Jeremiah Briscoe threw for 305 yards and three touchdowns with Nathan Stewart catching seven for 147 yards and two scores as Sam Houston State opened Southland Conference play with a dominating 66-17 win over Nicholls on Saturday night.
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Chase Fourcade threw for two touchdowns and Kyran Irvin ran for two more as Nicholls downed Prairie View 44-13 on Saturday night.
Kendall Bussey ran for 97 yards and the go-ahead 2-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter as Texas A&M outlasted Nicholls State 24-14 on Saturday night.
Lorran Fonseca kicked a 32-yard field goal as time expired to give Nicholls a 37-35 victory over McNeese in the Southland Conference opener on Thursday night.
Julius Maracalin ran for a career-high three touchdowns and Southeastern Louisiana survived a frantic finish to beat Nicholls 44-42 on Thursday night.
Hayden Hildebrand threw for 257 yards as Central Arkansas regained control in the fourth quarter to stop Nicholls 31-24 in Southland Conference play on Saturday.
Kyran Irvin ran six times for 102 yards, Chase Fourcade had a hand in three touchdowns and Nicholls beat Lamar 35-10 on Thursday night.
Chase Fourcade threw three touchdown passes to C.J. Bates and added a rushing score, helping Nicholls handle Northwestern State 31-14 on Saturday.
Jeremiah Briscoe threw for 419 yards and three touchdowns and Davion Davis grabbed seven passes for 121 yards to lead Sam Houston State to a 38-21 win over Nicholls on Saturday.
C.J. Okpalobi ran for 103 yards and the game-winning touchdown in overtime to lift Nicholls to a 33-30 victory over Houston Baptist on Saturday night.
Chase Fourcade accounted for four touchdowns -two in extra periods -- to lead Nicholls to a 35-28 double-overtime win over Stephen F. Austin in Southland Conference play on Saturday.
James Tabary threw for 376 yards, the second-highest mark in school history, and two touchdown passes to lead McNeese State to a 38-13 win over Nicholls on Saturday night.
The South Alabama defense stopped Dontrell Taylor short of the end zone on a 2-point conversion attempt to seal the Jaguars' 41-40 overtime win against Nicholls on Saturday night.
Chase Fourcade threw for two touchdowns and C.J. Okpalobi rushed for two more scores as Nicholls held off Incarnate Word 35-28 to open Southland Conference action on Saturday.
No. 2 Clemson holds off Troy 30-24. The ViewFromVegas is the Tigers never came close to covering as 35-point home favorites. Earlier, No. 9 Georgia barely beat Nicholls State 26-24 as a 55-point fave. Meanwhile, No. 22 Oklahoma State wasn't able to thwart the upset bid of Central Michigan (18-point 'dog & +650 on money line), losing 30-27 on a Hail Mary and lateral.
Georgia scored two quick-strike touchdowns -- one on offense, one on defense -- in a span of about two minutes after Nicholls took a third-quarter lead, and the No. 9 Bulldogs escaped with an uni
Georgia Head Coach Kirby Smart Postgame Interview
| TEAM | CONF | OVR |
|---|---|---|
| Stephen F. Austin | 2-0 | 2-2 |
| Sam Houston State | 1-0 | 3-0 |
| Central Arkansas | 1-0 | 2-1 |
| Northwestern State | 1-0 | 1-2 |
| Nicholls | 1-1 | 2-2 |
| McNeese | 1-1 | 3-1 |
| Abilene Christian | 1-1 | 1-3 |
| Southeastern Louisiana | 1-1 | 1-3 |
| Incarnate Word | 0-1 | 0-3 |
| Houston Baptist | 0-2 | 1-3 |
| Lamar | 0-2 | 1-3 |
| YEAR | PLAYER | AWARD |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | R. Gulley | Defensive Player of the Week |
