NCAAF Game Recap - Southern Miss at Louisiana-Monroe
Sat Sep 16, 2017 7:00 PM EDT

ColSt
23
Bama
41
F
Tul
14
Okla
56
F
Clem
47
Lou
21
F
Tex
24
USC
27
F(1OT)
GASt
0
PSU
56
F
Fres
16
Wash
48
F
AF
13
Mich
29
F
Army
7
OSU
38
F
OkSt
59
Pitt
21
F
Wisc
40
BYU
6
F
LSU
7
MissSt
37
F
Sam
14
UGA
42
F
Mer
10
Aub
24
F
VaTec
64
ECU
17
F
K St
7
Vand
14
F
Stan
17
SDSU
20
F
SMU
36
TCU
56
F
OreSt
23
WaSt
52
F
Ill
23
SoFL
47
F
Tenn
20
Fla
26
F
UCLA
45
Mem
48
F
NM
14
Boise
28
F
UMass
21
Temp
29
F
Ariz
63
UTEP
16
F
IASt
41
Akr
14
F
ULLaf
21
TxAM
45
F
NIU
21
Neb
17
F
DelSt
16
WVU
59
F
UConn
18
UVA
38
F
Kans
30
Ohio
42
F
Furm
16
NCSt
49
F
Bayl
20
Duke
34
F
CoCar
23
UAB
30
F
NoCol
21
Colo
41
F
UtSt
10
Wake
46
F
TnTec
13
Ball
28
F
MidTN
3
MIN
34
F
NorTx
14
Iowa
31
F
C Mi
17
Syr
41
F
Mor
0
Rut
65
F
UNC
53
OD
23
F
Norf
14
JMU
75
F
ND
49
BC
20
F
Purd
35
MIZ
3
F
Colg
10
Buff
33
F
InSt
41
Lib
42
F
NCAT
35
UNCC
31
F
Kent
0
Marsh
21
F
B-C
0
FlAtl
45
F
App
20
TxSt
13
F
ArkPB
3
ArkSt
48
F
Idaho
28
WestMI
37
F
Tuls
51
Toled
54
F
IdSt
30
NEV
28
F
Oreg
49
Wyo
13
F
LT
23
W Ky
22
F
Sou
17
UTSA
51
F
AlaAM
0
SoAl
45
F
SMiss
28
ULMon
17
F
BGSU
7
NW
49
F
KY
23
SCar
13
F
Troy
27
NMS
24
F
AzSt
45
TxTch
52
F
Rice
3
Hou
38
F
Cin
21
MiaOH
17
F
SJSU
16
Utah
54
F
Miss
16
Cal
27
F
FLInt
Ind
Canc
GATec
UCF
Canc

Sep 16, 2017, 7:00 PM EDT

Final

1

2

3

4

T

Southern Miss (2-1)

7

14

7

0

28

Louisiana-Monroe (0-2)

0

10

7

0

17

Smith, Griggs lead Southern Miss past La-Monroe 28-17
Sat Sep 16, 2017 11:30 PM

MONROE, La. (AP) Ito Smith ran for a career-high 219 yards and Kwadra Griggs threw for three touchdowns to lead Southern Mississippi to a 28-17 win over Louisiana Monroe on Saturday night.

Smith, who had 27 carries, had a 27-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter to put the Golden Eagles on top 14-7. He also surpassed 5,000 all-purpose yards, second in school history.

Griggs, in his second start, connected with Korey Robertson for a 15-yard touchdown to open the second. The duo hooked up again for a 20-yard score late in the second quarter to make it 21-10 at the half.

After Caleb Evans broke loose for a 67-yard score for the Warhawks (0-2) to cut the deficit to 21-17, Griggs capped a 9-play, 79-yard drive on the next possession with a 42-yard scoring pass to Allenzae Staggers. From there the defense took over, limiting Louisiana Monroe to 3 of 16 on third-down conversions and holding Evans and Garrett Smith to 11 of 27 passing for 112 yards.

Passing

SMiss Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
K. Griggs 32 17 53.1 3 250 42 1 97.1
ULMon Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
G. Smith 9 4 44.4 0 60 29 0 66.9
C. Evans 18 7 38.9 0 52 20 0 47.0

Rushing

SMiss Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
I. Smith 27 219 8.1 44 1
K. Griggs 14 57 4.1 20 0
ULMon Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
D. Gore 18 96 5.3 26 0
C. Evans 11 90 8.2 67 2

Receiving

SMiss Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
A. Staggers 4 75 18.8 42 1
K. Robertson 3 72 24.0 37 2
ULMon Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
J. Pederson 3 42 14.0 29 0
X. Brown 2 19 9.5 20 0

Fumbles

SMiss F FL
A. Staggers 1 0
ULMon F FL
M. Green 1 1

Returning

SMiss KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
A. Staggers 0 0 0 3 3.3 0 22
T. Daniels 3 21.7 0 25 0 0 0
ULMon KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
M. Green 0 0 0 4 8.5 0 30
M. McCray 1 19.0 0 19 0 0 0

Punting

SMiss Punt Yds Avg LgPu
Z. Everett 9 354 39.3 46
ULMon Punt Yds Avg LgPu
H. Heim 10 439 43.9 62

Takeaways

ULMon Int Yds InTD
C. Straughter 1 0 0

Team Stats Comparison

SMiss ULMon
Points For 28 17
Total Yards 534 330
Rushing Yards 284 218
Passing Yards 250 112
Passing Completions / Attempts 17/32 11/27
Turnovers 1 1
Interceptions Thrown 1 0
Fumbles - Lost 1/0 1/1
First Downs 23 15
Penalties - Yards 12/125 5/54
Time Of Possession 37:37 23:23
Third Down Conversions/Attempts 5/17 3/16
Fourth Down Conversions/Attempts 1/1 1/2
Punts - Average Yards 9/39 10/44

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter SMiss ULMon
SMiss 04:22 TD Korey Robertson 15 yd pass from Kwadra Griggs (Parker Shaunfield kick) 7 0
2nd Quarter SMiss ULMon
ULMon 00:24 TD Caleb Evans 1 yd run (Craig Ford kick) 7 7
SMiss 02:55 TD Ito Smith 27 yd run (Parker Shaunfield kick) 14 7
ULMon 11:43 FG Craig Ford 19 yd FG 14 10
SMiss 13:09 TD Korey Robertson 20 yd pass from Kwadra Griggs (Parker Shaunfield kick) 21 10
3rd Quarter SMiss ULMon
ULMon 06:05 TD Caleb Evans 67 yd run (Craig Ford kick) 21 17
SMiss 09:29 TD Allenzae Staggers 42 yd pass from Kwadra Griggs (Parker Shaunfield kick) 28 17
4th Quarter SMiss ULMon
No scores this quarter

Game Information

Stadium: JPS Field at James L. Malone Stadium, Monroe, Louisiana
Attendance: 0
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