HOUSTON (Interstat) — Southern and Texas Southern will meet in an NCAA Football Championship Division game Saturday at Shell Energy Stadium in Houston. Southern is the visiting team, and Texas Southern is the home team.

Southern enters with a 3-4 record and is coming off a 28-14 win at Prairie View. Texas Southern is 1-5 and is coming off a 38-34 home loss to Mississippi Valley State. The Tigers’ losses this season include Florida Atlantic, Alcorn State and UTEP. The Jaguars’ losses include Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Jackson State, Houston and Alabama State.

Christian Johnson is a player to watch for Southern. In the Jaguars’ win over Prairie View, Johnson completed 9 of 22 passes for 207 yards and two touchdowns and ran nine times for 34 yards. He also completed 16 of 29 passes for 153 yards and ran nine times for 8 yards in a loss to Jackson State. Johnson’s 207-yard effort against Prairie View came after a 153-yard passing game against Jackson State. Trey Holly added 121 rushing yards and one touchdown on 29 carries in the Prairie View win, while Mike Franklin had 11 carries for 27 yards, one reception for 7 yards, three tackles and one interception.

Cam’Ron McCoy is a player to watch for Texas Southern. In the Tigers’ loss to Mississippi Valley State, McCoy completed 15 of 30 passes for 279 yards and two touchdowns. He completed 17 of 27 passes for 158 yards and ran eight times for 5 yards against Florida Atlantic. Earlier this season against Alcorn State, McCoy completed 20 of 31 passes for 319 yards and two touchdowns and ran 13 times for 86 yards and two scores. McCoy’s 319-yard passing game against Alcorn State also included 86 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns. Athean Renfro Jr. ran 16 times for 82 yards and had one reception for minus-1 yard and two touchdowns in the Mississippi Valley State game. Jacob Washington carried twice for 6 yards for Texas Southern in that game.

Southern’s other results this season include a 41-10 loss to Arkansas-Pine Bluff, a 17-35 loss at Jackson State, a 50-31 win over Louisiana Christian University, a 6-77 loss at Houston, a 34-15 win over Kentucky State and a 17-30 loss to Alabama State.

Texas Southern’s other results include a 10-66 loss at Florida Atlantic, a 40-43 loss at Alcorn State, a 10-51 loss at UTEP, a 14-52 loss at Prairie View and a 42-30 win over North Carolina Central.

Southern next plays at Florida A&M, and Texas Southern next hosts Grambling.

Interstat’s game simulator is projecting a final score of Texas Southern 55, Southern 31.