Overview
- Quarterback Lunch Winfield went 14-of-15 for 232 yards with two touchdown passes and added a rushing score, totaling 277 yards.
- Receiver Shelton Sampson Jr. delivered six catches for 138 yards and two touchdowns in a breakout performance.
- The Ragin’ Cajuns scored on their first five possessions to lead 24-7 at halftime and 31-7 early in the third quarter at Hancock Whitney Stadium.
- South Alabama cut the deficit with a Bishop Davenport keeper and a 64-yard strike to Jeremy Scott plus a two-point conversion, but a fourth-and-goal run was stopped at the 1 before Dugger’s clinching pick.
- Louisiana improved to 3-6 with three games remaining, while South Alabama fell to 2-7 (1-4 Sun Belt), and AL.com reported the loss ends the Jaguars’ three-year bowl streak.