BATON ROUGE, La. - Led by a dominant defensive effort that held the Southern air attack to 81 passing yards, Prairie View A&M took down the Jaguars 24-3 on the road Saturday afternoon during Southern's homecoming.

The Panthers improved to 5-2 on the year and 4-0 in Southwestern Athletic Conference play, while the Jaguars fell to 1-6 and 0-3.

Cameron Peters led Prairie View A&M's passing attack with 224 yards through the air, tossing one touchdown without throwing an interception.
Chase Bingmon led all Panthers rushers with 64 yards in the contest, picking up 4.9 yards per carry. Bingmon also added 52 receiving yards. Lamagea McDowell also added 56 yards and two touchdowns on the ground.

Prairie View A&M got solid production from Andre Dennis, who hauled in three catches for 44 yards.

Drew Skartvedt paced the Prairie View A&M defensive effort, collecting one recovered fumble. Malik Gucake added four tackles, 1.0 TFL, one forced fumble, and one recovered fumble and Kamren Amao had seven tackles and one interception in the win.

The Panthers won the turnover battle in Saturday's game, forcing three turnovers while avoiding any giveways, with Prairie View A&M turning those takeaways into 14 points.

Defensively, Prairie View A&M held up fairly well against the Southern offensive attack, holding the Jaguars to 247 total yards.

How It Happened
Prairie View A&M grabbed a 7-0 lead over Southern after scoring the game's first points with 14:54 remaining in the second quarter.The Panthers then extended the lead to 14-0 with another score.

Prairie View A&M then added a field goal with :00 left in the second quarter to make it a 17-0 lead.The Panthers kept building their lead after Southern closed the gap to 17-3, scoring again to go on top 24-3. Neither team scored again in the game.

Game Notes
» Prairie View A&M outgained Southern 361-247, including a 224-81 advantage through the air.
» Prairie View A&M won the turnover battle 3-0 after intercepting one pass and recovering two fumbles.
» The Panthers scored first with 14:54 left in the second quarter and never trailed the rest of the game on their way to victory.
» Prairie View A&M tallied 17 points in the second quarter, accounting for 70.8% of their total score.
» Prairie View A&M converted 4 of 12 third downs while Southern was successful on 7 of 16.
» Travor Randle led the Panthers with 12 tackles.
» Prairie View A&M went 1-for-2 on fourth down, converting on 50 percent of attempts.
» Prairie View A&M gave up just three points in two Southern trips to the red zone.
» Prairie View A&M forced one red zone turnover in the contest.
» The Panthers didn't allow a sack in the contest.
» Prairie View A&M allowed only 1.667 yards per punt return on three attempts.
» Prairie View A&M got off to a hot start in the contest, putting 17 unanswered points on the board before Southern could respond.