Southern Miss Golden Eagles

New Orleans Bowl

Ugh, no.

Southern Miss Golden Eagles lost to the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers

9-4 27 – 16

7-6

Final · Tue, Dec 23

Game Details

Caesars Superdome (New Orleans) · 16,693 fans · ESPN View tournament bracket →

Highlights

Maverick McIvor rallies Western Kentucky to a New Orleans Bowl victory, beating Southern Miss 27-16

Quarterback Maverick McIvor came off the bench to lead three second-half touchdown drives and Western Kentucky rallied to beat Southern Mississippi 27-16 on Tuesday night to win the New Orleans Bowl at Caesars Superdome.

Recap via ESPN

0:12 John Cannon makes 31-yard field goal

0:17 Braylon Braxton fires it to Tychaun Chapman for a Southern Miss TD

0:10 John Cannon kicks 30-yard field goal

0:10 Creighton Wilbanks kicks 25-yard field goal

Clips play on ESPN

Caesars Superdome · New Orleans

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
WKU	3	3	7	14	27
USM	7	6	3	0	16

Win Probability · Southern Miss Golden Eagles

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Game Leaders

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers

Maverick McIvor · 12/19, 199 YDS, 1 INTPassing Yards
Marvis Parrish · 7 CAR, 65 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Matthew Henry · 7 REC, 126 YDSReceiving Yards
Jaylen Wester · 1Sacks
Jaylen Wester · 12Tackles

Southern Miss Golden Eagles

Braylon Braxton · 24/47, 258 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INTPassing Yards
Jeffery Pittman · 10 CAR, 55 YDSRushing Yards
Tychaun Chapman · 3 REC, 50 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Mike Montgomery · 1.5Sacks
Corey Myrick · 9Tackles

2026 Conference USA Standings

Team
Liberty
Jacksonville State
New Mexico State
Florida International
Kennesaw State
Missouri State
Sam Houston
Delaware
Middle Tennessee
Western Kentucky

Scoring

Q4 3:38

TD Marvis Parrish 54 Yd Run (John Cannon Kick)27–16

Q4 7:51

TD G. Hart III run for 1 yd, for a TD (J. Cannon KICK)20–16

Q3 1:36

FG Creighton Wilbanks 41 Yd Field Goal 13–16

Q3 6:57

TD M. McIvor run for 11 yds, for a TD (J. Cannon KICK)13–13

Q2 0:00

FG Creighton Wilbanks 29 Yd Field Goal 6–13

Q2 3:10

FG Creighton Wilbanks 25 Yd Field Goal 6–10

Q2 11:09

FG John Cannon 30 Yd Field Goal 6–7

Q1 4:06

TD B. Braxton pass to T. Chapman for 35 yds, for a TD (C. Wilbanks KICK)3–7

Q1 11:38

FG John Cannon 31 Yd Field Goal 3–0

Team Stats

Western Kentucky HilltoppersSouthern Miss Golden Eagles

Offense

422 Total Yards 377

267 Passing Yards 258

155 Rushing Yards 119

18 First Downs 21

Efficiency

9-17 3rd Down 7-20

0-0 4th Down 1-3

22/40 Completions 24/48

Turnovers & Clock

3 Turnovers 1

8-74 Penalties 12-100

31:24 Possession 28:36

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	INT	QBR
Maverick McIvor	12/19	199	10.5	1	93.7
Rodney Tisdale Jr.	9/20	65	3.3	1	11.9
Cameron Flowers	1/1	3	3.0	0	20.6
Team	22/40	267	6.7	2	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Marvis Parrish	7	65	9.3	1	54
Maverick McIvor	8	48	6.0	1	23
George Hart III	8	28	3.5	1	14
La'Vell Wright	5	11	2.2	0	6
Rodney Tisdale Jr.	5	3	0.6	0	8
Team	33	155	4.7	3	54

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Matthew Henry	7	126	18.0	46
Noah Meyers	2	65	32.5	62
Moussa Barry	2	32	16.0	18
Jairus Mack	3	29	9.7	20
Jackson West	1	12	12.0	12
Rodney Tisdale Jr.	1	3	3.0	3
George Hart III	1	1	1.0	1
K.D. Hutchinson	5	-1	-0.2	6
Team	22	267	12.1	62

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Noah Meyers	1	1	0
Team	1	1	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Jaylen Wester	12	7	1	2	1	1
Anthony Brackenridge	11	6	1	1	0	1
Kent Robinson	7	5	0	0	1	0
Jaylen Lewis	6	3	0	0.5	2	0
Jai Eugene Jr.	5	3	0	0	2	0
Koron Hayward	4	4	1	2	0	1
Harper Holloman	4	3	0	0	0	1
Dave Herard	3	3	0	0	0	0
Jalen Emery	3	2	0	0	0	0
Mackavelli Malotumau	3	2	0	1	0	0
Avarion Cole	3	1	0	0	0	0
Jakeem Fletcher	3	1	0	0.5	0	0
Nazir Ward	2	2	0	0	1	0
Dylan Flowers	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jaden Hardy	1	1	0	0	0	0
Venson Sneed	1	1	0	0	0	1
George Hart III	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jackson West	1	0	0	0	0	0
La'Vell Wright	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dominic Oliver	1	0	0	0	0	0
Marshall Jackson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rylen Su'a-Filo	1	0	0	0	1	0
Elin Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0
Zach Smith	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team	76	46	3	7	8	6

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Jaylen Lewis	1	28	0
Team	1	28	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
John Cannon	2/2	100.0	31	3/3	9
Team	2/2	100.0	31	3/3	9

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Cole Maynard	6	274	45.7	0	3	56
Team	6	274	45.7	0	3	56

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Braylon Braxton	24/47	258	5.5	1	1	39.5
Grant Page	0/1	0	0.0	0	0	1.8
Team	24/48	258	5.4	1	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Jeffery Pittman	10	55	5.5	14
Robert Briggs	5	36	7.2	13
Braylon Braxton	8	21	2.6	21
Jaylin Carter	6	18	3.0	7
Matt Jones	4	11	2.8	6
JJ Hawkins	1	0	0.0	0
Team	1	-10	-10.0	0
Micah Davis	1	-12	-12.0	0
Team	36	119	3.3	21

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Tychaun Chapman	3	50	16.7	1	35
Bralon Brown	4	48	12.0	0	14
Micah Davis	3	36	12.0	0	20
Jaylin Carter	3	29	9.7	0	13
Jermane Hayes	3	25	8.3	0	12
Shane King	2	24	12.0	0	22
Carl Chester	1	19	19.0	0	19
Jeffery Pittman	2	14	7.0	0	11
Kadinn Morris	1	7	7.0	0	7
Elijah Metcalf	2	6	3.0	0	7
Team	24	258	10.8	1	35

Fumbles

Player	FUM	REC
Team	3	0
Jaylin Carter	1	0
Guylijah Theodule	0	1
Team	4	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Corey Myrick	9	6	0	1	0	0
Chris Jones	6	5	0	2	0	0
Mike Montgomery	5	4	1.5	2.5	0	0
Dylan King	5	4	0	0	0	0
Garrick Ponder	4	2	1	1	0	0
Joseph Harper	4	2	0	1	0	0
Josh Battle	4	1	0	0	0	0
Brodarius Lewis	4	0	0.5	1	0	0
Josh Moten	3	3	0	0	1	0
Jonathan Pennix	3	3	0	0	0	0
Guylijah Theodule	3	3	0	0	1	0
Ahmere Foster	3	2	0	0	1	0
J'Mond Tapp	3	1	0	0.5	1	2
Isaiah Gibson Sr.	2	1	0	1	0	0
Eric Thomas Jr.	1	1	0	0	0	0
Robert Briggs	1	1	0	0	0	0
Mathis Haygood	1	1	0	1	0	0
Ian Foster	1	1	0	0	0	0
Brendan Toles	1	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Richard Jr.	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mason Clinton	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team	65	41	3	11	4	2

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS
Corey Myrick	1	23
JJ Hawkins	1	10
Team	2	33

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Micah Davis	1	30	30.0	30	0
Team	1	30	30.0	30	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Micah Davis	3	22	7.3	9	0
Team	3	22	7.3	9	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Creighton Wilbanks	3/4	75.0	41	1/1	10
Team	3/4	75.0	41	1/1	10

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Reed Harradine	7	268	38.3	1	1	48
Team	7	268	38.3	1	1	48

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