South Alabama 48, Nicholls 7
Associated Press
MOBILE, Ala. - Carter Bradley threw for three touchdowns and ran for another in his South Alabama debut and the Jaguars routed FCS Nicholls 48-7.
Bradley, a transfer from Toledo, completed 17 of 25 passes for 260 yards in three quarters. La'Damian Webb had 98 yards rushing and two touchdowns on 18 carries and Jalen Wayne had three receptions for 98 yards with two touchdowns. South Alabama finished with 508 yards total offense.
South Alabama, a top-40 defense a year ago, held Nichols to 165 total yards and less than 20 yards in the fourth quarter. Nichols had the No. 4 offense in FCS last season.
Kohen Granier was 15-of-27 passing for 106 yards with an interception for Nicholls.
Leading 10-0 in the second quarter, the Jaguars blew the game open with a couple of quick drives. First, USA went 83 yards in four plays, thanks to a 52-yard touchdown pass from Bradley to Wayne. Later in the quarter after the Jaguar defense came up with a 15-yard tackle-for-loss on fourth down, Bradley's 4-yard touchdown run on first down made it 24-0.
In the third quarter, the Bradley-to-Wayne connection struck again, for a 37-yard touchdown.
| Scoring Summary |
| First Quarter |
Nich | USA |
| USA |
TD |
4:05 |
La'Damian Webb 15 yd run (Diego Guajardo kick) |
0 |
7 |
| USA |
FG |
1:54 |
Diego Guajardo 39 yd FG |
0 |
10 |
| Second Quarter |
Nich | USA |
| USA |
TD |
13:50 |
Jalen Wayne 52 yd pass from Carter Bradley (Diego Guajardo kick) |
0 |
17 |
| USA |
TD |
9:27 |
Carter Bradley 4 yd run (Diego Guajardo kick) |
0 |
24 |
| USA |
FG |
1:30 |
Diego Guajardo 48 yd FG |
0 |
27 |
| Third Quarter |
Nich | USA |
| USA |
TD |
6:58 |
Jalen Wayne 37 yd pass from Carter Bradley (Diego Guajardo kick) |
0 |
34 |
| USA |
TD |
3:52 |
Braylon McReynolds 18 yd pass from Carter Bradley (Diego Guajardo kick) |
0 |
41 |
| Fourth Quarter |
Nich | USA |
| Nich |
TD |
14:24 |
Julien Gums 10 yd run (Gavin Lasseigne kick) |
7 |
41 |
| USA |
TD |
11:22 |
La'Damian Webb 2 yd run (Diego Guajardo kick) |
7 |
48 |
| Team Stats |
| |
Nicholls |
South Alabama |
| First downs |
10 |
24 |
| Rushing |
5 |
11 |
| Passing |
4 |
13 |
| Penalty |
1 |
0 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
2-13, 15% |
3-13, 23% |
| 4th down efficiency |
0-2, 0% |
1-1, 100% |
| Rushes-Yards |
27-59 |
39-176 |
| Passing Yards |
106 |
332 |
| Return Yards |
116 |
99 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
15-28-1 |
26-35-0 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost |
0-0 |
2--10 |
| Punts |
9 |
6 |
| Punts-Average |
46 |
41 |
| Fumbles Lost |
1-1 |
0-0 |
| Penalties - Yards |
2-9 |
10-80 |
| Time of Possession |
25:11 |
34:49 |
| Nicholls Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| Nicholls Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| K. Dupre |
9 |
414 |
46.0 |
| South Alabama Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| J. Brooks |
6 |
246 |
41.0 |
| Nicholls Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| A. Davis |
1 |
2 |
2.0 |
| South Alabama Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| B. McReynolds |
1 |
23 |
23.0 |
| Nicholls Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| South Alabama Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
