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South Alabama, a two-touchdown Vegas underdog and a 16.5-point computer dog, snapped its FBS-worst 15-game road losing streak with a 32-21 win at Southern Miss on Thursday night.
We figured 2020 would be wild ride, and it didn't take long to begin.
The Jags scored on their third play of the game on a 73-yard touchdown pass and never trailed.
Nearly 10,000 fans were admitted to the game in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
The only other game on Thursday night saw UAB win its 19th straight home game, 45-35 over FCS member Central Arkansas. The Blazers, which didn't field a team in 2015 and 2016, have not lost at home since falling 23-18 to Marshall on November 22, 2014.
The number of fans in attendance in Birmingham was 12,716.
31 games this year pit FBS teams against FCS schools. There are 4 such games over the Labor Day weekend. UAB beat Central Arkansas on Thursday night while Saturday's slate as Marshall hosting Eastern Kentucky, North Texas welcoming Houston Baptist, and UTEP entertaining Stephen F. Austin.
That makes the FBS teams 1-0, so far, this year and 1,436-127 (.919) since we began tracking this in 2003..
Last year, FBS teams were 111-3 (.974) in such games.
These were the FCS wins vs. the FBS in the previous 2 seasons:
2019:
August 29: Central Arkansas 35, Western Kentucky 28
September 7: Southern Illinois 45, Massachusetts 20
September 14: The Citadel 27, Georgia Tech 24 (OT)
2018:
August 29: UC Davis 44, San Jose State 31
September 1: Villanova 19, Temple 17
September 1: Northern Arizona 30, UTEP 10
September 1: Nicholls State 26, Kansas 23 (OT)
September 2: North Carolina A&T 28, East Carolina 23
September 8: Maine 31, Western Kentucky 28
September 22: Illinois State 35, Colorado State 19
CLEMSON - Over-all winning streak ends at 29 (was FBS longest). Won 29 straight regular season games (FBS longest) games. Won 21 straight conference games (FBS longest). Won 22 straight home games (FBS longest). Won 12 straight true road games (FBS longest).
Last: Lost 42-25 to LSU in the national championship in New Orleans on January 13, 2020.
Next: Season opener at Wake Forest on September 12.
LSU - 16-game over-all winning streak (FBS longest).
Last: Won 42-25 over Clemson in the national championship game in New Orleans on January 13.
Next: Season opener at home vs. Mississippi State on September 26.
RUTGERS - Lost 21 straight conference games (FBS longest). Lost 13 straight road games (FBS longest)
Last: Lost 27-6 at Penn State on November 30, 2019.
Next: Rutgers, and all of the Big Ten, is sitting out the Fall season.
ARKANSAS - Lost 19 straight conference games which is FBS longest among teams playing this Fall season. Also has a 9-game road losing streak which is now the longest among teams playing this Fall season. Arkansas inherited the road losing streak when South Alabama ended a 15-game road losing streak with a win at Southern Miss on opening night (September 3).
Last: Lost 24-14 at home to Missouri on November 29, 2019.
Next: Season opener at home vs. Georgia on September 26.
UCONN - Lost 19 straight conference games.
Last: Lost 49-17 at Temple on November 30, 2019.
Next: UConn, which left the American Conference at the end of last season and became an Independent, is sitting out the Fall season.
AKRON - Lost 17 straight overall (FBS longest). Lost 8 straight home games (FBS longest).
Last: Lost 52-3 at home to Ohio on November 26, 2019.
Next: Akron, and all of the MAC, is sitting out the fall season.
UTEP - Lost 11 straight overall (FBS longest among those teams playing this fall season).
Last: Lost 30-16 at home to Rice on November 30, 2019.
Next: Hosts FCS member Stephen F. Austin on September 5.
SOUTH ALABAMA - Ended 15-game road losing streak (was FBS longest).
Last: Won 32-21 at Southern Miss on Thursday night, September 3.
Next: Home vs. Tulane on Saturday, September 12.