Troy 27, Southern Miss 10
Associated Press
TROY, Ala. - Kimani Vidal had 79 yards rushing and a touchdown on 17 carries, DK Billingsley scored on a 1-yard run and Troy beat Southern Miss 27-10.
Markeis Colvin picked off a pass and returned it 44 yards to the Southern Miss 27 and six plays later Billingsley's touchdown with 3:52 remaining in the first half gave Troy a 10-7 lead.
A defensive pass interference penalty on a third-and-9, a 29-yard gain on a run by Vidal and a 30-yard pass from Jarret Doege to Tez Johnson to the 10 set up Vidal's touchdown that capped the opening drive of the second half and gave the Trojans (4-2, 2-1 Sun Belt Conference) a 10-point lead.
Camron Harrell intercepted a pass from Doege near midfield and returned it to the 13 before, on the next play, Zach Wilcke threw a touchdown pass to Jason Brownlee that gave Southern Miss (2-3, 0-1) a 7-3 lead with 14:34 left in the second quarter.
The Troy defense forced four Southern Miss turnovers and the Golden Eagles finished with just 205 total yards - including 48 yards rushing on 26 attempts.
| Scoring Summary |
| First Quarter |
SouMis | Troy |
| Troy |
FG |
1:41 |
Brooks Buce 48 yd FG |
0 |
3 |
| Second Quarter |
SouMis | Troy |
| SouMis |
TD |
14:34 |
Jason Brownlee 13 yd pass from Zach Wilcke (Briggs Bourgeois kick) |
7 |
3 |
| Troy |
TD |
3:52 |
DK Billingsley 1 yd run (Brooks Buce kick) |
7 |
10 |
| Third Quarter |
SouMis | Troy |
| Troy |
TD |
11:23 |
Kimani Vidal 10 yd run (Brooks Buce kick) |
7 |
17 |
| SouMis |
FG |
2:27 |
Briggs Bourgeois 34 yd FG |
10 |
17 |
| Fourth Quarter |
SouMis | Troy |
| Troy |
FG |
9:14 |
Brooks Buce 30 yd FG |
10 |
20 |
| Troy |
TD |
8:48 |
Tez Johnson 23 yd pass from Jarret Doege (Brooks Buce kick) |
10 |
27 |
| Team Stats |
| |
Southern Miss |
Troy |
| First downs |
14 |
20 |
| Rushing |
3 |
5 |
| Passing |
10 |
13 |
| Penalty |
1 |
2 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
6-14, 43% |
5-12, 42% |
| 4th down efficiency |
1-1, 100% |
0-0, -% |
| Rushes-Yards |
26-48 |
35-101 |
| Passing Yards |
157 |
237 |
| Return Yards |
73 |
68 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
19-35-3 |
17-24-2 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost |
5--36 |
4--24 |
| Punts |
5 |
5 |
| Punts-Average |
46 |
41.4 |
| Fumbles Lost |
1-1 |
0-0 |
| Penalties - Yards |
8-85 |
4-35 |
| Time of Possession |
25:12 |
34:48 |
| Southern Miss Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| Z. Wilcke |
19 |
35 |
157 |
1 |
3 |
| Troy Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| J. Doege |
17 |
24 |
237 |
1 |
2 |
| Southern Miss Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| F. Gore Jr. |
15 |
67 |
4.5 |
0 |
| D. Richard |
1 |
3 |
3.0 |
0 |
| J. Dean |
1 |
3 |
3.0 |
0 |
| Z. Wilcke |
8 |
-24 |
-3.0 |
0 |
| Troy Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| K. Vidal |
17 |
79 |
4.6 |
1 |
| D. Billingsley |
10 |
32 |
3.2 |
1 |
| D. Taylor |
1 |
3 |
3.0 |
0 |
| J. Doege |
7 |
-13 |
-1.9 |
0 |
| Southern Miss Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| J. Brownlee |
12 |
105 |
8.8 |
1 |
| L. Jones |
2 |
21 |
10.5 |
0 |
| D. Jones |
1 |
15 |
15.0 |
0 |
| J. Dean |
3 |
13 |
4.3 |
0 |
| C. Cavallo |
1 |
3 |
3.0 |
0 |
| Troy Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| D. Stoudemire |
5 |
82 |
16.4 |
0 |
| T. Johnson |
4 |
80 |
20.0 |
1 |
| M. Rogers |
2 |
29 |
14.5 |
0 |
| J. Barber |
2 |
20 |
10.0 |
0 |
| D. Ross |
1 |
16 |
16.0 |
0 |
| K. Vidal |
2 |
6 |
3.0 |
0 |
| M. Vice |
1 |
4 |
4.0 |
0 |
| Southern Miss Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| C. Harrell |
1 |
0 |
| J. Stanley |
1 |
0 |
| Troy Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| M. Colvin |
1 |
44 |
| C. Slocum Jr. |
1 |
0 |
| K. Cass |
1 |
0 |
| Southern Miss Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| M. Hunt |
5 |
230 |
46.0 |
| Troy Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| M. Rivers |
5 |
207 |
41.4 |
| Southern Miss Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| N. Brooks |
2 |
30 |
15.0 |
| Troy Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| D. Stoudemire |
1 |
7 |
7.0 |
| Southern Miss Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| C. Harrell |
2 |
43 |
21.5 |
| Troy Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| P. Higgins |
2 |
17 |
8.5 |
| Southern Miss Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| Troy Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
