Southern Miss at Middle Tennessee
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Southern Miss | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | |
| Middle Tennessee | 14 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 35 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 7:47 | Southern Miss touchdown. Jason Brownlee 13 Yd pass from Jake Lange (Briggs Bourgeois Kick) |
| 1:08 | Middle Tennessee touchdown. Mike DiLiello 6 Yd Run (Zeke Rankin Kick) |
| 0:14 | Middle Tennessee touchdown. Tra Fluellen 18 Yd Return of Blocked Punt (Zeke Rankin Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 11:42 | Middle Tennessee touchdown. Jordan Branch 29 Yd Fumble Return (Zeke Rankin Kick) |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 7:46 | Southern Miss field goal. Briggs Bourgeois 38 Yd Field Goal |
| 5:09 | Middle Tennessee touchdown. Mike DiLiello 14 Yd Run (Zeke Rankin Kick) |
| 0:26 | Middle Tennessee touchdown. DQ Thomas 43 Yd Interception Return (Zeke Rankin Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Southern Miss | Middle Tennessee |
| Total first downs | 22 | 15 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Southern Miss | Middle Tennessee |
| Third downs attempted | 18 | 9 |
| Third downs converted | 5 | 1 |
| Third down percentage | 28 % | 11 % |
| Fourth down | Southern Miss | Middle Tennessee |
| Fourth downs attempted | 5 | 3 |
| Fourth downs converted | 2 | 1 |
| Fourth down percentage | 40 % | 33 % |
| Offense | Southern Miss | Middle Tennessee |
| Total yards | 234 | 287 |
| Total rushing yards | 50 | 1 |
| Total passing yards | 184 | 142 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 33:00 | 27:00 |
| Rushing | Southern Miss | Middle Tennessee |
| Total rushing plays | 41 | 145 |
| Total rushing yards | 50 | 1 |
| Average yards per rush | 1.2 | 4.1 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 0 | 2 |
| Passing | Southern Miss | Middle Tennessee |
| Passes attempted | 41 | 21 |
| Passes completed | 18 | 14 |
| Average yards per completion | 4.5 | 6.8 |
| Passing touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| Penalties | Southern Miss | Middle Tennessee |
| Penalties committed | 12 | 8 |
| Penalty yards | 96 | 83 |
| Turnovers | Southern Miss | Middle Tennessee |
| Passes intercepted | ||
| Interception returns | 3 | 1 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 2 | 3 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Southern Miss | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Frank Gore Jr. | 20 | 83 | 4.2 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Dajon Richard | 12 | 34 | 2.8 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Dee Baker | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jake Lange | 7 | -61 | -8.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Middle Tennessee | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Mike DiLiello | 11 | 77 | 7.0 | 2 | 43 | ||||
| Frank Peasant | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Martell Pettaway | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Jaylin Lane | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Nick Vattiato | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Yusuf Ali | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Chaton Mobley | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Chase Cunningham | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| JaMichael Thompson | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Southern Miss | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Jake Lange | 34 | 16 | 47 % | 166 | 4.9 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Tee Webb | 6 | 2 | 33 % | 18 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jake Smithhart | 1 | 0 | 0 % | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Middle Tennessee | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Mike DiLiello | 12 | 8 | 67 % | 78 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chase Cunningham | 7 | 4 | 57 % | 48 | 6.9 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Nick Vattiato | 2 | 2 | 100 % | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Southern Miss | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Jason Brownlee | 9 | 120 | 13.3 | 1 | 34 | ||||
| Grayson Gunter | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Brad Dennis | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Dajon Richard | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Demarcus Jones | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Cole Cavallo | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Middle Tennessee | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Jarrin Pierce | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 0 | 40 | ||||
| Jaylin Lane | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Jimmy Marshall | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Marquel Tinsley | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Yusuf Ali | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| DJ England-Chisolm | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Martell Pettaway | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| JaMichael Thompson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Southern Miss | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Santrell Latham | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Eric Scott Jr. | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Jake Lange | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Middle Tennessee | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Ja'Kerrius Wyatt | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Jordan Branch | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Mike DiLiello | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Chaton Mobley | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| JaMichael Thompson | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Southern Miss | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Eric Scott Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Middle Tennessee | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| DQ Thomas | 1 | 43 | 1 | ||||||
| Quincy Riley | 1 | 26 | 0 | ||||||
| Marley Cook | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Southern Miss | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Santrell Latham | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Josh Carr Jr. | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jay Stanley | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| TQ Newsome | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Malik Shorts | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tyrek Moody | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Averie Habas | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rachuan Mitchell | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eriq Kitchen | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Lakevias Daniel | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Everitt Cunningham | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Pleas Jr. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Camron Harrell | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eric Scott Jr. | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hayes Maples | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tahj Sykes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dee Baker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Coker Wright | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Briason Mays | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Justin Hulett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Khalen Leonard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Antavious Willis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DaShawn Crawford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Demarcus Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brendan Toles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Josh Ratcliff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Natrone Brooks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Middle Tennessee | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| DQ Thomas | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Jurriente Davis | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Reed Blankenship | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jordan Ferguson | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Johnathan Butler | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Teldrick Ross | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jorden Starling | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Gregory Grate Jr. | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Decorian Patterson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Raquon Hartley | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marley Cook | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Deidrick Stanley II | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Quincy Riley | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tra Fluellen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jalen Jackson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wayne Parks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jordan Branch | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Zaylin Wood | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Scott Payne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ja'Kerrius Wyatt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Shellman IV | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Kinley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Southern Miss | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Camron Harrell | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 24 | 0 | ||||
| Middle Tennessee | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Jaylin Lane | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Southern Miss | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Jaylin Lane | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 63 | 0 | ||||
| Ralph Mency | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | ||||
| Tra Fluellen | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 1 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Southern Miss | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Briggs Bourgeois | 1/1 | 38 | 1/1 | 4 | |||||
| Middle Tennessee | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Zeke Rankin | 0/1 | 0 | 5/5 | 5 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Southern Miss | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Mason Hunt | 5 | 223 | 44.6 | 0 | 0 | 53 | |||
| Middle Tennessee | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Kyle Ulbrich | 3 | 149 | 49.7 | 0 | 0 | 57 | |||
Last updated on Wednesday, November 3, 2021 3:11 AM.