Southern Miss
3-7 , 2-5
Louisiana
5-5 , 2-4
Gore’s Three Touchdowns Propel Southern Miss to Overtime Win at Louisiana
11/9/2023 11:39:00 PM | Football
Louisiana scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns to go up 28-21 with 5:55 remaining. But Ethan Crawford (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) then led Southern Miss on a 10-play, 75-yard drive, capped by a 9-yard touchdown pass to Jakarius Caston (Natchez, Miss.), that tied it 28-all with 1:26 left. The Ragin' Cajuns couldn't cross midfield on the next possession to force overtime.
Kenneth Almendares kicked a 34-yard field goal for the Ragin' Cajuns in the first possession of OT before Gore ran into the end zone from the 3-yard line. Gore also caught an 18-yard touchdown pass from Billy Wiles (Ashburn, Va.) in the second quarter and ran for a 17-yard score in the third.
Chandler Fields launced a 51-yard touchdown pass to Harvey Broussard in the end zone that tied the game at 21. On the ensuing possession, Gore had the ball stripped. Glenn Brown III scooped it up and was dragged down by two defenders at the Southern Miss 7-yard line. Fields then hit Trayv'on Culbert for a score on the next play to make it 28-21.
Wiles and Crawford were a combined 14-of-24 passing for 161 yards for Southern Miss (3-7, 2-5 Sun Belt Conference).
Fields completed 24 of 38 passes for 260 yards for Louisiana-Lafayette (5-5, 2-4).
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Team Stats
USM 0, LA 7
LA - Washington,Dre'lyn 6 yd run (Almendares,Kenneth kick), 10 plays, 75 yards, TOP 04:25
USM 7, LA 7
USM - Gore,Frank 18 yd pass from Wiles,Billy (Stein,Andrew kick) 9 plays, 80 yards, TOP 03:55
USM 14, LA 7
USM - Clay,Kenyon 28 yd run (Stein,Andrew kick), 9 plays, 83 yards, TOP 04:19
USM 14, LA 14
LA - Perry,Zylan 95 yd kickoff return (Almendares,Kenneth kick)
USM 21, LA 14
USM - Gore,Frank 17 yd run (Gibbs,Connor kick), 4 plays, 28 yards, TOP 01:41
USM 21, LA 21
LA - Broussard,Harvey 51 yd pass from Fields,Chandler (Almendares,Kenneth kick) 2 plays, 62 yards, TOP 00:49
USM 21, LA 28
LA - Culbert,Trayv'on 7 yd pass from Fields,Chandler (Almendares,Kenneth kick) 1 plays, 7 yards, TOP 00:08
USM 28, LA 28
USM - Caston,Jakarius 9 yd pass from Crawford,Ethan (Gibbs,Connor kick) 10 plays, 75 yards, TOP 04:29
USM 28, LA 31
LA - Almendares,Kenneth 34 yd field goal 6 plays, 8 yards, TOP 00:00
USM 34, LA 31
USM - Gore,Frank 3 yd run (), 4 plays, 25 yards, TOP 00:00
