BATON ROUGE — Southern head coach Marshall Faulk saw plenty to clean up following the Jaguars' 24-21 loss to Texas Southern, but also noted signs of growth from his team.

The Jaguars fell to 3-5 after Saturday's road loss, but battled back from a two-score deficit to give themselves a chance late, something Faulk believes his team may not have done earlier in the season.

"The bright spot in this one was that a month ago, the same team that we put out there would not have fought back down 14 points and gotten ourselves back into the game," Faulk said. "Those are the kind of games that you learn how to win, and sometimes you got to go through the hard to figure out how to do it."

Faulk also pointed to self-inflicted problems that hurt Southern, including a blocked field goal and a kickoff out of bounds.

"It's hard enough to compete against an opponent," Faulk said. "But when you're competing against yourselves, you can't put yourself in those kinds of situations."

The Jaguars will look to put those lessons to use when they hit the road again Saturday for a Halloween matchup against Florida A&M.

"They're an explosive offense," Faulk said. "They play hard, and they'll be prepared for us. They understand what we bring to the table as we do them, and it should be a pretty explosive game."

Southern and Florida A&M will kick off Saturday at 2 p.m. in Tallahassee. The game will air on HBCU GO TV. 

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