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27–24
Final
 Yulman Stadium, New OrleansTULN -11.5
FINALSouthern Miss 27, Tulane 24UPSETUSM covered +11.5CLOSED TULN -11.5

Highlights

3 CLIPS · ESPN
Eric Scott Jr. takes pick-six to the house to secure Southern Miss winVIDEO: ESPN ↗

Win probability

EVERY PLAY · ESPN MODEL
TULN WINNING
USM WINNING
KICKQ2Q3Q4FINAL

KICKOFF: TULN 83% · BIGGEST SINGLE-PLAY SWING: 29 PTS

Scoring plays

9 SCORES
Q1
Rushing Touchdown

Tyjae Spears 8 Yd Run (Kriston Esnard Kick)

10:14
0-7
Q2
Rushing Touchdown

Tyjae Spears 34 Yd Run (Kriston Esnard Kick)

11:57
0-14
Passing Touchdown

Jason Brownlee 23 Yd pass from Zach Wilcke (Briggs Bourgeois Kick)

6:01
7-14
Field Goal Good

Briggs Bourgeois 36 Yd Field Goal

2:31
10-14
Field Goal Good

Kriston Esnard 28 Yd Field Goal

0:03
10-17
Q3
Passing Touchdown

Jakarius Caston 37 Yd pass from Zach Wilcke (Briggs Bourgeois Kick)

1:53
17-17
Q4
Field Goal Good

Briggs Bourgeois 26 Yd Field Goal

8:26
20-17
Interception Return Touchdown

Eric Scott Jr. 35 Yd Interception Return (Briggs Bourgeois Kick)

7:07
27-17
Passing Touchdown

Jha'Quan Jackson 25 Yd pass from Michael Pratt (Kriston Esnard Kick)

0:19
27-24

What happened

ESPN RECAP

Southern Miss gets first win of season, edges Tulane 27-24

NEW ORLEANS -- , Zach Wilcke threw a pair of touchdown passes, Eric Scott returned an interception for a score and Southern Mississippi collected its first win of the season, beating previously unbeaten Tulane 27-24 on Saturday night. Wilcke's 37-yard touchdown pass to Jakarius Caston tied it at 17 late in the third quarter. Scott's pick-6 stretched the Southern Miss lead to 27-17 with 7:07 remaining. Wilcke was 17-of-25 passing for 194 yards. Caston had eight receptions for 91 yards. Michael Pratt 's 25-yard touchdown pass to Jha’Quan Jackson for Tulane capped the scoring with 19 seconds left. Tyjae Spears ran for 114 yards and two touchdowns for Tulane (3-1). Spears also made five catches for 74 yards. Spears' 8-yard TD run and his 34-yard scoring run gave Tulane a 14-0 lead early in the second quarter.

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Top performers

USM
PASSINGZach Wilcke17/25, 194 YDS, 2 TD
RUSHINGFrank Gore Jr.16 CAR, 44 YDS
RECEIVINGJakarius Caston8 REC, 91 YDS, 1 TD
TULN
PASSINGMichael Pratt19/29, 247 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT
RUSHINGTyjae Spears22 CAR, 114 YDS, 2 TD
RECEIVINGTyjae Spears5 REC, 74 YDS

Team stats

USM · TULN
253
TOTAL YARDS
451
194
PASSING
247
59
RUSHING
204
13
1ST DOWNS
26
3-12
3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY
6-16
0
TURNOVERS
1
5-45
PENALTIES
2-20
23:59
POSSESSION
36:01

YULMAN STADIUM, NEW ORLEANS · ATTENDANCE 20,422

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