University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Postgame Notes from the Memphis Game
11/10/2007 12:00:00 AM | Football
Nov. 10, 2007
Southern Miss v. Memphis Nov. 10, 2007 Roberts Stadium/Hattiesburg, Miss. (Attendance - 29,354)
* Today's captains for Southern Miss were No. 10 Jeremy Young, No. 15 LeVance Richmond and No. 41 Tokumbo Abanikanda.
* With today's game, Southern Miss head coach Jeff Bower coached his 200th game, tying Thad "Pie" Vann for most games coached.
* The 29-26 decision dropped Southern Miss' record over Memphis to 37-20-1 all-time.
* Sophomore running back Damion Fletcher finished with 97 yards, giving him 1,087 on the year. He becomes the third Golden Eagle to rush for over 1,000 yards in consecutive seasons, joining Ben Garry (1976-77) and Derrick Nix (1998-99).
* Southern Miss' 14 first quarter points were the most in the first quarter this year.
* Fletcher's first quarter touchdown gives him 11 scores in eight of ten games this season.
* With his first quarter touchdown pass Torris Magee, redshirt senior quarterback Jeremy Young now has a touchdown pass in the six games that he has played in, and eight on the season.
* Senior defensive back Brandon Sumrall picked off his team-leading third and fourth passes of the year. They were also his ninth and tenth career interceptions. The two-interception game was the first of his career.
* The Golden Eagles have intercepted at least one pass in eight of their ten games.
* Sumrall's 82-yard interception return for a touchdown was the first defensive touchdown of the season, and the first since James Denley had one against Ohio in the GMAC Bowl, January 7, 2007. It is also the third longest interception return in school history.
* Sumrall became the first player to intercept two passes in a game since Jasper Faulk, October 8, 2005, versus Tulsa.
* Senior offensive lineman Chris Clark tallied his 36th straight start, the first 30 coming at left tackle with the last six at left guard.
