Southern Miss 20, Louisiana-Monroe 10
Associated Press
MONROE, La. - Frank Gore Jr. ran for a career-high 199 yards and a key touchdown and Southern Mississippi became bowl eligible by defeating UL Monroe 20-10.
The Golden Eagles (6-6, 4-4 Sun Belt) qualified for a bowl for the 19th time since 1997 and will return to the postseason for the first time since 2019.
Gore finished the regular season with 1,053 yards and reached 1,000 yards for the first time in his three years with the Golden Eagles.
Trey Lowe's 29-yard touchdown pass to Jakarius Caston got the Golden Eagles on the board and Briggs Bourgeois added two short field goals.
Between Bourgeois's field goals, the Warhawks (4-8, 3-5) scored on a 23-yard pass from Chandler Rogers to Andrew Henry and a 37-yard field goal by Calum Sutherland. UL Monroe trailed 13-10 before Gore sealed the win for Southern Miss with a 33-yard touchdown run midway through the fourth quarter.
Rogers completed 17 of 27 passes for 122 yards and Lowe was 10-of-16 for 170 yards.
November 26, 2022
| Scoring Summary |
| First Quarter |
SouMis | UL-Mon |
| SouMis |
TD |
12:41 |
Jakarius Caston 29 yd pass from Trey Lowe (Briggs Bourgeois kick) |
7 |
0 |
| SouMis |
FG |
4:41 |
Briggs Bourgeois 20 yd FG |
10 |
0 |
| Second Quarter |
SouMis | UL-Mon |
| UL-Mon |
TD |
13:26 |
Andrew Henry 23 yd pass from Chandler Rogers (Calum Sutherland kick) |
10 |
7 |
| Third Quarter |
SouMis | UL-Mon |
| UL-Mon |
FG |
5:24 |
Calum Sutherland 37 yd FG |
10 |
10 |
| Fourth Quarter |
SouMis | UL-Mon |
| SouMis |
FG |
12:30 |
Briggs Bourgeois 24 yd FG |
13 |
10 |
| SouMis |
TD |
7:32 |
Frank Gore Jr. 33 yd run (Briggs Bourgeois kick) |
20 |
10 |
| Team Stats |
| |
Southern Miss |
Louisiana-Monroe |
| First downs |
21 |
13 |
| Rushing |
13 |
6 |
| Passing |
7 |
7 |
| Penalty |
1 |
0 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
2-11, 18% |
7-17, 41% |
| 4th down efficiency |
0-1, 0% |
1-2, 50% |
| Rushes-Yards |
46-265 |
33-109 |
| Passing Yards |
183 |
122 |
| Return Yards |
30 |
50 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
11-17-0 |
17-27-0 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost |
1--10 |
4--19 |
| Punts |
4 |
7 |
| Punts-Average |
35.5 |
38.7 |
| Fumbles Lost |
1-0 |
1-0 |
| Penalties - Yards |
5-42 |
2-15 |
| Time of Possession |
28:20 |
31:40 |
| Southern Miss Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| T. Lowe |
10 |
16 |
170 |
1 |
0 |
| F. Gore Jr. |
1 |
1 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
| Louisiana-Monroe Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| C. Rogers |
17 |
27 |
122 |
1 |
0 |
| Southern Miss Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| F. Gore Jr. |
24 |
199 |
8.3 |
1 |
| J. Dean |
10 |
45 |
4.5 |
0 |
| A. Willis |
2 |
18 |
9.0 |
0 |
| T. Lowe |
5 |
7 |
1.4 |
0 |
| C. Pittman |
2 |
-1 |
-0.5 |
0 |
| Louisiana-Monroe Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| C. Rogers |
14 |
48 |
3.4 |
0 |
| A. Henry |
9 |
39 |
4.3 |
0 |
| M. Jackson |
9 |
23 |
2.6 |
0 |
| A. Luke |
1 |
-1 |
-1.0 |
0 |
| Southern Miss Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| L. Jones |
1 |
59 |
59.0 |
0 |
| J. Caston |
3 |
57 |
19.0 |
1 |
| F. Gore Jr. |
2 |
26 |
13.0 |
0 |
| J. Brownlee |
1 |
23 |
23.0 |
0 |
| C. Cavallo |
3 |
13 |
4.3 |
0 |
| J. Dean |
1 |
5 |
5.0 |
0 |
| Louisiana-Monroe Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| T. Howell |
4 |
43 |
10.8 |
0 |
| Z. Rasmussen |
2 |
25 |
12.5 |
0 |
| A. Henry |
1 |
23 |
23.0 |
1 |
| W. Derrick |
1 |
16 |
16.0 |
0 |
| N. Quinlan |
3 |
11 |
3.7 |
0 |
| M. Jackson |
2 |
8 |
4.0 |
0 |
| J. Frett |
2 |
5 |
2.5 |
0 |
| B. Knight |
2 |
-9 |
-4.5 |
0 |
| Southern Miss Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| Louisiana-Monroe Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| Southern Miss Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| M. Hunt |
4 |
142 |
35.5 |
| Louisiana-Monroe Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| D. McCormick |
6 |
271 |
45.2 |
| Southern Miss Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| T. Mims |
2 |
17 |
8.5 |
| B. Toles |
1 |
13 |
13.0 |
| Louisiana-Monroe Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| Southern Miss Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| Louisiana-Monroe Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| A. Luke |
4 |
50 |
12.5 |
| Southern Miss Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| Louisiana-Monroe Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
