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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – There was no letdown for Jacksonville State in its regular-season finale against Southeast Missouri State.
 
The third-ranked Ohio Valley Conference champions scored touchdowns on their first four possessions and cruised to a 49-30 victory over SEMO at Houck Stadium Saturday afternoon. Jacksonville State will carry a 10-1 record into the FCS playoffs after finishing their league slate unbeaten for the first time in school history.
 
The 24-team FCS playoff field will be unveiled Sunday at 10 a.m. on ESPNU and at www.ncaa.com. The top eight seeds receive first-round byes. Jacksonville State will be making its 15th NCAA playoff appearance.
 
A public viewing party for the FCS playoff announcement will be held on the fifth floor of Stadium Tower Sunday morning. The doors will open at 9:30 a.m.
 
Eli Jenkins had three touchdown passes and DaMarcus James ran for two touchdowns as the high-powered Gamecock offense tuned up for the postseason with 612 yards against the Redhawks (5-7, 3-5), the fourth time they have surpassed the 600-yard mark this season.
 
Jacksonville State had only four 600-yard games in its history prior to the 2014 season.
 
James' two scores gives him 48 in his career, tying David Gulledge's school record.
 
"I thought we came out with great energy," said Jacksonville State head coach John Grass. "I thought in practice this week we didn't practice like a team that was satisfied.
 
"We weren't looking ahead or looking to the playoffs. This bunch wanted to go undefeated through the conference – that was important to them. It's huge to be off next week and have a bye week in that first round.
 
"They knew what they were playing for," Grass added. "We practiced like that all week, so I'm proud of our guys for how they came out and played."
 
Jenkins was 11-for-16 for 200 yards and tossed touchdown passes to Bo Brummel (58 yards), Ruben Gonzalez (30) and Dalton Screws (36). Ten different Gamecocks had at least one reception, led by Screws with three catches for 58 yards. The 200-yard game came one week after Jenkins threw for more than 200 in a game for the first time in his career.
 
Troymaine Pope led the JSU rushing attack – which entered the game ranked fifth nationally at 279.7 yards per game – with 114 yards on 21 attempts, including an 18-yard jaunt for a touchdown in the third quarter.
 
James carried 12 times for 111 yards with TD runs of 1 and 14 yards.  He now has 1,023 yards and became just the second JSU player to rush over more than 1,000 yards in back-to-back seasons.
 
The Gamecocks led 21-0 less than eight minutes into the game behind James' first touchdown run and Jenkins scoring strikes to Brummel and Gonzalez.
 
SEMO drew to within 28-17 at the 10:59 mark in the third quarter, but Pope's 18-yard run pushed JSU back ahead by 18, 35-17, with 7:35 left in the quarter.
 
Backup quarterback Christian LeMay added a 1-yard run with 7:41 remaining for the Gamecocks' final points.
 
Siran Neal led JSU's defense with a team-high seven tackles and added a pair of pass breakups.
 
POSTGAME NOTES
• JSU Captains: Montavious Skelton (DL), Debarriaus Miller (SAF), Spencer Goffigan (TE), Darrius Stephens (TE)
• SEMO wins the coin toss and defers until the second half. JSU will receive and defend the north end of Houck Stadium.
• The Gamecocks racked up 612 yards of total offense, the fourth 600-yard game this season for JSU, who entered the 2014 season with just four in school history.
• Senior OL Max Holcombe set the OVC record for consecutive starts with his 48th consecutive start, passing EIU's Tim Kelly (DT) who set the record 2004-07.
• DaMarcus James tied the school's rushing touchdown record with two touchdowns today and now has 48 to tie David Gulledge (1987-90).
• DaMarcus James has now scored a rushing touchdown in 20 straight games against FCS opponents.
• Senior DaMarcus James finished the game with 1,023 rushing yards to become just the second player in Jacksonville State history to rush for 1,000-or more yards in back-to-back seasons. Clay Green rushed for 1,352 in 2005 and 1,083 in 2006. James rushed for a single-season school-record 1,477 yards last season on 292 carries.
• DaMarcus James has now rushed for 100-yards or more in 18 games during his career, to extend his school-record for career 100-yard rushing game.
• Bo Brummel caught the longest touchdown pass of his career with 10:10  left in the first quarter with a 54-yard reception.  
• Bo Brummel only has seven receptions on the season and four have gone for a touchdown.
• Eli Jenkins tossed a 30-yard touchdown pass to Rubin Gonzalez with 7:28 left in the first quarter and it was the second TD reception of the season for Gonzalez. It was the fourth longest TD pass of the season for Jenkins.
• Sophomore Josh Barge moved into fifth place on JSU's career receiving list today. Barge now has (1742) career receiving yards to move past Ralph Jenkins (1,738) and is now chasing James Wilkerson for fourth place at 1,780 career receiving yards.
• Sophomore WR Dalton Screws scored his first career touchdown on a 36-yard reception with 2:00 left in the third quarter. He became the 13th Gamecock to score a TD this season.
• Jax State has now scored on its opening drive for the sixth time this season, and the fifth time JSU has scored a touchdown on its opening drive.
• JSU has won 10 straight games, which ties for the fifth longest winning streak in school history. The Gamecocks currently are tied for the third longest winning streak in the nation.
• JSU is 8-0 in the OVC for the first time in school history
• Jax State is now 14-5 all-time against Southeast Missouri and has won seven straight vs the Redhawks and 12 of the last 13 games in the series.
• The Gamecocks now are 72-23 against other teams in the Ohio Valley Conference
• John Grass became the first coach in Jacksonville State history to post 10 wins during the regular-season in their inaugural season, passing Jim Fuller's 9-2 record in 1977.
• The 2014 Jacksonville State senior class became the winningest four-year class in the school's Division I history with the win today and now has a record of 34-14 (.708), passing the 2013 class's record of 33-16.
• Jacksonville State has posted a 58-23 record since the start of the 2008 season.
• The last time JSU had a 10-1 record was 1992, the same year the Gamecocks won the NCAA Division II National Championship.
• The Gamecocks are 68-10 when scoring 30-or more points in a game since joining the Ohio Valley Conference in 2003.