UConn Huskies

2ndin FBS Independents · 2-1

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UConn Huskies beat the Southern Miss Golden Eagles

2-1 48 – 20

1-2

Final · Sat, Sep 19

Game Details

M. M. Roberts Stadium (Hattiesburg) · 23,025 fans · ESPN+

Highlights

Kalieb Osborne leads UConn over Southern Miss 48-20

Kalieb Osborne threw a pair of touchdown passes and ran for two more scores to lead Connecticut to a 48-20 victory over Southern Miss on Saturday night.

Recap via ESPN

1:17 UConn Huskies vs. Southern Miss Golden Eagles: Full Highlights

0:28 Picked! Braedyn Moore hauls in the interception

0:35 Kalieb Osborne tosses 38-yard touchdown

0:22 Kalieb Osborne finds the end zone for 5-yard TD

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M. M. Roberts Stadium · Hattiesburg

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
CONN	14	13	14	7	48
USM	3	3	7	7	20

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Game Leaders

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Kalieb Osborne · 16/22, 214 YDS, 2 TDPassing Yards
Cyncir Bowers · 11 CAR, 84 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Shamar Porter · 2 REC, 50 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Joshua Mickens · 1Sacks
Hayden Pegg · 8Tackles

Southern Miss Golden Eagles

Landry Lyddy · 14/25, 194 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INTPassing Yards
Steven Robinson · 18 CAR, 72 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Mario Sanders · 7 REC, 81 YDSReceiving Yards
Nasim Cairo · 1Sacks
Michael Robinson III · 10Tackles

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Team
Notre Dame
UConn

Scoring

Q4 0:23

TD Jaylen Himes 10 Yd pass from Landry Lyddy (Creighton Wilbanks Kick)48–20

Q4 8:16

TD Kalieb Osborne 11 Yd Run (Jack O'Connor Kick)48–13

Q3 5:53

TD Steven Robinson 1 Yd Run (Creighton Wilbanks Kick)41–13

Q3 7:17

TD Anas Luqman 24 Yd Interception Return (Jack O'Connor Kick)41–6

Q3 7:26

TD Trey Cornist 1 Yd pass from Kalieb Osborne (Jack O'Connor Kick)34–6

Q2 0:00

FG Jack O'Connor 29 Yd Field Goal 27–6

Q2 3:15

FG Creighton Wilbanks 34 Yd Field Goal 24–6

Q2 8:47

TD Cyncir Bowers 42 Yd Run (Jack O'Connor Kick)24–3

Q2 11:05

FG Jack O'Connor 46 Yd Field Goal 17–3

Q1 0:30

FG Creighton Wilbanks 47 Yd Field Goal 14–3

Q1 6:19

TD Kalieb Osborne 5 Yd Run (Jack O'Connor Kick)14–0

Q1 10:11

TD Shamar Porter 38 Yd pass from Kalieb Osborne (Jack O'Connor Kick)7–0

Team Stats

UConn HuskiesSouthern Miss Golden Eagles

Offense

436 Total Yards 401

223 Passing Yards 299

213 Rushing Yards 102

24 First Downs 21

Efficiency

8-14 3rd Down 5-15

0-0 4th Down 0-2

18/25 Completions 29/51

Turnovers & Clock

0 Turnovers 2

8-74 Penalties 6-69

34:04 Possession 25:56

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	QBR
Kalieb Osborne	16/22	214	9.7	2	89.8
Tucker McDonald	2/3	9	3.0	0	42.3
Team	18/25	223	8.9	2	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Cyncir Bowers	11	84	7.6	1	42
Kenji Christian	15	64	4.3	0	9
Kalieb Osborne	10	32	3.2	2	17
Trey Cornist	6	18	3.0	0	6
Shawn Simeon	4	15	3.8	0	7
Team	46	213	4.6	3	42

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Shamar Porter	2	50	25.0	1	38
Xavier Watson	2	37	18.5	0	20
Kenji Christian	2	36	18.0	0	22
JD Willoughby	1	32	32.0	0	32
Ryder Treadway	3	29	9.7	0	18
Javon Brown	1	17	17.0	0	17
Raymond Liggins III	3	14	4.7	0	5
Julian Allen	2	4	2.0	0	3
Cam Abshire	1	3	3.0	0	3
Trey Cornist	1	1	1.0	1	1
Team	18	223	12.4	2	38

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Raymond Liggins III	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR	TD
Hayden Pegg	8	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jayden Davis	7	3	0	0	1	0	0
Luke Murphy	5	1	0	0	1	0	0
Rickey Williams	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tahjae Mullix	4	0	0	0.5	1	0	0
K'Von Sherman	4	0	0	0.5	0	1	0
Jayden Price	3	3	0	1	1	0	0
Braedyn Moore	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Saxton Suchanic	3	1	0	0	1	0	0
John Lista	3	0	0	0.5	0	1	0
Odera Orizu	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
Renick Dorilas	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Joshua Mickens	2	1	1	1.5	0	1	0
Zakaih Saez	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Miller	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kylish Hicks	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew Laurich	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tracy Revels	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Melvin Hills III	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Shamar Riser-Pressley	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moussa Kane	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jalil Martin	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ty McKinstry	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
Esean Carter	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Desmond Aladuge	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Matt Hoffman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ethan Hogg	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jalen Brown	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Anas Luqman	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Chamberlain Campbell	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team	73	19	1	5	9	6	1

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Anas Luqman	1	24	1
Braedyn Moore	1	24	0
Team	2	48	1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Cyncir Bowers	1	20	20.0	20
Shawn Simeon	1	16	16.0	16
Team	2	36	18.0	20

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Julian Allen	1	3	3.0	3
Raymond Liggins III	1	-2	-2.0	0
Team	2	1	0.5	3

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Jack O'Connor	2/2	100.0	46	6/6	12
Team	2/2	100.0	46	6/6	12

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Tommy Warner	5	247	49.4	1	1	56
Team	5	247	49.4	1	1	56

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Landry Lyddy	14/25	194	7.8	1	1	9.5
Ethan Hampton	14/25	93	3.7	0	1	5.5
Dusty Zimmer	1/1	12	12.0	0	0	--
Team	29/51	299	5.9	1	2	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Steven Robinson	18	72	4.0	1	13
Jamarice Wilder	6	19	3.2	0	8
Landry Lyddy	3	11	3.7	0	7
Team	27	102	3.8	1	13

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Mario Sanders	7	81	11.6	0	56
Broderick Peters	3	50	16.7	0	33
MJ Johnson	3	38	12.7	0	25
AJ Little	4	36	9.0	0	14
Grant Page	3	35	11.7	0	33
Davis Dalton	2	17	8.5	0	10
Jeremiah Beck Jr.	2	16	8.0	0	12
Jaylen Himes	2	11	5.5	1	10
Steven Robinson	1	9	9.0	0	9
Kaden Saunders	1	8	8.0	0	8
Jamarice Wilder	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Team	29	299	10.3	1	56

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Michael Robinson III	10	3	0	0	0	0
Landon Sylvie	8	3	0	0	0	0
Mathis Haygood	8	1	0	0	0	0
Wesley Edison	6	0	0	0	0	0
Will Smith	5	1	0	0	0	0
Josh Johnson	5	1	0	0	0	0
Avery Sledge	4	3	0	0	0	0
Nasim Cairo	4	2	1	1	0	0
Champ Lewis	4	1	0	0	2	1
MaLik Caswell	4	1	0	0.5	0	0
Kobi Albert	4	0	0	0	0	0
Laquan Robinson	3	2	0	0	0	0
A'mari Wilson	3	2	0	0.5	0	0
JR Stegall	3	1	1	1	0	0
Jyaire Brown	3	1	0	0	0	0
Jameer Lewis	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ramon Pernas	2	1	1	1	0	0
Jeremiah Dillon	2	1	0	0	0	0
Jonah Martinez	2	1	0	0	1	0
Kameron Cyprien	2	1	0	0	0	0
Andrew Martin	2	0	0	0	0	0
Sammy Anderson Jr.	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ishmael Ibraheem	1	0	0	0.5	0	0
Melvin Spriggs	1	0	0	0	0	0
Malakai Murphy	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kelby Hampton	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tyler Lassiter	1	0	0	0	0	0
Darrell Gross	1	0	0	0.5	0	0
Team	94	26	3	5	3	1

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Creighton Wilbanks	2/2	100.0	47	2/2	8
Team	2/2	100.0	47	2/2	8

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Dusty Zimmer	5	170	34.0	0	1	45
Team	5	170	34.0	0	1	45

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