University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Football Postgame Notes and Quotes From Tulane Game
9/26/2004 12:00:00 AM | Football
Football Postgame Notes and Quotes From Tulane Game
Southern Miss Postgame Notes
vs. Tulane
? With its 32-14 victory over Tulane, Southern Miss won its sixth straight Conference
? Southern Miss forced three turnovers against Tulane, and have forced eight on the season.
? Southern Miss scored 20 points off the three turnovers, and have scored 38 points off turnovers this season, after scoring 18 in the team?s season-opening victory at
? Southern Miss rushed for more yards (314) than it passed for (156) since rushing for 192 yards and passing for 182 Sept. 13, 2003 against Memphis.
? Southern Miss recorded the most rushing yards (314), since rushing for 356 yards
? Southern Miss now leads the series against Tulane 19-7, including a 7-2 mark in Conference
? Sophomore fullback Wayne Hardy scored his first career touchdown tonight, a one-yard run in the first quarter.
? Junior defensive back Trevis Coley recorded an interception in the first quarter, his first of the year, and fourth career pick.
? Senior wide receiver Marvin Young scored a 28 yard touchdown in the third quarter, marking the second consecutive game that he has caught a touchdown.
? Sophomore kicker Darren McCaleb saw his streak of 24 consecutive extra-point streak snapped, missing an extra-point try in the third quarter. McCaleb also missed an attempt in the fourth quarter.
? With Coley?s interception, Southern Miss extended its games with an interception to five, dating back to last year?s Tulane game,
? Junior wide receiver Antwon Courington recorded his first touchdown catch of the season in the second quarter, a 13-yard reception from quarterback Dustin Almond. It was also Courington?s fourth career touchdown.
? Southern Miss won the coin toss for the second straight game tonight, and for the second consecutive game, deferred to the second half.
? Junior quarterback Dustin Almond completed 15-of22-passes for 152 yards, including two touchdowns tonight. Almond has now thrown a touchdown in eight of the team?s last nine games.
? Almond threw two touchdowns tonight, the first time he has at least two touchdowns of the season, since he threw three against TCU,
? Redshirt freshman defensive lineman Martavious Prince, redshirt freshman running backs Cody Hull and Larry Thomas, and redshirt freshman wide receiver Chris Johnson, saw their first action in a Golden Eagle uniform tonight.
? Prince made his debut a memorable one, as he recorded an interception in the fourth quarter. Prince?s interception marked the second consecutive game a defensive lineman has intercepted a pass, following Terrance Ford?s interception at
? Almond rushed for a two-point conversion in the second quarter, marking the first time the team has converted a rushing two-point conversion since Carsha Stromas converted against Louisiana-Lafayette, Sept. 22, 2001.
? Senior tight end Patrick Corbett caught a four-yard pass in the second quarter, his first career catch as a Golden Eagle.
? Darren McCaleb connected on two field goals in the game, a 28 and 26 yarder. McCaleb has now made five field goals in five attempts this season, and has converted 19 of 22 attempts in his career.
? Junior Antwon Courington has caught a team-high five passes tonight for 56 yards and a touchdown, extending his games with a catch streak to 12. Senior Marvin Young caught three pass 41 yards and a touchdown, extending his games with a catch streak to 11 straight games. DaRon Lawrence caught four passes four 28 yards tonight, extending his games with a catch streak to eight games.
? Junior running back Anthony Harris ran for 118 yards on 21 carries tonight, including a touchdown, marking the sixth time in his career that he has rushed for over 100 yards in a game. It was the first time Harris has rushed for 100 yards, since he gained 119 yards on 28 carries, including a touchdown,
? Southern Miss held a 14-7 lead at the half tonight against Tulane, marking the eighth-straight regular season game in which the Golden Eagles held a halftime lead. The team?s record in those games is 8-0.
? Sophomore quarterback Damion Carter saw his first action at the position for the first time this season, completing 1-of-2-passes for four yards.
? Freshmen running backs Larry Thomas and Cody Hull each recorded their first carries of their respective careers tonight. Thomas had three carries for 41 yards, including a long run of 39 yards, while
Southern Miss DL TERRANCE FORD
?We had to come out fighting with Tulane playing at home, and it being a conference game.?
(on putting pressure on the QB and forcing turnovers) ?That was our main goal, to come out and put some pressure on the quarterback. Coach Nix had a good game plan for us, and we capitalized on it.?
?It?s important that we stay level-headed and take one game at a time. You can?t overlook anyone in this conference.?
RB ANTHONY HARRIS
?In the beginning of the first half we came out kind of slow. At halftime we talked about coming out in the second half and getting into a groove. We were able to get in a groove on the first drive of the second half and score.?
(on sharing the load with Sherron Moore) ?Last week I was kind of tired on some of the long drives, so we decided we would try to rotate out to keep us fresh.?
QB DUSTIN ALMOND
(on the 95-yard drive) ?Our goal was to come out and be physical up front and really dominate on offense. On that drive, we did that.?
