NCAAF Game Recap - Western Kentucky at Southern Miss
Sat Nov 23, 2019 3:30 PM EST

Ark
20
LSU
56
F
PSU
17
OSU
28
F
TxAM
13
UGA
19
F
WCU
3
Bama
66
F
Oreg
28
AzSt
31
F
Utah
35
Ariz
7
F
TCU
24
Okla
28
F
MIN
38
NW
22
F
Mich
39
Ind
14
F
Tex
10
Bayl
24
F
Purd
24
Wisc
45
F
BC
7
ND
40
F
Sam
0
Aub
52
F
Temp
13
Cin
15
F
Mem
49
SoFL
10
F
Ill
10
Iowa
19
F
Boise
56
UtSt
21
F
SMU
28
Navy
35
F
OkSt
20
WVU
13
F
TxSt
13
App
35
F
Pitt
0
VaTec
28
F
E Mi
45
NIU
17
F
Ohio
66
BGSU
24
F
Akr
17
MiaOH
20
F
Toled
30
Buff
49
F
NCSt
26
GATec
28
F
ColSt
7
Wyo
17
F
Ball
38
Kent
41
F
JMU
55
URI
21
F
UCF
34
Tul
31
F
ECU
31
UConn
24
F
Kans
31
IASt
41
F
Lib
27
UVA
55
F
MSU
27
Rut
0
F
BYU
56
UMass
24
F
HBU
14
SamHu
37
F
SoAl
15
GASt
28
F
E Ky
29
JacSt
23
F
AF
44
NM
22
F
GaSo
33
ArkSt
38
F
UCLA
35
USC
52
F
ETenn
0
Vand
38
F
LT
14
UAB
20
F
W Ky
28
SMiss
10
F
NorTx
14
Rice
20
F
Mer
7
UNC
56
F
Neb
54
MD
7
F
UT-M
7
KY
50
F
Marsh
13
UNCC
24
F
SJSU
35
UNLV
38
F
Cal
24
Stan
20
F
UTEP
35
NMS
44
F
Syr
34
Lou
56
F
OD
17
MidTN
38
F
CoCar
42
ULMon
45
F
Troy
3
ULLaf
53
F
FlAtl
40
UTSA
26
F
K St
30
TxTch
27
F
MiaFL
24
FLInt
30
F
Hou
24
Tuls
14
F
Tenn
24
MIZ
20
F
Abil
7
MissSt
45
F
Duke
27
Wake
39
F
OreSt
53
WaSt
54
F
Wash
14
Colo
20
F
NEV
35
Fres
28
F
SDSU
11
Hawaii
14
F
Ohio
52
Akr
3
F
WestMI
14
NIU
17
F

Nov 23, 2019, 3:30 PM EST

Final

1

2

3

4

T

Western Kentucky (7-4)

7

14

0

7

28

Southern Miss (7-4)

7

0

0

3

10

W. Kentucky beats Southern Miss 28-10
Sat Nov 23, 2019 7:16 PM

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) Ty Storey threw two touchdown passes, Jacquez Sloan ran for a score and Western Kentucky cashed in on turnovers to beat Southern Mississippi 28-10 on Saturday.

DeAngelo Malone recovered a fourth-quarter fumble and ran five yards for the Hilltoppers' final TD after Jeremy Darvin's strip-sack of Jack Abraham.

Sloan capped the opening drive with a 21-yard TD run and Western Kentucky (7-4, 5-2 Conference USA) led 21-7 at halftime after Storey threw a 64-yard TD pass to Jahcour Pearson and a 21-yarder to Quin Jerringham.

Pearson's TD was set up by Trae Meadows' recovery of Quez Watkins' fumble, forced by Dionte Ruffin.

Storey was 20 of 30 for 225 yards passing for the Hilltoppers.

Abraham was 16 of 31 for 223 yards for the Golden Eagles (7-4, 5-2) with a 60-yard first-quarter TD pass to Tim Jones.

Passing

W Ky Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
T. Storey 30 20 66.7 2 225 64 0 111.1
K. Thomas 1 1 100.0 0 6 6 0 91.7
SMiss Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
J. Abraham 31 16 51.6 1 223 68 1 72.4
T. Whatley 7 3 42.9 0 65 35 0 76.5

Rushing

W Ky Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
G. Walker 20 84 4.2 30 0
J. Sloan 1 21 21.0 21 1
SMiss Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
D. Harris 11 60 5.5 17 0
K. Perkins 11 34 3.1 10 0

Receiving

W Ky Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
J. Pearson 7 88 12.6 64 1
J. Simon 2 51 25.5 47 0
SMiss Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
T. Jones 7 159 22.7 68 1
Q. Watkins 8 90 11.3 28 0

Fumbles

SMiss F FL
Q. Watkins 1 1
J. Abraham 1 1

Returning

W Ky KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
J. Sloan 2 20.0 0 23 0 0 0
C. Myers 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 0
SMiss KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
Q. Watkins 2 12.5 0 13 0 0 0
D. Harris 1 22.0 0 22 0 0 0

Punting

W Ky Punt Yds Avg LgPu
J. Haggerty 6 271 45.2 64
SMiss Punt Yds Avg LgPu
Z. Everett 5 215 43.0 53

Takeaways

W Ky Int Yds InTD
A. Kincade 1 0 0
D. Malone 0 0 0

Team Stats Comparison

W Ky SMiss
Points For 28 10
Total Yards 365 388
Rushing Yards 134 98
Passing Yards 231 290
Passing Completions / Attempts 21/31 20/39
Turnovers 1 3
Interceptions Thrown 0 1
Fumbles - Lost 1/1 2/2
First Downs 17 22
Penalties - Yards 5/64 4/41
Time Of Possession 41:41 19:19
Third Down Conversions/Attempts 4/14 3/14
Fourth Down Conversions/Attempts 2/3 1/4
Punts - Average Yards 6/45 5/43

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter W Ky SMiss
W Ky 05:57 TD Jacquez Sloan 21 yd run (Cory Munson kick) 7 0
SMiss 10:29 TD Tim Jones 68 yd pass from Jack Abraham (Andrew Stein kick) 7 7
2nd Quarter W Ky SMiss
W Ky 02:53 TD Jahcour Pearson 64 yd pass from Ty Storey (Cory Munson kick) 14 7
W Ky 09:58 TD Quin Jernighan 21 yd pass from Ty Storey (Cory Munson kick) 21 7
3rd Quarter W Ky SMiss
No scores this quarter
4th Quarter W Ky SMiss
W Ky 05:26 TD DeAngelo Malone 5 yd fumble return (Cory Munson kick) 28 7
SMiss 13:08 FG Andrew Stein 22 yd FG 28 10

Game Information

Stadium: Carlisle-Faulkner Field at M.M. Roberts Stadium, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Attendance: 20,369
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