New Orleans LA, The 50th Bayou classic started off with both teams feeling each other out to see how they can stretch the opposing teams defense to run offensive plays that would allow there team to keep moving the ball down the field.
Grambling State was the first team to get on the scoreboard behind Myles Crawley 1 yard rushing touchdown. Southern University wasted no time getting the Jaguars on the scoring board behind a Noah Bodden pass to Darren Morris. Southern Jaguars went on to score 20 unanswered points, pushing their lead to 27-7.
Grambling State moved the ball down the field to attempting to kick a field goal that was blocked by Southern University and returned for a touchdown. Southern University wasn’t done, they scored on a 73-yard rushing touchdown by Kendric Rhymes and the extra point that was blocked.
The Grambling State Tigers football team wouldn’t go away. Southern University Noah Bodden threw an interception, that Andrew Jones of the Grambling State Tigers made a house call for a touchdown.
Things begin to go in Grambling State favor when they forced Southern University to go three plays and out deep on their end of the field. Grambling State long snapper snapped the ball low forcing the Grambling State punter to reach low to catch the ball, unfortunately the punter knee touched the field which was called a safety moving the Tigers within 11 points.
Grambling State running game began to pay off allowing Floyd Chalk to score a rushing touchdown bringing the Tigers within 5 points. The stage is set to see if Hue Jackson and the Grambling State Tigers, could pull off the upset in the 50th Bayou Classic.
Grambling was on the one-yard line and was unable to get into the endzone to score the winning touchdown to win the 50th Bayou Classic game. Grambling State Hue Jackson is now 0-2 in the Bayou Classic. The last time Grambling State won the Bayou Classic Coach Graves who is the Southern University Interim Head Coach, was the Grambling State Interim Head Football Coach in 2021 when they won. Southern University interim Head Football Coach Graves will go down in history for winning the Bayou Classic as a interim coach for Grambling State University and Southern University.