Southern Miss rallies past Virginia 37-34

By MARY FOSTER, AP Sports Writer Sep 19, 7:39 pm EDT

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HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP)—Tory Harrison’s 57-yard touchdown run capped a Southern Mississippi rally as the Golden Eagles defeated Virginia 37-34.

Southern Miss (3-0) trailed until the fourth quarter, with fumbles and penalties allowing the Cavaliers to surge to a 13-0 lead after one quarter.

Virginia (0-3) scored on a 69-yard pass from Jameel Sewell to Tim Smith and had two field goals, thanks to Southern Miss fumbles.

A roughing the passer call on Southern Miss set up 4-yard TD run by Sewell to give the Cavaliers a 27-10 lead at halftime.

The victory is Southern Miss’ eighth straight.

Southern Miss is 4-2 in home games against BCS conference opponents since 2001. The last big conference school in town was North Carolina State, which fell 37-17 in 2006.

Updated Sep 19, 7:39 pm EDT
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Head to Head - Week 3

Team Total Yds Pass Yds Rush Yds First Downs 3rdD% Pen./Yds Turnovers Time of Poss.
Virginia 390 312 78 25 38.9% 6/49 2 32:55
Southern Miss 344 130 214 20 42.9% 9/92 3 27:05
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  1. Robert
    17. Posted by Robert Mon Sep 21 10:42am EDT

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    Unfortuantely for the state of VA there is not enough talented football players to go around ...with Va Tech getting the best then out of state schools getting the next batch, U of VA will have a tough time even after Groh goes. We are fortunate in MS, though a very small population state, to have a lot of great atheletes. Many kids see this (athletics) as there way up with economic conditions so poor .... athletes thrive in MS. All of the Universities around us (MS) come to get our athletes yet S Miss still pulls off good teams year after year with (primarily) altheletes Ole Miss, Alabama, Auburn, LSU and, to some extent Ms State, pass over. SMTTT
  2. Matthew
    16. Posted by Matthew Mon Sep 21 9:42am EDT

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    An incredible football game, marred only by the atrocious officiating. VA had it's 12th man and they were the men in stripes. Southern Miss played some ugly ball at moments, but this is a team that will make some noise in the rankings as the season goes on. We saw it last year when they crashed to a 2-6 beginning, only to come back and make it to a bowl game. We saw it last week, dropping 4 punts against UCF and still put them away. We saw it in this game, down 17 points to VA, not once, but twice in the 2nd half and coming back to win. This team does not give up and their confidence is clear. UVA QB played a good game, but Southern Miss has one hell of a team this year!!
  3. RALPH
    15. Posted by RALPH Sun Sep 20 5:36am EDT

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    THANK YOU UVa !!! Groh is the best thing that can happen for Va Tech's recurtuting. Keep him around !!
  4. Calvin
    14. Posted by Calvin Sun Sep 20 12:26am EDT

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    Every year, we hear the rumors of Groh being fired then it dies down. But this year I think the bell tolls for thee, Al. Groh is a terrible game coach( ie. Texas Tech, anyone ?) and now UVa is getting absolutely crushed by VaTech in recruiting which was supposed to be a Groh strength. All the best in-state talent is just funneling into Blacksburg so something's gotta give.....Congrats to So. Miss as you have a nice program down there and best of luck the rest of the way !
  5. Andrew K
    13. Posted by Andrew K Sun Sep 20 12:19am EDT

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    What are the Cavs waiting for? Fire Al Groh already!
  6. <i>hirolla74</i>
    12. Posted by hirolla74 Sun Sep 20 12:00am EDT

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    The Cavs need to look into hiring Jimmy LaCock for HC. He has done a wonderful job as coach for the Tribe. Who better to be the next coach for UVA then another semi-high profile in-state HC? I used to love reading the Sunday papers and read about Tiki rushing for 100 yds; or how many tds Hagens threw?? UVA used to be the @#$% until VaTech came swooping in and took all the Tidewater players. There's hardly any star in the football team worth reading about. At least my Alma Mater is 3-0! Go ODU Monarchs! Even the basketball team is better than UVA's! Lol!
  7. BigSixConSpiRacY
    11. Posted by BigSixConSpiRacY Sat Sep 19 11:35pm EDT

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    ACC football us a joke
  8. BradM
    10. Posted by BradM Sat Sep 19 11:05pm EDT

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    Virginia did have one thing going for them today; They got alot of help from the blind officials who refused to throw flags against virginia for holding and other calls that they ignored. Very good game.
  9. Lind
    9. Posted by Lind Sat Sep 19 11:00pm EDT

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    UVA is an academic powerhouse!!!!! No comment on their football team. ACC would not be proud of this effort!!!!
  10. Ike
    8. Posted by Ike Sat Sep 19 9:02pm EDT

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    C U AL!!! Take those other wo maggots, Prince & Littlepage, with you when you go....
  11. Herb
    7. Posted by Herb Sat Sep 19 8:54pm EDT

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    wade4profit,
    It's "offense" and "defense". There is no fence in defense...

    Go Eagles.
  12. <i>redwoodpete</i>
    6. Posted by redwoodpete Sat Sep 19 8:17pm EDT

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    I was the loudest critic of hiring Fedora as coach. I shut up 8 games ago. Go Eagles! Fedora, I am a fan of yours now - go work the Defense this week....
  13. <i>wade4profit</i>
    5. Posted by wade4profit Sat Sep 19 8:04pm EDT

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    Jamel played well, but no rushing offence and the defence against the run is not nearly as good as we used to have. It is going to be a long, depressing season for Hoo fans. At least we will have a new coach next year and hopefully a new direction for this team.
  14. Van Helsing
    4. Posted by Van Helsing Sat Sep 19 8:03pm EDT

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    Groh needs to go. But Virginia needs to spend some money and get a high-profile head coach in place. However I am not sure whether UVA values their football program enough to do that (Prince will probably be named the interim coach). Same with their basketball program. They always hire these no-name mediochre coaches who can never do any better than give them a .500 season and then they are let go after 5 years. And it starts all over again. They also have to do a much better job of recruiting. It all boils down to how much time and money they want to devote to their sports programs. They definitely have the bucks!
  15. <i>badwolf359</i>
    3. Posted by badwolf359 Sat Sep 19 7:47pm EDT

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    Eagles did a GREAT job in the comeback! Worst officials ever.
  16. <i>otherworld11</i>
    2. Posted by otherworld11 Sat Sep 19 7:44pm EDT

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    The Groh era is over. Any ideas who we hire next? Mike Shanahan, perhaps? No reason we cant have a sold football team.
  17. GerryO
    1. Posted by GerryO Sat Sep 19 7:43pm EDT

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    Virginia, once again snatches defeat from the jaws of victory! Go Hoos!
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 Virginia
J. Sewell J. Sewell, QB
24-46, 312 yds
2 TDs, 1 INT
23 Rush, 23 yds, 2 TDs
 Southern Miss
D. Fletcher D. Fletcher, RB
26 Rush, 115 yds
2 TDs

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