The first shutout loss in South Alabama program history was every bit as decisive as the score indicated.
It was even more shocking.
Previously winless Georgia Southern routed the Jaguars 52-0 on Saturday at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Ga., rolling up 583 yards of total offense, 356 of that rushing. The Eagles (1-9, 1-6 Sun Belt) came in averaging 295 total yards and 16 points per game.
"I've never been in one quite like that one, my whole life coaching," Jaguars coach Joey Jones said in his postgame radio interview on 99.5-FM The Jag. "We couldn't get anything going offensively, defensively.