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13–30
Final
 Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort WorthTULN -7
FINALSouthern Mississippi 13, Tulane 30TULN covered -7CLOSED TULN -7

Highlights

4 CLIPS · ESPN
Watkins takes off for 44-yard TDVIDEO: ESPN ↗

Win probability

EVERY PLAY · ESPN MODEL
TULN WINNING
USM WINNING
KICKQ2Q3Q4FINAL

KICKOFF: TULN 60% · BIGGEST SINGLE-PLAY SWING: 15 PTS

Scoring plays

8 SCORES
Q1
Passing Touchdown

Quez Watkins 44 Yd pass from Jack Abraham (Andrew Stein PAT failed)

12:07
6-0
Rushing Touchdown

Jack Abraham 3 Yd Run (Andrew Stein Kick)

5:23
13-0
Q2
Field Goal Good

Merek Glover 31 Yd Field Goal

12:41
13-3
Field Goal Good

Merek Glover 31 Yd Field Goal

4:37
13-6
Q3
Passing Touchdown

Jalen McCleskey 52 Yd pass from Justin McMillan (Merek Glover Kick)

13:20
13-13
Field Goal Good

Merek Glover 36 Yd Field Goal

6:16
13-16
Passing Touchdown

Jacob Robertson Jr. 7 Yd pass from Justin McMillan (Merek Glover Kick)

5:37
13-23
Passing Touchdown

Amare Jones 20 Yd pass from Justin McMillan (Merek Glover Kick)

1:54
13-30

What happened

ESPN RECAP

Tulane rallies for 30-13 win over Southern Miss in AF Bowl

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Justin McMillan won two Texas state championships playing for a high school only about 35 miles away from where he played his last game for Tulane. Both of his parents served in the Army. The Armed Forces Bowl provided a storybook finish for his college career. McMillan, who started for the Green Wave for two seasons after transferring from LSU, threw three touchdown passes in the third quarter as Tulane rallied for a 30-13 win while renewing a rivalry against Southern Mississippi on Saturday. "It is a home game. I live right down the road," said McMillan, who went to Cedar Hill High School. "It feels good to, one, play a game down here, two, to have two parents in the military. It's literally a Cinderella story for me." Tulane (7-6) finished consecutive seasons with bowl wins for the first time in school history.

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Top performers

USM
PASSINGJack Abraham17/23, 167 YDS, 1 TD
RUSHINGTrivenskey Mosley7 CAR, 43 YDS
RECEIVINGQuez Watkins9 REC, 154 YDS, 1 TD
TULN
PASSINGJustin McMillan13/18, 215 YDS, 3 TD
RUSHINGCam Carroll9 CAR, 48 YDS
RECEIVINGJalen McCleskey2 REC, 87 YDS, 1 TD

Team stats

USM · TULN
359
TOTAL YARDS
379
301
PASSING
215
58
RUSHING
164
15
1ST DOWNS
19
6-17
3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY
3-14
2
TURNOVERS
0
10-82
PENALTIES
6-50
26:07
POSSESSION
33:53

AMON G. CARTER STADIUM, FORT WORTH · ATTENDANCE 38,513

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