South Alabama 38, Central Michigan 24
Associated Press
MT. PLEASANT, Mich. - Carter Bradley threw three first-half touchdown passes, La'Damian Webb added two rushing touchdowns, and South Alabama defeated Central Michigan 38-24.
The USA defense, which held Nicholls to 165 yards in a 48-7 victory last week, kept the Chippewas under 200 yards through three quarters. CMU (0-2) rallied with two touchdowns in the fourth quarter and finished with 338 total yards. The Jaguars (2-0) have gone over 500 yards in both their games.
Bradley's scores went 16 yards to Damarcus Thomas, 22 yards to Devin Voisin and 10 yards to Jalen Wayne. He completed 26 of 42 passes for 354 yards with the three touchdowns and one interception.
Webb had 20 carries for 91 yards and the two scores. His 30-yard run in the fourth quarter put USA up 38-10 before Central Michigan rallied with a 12-yard run by Marion Lukes and a 21-yard pass from Daniel Richardson to Joel Wilson.
Richardson was 23-of-47 passing for 257 yards with one touchdown.
| Scoring Summary |
| First Quarter |
USA | CentMi |
| USA |
TD |
8:51 |
DJ Thomas-Jones 16 yd pass from Carter Bradley (missed kick) |
6 |
0 |
| CentMi |
TD |
5:08 |
Lew Nichols III 5 yd run (Marshall Meeder kick) |
6 |
7 |
| USA |
TD |
1:29 |
La'Damian Webb 3 yd run (Diego Guajardo kick) |
13 |
7 |
| USA |
TD |
1:05 |
Devin Voisin 22 yd pass from Carter Bradley (Diego Guajardo kick) |
20 |
7 |
| Second Quarter |
USA | CentMi |
| USA |
TD |
12:14 |
Jalen Wayne 10 yd pass from Carter Bradley (Devin Voisin 2pt pass from Carter Bradley) |
28 |
7 |
| USA |
FG |
5:47 |
Diego Guajardo 36 yd FG |
31 |
7 |
| CentMi |
FG |
1:21 |
Marshall Meeder 48 yd FG |
31 |
10 |
| Fourth Quarter |
USA | CentMi |
| USA |
TD |
10:53 |
La'Damian Webb 30 yd run (Diego Guajardo kick) |
38 |
10 |
| CentMi |
TD |
8:43 |
Marion Lukes 12 yd run (failed 2pt pass) |
38 |
16 |
| CentMi |
TD |
4:30 |
Joel Wilson 21 yd pass from Daniel Richardson (Decorion Temple 2pt pass from Daniel Richardson) |
38 |
24 |
| Team Stats |
| |
South Alabama |
Central Michigan |
| First downs |
30 |
23 |
| Rushing |
9 |
6 |
| Passing |
18 |
12 |
| Penalty |
3 |
5 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
8-17, 47% |
5-15, 33% |
| 4th down efficiency |
0-1, 0% |
1-4, 25% |
| Rushes-Yards |
46-148 |
27-81 |
| Passing Yards |
339 |
287 |
| Return Yards |
18 |
64 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
26-42-1 |
23-47-0 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost |
2--27 |
3--18 |
| Punts |
5 |
5 |
| Punts-Average |
45 |
50.8 |
| Fumbles Lost |
0-0 |
1-1 |
| Penalties - Yards |
9-100 |
8-85 |
| Time of Possession |
38:00 |
22:00 |
| South Alabama Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| C. Bradley |
26 |
42 |
339 |
3 |
1 |
| Central Michigan Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| D. Richardson |
23 |
47 |
287 |
1 |
0 |
| South Alabama Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| Central Michigan Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| T. Jones |
1 |
0 |
| South Alabama Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| J. Brooks |
5 |
225 |
45.0 |
| Central Michigan Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| L. Elzinga |
5 |
254 |
50.8 |
| South Alabama Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| C. Lacy |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Central Michigan Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| J. Williams |
4 |
42 |
10.5 |
| South Alabama Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| B. McReynolds |
1 |
18 |
18.0 |
| Central Michigan Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| I. Jackson |
2 |
22 |
11.0 |
| South Alabama Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| Central Michigan Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| M. Meeder |
36 |
