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21
Winner Jackson State JSU 3-4 , 3-2
13
Texas Southern TXSO 3-4 , 3-3
Winner
Jackson State JSU
3-4 , 3-2
21
Final
13
Texas Southern TXSO
3-4 , 3-3
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
JSU Jackson State 7 0 7 7 21
TXSO Texas Southern 7 3 0 3 13

Game Recap: Football |

Defense leads the way as JSU defeats TSU

HOUSTON- Robert Johnson scored two rushing touchdowns and Jordan Johnson added a score and 78 yards on the ground to help lead Jackson State past Texas Southern 21-13 on Saturday.

Averion Hurts put Texas Southern up 7-0 completing a 4-yard TD pass to Mario Smalls with 9:20 left in the first.

Just before the end of the first quarter, Robert Johnson scored on a 1-yard dive to cap a 6-play, 52-yard drive.

Texas Southern took its last lead of the game with a 49-yard field goal from Eric Medina with 5:32 left before halftime.

In the third quarter Robert Johnson's second touchdown put Jackson State (3-4, 3-2 SWAC) up for good.

Jordan Johnson scored on a 55-yard TD run early in the fourth quarter.

Hurts was 13-for-19 passing and threw for 105 yards and rushed for 76.

It was Jackson State's sixth straight win against Texas Southern (3-4, 3-3 SWAC).

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