Troy Falls to South Alabama

Wednesday, October 11

Troy, Ala.

7 p.m.

Troy University

4-2 , 1-1

South Alabama

2-4 , 1-1

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

South Alabama

Troy

10/12/2017 12:14:00 AM | Football

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By: Jace Sanders

TROY, Alabama – South Alabama scored 12 points off four Troy turnovers and a safety en route to a 19-8 victory in the Battle for the Belt at Veterans Memorial Stadium Wednesday night.

South Alabama (2-4, 1-1 Sun Belt) was able to hold the ball for nearly 36 minutes of game time despite the stingy Troy (4-2, 1-1) defense allowing only 224 yards of offense and forcing an interception – Jamal Stadom picked off a batted pass in the second quarter.

Xavier Johnson put the Jaguars up early with a one-yard rushing touchdown at the 1:17 mark of the first quarter – it was just the third rushing touchdown given up by Troy this season.

South Alabama's Dallas Davis connected with Malik Stanley to take a 16-0 lead in the third quarter. Davis finished the contest 7-for-10 for 120 yards and Stanley caught four passes for 53 yards.

Down 19-0 in the fourth, the Trojans marched down the field on a nine-play, 81-yard drive that was capped by a one-yard rushing touchdown by Brandon Silvers. Silvers completed 24 of his 46 pass attempts for 263 yards with an interception. John Johnson carried in the two-point conversion to cut the lead to 19-8, where it would stand.

Emanuel Thompson led the Trojan receiving corps with six receptions for 67 yards, and Jordan Chunn was held to just 43 rushing yards on 10 carries – his lowest production on the ground since Neal Brown's debut against NC State in 2015.

Freshman Justin Whisenhunt earned his first career start and tied for the team lead with a season-high seven tackles – Cedarius Rookard also posted seven tackles in the matchup.

Quotable – Troy Head Coach Neal Brown
"We're 4-2. We're really not where we should be. The truth of the matter is we've played six games and we've played really bad in two of them, really good in one of them and really average in the other three. That's where we're at. This football team is not playing as good as it needs to. Period."

Stat Geek
• Troy lost for the first time under Neal Brown (13-1) when holding its opponent under 150 rushing yards … South Alabama rushed for just 48 yards on 44 carries.

Notable
• Brandon Silvers was intercepted in the second quarter on his 15^th pass attempt of the game, which snapped a streak of 155 consecutive pass attempts without a pick. Silvers had a streak of 192 consecutive pass attempts without an interception his freshman season that was also ended by South Alabama.

•Troy recorded four sacks in the game which is ties its season-best mark set at Boise State in the opener. Jamal Stadom, Trevon Sanders, Antione Barker and Andre Flakes all had a sack in the game for the Trojans.

• Troy held South Alabama to 48 rushing yards in the game … it was the fourth time this season that the Trojans held an opponent under 100 yards rushing which is the seventh most in a season in Troy's FBS history.