Southern Miss 34, Louisiana-Lafayette 31, OT
| Southern Miss. | 14 | 7 | – | 34 |
| Louisiana-Lafayette | 7 | 14 | – | 31 |
First Quarter
ULL_Washington 6 run (Almendares kick), 3:13.
Second Quarter
USM_Gore 18 pass from Wiles (Stein kick), 14:11.
USM_Clay 28 run (Stein kick), 8:47.
ULL_Perry 95 kickoff return (Almendares kick), 8:34.
Third Quarter
USM_Gore 17 run (Gibbs kick), :04.
Fourth Quarter
ULL_H.Broussard 51 pass from Fields (Almendares kick), 7:22.
ULL_Culbert 7 pass from Fields (Almendares kick), 5:55.
USM_Caston 9 pass from Crawford (Gibbs kick), 1:26.
First Overtime
ULL_FG Almendares 34, :00.
USM_Gore 3 run, :00.
A_15,137.
| USM | ULL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 23 | 20 |
| Total Net Yards | 390 | 390 |
| Rushes-yards | 53-229 | 32-130 |
| Passing | 161 | 260 |
| Punt Returns | 1-8 | 0-0 |
| Kickoff Returns | 4-72 | 3-137 |
| Interceptions Ret. | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Comp-Att-Int | 14-26-0 | 24-38-0 |
| Sacked-Yards Lost | 2-5 | 1-3 |
| Punts | 4-42.75 | 4-44.25 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 4-2 | 3-2 |
| Penalties-Yards | 5-28 | 10-94 |
| Time of Possession | 33:41 | 26:27 |
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING_Southern Miss., Gore 33-158, Clay 1-28, Clark 6-19, Crawford 5-17, Wiles 6-9, (Team) 2-(minus 2). Louisiana-Lafayette, Washington 12-82, J.Kibodi 14-40, Perry 2-22, Fields 2-(minus 1), (Team) 2-(minus 13).
PASSING_Southern Miss., Wiles 8-13-0-99, Crawford 6-11-0-62, Caston 0-1-0-0, Gore 0-1-0-0. Louisiana-Lafayette, Fields 24-38-0-260.
RECEIVING_Southern Miss., Caston 3-58, L.Jones 3-30, Mims 2-26, Gore 2-12, Pittman 2-10, Dalton 1-21, Cavallo 1-4. Louisiana-Lafayette, Bernard 6-65, H.Broussard 5-77, N.Johnson 3-38, T.Carter 3-26, Culbert 3-25, LeBlanc 3-24, Migl 1-5.
MISSED FIELD GOALS_Southern Miss., Gibbs 44, Stein 44.