Jaguars play spoiler in Arkansas Pine-Bluff’s homecoming game

Texas Southern quarterback Homer Causey accounted for four touchdowns against Arkansas Pine-Bluff (0-6, 0-4) last weekend, handing the defending Southwestern Athletic Conference champions their sixth straight loss this season.  
Last season, Pine-Bluff walked out of A.W. Mumford Stadium with the Southern Jaguars (3-3, 3-1) SWAC title hopes ruined.
This year, the Jaguars are a nemesis for Pine-Bluff as their homecoming opponent, which they can play spoiler.
Pine Bluff’s ranks last in scoring defense (44.0) and has the league’s worst rush defense, with 333.3 yards allowed per game.
“We’ve had problems with the run and that’s what they did,” Pine-Bluff head coach Monte Coleman told reporters during the SWAC’s weekly media teleconference. “We’re getting ready to host Southern this weekend. We definitely need to win it because it is homecoming. Hopefully it could be our first win.”
The Jaguars can improve to 4-1 in league games for the first since 2008 with a road win over Pine-Bluff this Saturday.
Southern head coach Dawson Odums feels that Pine-Bluff is better than their record reflect.
“They got an offense that can score some point,” said Odums. “We’re excited where we are. We got to get better this week as we head to Arkansas Pine-Bluff.”
Pine-Bluff had to overcome a 17-7 first quarter deficit and three turnovers against Texas Southern, losing 41-28.
Their quarterback Benjamin Anderson, who is third in the SWAC with 236 passing yards per game, ran for 86 yards, threw for 316 yards and accounted for four scores also.
Odums again hopes to see his team continue to improve their efforts’ on Saturday as they try to hand Arkansas a seventh straight loss.
“Most of the guys on this team haven’t beat (Arkansas) this team,” said Odums. “We got to first accomplish their hurdle and that’s what the goal is.”
The Jaguars defense allowed 129 passing yards and one touchdown pass in a 20-17 victory over Alabama A&M last Saturday.
Coleman pointed out that this year’s roster was missing nine starters from a year ago, who are academically ineligible or waiting for waivers from the NCAA.
“In 2012 we had our team set,” Coleman added. “Coming into this season, 13’, all of sudden guys became ineligible. I got one guy on my starting defensive line who was with us last year. Everybody else either walk-ons or freshman. That’s huge.”
Odums said that last year’s 50-21 loss against Pine-Bluff in Mumford left a bitter feeling with his team. 
He also said that he was surprised that Pine-Bluff was still winless since they’re the league’s defending champions.
Coleman also told reporters that he isn’t sure what the Jaguars game plan would be since his defense hasn’t been able to stop the run.
Running back Lenard Tillery is first on the team with 298 rushing yards with five scores and Darius Coleman is second with 247.
“They’re more of a pass oriented team,” said Coleman. “We know the importance of this next game. We taken it one game at a time.”