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Troy

28–18
Final
 M. M. Roberts Stadium, Hattiesburg
FINALTroy 28, Southern Miss 18

Highlights

8 CLIPS · ESPN
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Win probability

EVERY PLAY · ESPN MODEL
USM WINNING
TROY WINNING
KICKQ2Q3Q4FINAL

KICKOFF: USM 57% · BIGGEST SINGLE-PLAY SWING: 13 PTS

Scoring plays

7 SCORES
Q2
Rushing Touchdown

Tae Meadows 3 Yd Run (Scott Taylor Renfroe Kick)

10:05
7-0
Field Goal Good

Creighton Wilbanks 27 Yd Field Goal

5:42
7-3
Passing Touchdown

Peyton Higgins 16 Yd pass from Goose Crowder (Scott Taylor Renfroe Kick)

0:18
14-3
Q3
Rushing Touchdown

Kadinn Morris 0 Yd Run (Creighton Wilbanks Kick)

2:46
14-10
Q4
Passing Touchdown

RaRa Thomas 7 Yd pass from Goose Crowder (Scott Taylor Renfroe Kick)

6:58
21-10
Passing Touchdown

Carl Chester 10 Yd pass from Braylon Braxton (Braylon Braxton Pass to Micah Davis for Two-Point Conversion)

3:27
21-18
Passing Touchdown

RaRa Thomas 75 Yd pass from Goose Crowder (Scott Taylor Renfroe Kick)

3:16
28-18

What happened

ESPN RECAP

Crowder's 3 TD passes leads Troy over Southern Miss 28-18

HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- , Goose Crowder threw three touchdown passes to lead Troy to a 28-18 victory over Southern Miss on Saturday night in a Sun Belt Conference regular-season finale. Crowder's 7-yard touchdown pass to RaRa Thomas capped an 11-play, 85 yard drive that chewed up about five minutes and stretched the Trojans' lead to 21-10 with 6:58 remaining in the fourth quarter. The pair also connected on a 75-yard touchdown with 3:16 to play. Crowder completed 24 of 34 passes for 285 yards. He also had a 16-yard touchdown pass to Peyton Higgins just before halftime. Thomas finished with five catches for 118 yards. Tae Meadows added 94 yards rushing on 21 carries that included a short-yardage TD run in the first quarter. Braylon Braxton was 20-of-35 passing for 209 yards with a touchdown pass and interception for Southern Miss.

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Top performers

TROY
PASSINGGoose Crowder24/34, 285 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INT
RUSHINGTae Meadows21 CAR, 94 YDS, 1 TD
RECEIVINGRaRa Thomas5 REC, 118 YDS, 2 TD
USM
PASSINGBraylon Braxton20/35, 209 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT
RUSHINGJeffery Pittman10 CAR, 51 YDS
RECEIVINGCarl Chester4 REC, 76 YDS, 1 TD

Team stats

TROY · USM
428
TOTAL YARDS
304
296
PASSING
209
132
RUSHING
95
22
1ST DOWNS
20
7-15
3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY
5-14
1
TURNOVERS
1
11-87
PENALTIES
6-53
32:30
POSSESSION
27:30

M. M. ROBERTS STADIUM, HATTIESBURG · ATTENDANCE 25,987

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