South Alabama is 1-1 after losing 33-31 to Tulane on Saturday night at Hancock Whitney Stadium.
The Jaguars fell behind 24-14 at halftime and 33-17 in the fourth but made a game of it at the end with a pair of late touchdowns. South Alabama had a potentially game-tying 2-point pass picked off with 59 seconds left, then never got the ball back on offense until forcing a punt with six seconds remaining.
South Alabama hits the road in Week 3, traveling to meet Auburn for the first time in program history. Before that, here are 3 takeaways from the narrow loss to the Green Wave:
1. Jaguars showed plenty of heart in rallying late
South Alabama twice fell behind by two touchdowns on Saturday, the kind of situations where past Jaguars teams have tended to pack it in vs. more-talented competition. But that wasn’t the case vs. Tulane, as USA put two touchdowns on the board in the final 5:24 and gave itself a chance by twice stopping the Green Wave on defense…