SWAC: 2015 Texas Southern Tigers Football Preview
Courtesy SWAC.org Courtesy: SWAC.org View Photo 2015 Football Preview: Texas Southern Courtesy SWAC.org Sun, August 30, 2015 Bringing back a veteran squad, Texas Southern plans to better last year's 5-6, 3-6 mark. A late-season collapse denied the Tigers their first winning season since 2010. Standing 5-1 at midseason, TSU closed out the campaign with five consecutive losses, including a 38-37 home heartbreaker to Arkansas Pine Bluff. Despite the disappointing finish, the Tigers showed signs of recovering from academic sanctions with the three-victory improvement. Texas Southern's hopes of climbing in the SWAC standings will hinge on its offense. While the defense was solid in 2014, the Tigers ranked seventh in the league in scoring (26 points per game) and ninth in total offense (360 yards per game) and passing (188.5 ypg). In fairness, the offense made considerable progress after averaging an anemic 15.7 ppg, ranking 115th out of 1...
