Braylon Braxton's 4 touchdown passes power Southern Miss in 49-21 victory over UL Monroe

HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- , Braylon Braxton threw four touchdown passes and Southern Mississippi defeated UL Monroe 49-21 on Saturday to remain undefeated in the Sun Belt Conference. The Golden Eagles led 21-14 at halftime before Matt Jones had his second short touchdown run of the game and Braxton threw two of his TD passes to make it 42-14 with about 13 minutes left in the game. Braxon completed 18 of 23 passes for 248 yards. His touchdowns went to four teammates , Tychaun Chapman , Kyirin Heath , Bralon Brown and Carl Chester . Zach Palmer Smith had 111 yards rushing for the Warhawks (3-5, 1-3). His 21-yard touchdown run made it 21-14 in the second quarter before Southern Miss blew it open in the second half of their homecoming game. Southern Miss (6-2, 4-0) has won four in a row. The Golden Eagles went 1-11 in 2024.