Southern Mississippi 31, Kansas 16
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, September 17, 2010
Where: M.M. Roberts Stadium, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Temperature:
89°
Head Official:
Randy Christal
Attendance:
30211
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Desmond Johnson rushed for 89 yards and a score and Southern Mississippi scored a pair of touchdowns right before the half to run away from Kansas with a 31-16 victory on Friday.
Deron Wilson returned a blocked punt for a touchdown and Austin Davis completed 18 of 23 passes for 151 yards and rushed for a score for the Golden Eagles, who stretched their home winning streak to an even 10 games.
Southern Miss jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the first quarter when tailback V.J. Davis pulled up and passed to Jonathan Massey for a 1-yard score.
Kansas jumped on the board with a field goal early in the second but let it slip away soon after. The Golden Eagles were on the Jayhawks’ 49-yard line when Johnson rushed around the left side and got to the sideline, sprinting all the way to the end zone to push the lead to 14-3.
Kansas’ ensuing drive resulted in a punt, which Wilson blocked and took into the end zone to make it 21-3 with 1:41 left in the half.
The Jayhawks opened the third with a touchdown but Southern Miss put it away with a 15-play drive that ended with Davis’ touchdown rush from 1-yard out to make it 28-10 with 1:57 left in the third.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
Kansas |
|
Southern Mississippi |
James Sims
|
Player |
Desmond Johnson
|
20 |
Attempts |
8 |
74 |
Yards |
89 |
3.7 |
Avg Yards |
11.1 |
0 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sacks |
FF |
Kansas
|
274 |
136 |
138 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
0 |
Southern Mississippi
|
358 |
202 |
156 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |