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Southwest Football takes on #2 Gulf Coast on the road

| By: By Cody Junkin
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Southwest Mississippi Football traveled to Perkinston on Thursday, October 8th to take on the Mississippi Gulf Coast Bulldogs.

The Bears won the coin toss and deferred to the second half leaving the Bulldogs with the ball on the opening possession.

Southwest's defense forced a 3 and out on the very first Gulf Coast possession of the game.

After a Southwest 3 and out to follow, Gulf Coast scored to go up 7-0 over the Bears.

The Bears would answered back with a 12 play 52-yard drive that ended in a Jakhari Williams touchdown pass to AJ Lewis Jr. with 14:11 left in the second quarter.

A missed PAT made the score 6-7 favoring Gulf Coast.

Gulf Coast answered back immediately with a long touchdown pass to go up 14-6 with 13:14 left in the first half.

The Bears scored again on the next drive with a 7 play 45-yard drive that ended with a Simon Naylor 47-yard field goal to move the score to 9-14 with 9:06 to play in the half.

Southwest's defense forced a punt after three straight scoring possessions in the game.

Both teams traded scoreless possessions before the Bears found the endzone again on a 4 play 48-yard drive that ended with a Jakhari Williams rushing touchdown with 0:05 left before halftime.

The Bears would take a 16-14 lead into the halftime break, their first time leading at halftime this season.

Neither team would score in the third quarter with the score still 16-14 going in the fourth and final quarter with Southwest leading.

Gulf Coast opened the fourth quarter with a long touchdown pass to take a 21-16 lead over the Bears.  

Another big touchdown run by Gulf Coast put them up 28-16 over Southwest with 2:00 remaining in the game.

The Bears would not score again and would fall to #2 Gulf Coast 28-16.

Jakhari Wiliams led the team with 203 passing yards and 1 passing touchdown.

Will Smith led team with 81 rushing yards on 16 carries.

Jakhari Williams had 17 rushing yards and 1 rushing touchdown.

Tahj Williby led the team with 61 receiving yards on 4 receptions. AJ Lewis Jr. had 33 receiving yards and 1 receiving touchdown on 3 receptions.

Alan Long had 4 punts for 184 yards with all 4 punts inside the 20-yard line.

JJ Moultrie had an interception.

Miles Adams had a sack.

The Bears (1-6, 0-4*conference) will host Jones on Thursday, October 15th for their final home game of the season.
 
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