PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas - Southern football is tied with Prairie View A&M 7-7 at the end of the first half.

After missing last week's game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff for what head coach Marshall Faulk describes as "conduct detrimental to the team", starting Quarterback Christian Johnson and running back Mike Franklin both played against Prairie View A&M.

Southern got the first score of the afternoon on a 69-yard touchdown from Johnson to freshman wide receiver Damien Henderson Jr. The Panthers responded in the second quarter with a five-yard rushing touchdown by Chase Bingmon.

The Southern defense made its share of plays in the first half, with two forced turnovers. Jags safety Herman Brister III reeled in a pick in the second quarter, and the Jags' defensive front forced a fumble on their own goal line to keep Prairie View A&M out of the end zone. Jags safety Ty Lee recovered the fumble just in front of Southern's goal line.