University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Football Holds First Scrimmage of the Spring
3/28/2015 12:00:00 AM | Football
HATTIESBURG, Miss. - The Southern Miss football team finished its second week of spring football drills by holding its first controlled scrimmage of the spring, at Carlisle-Faulkner Field at Roberts Stadium.
For Southern Miss coach Todd Monken, turnovers were a major point for both the offense and defense.
"The positives are that (the offense) had no turnovers," said Monken. "That's always important when you play so many guys. However, (the defense) didn't create turnovers. So, it's like all the positives are also negatives when it's the same team.
Still, Monken was happy with the effort of the team.
"The energy, the attitude and the body language were good," added Monken. Our guys were excited about playing today. But, there's a lot of things that we have to clean up."
The Golden Eagles return to practice Tuesday afternoon to start their third week of spring drills. Practice starts at 4 p.m., and is open to the public. Spring practice will conclude with the team's annual Black and Gold Spring Game, Saturday, April 18.
| Scrimmage Statistics | |
| Passing | |
| Mullens | 15-19-0, 191 yds |
| Matthews | 9-21-0, 71 yds, 2 TD's |
| Adamson | 3-7-0, 17 yds |
| Rushing | |
| Payne | 15-52 yds, TD |
| Smith | 15-46 yds, TD |
| Matthews | 2-8 yds |
| Thornton | 2-5 yds |
| Everhart | 1-0 yds |
| Mullins | 5-(-6) yds, TD |
| Receiving | |
| Thompson | 4-70 yds, TD |
| Ricard | 4-54 yds |
| Martin | 5-46 yds |
| Cox | 4-27 yds |
| Thomas | 1-25 yds, TD |
| Marini | 1-10 yds |
| Smith | 2-13 yds |
| Holmes | 1-9 yds |
| Davis | 1-8 yds |
| Foster | 1-6 yds |
| Thornton | 1-4 yds |
| Payne | 1-3 yds |
| Everhart | 1-2 yds |
| Field Goals | |
| Vogel | 29 yds |
| Brauchle | 26 yds |
| Defense | |
| Walker | 1 Sack |
| Mikell | 1 Sack |
| McCorvey | 1 Sack |
| M. Smith | 1 Sack |
| Yancey | 1 Sack, 1 Safety |
| Sangster | 1 Sack |
