
0 |
| T. Justice |
1 |
30 |
30.0 |
0 |
| O. Wells |
3 |
18 |
6.0 |
0 |
| M. Lee |
1 |
5 |
5.0 |
0 |
| C. Bradley |
7 |
-15 |
-2.1 |
0 |
| Georgia Southern Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| J. White |
10 |
65 |
6.5 |
1 |
| G. Green |
5 |
27 |
5.4 |
0 |
| K. Vantrease |
3 |
-4 |
-1.3 |
0 |
| South Alabama Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| D. Voisin |
2 |
42 |
21.0 |
0 |
| C. Lacy |
3 |
33 |
11.0 |
0 |
| L. Sefcik |
2 |
31 |
15.5 |
0 |
| J. Wayne |
3 |
28 |
9.3 |
1 |
| O. Wells |
2 |
26 |
13.0 |
0 |
| D. Thomas-Jones |
3 |
17 |
5.7 |
0 |
| B. McReynolds |
1 |
16 |
16.0 |
0 |
| Georgia Southern Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| D. Burgess Jr. |
8 |
96 |
12.0 |
1 |
| K. Hood |
7 |
76 |
10.9 |
0 |
| J. Mcafee |
2 |
37 |
18.5 |
1 |
| D. Cobb |
3 |
29 |
9.7 |
0 |
| M. Sanders Jr. |
2 |
19 |
9.5 |
0 |
| J. Singleton |
2 |
11 |
5.5 |
0 |
| J. White |
1 |
6 |
6.0 |
0 |
| E. Archie |
1 |
4 |
4.0 |
0 |
| South Alabama Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| Y. Banks |
1 |
0 |
| Georgia Southern Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| K. Jackson |
1 |
43 |
| N. Thompson |
1 |
0 |
| South Alabama Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| J. Martin |
2 |
88 |
44.0 |
| J. Brooks |
1 |
0 |
0.0
|
| Georgia Southern Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| A. Beck II |
5 |
192 |
38.4 |
| South Alabama Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| C. Lacy |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Georgia Southern Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| K. Hood |
1 |
-3 |
-3.0 |
| South Alabama Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| B. McReynolds |
2 |
58 |
29.0 |
| Georgia Southern Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| A. Brown |
2 |
24 |
12.0 |
| K. Hood |
1 |
20 |
20.0 |
| South Alabama Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| Georgia Southern Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| M. Lantz |
52 |
