Southern Miss
1-6 , 0-3
Arkansas State (Homecoming)
4-3 , 2-1
Football Falls to Arkansas State in Homecoming Contest
10/19/2024 10:57:00 PM | Football
HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- (AP) Jaylen Raynor threw three touchdown passes, Ja'Quez Cross had 127 yards rushing and accounted for two scores Saturday night and Arkansas State beat Southern Miss 44-28 in the Golden Eagles' homecoming contest at M.M. Roberts Stadium.
Raynor threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Adam Jones to cap a nine-play, 75-yard that made it 7-0 with 11:49 left in the first quarter and Arkansas State (4-3, 2-1 Sun Belt) led the rest of the way.
Southern Miss (1-6, 0-3) went three-and-out on its first offensive possession and on the next play from scrimmage Malik Hornsby ran 73 yards on a jet sweep for a TD that made it 14-0 about 5 minutes into the game.
Kenyon Clay scored on a 1-yard run for the Golden Eagles with 5:26 left in the first quarter but Raynor threw a 10-yard TD pass to Cross that made it 21-7 going into the second.
Clune Van Andel kicked second-half field goals of 25, 36 and 20 yards for Arkansas State.
Ethan Crawford was 15-of-23 passing for 187 yards with an interception and added 87 yards rushing and two touchdowns for Southern Miss.
Team Stats
ASU 7, USM 0
ASU - Jones,Adam 14 yd pass from Raynor,Jaylen (Van Andel,Clune kick) 9 plays, 75 yards, TOP 03:11
ASU 14, USM 0
ASU - Hornsby,Malik 73 yd run (Van Andel,Clune kick), 1 plays, 73 yards, TOP 00:13
ASU 14, USM 7
USM - Clay,Kenyon 1 yd run (Gibbs,Connor kick), 11 plays, 75 yards, TOP 04:45
ASU 21, USM 7
ASU - Cross,Ja'Quez 10 yd pass from Raynor,Jaylen (Van Andel,Clune kick) 11 plays, 68 yards, TOP 04:21
ASU 21, USM 14
USM - Crawford,Ethan 5 yd run (Gibbs,Connor kick), 11 plays, 65 yards, TOP 04:38
ASU 28, USM 14
ASU - Rucker,Corey 13 yd pass from Raynor,Jaylen (Van Andel,Clune kick) 6 plays, 65 yards, TOP 02:38
ASU 28, USM 21
USM - Washington,Jalen 4 yd run (Gibbs,Connor kick), 10 plays, 73 yards, TOP 03:54
ASU 35, USM 21
ASU - Cross,Ja'Quez 10 yd run (Van Andel,Clune kick), 11 plays, 72 yards, TOP 04:55
ASU 38, USM 21
ASU - Van Andel,Clune 25 yd field goal 5 plays, 5 yards, TOP 01:04
ASU 41, USM 21
ASU - Van Andel,Clune 36 yd field goal 4 plays, 3 yards, TOP 01:28
ASU 41, USM 28
USM - Crawford,Ethan 3 yd run (Gibbs,Connor kick), 15 plays, 74 yards, TOP 06:18
ASU 44, USM 28
ASU - Van Andel,Clune 20 yd field goal 17 plays, 72 yards, TOP 09:07
