Box Score

LORMAN, Miss. – Jackson State's Travis Hunter returned an interception for a touchdown and caught a touchdown pass to help power the Tigers football to a 24-13 win over Alcorn at Jack Spinks/Marino Casem Stadium.
 
Hunter returned a second-quarter interception 44 yards for a touchdown and made a 19-yard touchdown catch in the fourth quarter to push JSU football to its first 11-0 regular season in program history and second consecutive 8-0 Southwestern Athletic Conference record.
 
Leading 17-13 in the fourth quarter, Hunter made both of his receptions on a key drive after Alcorn cut the JSU lead to four. Hunter made a 30-yard reception on the Tigers' sideline to move JSU to the Alcorn 17-yard line. Two plays later, Hunter's toe-drag catch in the far corner of the end zone, initially ruled incomplete, was overturned after a replay challenge for a touchdown with 11:26 remaining.
 
QB Shedeur Sanders (18-29, 216 yards, one TD, one INT) set two single-season passing records for competions in a season (now at 284) and touchdown passes (32). RB Sy'veon Wilkerson (21 carries, 63 yards, 1 TD) surpassed the 1,000-yarrd rushing mark on the season.

Defensively, JSU held its 10^th opponent to 14 points or fewer, recording seven sacks in the game and holding Alcorn to 4 of 17 on third-down conversions.
 
Jackson State got on the board on its second drive of the first quarter. A 10-play, 38-drive ended with Alejandro Mata's 38-yard field goal to give the Tigers a 3-0 lead with just over four minutes to play in the opening period.
 
After Alcorn took a 7-3 lead in the second quarter, the Jackson State defense came up big. Justin Ragin's sack and forced fumble deep in Alcorn territory was recovered by JSU's Jeremiah Brown and returned to the Braves' 2-yard line. RB Sy'Veon Wilkerson scored on the next play to give Jackson State a 10-7 lead with 8:09 to play until halftime.
 
On the ensuing possession, Hunter's pick six gave Jackson State a 17-7 lead it would take to the half.
 
Jackson State will return to action December 3 in the SWAC Championship Game in Jackson at The Vet, with the opponent TBD.
 

About the SWAC
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is considered one of the premier HBCU conferences in the country and currently ranks among the elite in the nation in terms of HBCU alumni playing with professional sports teams.
 
Current championship competition offered by the league includes competition for men in Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, and Tennis.

Women’s competition is offered in the sports of Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, and Volleyball.
 
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