Southern Miss 31, Arkansas St. 19
Preview - Box Score - Recap

  New Orleans Bowl 1 2 3 4 Total
Southern Miss 0 10 14 7 31 Final 
Arkansas St. 0 10 9 0 19  
  Box Score Play by Play Drive Log
 Scoring Summary Golden Eagles - Indians 
  1st Quarter
 NONE 0 - 0 
 
  2nd Quarter
 Golden Eagles FG Darren McCaleb kicked a 31-yard field goal 3 - 0 
 
 Indians FG Eric Neihouse kicked a 45-yard field goal 3 - 3 
 
 Golden Eagles TD Cole Mason rushed up the middle for 5 yard gain (Darren McCaleb made PAT) 10 - 3 
 
 Indians TD Nick Noce rushed to the left for 4 yard gain (Eric Neihouse made PAT) 10 - 10 
 
  3rd Quarter
 Golden Eagles TD Cody Hull rushed up the middle for 1 yard gain (Darren McCaleb made PAT) 17 - 10 
 
 Indians TD Nick Noce passed to Manuel Burton down the middle for 2 yard gain (Eric Neihouse made PAT) 17 - 17 
 
 Golden Eagles TD Dustin Almond passed to Shawn Nelson down the middle for 29 yard gain (Darren McCaleb made PAT) 24 - 17 
 
 Indians SY Luke Johnson rushed up the middle for 24 yard loss. Safety 24 - 19 
 
  4th Quarter
 Golden Eagles TD Dustin Almond passed to Shawn Nelson to the right for 6 yard gain (Darren McCaleb made PAT) 31 - 19 
 
 Team Statistics
  Golden Eagles Indians 
  First Downs 25 16 
    Passing 11
    Rushing 12
    Penalty 2
  Third Down Efficiency 7-14 4-13 
  Fourth Down Efficiency 0-2 0-0 
  TOTAL NET YARDS 489 372 
    Total Plays 82 63 
    Average Gain Per Play 6.0 5.9 
  NET YARDS RUSHING 236 159 
    Rushes 50 40 
    Average Per Rush 4.7 4.0 
  NET YARDS PASSING 253 213 
    Completions-Attempts 17-32 10-19 
    Yards Per Pass Play 7.9 9.3 
    Times Sacked 0
    Yards Lost to Sacks 0 31 
    Had Intercepted 0
  PUNTS 3 6 
    Average Punt 38.3 31.2 
  PENALTIES 6 9 
    Penalty Yards 57 49 
  FUMBLES 3 2 
    Fumbles Lost 2
 Passing                  
 Southern Miss Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 D. Almond 17 32 253 53.1 7.9 0 0 2
 Arkansas St. Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 N. Noce 10 19 213 52.6 11.2 4 0 1
 Rushing            
 Southern Miss Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 C. Hull 37 161 4.4 20 1
 C. Mason 6 34 5.7 16 1
 D. Almond 3 11 3.7 10 0
 L. Thomas 1 9 9.0 9 0
 B. Weakley 1 3 3.0 3 0
 Arkansas St. Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 N. Noce 17 55 3.2 22 1
 S. Bracey 14 40 2.9 8 0
 A. Warren 7 20 2.9 7 0
 K. Jones 2 4 2.0 4 0
 Receiving            
 Southern Miss Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 S. Nelson 6 121 20.2 37 2
 A. Perine 3 60 20.0 44 0
 D. Carter 2 26 13.0 19 0
 J. Barnes 2 23 11.5 12 0
 P. Causey 2 12 6.0 7 0
 T. Williams 2 11 5.5 11 0
 Arkansas St. Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 G. Vincent 3 53 17.7 26 0
 L. Dejohnette 1 49 49.0 49 0
 J. Smith 1 43 43.0 43 0
 K. Jones 1 43 43.0 43 0
 S. Bracey 1 20 20.0 20 0
 M. Burton 2 8 4.0 6 1
 E. Hampton 1 -3 -3.0 0 0
 Kicking              
 Southern Miss XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 D. McCaleb 4 4 1 1 31 100.0
 Arkansas St. XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 E. Neihouse 2 2 1 1 44 100.0
 Punting            
 Southern Miss Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB 
 L. Johnson 3 38.3 48 0 1
 Arkansas St. Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB 
 E. Neihouse 5 36.2 44 0 3
 Kick/Punt Returns
 Southern Miss PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 J. Eubanks 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 46 23.0 25
 J. Faulk 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
 B. Weakley 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0
 Arkansas St. PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 K. Jones 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 22 22.0 22
 D. Toney 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 22 22.0 22
 J. Johnson 2 12 6.0 8 0 1 37 37.0 37

Updated on Sunday, Jan 8, 2006 1:02 pm ET

 
 Top Performers
 Southern Miss
S. Nelson S. Nelson, TE
6 Rec, 121 yds
2 TDs
 Arkansas St.
N. Noce N. Noce, QB
10-19, 213 yds
1 TD, 1 INT
17 Rush, 55 yds, 1 TD
 Conference USA Box Scores
Tuesday, Dec 20
Southern Miss 31
Arkansas St. 19

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Wednesday, Dec 21
Toledo 45
UTEP 13

Final


Friday, Dec 23
Kansas 42
Houston 13

Final


Saturday, Dec 24
Nevada 49
UCF 48

Final OT


Monday, Dec 26
Memphis 38
Akron 31

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Saturday, Dec 31
Fresno St. 24
Tulsa 31

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 Sun Belt Box Scores
Tuesday, Dec 20
Southern Miss 31
Arkansas St. 19

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