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Keenan Phillips
38
Winner Coastal Carolina CCU 2-2 , 1-0
20
South Alabama USA 1-3 , 0-1
Winner
Coastal Carolina CCU
2-2 , 1-0
38
Final
20
South Alabama USA
1-3 , 0-1
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CCU Coastal Carolina 0 7 14 17 38
USA South Alabama 0 14 3 3 20

Game Recap: Football |

Coastal Carolina Downs South Alabama 38-20 in Conference Opener

MOBILE, Ala. – Coastal Carolina took advantage of short fields and turnovers to defeat South Alabama, 38-20, Saturday night at Hancock Whitney Stadium.
 
The Jaguars fell to 1-3 overall and 0-1 in Sun Belt Conference play in defeat.
 
KEY MOMENTS
  • After a scoreless first quarter, PJ Martin rushed the ball from the 38 to the three-yard line, but fumbled it into the end zone. Anthony Eager jumped on the fumble to secure the touchdown and give the Jags a 7-0 lead.
  • Coastal responded with a touchdown, but Kentrel Bullock converted a key fourth-down from the two-yard line by punching in a touchdown to give the Jags a 14-7 lead going into the halftime break.
  • With the help of an 11-yard punt and then an interception, Coastal Carolina scored 14-straight points to open the second half. South Alabama responded with a field goal in the third quarter, but the Chanticleers scored a touchdown again to open the fourth quarter, giving them a 28-17 lead.
  • Hamilton DiBoyan connected on a 47-yard field goal with 6:32 remaining in the game to help the Jags make it a one-possession game at 28-20.
  • Coastal scored the final-10 points in the game to put it away and seal a 38-20 victory. 
KEY STATS
  • Coastal Carolina went 4-of-4 on red zone attempts while South Alabama only converted on 2-of-3 trips to the red zone.
  • The Chanticleers won the turnover battle 2-0 and scored 17 points off turnovers.
  • Despite the loss, South Alabama outgained Coastal 420-294 in total yardage.
NOTABLE
  • Tight end Rod Gibbs recorded the second reception of his career and his first of the season on a 14-yard, third-down conversion during South's first drive of the game.
  • Anthony Eager jumped on a fumble in the end zone to score South Alabama's first touchdown of the night. The Jaguars scored on a similar play last season when Devin Voisin fumbled the ball at the one-yard line and Jamaal Pritchett recovered it in the end zone for a touchdown.
  • Kentrel Bullock's rushing touchdown at the end of the first half was his fourth of the season.
  • Keenan Phillips' 54-yard rush in the second quarter became the longest rushing play of the season for the Jaguars, and the second-longest offensive play.
  • Voisin's 48-yard catch in the fourth quarter was his sixth explosive receiving play of the season and his third catch of more than 30 yards.
  • DiBoyan's 47-yard field goal set a new career long for the redshirt sophomore
QUOTABLE

"Obviously disappointed with the loss. I felt like we were playing some really good football the last two weeks even though it didn't show in the win column. We just did not play with the same style of play. I thought we did defensively. I know there's some things we've got to work on, but I was very pleased with the way the defense continued to battle. We played some timely defense and kept serving it back on a platter to the offense for them to go score and create some momentum, and we never got it going offensively. We weren't very good on third down, and then obviously when you get in the red zone you've got to score. Being eight of 18 on third down, that's not going to get it done. And then you look down in the red zone and we're two of three, but one of those is a field goal, so we've got to score touchdowns in the red area. That's really what it was, was continuity and finishing drives on offense."
 
-Head Coach Major Applewhite on Saturday's loss
 
"I think we came into this game on a high. We had a lot of people telling us how good we are, even in our losses — how we were fighting so good. We didn't execute like we have been in the second half the past two games. We turned the ball over way too much on offense. I thought our defense played pretty well. We've got to get better at those things."
 
-Wide Receiver Devin Voisin on what went wrong in the setback to Coastal Carolina
 
"I feel like the defense played pretty well, we had some mental errors and mistakes, but all in all we put our team in a position to win the game."
 
-Defensive lineman Ed Smith IV on the defense's performance against Coastal
 
UP NEXT
 
South Alabama will travel to North Texas for its final nonconference game of the season on Saturday, Sept. 27. The Jaguars and Mean Green will play at 11 a.m. CT and the game will be nationally televised on ESPNU.
 
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