University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
UAB Post Game Notes
10/1/2009 12:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 1, 2009
• Captains for Southern Miss were freshman running back Tracey Lampley, junior tight end Jonathan Massey, Defensive End Roshaad Byrd and offensive lineman Micah Brown. Southern Miss won the toss and deferred to the second half
• Southern Miss is 6-3 this decade at Legion Field (including games vs. UAB, Alabama and the 2007 Papajohns.com Bowl).
• Southern Miss fell to 9-1 all time against UAB and 5-1 at Legion Field vs. the Blazers
• The Golden Eagles played their third of four consecutive games on national TV
• Southern Miss is 5-4-1 all-time when playing on October 1st The first time the black and gold played on the first day in October was in 1925, a 32-0 loss to Clarke Memorial College.
• For the second consecutive game the Southern Miss opponent scored on their opening drive, Kansas scored a TD on their opening drive last week and UAB converted a field goal.
• Southern Miss gave up 122 yards rushing in the first quarter, the most they
surrendered in any game prior to tonight was 102 yards at Kansas
• Freshman punter Peter Boehme pinned UAB inside the 20 with his first two punts of the game, this season 13 of his 22 punts that have landed inside the 20.
• Redshirt Freshman Quentin Pierce caught his first career touch down in the second quarter, a 51 yard pass from Austin Davis.
• The 41 yard TD strike was the longest passing TD this season for Southern Miss
• For QB Austin Davis it was his 12th consecutive game with a TD pass and the 17th in the last 18 games.
• Davis started the game with nine consecutive completions spread over the first four drives, which a career best to start a game. The nine completions totaled 106 yards. He threw for six consecutive completions twice to start a game against Alcorn State (2009) and Arkansas State (2008).
• Senior Justin Estes' 49 yard field goal at the end of the second half was a career long, it was the longest made field goal since Britt Barefoot's 51 yard kick on Sept. 8, 2007 at Tennessee
• Tonight was only the second time under Fedora (18 games) that the Golden Eagle defense did not force a turnover
• Senior receiver Gerald Baptiste reeled in a career high eight receptions that went for 74 yards
• Pierce caught his second TD pass of the game in the fourth quarter, a 20 yard reception from Davis, putting him over 100 yards receiving for the first time in his career.
• Davis threw for over 200 yards for the 13th time is his career with 234 yards passing tonight
• Southern Miss held UAB to 245 yards of total offense, which is the fifth lowest total under Fedora
• The Southern Miss defense held UAB to 23 yards passing, 21 of which came on one play, a TD pass to in the third quarter
