Southern Miss 20, Texas State 14
Associated Press
SAN MARCOS, Texas - Chandler Pittman caught a 53-yard touchdown pass from Zach Wilcke with 32 seconds remaining and Southern Mississippi defeated Texas State 20-14 to ruin homecoming for the Bobcats.
Texas State had taken a 14-13 lead with 1:21 to go when Layne Hatcher connected with Ashtyn Hawkins who outran the defense for a 74-yard touchdown pass.
Wilcke completed 18 of 25 passes for 187 yards for the Golden Eagles (4-3, 2-1 Sun Belt). Frank Gore Jr. added 91 yards rushing.
Hatcher was 25 of 42 passing for 254 yards but the Bobcats (3-5, 1-3) were held to minus-6 net rushing yards for 249 yards of total offense. Calvin Hill and Lincoln Pare were their leading rushers with 3 yards each.
| Scoring Summary |
| First Quarter |
SouMis | TxSt |
| SouMis |
FG |
5:36 |
Briggs Bourgeois 33 yd FG |
3 |
0 |
| Second Quarter |
SouMis | TxSt |
| SouMis |
TD |
6:32 |
Janari Dean 2 yd run (Briggs Bourgeois kick) |
10 |
0 |
| TxSt |
TD |
3:52 |
Javen Banks 4 yd pass from Layne Hatcher (Seth Keller kick) |
10 |
7 |
| SouMis |
FG |
0:00 |
Briggs Bourgeois 40 yd FG |
13 |
7 |
| Fourth Quarter |
SouMis | TxSt |
| TxSt |
TD |
1:21 |
Ashtyn Hawkins 74 yd pass from Layne Hatcher (Seth Keller kick) |
13 |
14 |
| SouMis |
TD |
0:32 |
Chandler Pittman 53 yd pass from Zach Wilcke (Briggs Bourgeois kick) |
20 |
14 |
| Team Stats |
| |
Southern Miss |
Texas State |
| First downs |
17 |
12 |
| Rushing |
8 |
1 |
| Passing |
8 |
9 |
| Penalty |
1 |
2 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
7-19, 37% |
2-14, 14% |
| 4th down efficiency |
1-1, 100% |
0-2, 0% |
| Rushes-Yards |
49-131 |
20--6 |
| Passing Yards |
187 |
249 |
| Return Yards |
43 |
24 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
18-26-2 |
26-43-1 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost |
3--20 |
3--19 |
| Punts |
7 |
9 |
| Punts-Average |
39.7 |
35 |
| Fumbles Lost |
3-1 |
1-0 |
| Penalties - Yards |
5-50 |
4-30 |
| Time of Possession |
34:10 |
25:50 |
| Southern Miss Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| Z. Wilcke |
18 |
25 |
187 |
1 |
2 |
| J. Lange |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Texas State Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| L. Hatcher |
25 |
42 |
254 |
2 |
1 |
| L. Pare |
1 |
1 |
-5 |
0 |
0 |
| Southern Miss Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| F. Gore Jr. |
20 |
91 |
4.6 |
0 |
| J. Dean |
13 |
32 |
2.5 |
1 |
| C. Pittman |
5 |
11 |
2.2 |
0 |
| Z. Wilcke |
8 |
5 |
0.6 |
0 |
| A. Willis |
1 |
3 |
3.0 |
0 |
| J. Lange |
1 |
-8 |
-8.0 |
0 |
| Texas State Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| L. Pare |
8 |
3 |
0.4 |
0 |
| C. Hill |
3 |
3 |
1.0 |
0 |
| J. Jeter |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
| L. Hatcher |
8 |
-12 |
-1.5 |
0 |
| Southern Miss Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| C. Pittman |
1 |
53 |
53.0 |
1 |
| T. Mims |
4 |
52 |
13.0 |
0 |
| J. Brownlee |
4 |
27 |
6.8 |
0 |
| A. Willis |
6 |
22 |
3.7 |
0 |
| F. Gore Jr. |
1 |
21 |
21.0 |
0 |
| C. Cavallo |
1 |
7 |
7.0 |
0 |
| D. Jones |
1 |
5 |
5.0 |
0 |
| Texas State Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| A. Hawkins |
5 |
102 |
20.4 |
1 |
| M. Barbee |
3 |
71 |
23.7 |
0 |
| J. Banks |
5 |
37 |
7.4 |
1 |
| J. Ortega-Jones |
5 |
27 |
5.4 |
0 |
| T. Huff |
1 |
7 |
7.0 |
0 |
| C. Hill |
2 |
5 |
2.5 |
0 |
| R. Groves |
1 |
5 |
5.0 |
0 |
| C. Brown |
1 |
-2 |
-2.0 |
0 |
| L. Pare |
3 |
-3 |
-1.0 |
0 |
| Southern Miss Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| N. Brooks |
1 |
33 |
| Texas State Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| J. Morris |
1 |
0 |
| S. Tupou |
1 |
0 |
| Southern Miss Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| M. Hunt |
6 |
246 |
41.0 |
| Texas State Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| S. O'Kelly |
9 |
315 |
35.0 |
| Southern Miss Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| N. Brooks |
1 |
-2 |
-2.0 |
| Texas State Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| Southern Miss Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| C. Harrell |
1 |
12 |
12.0 |
| Texas State Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| D. Moorer |
1 |
24 |
24.0 |
| Southern Miss Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| Texas State Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
