HOUSTON (AP) — Alcorn State’s backup quarterback is quickly becoming the scourge of the SWAC.

Lenorris Footman threw two touchdown passes and ran for two more scores as Alcorn State routed Texas Southern 65-13 on Saturday.

Footman was 11-of-18 passing for 185 yards and had 75 rushing yards for the Braves (6-3, 5-2 Southwestern Athletic Conference). Darryan Ragsdale ran for 115 yards and a touchdown.

Footman has started the last two games and played most of a third in place of injured starter John Gibbs, Jr. In those three games, he has thrown six touchdown passes against no interceptions, and rushed for 569 yards and eight touchdowns.

Footman threw a 7-yard scoring pass to Jordan Payne following a fumble by Texas Southern on the first play after the opening kickoff. The Braves scored again on a blocked punt and Footman added two scoring runs and another touchdown pass before the end of the first half for a 38-0 lead.

Ragsdale broke into the open for a 68-yard touchdown run to start the second half and the Braves cruised to the win.

Homer Causey threw for 114 yards and ran for a score for Texas Southern (3-6, 2-6).

Alcorn State inched closer to its second consecutive SWAC East Division championship. It can clinch the title and a berth in the conference championship game by beating Alabama A&M at home next Saturday.

Grambling (8-2, 8-0) clinched the West Division championship by beating Arkansas-Pine Bluff 49-31 on Saturday.

Delta State 37, Mississippi College 29

Tyler Sullivan completed 32 of 46 passes for 374 yards and three touchdowns as Delta State (6-5, 2-5 Gulf South Conference) finished the season with a win over in-state rival Mississippi College (2-8, 0-7).

Sullivan’s 5-yard TD pass to Darius Powellwith 28 seconds left in the third quarter gave Delta State the lead for good in a back-and-forth game. Justin McArthur added a 10-yard run midway through the fourth to put the Statesmen ahead 37-26.

Sharone Wright threw two touchdown passes for Mississippi College, which only had 252 yards of total offense compared to 552 for Delta State.

Millsaps 31, Rhodes 21

Raphael Johnson rushed for 115 yards and a touchdown, Rashad Sims had six receptions for 169 yards and two scores, and Millsaps (3-7, 2-6 American Southwest Conference) beat Rhodes (4-6, 2-6) in its season finale.

Sims caught a 63-yard touchdown pass from Ty Proctor with three seconds left in the first half to give the Majors a 17-14 lead, and they never trailed again.