MOBILE, Ala. | South Alabama football opens the 2022 campaign at home on Saturday afternoon against Nicholls inside Hancock Whitney Stadium with kick set for 4 pm on ESPN+.
It will be the second consecutive season the Jags have opened at home under head coach Kane Wommack, including a win over Southern Miss in last year's opener. The Jags are 8-5 all-time in season openers, including 5-3 in games played at home (with just one inside Hancock Whitney Stadium).
South Alabama (5-7 a season ago) will look to its defense against one of the better FCS offenses in the nation in 2021 in a Nicholls squad that finished fourth in total offense (493.