Cards open Southland play with 48-38 win at Southeastern La.

[BRI Staff]

HAMMOND, La. - Lamar University rallied for 28 unanswered points in the second half Saturday afternoon and went to post a 48-38 victory over Southeastern Louisiana in the Cardinals' first Southland Conference football game since the 1986 season.

 

The four-touchdown spurt erased a 24-13 SLU lead and gave the Cardinals a 41-24 lead early in the fourth quarter. The Lions cut their deficit to 41-31 on Brian Young's 1-yard touchdown sneak, but the Cardinals responded with Andre Bevil's second play-action pass for a score, this one a 29-yarder to Marcus Jackson.

 

In defeating the Lions on the road for the second-straight season, the Cardinals received a four-touchdown, 270-yard passing effort from Bevil, who completed 19 of 32 atttempts with one interception. Jackson caught two touchdown passes and threw another of 62 yards to split end J.J. Hayes after catching a lateral from Bevil.

 

Bevil's other scoring passes went for 44 yards to Jackson, 32 yards to running back Mike Venson and 2 yards to tight end Paden McVey. Venson rushed for a season-high 84 yards on 27 carries and added four receptions for 54 yards. Also, backup running back Octavious Logan netted 70 rushing yards and logged touchdown runs of 4 and 6 yards.

 

Jackson finished with a career-high 123 receiving yards on five catches, and Hayes, who was playing in his 13th game as a Cardinal went over the 1,000-yard barrier with 92 yards on four catches, giving him 66 catches for 1,057 yards for his Cardinal career.

 

Lamar's defenders helped the offense by coming up with a fumble recovery inside the 10-yard line by linebacker James Washington, another fumble recovery by linebacker Asim Hicks and with interceptions by linebacker Jacody Coleman, cornerback Adrian Guillory and free safety Ryan Clark.

 

 

The victory, achieved before a Strawberry Stadium crowd of 5,104, moved coach Ray Woodard's Cardinals to 3-1 on the season, while the Lions dropped to 4-2 overall and 0-2 in the SLC.

 

LINK: http://www.lamarcardinals.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/100111aab.html

 

Highlights

[LUSportsFan]

Thanks for posting this. I watched the game on the SLC Network yesterday, but it was nice to see the highlights again. I liked the fact that the video had highlights for both teams. A lot of times, that is missing. Nice to see all the highlights ... just as long as my team has more of them. :)

[Big T]

GO to ESPN3 and you van rewatch the whole game if you want.