Southern Miss
6-6 , 4-4
ULM
4-8 , 3-5
Gore Jr.'s Career Day Leads Southern Miss Past ULM
11/26/2022 8:10:00 PM | Football
MONROE, La. -- Frank Gore, Jr. ran for a career-high 199 yards and a key touchdown and Southern Miss became bowl eligible by defeating ULM 20-10 on Saturday.
The Golden Eagles (6-6, 4-4 Sun Belt) qualified for a bowl for the 19th time since 1997 and will return to the postseason for the first time since 2019.
Gore finished the regular season with 1,053 yards and reached 1,000 yards for the first time in his three years with the Golden Eagles.
Trey Lowe's 29-yard touchdown pass to Jakarius Caston got the Golden Eagles on the board and Briggs Bourgeois added two short field goals.
Between Bourgeois's field goals, the Warhawks (4-8, 3-5) scored on a 23-yard pass from Chandler Rogers to Andrew Henry and a 37-yard field goal by Calum Sutherland. UL Monroe trailed 13-10 before Gore sealed the win for Southern Miss with a 33-yard touchdown run midway through the fourth quarter.
Rogers completed 17 of 27 passes for 122 yards and Lowe was 10-of-16 for 170 yards.
Team Stats
USM 7, ULM 0
USM - Caston,Jakarius 29 yd pass from Lowe III,Trey (Bourgeois,Briggs kick) 5 plays, 75 yards, TOP 02:19
USM 10, ULM 0
USM - Bourgeois,Briggs 20 yd field goal 11 plays, 69 yards, TOP 05:36
USM 10, ULM 7
ULM - Henry,Andrew 23 yd pass from Rogers,Chandler (Sutherland,Calum kick) 12 plays, 73 yards, TOP 06:08
USM 10, ULM 10
ULM - Sutherland,Calum 37 yd field goal 9 plays, 49 yards, TOP 04:12
USM 13, ULM 10
USM - Bourgeois,Briggs 24 yd field goal 8 plays, 82 yards, TOP 03:00
USM 20, ULM 10
USM - Gore,Frank 33 yd run (Bourgeois,Briggs kick), 1 plays, 33 yards, TOP 00:09
