Southern Mississippi 28, Louisiana 21 (Final) · Game tracker

FinalDec 17, 2016 · Caesars Superdome

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
Southern Mississippi	14	0	7	7	28
Louisiana	7	7	0	7	21

Game flow

Southern Mississippi won by 7 · 7 scores

Lead changes

1 time tied

ULL biggest lead

—

never led

USM biggest lead

+14

Q1 7:17

Time in front

ULL 0% · USM 71%

tied 29% · 0:00 vs 42:53 of game clock

The lead after every score: above the line Louisiana is ahead, below it Southern Mississippi. Each dot is a score in the scoring team's colour; hover one.

Scoring summary

1st quarter

9:39

TD Ito Smith 11 Yd Run (Parker Shaunfield Kick)3 plays, 67 yds, 0:57 · from USM 33

USM 7–0 ULL

7:17

TD Ito Smith 6 Yd pass from Nick Mullens (Parker Shaunfield Kick)3 plays, 70 yds, 1:12 · from USM 30

USM 14–0 ULL

3:15

TD Anthony Jennings 4 Yd Run (Stevie Artigue Kick)9 plays, 66 yds, 3:55 · from UL 34

USM 14–7 ULL

2nd quarter

7:28

TD Dion Ray 12 Yd Run (Stevie Artigue Kick)2 plays, 29 yds, 0:30 · from USM 29

USM 14–14 ULL

3rd quarter

10:42

TD Allenzae Staggers 5 Yd pass from Nick Mullens (Parker Shaunfield Kick)11 plays, 75 yds, 4:18 · from USM 25

USM 21–14 ULL

4th quarter

12:26

TD Ito Smith 1 Yd Run (Parker Shaunfield Kick)14 plays, 83 yds, 6:14 · from USM 17

USM 28–14 ULL

5:10

TD Anthony Jennings 3 Yd Run (Stevie Artigue Kick)5 plays, 19 yds, 2:10 · from USM 19

USM 28–21 ULL

Drives

ULL 3/12 scoredUSM 4/13 scored

Q	Start	Team	From	Plays	Yds	Time	Result
Q1	15:00	ULL	UL 7	10	32	4:24	Punt
Q1	10:36	USM	USM 33	3	67	0:57	Touchdown
Q1	9:39	ULL	UL 25	3	-4	1:10	Punt
Q1	8:29	USM	USM 30	3	70	1:12	Touchdown
Q1	7:10	ULL	UL 34	9	66	3:55	Touchdown
Q1	3:09	USM	USM 19	3	3	1:19	Punt
Q1	1:50	ULL	UL 36	3	1	1:39	Punt
Q1	0:11	USM	USM 27	9	52	3:08	Missed FG
Q2	12:03	ULL	UL 21	3	-8	2:06	Punt
Q2	9:57	USM	USM 39	5	5	1:59	Fumble
Q2	7:58	ULL	USM 29	2	29	0:30	Touchdown
Q2	7:23	USM	USM 32	5	-2	1:44	Punt

Win probability

Southern Mississippi 100% · pregame line Southern Mississippi −2.0 (closing line)

The pregame line (TDC's for this week's games, the closing betting line for past ones), blended with the score, clock and field position (calibrated on every 2024–25 FBS play). Gold dots mark the biggest swings; hover one.

Box score

Passing	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Nick Mullens	25/40	346	8.7	2	1	61.6
Team	0/1	0	0.0	0	0	--
Allenzae Staggers	0/1	0	0.0	0	0	4.3

Rushing	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Ito Smith	26	138	5.3	2	24
George Payne	2	13	6.5	0	10
Tez Parks	1	1	1.0	0	1
Team	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Nick Mullens	2	-16	-8.0	0	0

Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Allenzae Staggers	11	230	20.9	1	66
Korey Robertson	5	49	9.8	0	20
D.J. Thompson	4	40	10.0	0	18
Chase Whitehead	2	15	7.5	0	8
Ito Smith	1	6	6.0	1	6
Tyre'oune Holmes	1	6	6.0	0	6
Julian Allen	1	0	0.0	0	0

Interceptions	INT	YDS	TD
Tarvarius Moore	1	0	0

Kicking	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Parker Shaunfield	0/1	0.0	0	4/4	4

Punting	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Tyler Sarrazin	4	171	42.8	0	0	54

Biggest plays

USM +29% Q2 7:28 SOUTHERN MISS Penalty, offside defense ( Yards) declined

USM +26% Q4 5:10 Stevie Artigue kickoff for 44 yds , D'Nerius Antoine return for 5 yds to the SoMis 26

ULL +25% Q4 5:10 Anthony Jennings run for 3 yds for a TD, (Stevie Artigue KICK)

ULL +24% Q2 7:28 Dion Ray run for 12 yds for a TD, (Stevie Artigue KICK)

USM +20% Q3 10:42 Nick Mullens pass complete to Allenzae Staggers for 5 yds for a TD, (Parker Shaunfield KICK)

Team stats

Stat	USM	ULL
1st Downs	22	21
3rd down efficiency	7-14	3-12
4th down efficiency	0-0	1-3
Total Yards	481	252
Passing	346	95
Comp/Att	25/42	8/22
Yards per pass	8.2	4.3
Rushing	135	157
Rushing Attempts	32	47
Yards per rush	4.2	3.3
Penalties	13-131	6-57
Turnovers	2	1
Fumbles lost	1	0
Interceptions thrown	1	1
Possession	30:34	29:26

Play by play

Q4 0:00 End of 4th Quarter

Q4 0:12 1st & 10 at USM 48 TEAM run for a loss of 1 yard to the SoMis 47

Q4 0:28 4th & 7 at USM 48 Anthony Jennings pass incomplete to Keenan Barnes

Q4 0:28 3rd & 7 at USM 48 Anthony Jennings pass incomplete to Al Riles

Q4 0:28 2nd & 19 at UL 40 Anthony Jennings pass complete to Keenan Barnes for 12 yds to the SoMis 48

Q4 0:28 Timeout UL LAFAYETTE, clock 00:28

Q4 0:30 1st & 10 at UL 49 Anthony Jennings sacked by Xavier Thigpen and Dylan Bradley for a loss of 9 yards to the LaLaf 40

Q4 0:30 Timeout SOUTHERN MISS, clock 00:30

Q4 0:57 4th & 1 at UL 47 Elijah McGuire run for 2 yds to the LaLaf 49 for a 1ST down

Q4 0:57 3rd & 2 at UL 46 Elijah McGuire run for 1 yd to the LaLaf 47

Q4 0:57 Timeout SOUTHERN MISS, clock 00:57

Q4 2:02 2nd & 5 at UL 43 Elijah McGuire run for 3 yds to the LaLaf 46

Q4 2:02 1st & 10 at UL 38 Anthony Jennings run for 5 yds to the LaLaf 43

Q4 2:02 1st & 10 at UL 18 Anthony Jennings pass complete to Al Riles for 20 yds to the LaLaf 38 for a 1ST down

Q4 2:12 4th & 7 at USM 46 Tyler Sarrazin punt for 36 yds, downed at the LaLaf 18

Q4 2:12 Timeout UL LAFAYETTE, clock 02:12

Q4 2:16 3rd & 7 at USM 46 Nick Mullens pass complete to D.J. Thompson for no gain to the SoMis 46

Q4 2:16 Timeout SOUTHERN MISS, clock 02:16

Q4 5:05 2nd & 7 at USM 46 Ito Smith run for no gain to the SoMis 46

Q4 5:05 1st & 10 at USM 43 Ito Smith run for 3 yds to the SoMis 46

Q4 5:05 2nd & 5 at USM 31 Ito Smith run for 12 yds to the SoMis 43 for a 1ST down

Q4 5:05 1st & 10 at USM 26 Ito Smith run for 5 yds to the SoMis 31

Q4 5:10 Stevie Artigue kickoff for 44 yds , D'Nerius Antoine return for 5 yds to the SoMis 26

Q4 5:10 2nd & Goal at USM 3 Anthony Jennings run for 3 yds for a TD, (Stevie Artigue KICK)

Q4 7:20 1st & Goal at USM 8 Anthony Jennings run for 5 yds to the SoMis 3