Troy 10. South Alabama 6
Associated Press
MOBILE, Ala. - DK Billingsley rushed for 86 yards and a touchdown, Brooks Buce made a career-long 51-yard field goal and Troy edged South Alabama 10-6 in the Battle for the Belt.
Troy (6-2, 4-1 Sun Belt Conference), which won its fifth straight in the series, moved into the top spot in the West Division.
The Troy defense held South Alabama to 246 yards. Carter Bradley, ranked third in the Sun Belt with 282.3 yards passing per game, threw for just 215 yards for the Jaguars and was intercepted by Reddy Steward.
Troy linebacker Carlton Martial moved into fourth on the FBS leaderboard with 513 career tackles.
Diego Guajardo made field goals of 32 and 41 yards for South Alabama (5-2, 2-1).
| Scoring Summary |
| Second Quarter |
Troy | USA |
| Troy |
TD |
14:56 |
DK Billingsley 5 yard TD run (Brooks Buce Extra Point) |
7 |
0 |
| USA |
FG |
0:00 |
Diego Guajardo 41 yard field goal |
7 |
3 |
| Fourth Quarter |
Troy | USA |
| USA |
FG |
10:27 |
Diego Guajardo 32 yard field goal |
7 |
6 |
| Troy |
FG |
7:35 |
Brooks Buce 51 yard field goal |
10 |
6 |
| Team Stats |
| |
Troy |
South Alabama |
| First downs |
17 |
15 |
| Rushing |
8 |
2 |
| Passing |
7 |
13 |
| Penalty |
2 |
0 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
1-12, 8% |
4-13, 31% |
| 4th down efficiency |
2-2, 100% |
1-1, 100% |
| Rushes-Yards |
41-128 |
21-31 |
| Passing Yards |
138 |
224 |
| Return Yards |
0 |
16 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
14-19-1 |
28-40-1 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost |
4-21 |
3-11 |
| Punts |
6 |
7 |
| Fumbles Lost |
0-0 |
1-0 |
| Penalties - Yards |
5-35 |
6-60 |
| Troy Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| J. Doege |
10 |
15 |
84 |
0 |
1 |
| G. Watson |
4 |
4 |
54 |
0 |
0 |
| South Alabama Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| C. Bradley |
28 |
39 |
224 |
0 |
1 |
| Troy Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| D. Billingsley |
19 |
86 |
4.5 |
1 |
| K. Vidal |
17 |
64 |
3.8 |
0 |
| G. Watson |
1 |
-3 |
-3.0 |
0 |
| J. Doege |
4 |
-19 |
-4.8 |
0 |
| South Alabama Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| O. Wells |
4 |
21 |
5.3 |
0 |
| L. Webb |
8 |
12 |
1.5 |
0 |
| M. Lee |
2 |
2 |
1.0 |
0 |
| C. Bradley |
7 |
-4 |
-0.6 |
0 |
| Troy Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| T. Johnson |
4 |
57 |
14.3 |
0 |
| R. Johnson |
4 |
56 |
14.0 |
0 |
| D. Stoudemire |
1 |
8 |
8.0 |
0 |
| D. Billingsley |
2 |
7 |
3.5 |
0 |
| K. Vidal |
1 |
6 |
6.0 |
0 |
| D. Ross |
2 |
4 |
2.0 |
0 |
| South Alabama Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| D. Voisin |
9 |
93 |
10.3 |
0 |
| J. Wayne |
9 |
68 |
7.6 |
0 |
| C. Lacy |
6 |
46 |
7.7 |
0 |
| L. Webb |
1 |
9 |
9.0 |
0 |
| D. Thomas-Jones |
1 |
6 |
6.0 |
0 |
| O. Wells |
2 |
2 |
1.0 |
0 |
| Troy Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| R. Steward |
1 |
0 |
| South Alabama Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| Y. Banks |
1 |
0 |
| Troy Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| M. Rivers |
6 |
258 |
43.0 |
| South Alabama Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| J. Brooks |
7 |
292 |
41.7 |
| Troy Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| South Alabama Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| C. Lacy |
2 |
4 |
2.0 |
| Troy Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| South Alabama Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| B. Hill |
1 |
12 |
12.0 |
| Troy Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| B. Buce |
37 |
| South Alabama Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
