FINAL SCORE
Edward Waters Tigers at Jackson State Tigers game details
Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 7:30 PM ET
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium · Attendance 16,726
Put the final score in perspective.
Jackson State finished 52 points ahead. The teams combined for 80 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Edward Waters 0, Jackson State 38. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Jackson State outscored its opponent in 4 and Edward Waters in 0. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 Edward Waters | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
 Jackson State | 14 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 66 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 13 | 32 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 4-14 | 9-11 |
| 4th down efficiency | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| Total Yards | 231 | 704 |
| Passing | 183 | 388 |
| Comp/Att | 13/29 | 17/27 |
| Yards per pass | 6.3 | 14.4 |
| Rushing | 48 | 316 |
| Rushing Attempts | 30 | 51 |
| Yards per rush | 1.6 | 6.2 |
| Penalties | 6-45 | 9-89 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Interceptions thrown | 0 | 1 |
| Possession | 27:26 | 32:34 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Edward Waters Tigers
passing
| Tavion Faulk | 11/26 | 157 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Torey Morrison | 2/3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 |
rushing
| Torey Morrison | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 1 | 29 |
| Johntarrious Thomas | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 0 | 8 |
| Kyron Burroughs | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | 18 |
| Camren Stewart | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Deshawn Neal | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Devon Jackson | 2 | -8 | -4.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tavion Faulk | 9 | -11 | -1.2 | 0 | 5 |
receiving
| Izaiah Jean-Baptiste | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 0 | 26 |
| Xavier Irvin | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | 36 |
| Fatoma Paulk | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | 24 |
| Jayden Pressey | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 21 |
| Tylon Williams | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Kareem Finch | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Dakiren Glover | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
defensive
| Mataye Youman | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Trevon French | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Rackard | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lemar Harris | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trey Williams | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Footman | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ande King | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam'ron Johnson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan McCarthy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jelani Dawkins | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darius Johnson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jermael Paul | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amari George | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adan Knight | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernest Nunn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Allen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael McGee II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyreese Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aykenon Rodgers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D'Juan Grant | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amari Birth | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Evan Lucier | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| King Williams-Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gregory Merricks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Jenkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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interceptions
| Dylan McCarthy | 1 | 52 | 1 |
kickReturns
| Tylon Williams | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Ernest Nunn | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Kyron Burroughs | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
kicking
| Shelby Towkach | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2/2 | 2 |
punting
| Matthew Rennie | 8 | 319 | 39.9 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Jackson State Tigers
passing
| Jared Lockhart | 17/25 | 388 | 15.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Caron Tyler | 0/2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
rushing
| Nate Blount IV | 13 | 67 | 5.2 | 2 | 12 |
| Caron Tyler | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 0 | 35 |
| Zalan Bennett | 7 | 43 | 6.1 | 0 | 17 |
| Tyler Arrington | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 0 | 14 |
| Jartavious Smart | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 1 | 10 |
| Emari Matthews | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 0 | 10 |
| Li'Darius Pryor | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 1 | 14 |
| Jared Lockhart | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | 12 |
| CJ Tolbert III | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jabari Jones | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Nate Rembert | 4 | 179 | 44.8 | 0 | 53 |
| Jabari Jones | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 0 | 26 |
| Kobe Paul | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 1 | 30 |
| Jaden Lockhart | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | 21 |
| Sebastien Saint-Louis | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 1 | 25 |
| Nate Blount IV | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 |
| Joanes Fortilien | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 1 | 11 |
| Jency Riley Jr. | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 1 | 12 |
| Emari Matthews | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
fumbles
defensive
| Keith Bass Jr. | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swipe Marshall | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jalen Foster | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tymon Wells | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vernorrius Chaney | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Patterson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Trigg | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Foster | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Za'Bauri Chandler | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Micah Gay | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J'Cori Hargon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Samson Israel | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Duke Clayton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kam Evans | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrance Hibbler Jr. | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Johnson Jr. | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keshaun Hudson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reid Pulliam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kazarius Bowie | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ Hill-Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamison Kelly | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mikey Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jartavious Smart | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kam Sallis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KJ Chisholm Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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kickReturns
| Jartavious Smart | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Brendan Brown | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Jabari Jones | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Nate Rembert | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Trevon Evans | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
kicking
| Andrew Ivaniciuc | 1/1 | 100.0 | 41 | 6/6 | 9 |
| Daylen Ortiz | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3/3 | 3 |
punting
| Kye Collins | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 1 | 33 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 6:57 | Jency Riley Jr. 12 Yd pass from Jared Lockhart (Andrew Ivaniciuc Kick) | 0 – 7 |
| 1 | 1:46 | Joanes Fortilien 4 Yd pass from Jared Lockhart (Andrew Ivaniciuc Kick) | 0 – 14 |
| 2 | 13:34 | Nate Blount IV 8 Yd Run (Andrew Ivaniciuc Kick) | 0 – 21 |
| 2 | 10:22 | Kobe Paul 18 Yd pass from Jared Lockhart (Andrew Ivaniciuc Kick) | 0 – 28 |
| 2 | 3:57 | Andrew Ivaniciuc 41 Yd Field Goal | 0 – 31 |
| 2 | 1:54 | Sebastien Saint-Louis 25 Yd pass from Jared Lockhart (Andrew Ivaniciuc Kick) | 0 – 38 |
| 3 | 9:34 | CJ Tolbert III 0 Yd Fumble Recovery (Andrew Ivaniciuc Kick) | 0 – 45 |
| 3 | 5:11 | Nate Blount IV 7 Yd Run (Daylen Ortiz Kick) | 0 – 52 |
| 3 | 0:41 | Dylan McCarthy 52 Yd Interception Return (Shelby Towkach Kick) | 7 – 52 |
| 4 | 12:27 | Li'Darius Pryor 2 Yd Run (Daylen Ortiz Kick) | 7 – 59 |
| 4 | 7:09 | Jartavious Smart 7 Yd Run (Daylen Ortiz Kick) | 7 – 66 |
| 4 | 3:35 | Torey Morrison 29 Yd Run (Shelby Towkach Kick) | 14 – 66 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 11, 11:25 PM UTCData methodology