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Marshall at Southern Miss

Saturday, November 8, 2014

No. 23 Marshall beat Southern Miss 63–⁠17. It was their 10th meeting; after it, the series stood even at 5–⁠5.

Away23Marshall13–⁠1 in 2014
63
HomeSouthern Miss3–⁠9 in 2014
17

Final at M. M. Roberts Stadium, HattiesburgAttendance 22,949

At kickoff
55°F, clear, calmWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; Bobby L Chain Municipal Airport (KHBG), 10 km from the stadium, seven minutes before kickoff
Officials
Referee Ken Antee; umpire Johnnie Forte; head linesman Stephen Fleming; line judge Mike Stansbury; side judge Tony Meyer; field judge Dan Gautreaux; back judge Folayan KindredGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Marshall721142163
Southern Miss1430017

Standouts

  • PassingRakeem Cato13 of 19, 186 yards, 2 TDMarshall
  • RushingIto Smith27 carries, 141 yards, 2 TDSouthern Miss
  • ReceivingTommy Shuler5 catches, 80 yards, 1 TDMarshall
  • DefenseTaj Letman1 INTMarshall

Player stats

Marshall

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Rakeem Cato13/1918620
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Steward Butler5118283
Rakeem Cato992133
Remi Watson1749315
Gunnar Holcombe141041
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Tommy Shuler580123
Deon-Tay McManus243033
Hyleck Foster123023
Eric Frohnapfel222012
InterceptionsIntYdsTD
Taj Letman100

Southern Miss

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Cole Weeks11/1911401
Parker Adamson0/1000
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Ito Smith27141234
Jalen Richard1046016
Tez Parks624017
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Markese Triplett222013
Jalen Richard119019
Kyle Foster116016
Casey Martin214010

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Team stats

MarshallSouthern Miss
521Total yards300
186Passing yards114
335Rushing yards186
9.8Yards per pass5.7
8.8Yards per rush3.4
25First downs23
4–⁠6Third downs3–⁠13
0–⁠0Fourth downs0–⁠2
0Turnovers3
7–⁠80Penalties7–⁠68
24:59Possession35:01

Efficiency

MarshallSouthern Miss
0.00First-down EPA0.06
0.00Second-down EPA0.81
0.00Third-down EPA0.83

From CollegeFootballData.com: each offense’s efficiency, and the havoc each defense caused. The better side of each line is bold.

Before kickoff

Our ratings and the line, going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Marshall 84% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The line

Marshall −24.5, over/under 63.

The last line on file before kickoff: the consensus line when the books publish one, otherwise a single major sportsbook’s.

Before kickoff, the win chances were Marshall 95%, Southern Miss 5%. CollegeFootballData.com’s estimate from the point spread.

Every drive

Southern Miss end zoneMarshall end zoneQ1 Southern MissTouchdown, 13 playsQ1 MarshallFumble, recoveredQ1 MarshallTouchdown, 2 playsQ2 Southern MissInterception, 6 playsQ3 Southern MissPunt, 5 playsQ4 MarshallEnd of game, 2 plays
Solid bars scored; an outline in the other team’s color marks points the defense scored. Southern Miss drives left to right, Marshall right to left. Our source’s drive data for this game doesn’t add up to the final score, so a score may be missing here; the scoring by quarter above is complete.
  1. Q1 Southern MissTouchdown, 13 plays, 75 yards
  2. Q1 MarshallFumble, recovered, 6 yards
  3. Q1 MarshallTouchdown, 2 plays, 0 yards
  4. Q2 Southern MissInterception, 6 plays, 60 yards
  5. Q3 Southern MissPunt, 5 plays, 45 yards
  6. Q4 MarshallEnd of game, 2 plays, −68 yards

Play by play

1st quarter1 drive, then Southern Miss 14, Marshall 7
Southern Miss Touchdown, 13 plays
15:001st & 10 at own 35Kaare Vedvik kickoff for 65 yds , Michael Thomas return for 25 yds to the SoMis 25
15:001st & 10 at own 25Ito Smith run for 2 yds to the SoMis 27
15:002nd & 8 at own 27Cole Weeks pass complete to Marquise Ricard for 12 yds to the SoMis 39 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at own 39Jalen Richard run for 7 yds to the SoMis 46
15:002nd & 3 at own 46Cole Weeks run for 6 yds to the Marsh 48 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at opp 48Cole Weeks run for 2 yds to the Marsh 46
15:002nd & 8 at opp 46Cole Weeks pass complete to Jalen Richard for 19 yds to the Marsh 27 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at opp 27Ito Smith run for 2 yds to the Marsh 25
15:002nd & 8 at opp 25Cole Weeks sacked by Arnold Blackmon for a loss of 1 yard to the Marsh 19 Cole Weeks fumbled, recovered by SoMis Jalen Richard , return for 0 yards , return for 6 yds to the Marsh 19
15:003rd & 2 at opp 19Ito Smith run for 3 yds to the Marsh 16 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at opp 16Ito Smith run for 1 yd to the Marsh 15
15:002nd & 9 at opp 15Ito Smith run for 7 yds to the Marsh 8
15:003rd & 2 at opp 8Ito Smith run for 6 yds to the Marsh 2 for a 1ST down
8:401st & goal at opp 2Ito Smith run for 2 yds for a TD, (Corey Acosta KICK)Southern Miss 7, Marshall 0
8:401st & 0 at own 35Corey Acosta kickoff for 15 yds , TEAM return for no gain to the SoMis 44 TEAM fumbled, forced by TEAM, recovered by SoMis Tez Parks

Play-by-play from CollegeFootballData.com, as its scorers wrote it. The clock is the time left in the quarter; the spot is from the side of the team with the ball.

The series

Every Marshall–Southern Miss game

Southern Miss leads 8–⁠7 in 15 meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Marshall 37, Southern Miss 3
2018Southern Miss 26, Marshall 24
2017Southern Miss 28, Marshall 27
2016Southern Miss 24, Marshall 14
2015Marshall 31, Southern Miss 10
2014Marshall 63, Southern Miss 17

Around this game

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