University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Southern Miss
6-2 , 4-0
ULM (Homecoming)
3-5 , 1-3
Golden Eagles Become Bowl Eligibile with Homecoming Win Over ULM
10/25/2025 7:04:00 PM | Football
HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- — Braylon Braxton threw four touchdown passes and Southern Miss (6-2, 4-0 Sun Belt) defeated ULM (3-5, 1-3 Sun Belt) 49-21 on Saturday to remain undefeated in the Sun Belt Conference.
The Golden Eagles led 21-14 at halftime before Matt Jones had his second short touchdown run of the game and Braxton threw two of his touchdown passes to make it 42-14 with about 13 minutes left in the game.
Braxton completed 18 of 23 passes for 248 yards. His touchdowns went to four teammates — Tychaun Chapman, Kyirin Heath, Bralon Brown and Carl Chester.
Zach Palmer Smith had 111 yards rushing for the Warhawks. His 21-yard touchdown run made it 21-14 in the second quarter before Southern Miss blew it open in the second half of their homecoming game.
Southern Miss heads into the bye week winners of its last four games. The Golden Eagles will travel to Arkansas State on Saturday, Nov. 8.
With the win the Golden Eagles captured their sixth win to gain bowl eligibility for the first time since 2022 and the 18th time since 2000. The Golden Eagles reached bowl eligibility in eight games, which is the second quickest they have done it this century. Southern Miss did it in seven games in both 2000 and 2011.
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Team Stats
ULM 7, USM 0
ULM - Griffin,Tyler 4 yd pass from Graves,Landon (Chambliss,Jacob kick) 12 plays, 75 yards, TOP 07:25
ULM 7, USM 7
USM - Jones,Matt 4 yd run (Wilbanks,Creighton kick), 8 plays, 69 yards, TOP 02:18
ULM 7, USM 14
USM - Heath,Kyirin 34 yd pass from Braxton,Braylon (Wilbanks,Creighton kick) 11 plays, 80 yards, TOP 04:38
ULM 7, USM 21
USM - Chapman,Tychaun 39 yd pass from Braxton,Braylon (Wilbanks,Creighton kick) 4 plays, 75 yards, TOP 01:44
ULM 14, USM 21
ULM - Palmer-Smith,Zach 21 yd run (Chambliss,Jacob kick), 7 plays, 64 yards, TOP 02:34
ULM 14, USM 28
USM - Jones,Matt 3 yd run (Wilbanks,Creighton kick), 2 plays, 7 yards, TOP 00:28
ULM 14, USM 35
USM - Chester,Carl 8 yd pass from Braxton,Braylon (Wilbanks,Creighton kick) 4 plays, 63 yards, TOP 01:26
ULM 14, USM 42
USM - Brown,Bralon 24 yd pass from Braxton,Braylon (Wilbanks,Creighton kick) 6 plays, 68 yards, TOP 01:41
ULM 21, USM 42
ULM - Nixon,Julian 2 yd run (Chambliss,Jacob kick), 12 plays, 75 yards, TOP 06:31
ULM 21, USM 49
USM - Carter,Jaylin 27 yd run (Wilbanks,Creighton kick), 3 plays, 44 yards, TOP 01:25
