HAMMOND, La. – The No. 8 Southeastern Louisiana football team scored 20 straight second half points on the way to a 23-20 Southland Conference victory over McNeese Saturday night in Strawberry Stadium. Trailing 7-3 late in the third quarter, SLU (7-1, 5-0 Southland) saw its high-powered offense kick into gear on the way to three second-half touchdown drives. Much like the first meeting earlier this month in Lake Charles, McNeese (3-5, 2-3 Southland) made a run late to cut the
THIBODAUX, La. – No. 14 Southeastern Louisiana University outlasted No. 25 Nicholls in a 58-48 Southland Conference shootout Saturday afternoon at John L. Guidry Stadium. Playing their fifth straight game away from home to start the season, the Lions (4-1, 2-0 Southland) finished with 573 total yards and 32 first downs on the way to their third straight victory. Nicholls fell to 2-3 overall and 1-1 in Southland play with its second straight loss to Southeastern in
2021/03/14 12:30 HAMMOND, La. (AP) Felando Jordan had two of Southeastern Louisiana s three blocked field goals, Mateo Rengifo made a 21-yarder with two seconds to play and the Lions beat Northwestern State 27-24 on Saturday night. Quarterback Cole Kelly had an 8-yard touchdown reception on a reverse-pass from Terrell Carter, threw a 9-yard TD pass to Matt DeBlaiso, and scored on a 1-yard run to trim Southeastern Louisiana s deficit to 24-21 early in the fourth quarter. CJ Turner had nine receptions for 127 yards, including back-to-back catches of 18 and 26 yards to set up Rengifo s winner. Scooter Adams had 19 carries for 100 yards and a touchdown for Northwestern State (0-2, 0-2 Southland Conference).
No. 18 Southeastern Rallies Past Northwestern State, 27-24 Southeastern Quarterback Cole Kelley leads the Lions to a 2-1 record. (Source: Josh Auzenne/WAFB-TV) By Southeastern Football | March 14, 2021 at 1:33 PM CDT - Updated March 14 at 4:29 PM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Southeastern Louisiana kicker Mateo Rengifo drilled the game-winning 21-yard field goal with two seconds remaining to give the No. 18 Lions a thrilling 27-24 victory over Northwestern State in Southland Conference football action Saturday night at Strawberry Stadium.
The Lions (2-1, 2-1 Southland) scored the final 13 points of the game to erase a 10-point fourth quarter deficit. For the second straight week, NSU (0-2, 0-2 Southland) saw an upset bid of a nationally-ranked opponent fall just short, as the Demons fell to SLU for the ninth straight time.