In less than three minutes to start the third quarter of its 47-27 loss against Ole Miss on Saturday, South Alabama let the game slip away.
The Jaguars (0-1) trailed just 13-10 at halftime, but the Rebels doubled that advantage before many fans had even returned from the halftime concession stand. Ole Miss' Shea Patterson hit A.J. Brown on a pair of long touchdown passes to give the Rebels (1-0) a 26-13 lead with 12:07 left in the third.
One play after the second-half kickoff, Patterson found Brown open on a post pattern near midfield. South Alabama safety Nigel Lawrence whiffed on the tackle at about the 40, and Brown was gone for a 71-yard touchdown and a 19-13 Ole Miss lead at the 14:27 mark of the third after Gary Wunderlich missed the extra point.