JACKSON, Mississippi: Shedeur Sanders threw a pair of fourth quarter touchdown passes to Malachi Wideman and JD Martin ran 51 yards for a score as Jackson State broke a 21-21 tie in the third quarter for a 41-21 victory on Texas Southern Saturday to go unbeaten in the Southwestern Athletic Conference game.
Jacorey Howard only carried twice for three yards, but each run ended in the end zone and his two-yard run with 5:44 left in the third quarter pulled Texas Southern even at 21-21.
Peytton Pickett finished with 104 yards on 15 carries to lead Jackson State and his 54-yard sprint after four minutes of play gave the Tigers a 7-0 lead.
Howard hit a 1 and Dominic Franklin scored a 5 to put Texas Southern (2-6, 2-4) in the lead, 14-7 early in the second quarter, but Jackson State rallied with a pair of touchdowns for lead 21-14 at intermission.
Sanders finished 25 of 41 for 305 yards and three touchdowns to lead Jackson State (8-1, 6-0). Keith Corbin III caught nine passes for 111 yards.
Texas Southern only managed 79 passing yards, but LaDarius Owens carried 23 times for 198 yards and the Tigers finished with 259 rushing yards.
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