HATTIESBURG, Miss. | Carter Bradley tossed a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns to help South Alabama rally back and pick up a 27-20 Sun Belt Conference road victory at M.M. Roberts Stadium on Saturday.

The Jags (9-2, 6-1 SBC) trailed 17-14 heading into the final period of play, but rallied back and then held off Southern Miss (5-6, 3-4 SBC) last as Devin Voisin recovered an on-side kick with 10 seconds to go to seal the win.

With the win South Alabama remains tied in the SBC West Division standings with one game remaining in the regular season. The six conference victories are also a new high mark for the program, eclipsing the 2014 squad which went 5-3 in league play

Bradley threw for 238 yards as he connected on 15 of his 22 pass attempts to go along with his three touchdown passes. D. Vosin was the leading receiver for South as he hauled in six receptions for 97 yards and a touchdown.  

Freshman running back Braylon McReynolds had a career night as he posted 189 all-purpose yards, which included his first career 100-yard game (100), three receptions for 66 yards and 23 kick off return yards. Caullin Lacy also had 122 all-purpose yards – 33 receiving, 73 kickoff and 16 punt return yards.

Defensively, Jaden Voisin was credited with a team-high 17 tackles – six solo – 1.5 tackles for loss and an interception. Linebacker Trey Kiser chipped in with eight tackles – five solo. 

Postgame Notes

• Captains: (2) J. Voisin – S, (5) Jamie Sherriff – DL, (68) James Jackson – OL  
• Attendance: 24,032
• Start Time: 2:33 pm | Time of Game: 3:23
• Saturday's meeting marked the third in the series, but first between the two programs as Sun Belt Conference members
• South Alabama improved to 3-0 in the all-time series with Southern Miss with the victory
• South's opening scoring drive – a 27-yard field goal by Diego Guajardo – was set up by a career-best 64-yard run by McReynolds on the second offensive play of the game
• Jalen Wayne extended his streak of games with at least one catch to 26
• On South's fifth drive of the game, Bradley found Wayne in the back-right corner of the end zone for a five-yard touchdown to tie the game up. Of the 64 yards on the drive, all but one came through the air
• Prior to the scoring drive, the Jags had 27 yards passing over the first four drives of the game
• The touchdown reception was Wayne's eighth of the season, tying him with six other players for the single-season mark. It was also the 13th touchdown reception of his career
• The touchdown pass was also the 20th of the season for Bradley, who already holds the single-season mark, which moved him into a tie for third – Dallas Davis (2015-17) and C.J. Bennett (2010-12) in the career category
• Bradley's two fourth-quarter touchdown passes to D. Voisin and Lacy moved him into third alone on the list as he now has 22
• J. Voisin was credited with 10 total tackles in the first half, and McReynolds had 166 all-purpose yards – 77 rush, 65 receiving and 23 kickoff – during the first 30 minutes of action
• J. Voisin picked off his second pass of the season on the Golden Eagle's opening possession of the third quarter
• Holding a three-point lead (20-17) with under six minutes remaining in regulations, the Jaguar defense came up with a huge fourth-down stop around midfield as Sherriff and Charles Coleman III pressured USM quarterback Trey Lowe III into an errant pass giving South Alabama the ball at its own 45
• The 33-yard touchdown pass to Lacy with less than two minutes to go was his first reception on the evening, extending his consecutive games streak with a reception to 23, tying him with Kawaan Baker for sixth on the list in the category    
• With his four receptions, Wayne matched his total from last fall, which moved him into fifth-most in a season at South
• D. Voisin also moved into the top 10 in the category has he has 50 catches this season
• Along with the single-season touchdown pass record, which he set last weekend against Texas State, Bradley no holds the single-season passing yards (2,793) and single-season completions (223) marks at South Alabama
• The 17 tackles by J. Voisin are tied with three other players for third-most in a game and the most since Nigel Lawrence's 17 tackle effort at Arkansas State (11/3/18)
• The five road wins are the most in a single season by a Jaguar team in program history 
• The current four-game win streak by the Jags is tied for second-longest in program history and the longest win streak since the 2014 season

How It Happened
First Quarter

• 3-0 (12:16) – USA – Guajardo 27-yard field goal (6 plays, 66 yards, 2:44)
• 3-7 (3:58) – USM – Frank Gore Jr. 7-yard touchdown run (8 plays, 65 yards, 4:04)

Second Quarter

• 3-10 (5:34) – USM – Briggs Bourgeious 23-yard field goal (8 plays, 31 yards, 4:21)
• 10-10 (3:51) – USA –Bradley 5-yard touchdown pass to Wayne (4 plays, 64 yards, 1:34)
• 13-10 (00:00) – USA – Guajardo 49-yard field goal (6 plays, 37 yards, 00:44)

Third Quarter

• 13-17 (1:09) – USM – Gore Jr. 29-yard touchdown pass to Jason Brownlee (7 plays, 65 yards, 4:06)

Fourth Quarter

• 20-17 (11:31) – USA – Bradley 26-yard touchdown pass to D. Voisin (10 plays, 61 yards, 4:30)
• 27-17 (1:53) – USA – Bradley 33-yard touchdown pass to Lacy (6 plays, 55 yards, 3:38)
• 27-20 (00:13) – USM – Bourgeious 36-yard field goal (11 plays, 56 yards, 1:40)

Up Next
South Alabama will close out the regular-season on Saturday when the Jags host Old Dominion. Kickoff versus the Monarchs is set for 11 a.m. at Hancock Whitney Stadium.

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