Referee C. Lamertina; umpire Bill Lampkin; head linesman Adam Loudin; line judge Lance Thompson; side judge Matt Waldron; field judge James Reif; back judge Victor Firth; center judge Joe ClarksonGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse
From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.
Team stats
Louisiana Tech
Georgia Southern
232
Total yards
449
119
Passing yards
126
113
Rushing yards
323
3.1
Yards per pass
10.5
4.3
Yards per rush
5.7
15
First downs
17
5–14
Third downs
7–16
0–0
Fourth downs
1–1
4
Turnovers
0
4–40
Penalties
3–25
16:20
Possession
22:20
2
Sacks (by defense)
3
Efficiency
Louisiana Tech
Georgia Southern
34%
Success rate
48%
−0.36
EPA per play
0.32
0.89
Explosiveness
1.13
0.17
Rushing EPA
0.36
−0.66
Passing EPA
0.17
27%
Passing-down success
17%
−0.65
First-down EPA
0.31
−0.08
Second-down EPA
−0.10
−0.23
Third-down EPA
0.91
9%
Havoc by its defense
20%
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)
Georgia Southern 53% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The line
Georgia Southern −7, over/under 48.
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 Georgia Southern 69%, Louisiana Tech 31%. CollegeFootballData.com’s estimate from the point spread.
The money
The New Orleans Bowl was put on by New Orleans Bowl, Inc., a nonprofit. Its IRS Form 990 for the year to June 2021, which takes in this game, reports $1.7 million in revenue, $836,000 of it from ticket sales, and $1.7 million in expenses.
From the organization’s IRS Form 990, via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer and the IRS’s e-file data. Payments are the grants it lists on Schedule I of that return. See every filing at ProPublica (EIN 72-1510989).
Every drive
Solid bars scored; an outline in the other team’s color marks points the defense scored. Georgia Southern drives left to right, Louisiana Tech right to left.
Q1 Georgia SouthernTouchdown, 11 plays, 65 yards
Q1 Louisiana TechPunt, 3 plays, 1 yard
Q1 Louisiana TechTurnover on downs, 3 plays, −77 yards
Q1 Georgia SouthernResult not recorded, 7 plays, 30 yards
Q1 Georgia SouthernPunt, 3 plays, 3 yards
Q1 Georgia SouthernResult not recorded, 5 plays, 40 yards
Q1 Louisiana TechTurnover on downs, return TD, 5 plays (Georgia Southern scores), −25 yards
Q2 Louisiana TechInterception, 6 plays, 29 yards
Q2 Louisiana TechTurnover on downs, 7 plays, −10 yards
Q2 Georgia SouthernResult not recorded, 3 plays, 20 yards
Q2 Louisiana TechTurnover on downs, return TD, 3 plays (Georgia Southern scores), −20 yards
Q2 Louisiana TechTurnover on downs, 5 plays, −1 yard
Q2 Louisiana TechTurnover on downs, 5 plays, −51 yards
Q2 Georgia SouthernResult not recorded, 3 plays, 26 yards
Q2 Louisiana TechTurnover on downs, 3 plays, −32 yards
Alex Raynor kickoff for 37 yds , Wayne Toussant return for 5 yds to the LaTch 33
5:44
1st & 10 at own 33
JD Head pass incomplete
5:30
2nd & 10 at own 33
Israel Tucker run for 8 yds to the LaTch 41
5:00
3rd & 2 at own 41
JD Head pass complete to Isaiah Graham for 3 yds to the LaTch 44 for a 1ST down
4:30
1st & 10 at own 44
JD Head sacked by Justin Ellis for a loss of 12 yards to the LaTch 32
3:45
2nd & 22 at own 32
JD Head pass complete to Kyle Maxwell for 8 yds to the LaTch 40
3:26
3rd & 14 at own 40
JD Head pass intercepted Justin Birdsong return for 10 yds to the LaTch 46
Georgia Southern Field goal, 10 plays
3:00
1st & 10 at opp 45
Shai Werts run for 1 yd to the LaTch 45 for a 1ST down LOUISIANA TECH Penalty, Face Mask (15 yards) (15 Yards) to the LaTch 30 for a 1ST down
2:30
1st & 10 at opp 30
Jalen White run for 9 yds to the LaTch 21
2:00
2nd & 1 at opp 21
Jalen White run for 9 yds to the LaTch 12 for a 1ST down
1:30
1st & 10 at opp 12
Shai Werts run for 3 yds to the LaTch 9
1:00
2nd & 7 at opp 9
Jalen White run for 3 yds to the LaTch 6
0:30
3rd & 4 at opp 6
Jalen White run for 4 yds to the LaTch 2 for a 1ST down
0:01
1st & goal at opp 2
Shai Werts run for 1 yd to the LaTch 1
Q4 14:50
2nd & goal at opp 1
Jalen White run for no gain to the LaTch 1
Q4 13:45
3rd & goal at opp 1
Shai Werts sacked by Tyler Grubbs for a loss of 7 yards to the LaTch 8
Q4 13:28
4th & goal at opp 8
Alex Raynor 25 Yd Field GoalGeorgia Southern 31, Louisiana Tech 3
4th quarter5 drives, then Georgia Southern 38, Louisiana Tech 3
Louisiana Tech Punt, 3 plays
13:28
4th & 16 at own 35
Alex Raynor kickoff for 38 yds , Tre Harris return for 9 yds to the LaTch 36
13:05
1st & 10 at own 36
Israel Tucker run for 3 yds to the LaTch 39
12:20
2nd & 7 at own 39
JD Head pass complete to Wayne Toussant for 4 yds to the LaTch 43
12:00
3rd & 3 at own 43
Israel Tucker run for no gain to the LaTch 43
11:30
4th & 3 at own 43
Brady Farlow punt for 38 yds, fair catch by Khaleb Hood at the GeoSo 19
Georgia Southern Punt, 3 plays
11:11
1st & 10 at own 19
Logan Wright run for 5 yds to the GeoSo 24
10:45
2nd & 5 at own 24
Matt LaRoche run for a loss of 2 yards to the GeoSo 22
10:00
3rd & 7 at own 22
Shai Werts pass complete to Matt LaRoche for 6 yds to the GeoSo 28
9:28
4th & 1 at own 28
Anthony Beck II punt for 32 yds, fair catch by Smoke Harris at the LaTch 40
Louisiana Tech Punt, 6 plays
9:24
1st & 10 at own 40
JD Head pass incomplete to Kyle Maxwell
9:10
2nd & 10 at own 40
Harlan Dixon run for 8 yds to the LaTch 48
8:51
3rd & 2 at own 48
JD Head pass complete to Smoke Harris for 4 yds to the GeoSo 48 for a 1ST down
8:34
1st & 10 at opp 48
Cee Jay Powell pass incomplete to Tahj Magee
8:20
2nd & 10 at opp 48
JD Head run for a loss of 2 yards to the 50 yard line
7:57
3rd & 12 at the 50
JD Head pass incomplete to Smoke Harris
7:47
4th & 12 at the 50
Brady Farlow punt for 50 yds for a touchback
Georgia Southern Touchdown, 7 plays
7:35
1st & 10 at own 20
Gerald Green run for 6 yds to the GeoSo 26
6:52
2nd & 4 at own 26
Gerald Green run for 6 yds to the GeoSo 32 for a 1ST down
6:15
1st & 10 at own 32
GA SOUTHERN Penalty, False Start (-5 Yards) to the GeoSo 27
5:45
1st & 15 at own 27
Gerald Green run for 3 yds to the GeoSo 30
5:11
2nd & 12 at own 30
Shai Werts run for 9 yds to the GeoSo 39
4:20
3rd & 3 at own 39
Gerald Green run for 55 yds to the LaTch 6 for a 1ST down
3:40
1st & goal at opp 6
Gerald Green run for 2 yds to the LaTch 4
3:07
2nd & goal at opp 4
Gerald Green 4 Yd Run (Alex Raynor Kick)Georgia Southern 38, Louisiana Tech 3
Louisiana Tech End of game, 8 plays
3:07
2nd & 8 at own 35
Alex Raynor kickoff for 32 yds , Tre Harris return for 3 yds to the LaTch 36
3:00
1st & 10 at own 36
JD Head pass complete to Cee Jay Powell for 6 yds to the LaTch 42
2:15
2nd & 4 at own 42
JD Head pass complete to Cee Jay Powell for 8 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
1:40
1st & 10 at the 50
Israel Tucker run for 1 yd to the GeoSo 49
1:07
2nd & 9 at opp 49
JD Head pass complete to Israel Tucker for 8 yds to the GeoSo 41
0:50
3rd & 1 at opp 41
Israel Tucker run for 1 yd to the GeoSo 40 for a 1ST down
0:20
1st & 10 at opp 40
JD Head pass complete to Tre Harris for 20 yds to the GeoSo 20 for a 1ST down
0:02
1st & 10 at opp 20
JD Head pass incomplete to Praise Okorie
0:00
2nd & 10 at opp 20
JD Head pass complete to Joseph Walker for 17 yds to the GeoSo 3 for a 1ST down
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.
Louisiana Tech
Georgia Southern