Footman amasses 6 TDs as Alcorn St. pummels Southern, 48-7

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Lenorris Footman came on for injured starter John Gibbs and accounted for six Alcorn State touchdowns as the Braves rolled past Southern,

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Lenorris Footman came on for injured starter John Gibbs and accounted for six Alcorn State touchdowns as the Braves rolled past Southern, 48-7 Saturday at a rain-soaked A.W. Mumford Stadium.

Marquis Warford raced 78 yards for the game's first score and Footman ran 44-yards for his first with 2:06 left in the first quarter. Footman found Jordan Payne from 29-yards out to start the second, staking the Braves (5-2, 4-1 Southwestern) to a 21-0 lead.

Lenard Tillery punched over from the 1 for the lone Southern (4-4, 4-2) touchdown in the second to make it 21-7 at intermission.

Footman scampered 17 yards for a touchdown and fired a 38-yard strike to Brandon Campbell in the third quarter to make it 35-7, then capped his day with touchdown runs of 30- and 60-yards in the fourth.

Footman finished with 274 yards rushing and was 3-of-7 passing for 71 yards.