University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Football falls at TCU, 42-17
11/21/2004 12:00:00 AM | Football
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Football falls at TCU, 42-17
? While players for both Southern Miss and TCU entered a Saturday afternoon contest with dreams of bowl bids on their minds, the home-standing Horned Frogs came away with a 42-17 win.
TCU quarterback Brandon Hassell rushed for three touchdowns and added a fourth through the air, as the Horned Frogs won their fifth game of the season.
Southern Miss fell for the third-straight game ? all in Conference
The three-straight conference losses are the most in school history for Southern Miss, which fell behind early and never recovered.
On the Horned Frogs first possession, the Horned Frogs drove 61 yards for a touchdown. TCU?s Robert Merrill, who gained 149 yards in the game, rushed four times on the drive, including a 19-yarder that took TCU to the Golden Eagle 10-yard-line. Hassell capped the drive with a 1-yard plunge.
The Horned Frogs extended their lead minutes later, as Cory Rodgers, who caught seven passes for 106 yards, scored on a 15-yard pass from Hassell.
After Hassell?s second touchdown run of the game gave TCU a 21-0 lead, Southern Miss had its best drive of the contest. The Golden Eagles capitalized on a 52-yard kickoff return by Darrell Bennett, moving the ball 44 yards on five plays, capping the scoring march with an Anthony Harris?1-yard run. The drive was kept alive on a fourth-down completion from Dustin Almond to Anthony Perine for 40 yards to the TCU 1-yard-line.
Early in the second half, Hassell scored on his third run, giving the Horned Frogs a 28-7 lead. But Southern Miss, with Jeremy Young filling in for Almond, who suffered a back injury in the period, answered quickly. Sherron Moore capped a 28-yard drive with a 2-yard touchdown run. And when place kicker Darren McCaleb added a 24-yard field goal with
TCU, however, never let Southern Miss threaten to get any closer. Rodgers scored on a 1-yard touchdown run, and Quincy Butler returned an interception 99 yards for a touchdown to close the scoring, 42-17.
For TCU, Hassell completed 19-of-34 yards passing for 250 yards, one touchdown and one interception. The Horned Frogs finished with 484 yards of offense, 296 in the first half.
Antown Courington led Southern Miss? offense with 112 yards on seven receptions. Perine added 63 yard on four receptions. Larry Thomas led Golden Eagle ball carriers with 24 yards on seven carries. Young completed 11-of-28 attempts for 138 yards with two interceptions. Almond, who did not return after the injury, completed 9-of-20 for 116 yards. Southern Miss finished with 320 total yards.
Linebacker Antoine Cash led Southern Miss defenders with 10 tackles, including one for loss. Michael Boley added nine stops, including two for loss and one sack. Naton Stewart picked up his second interception of the season, nabbing a Hassell pass late in the first half. Defensive tackle Terrance Ford added a sack.
Martin Patterson led TCU with 10 tackles.
Southern Miss returns home Saturday, Nov. 27 to face UAB. Kickoff is set for
