College Football
BOXSCORE
Louisiana Tech 30, Southern Miss 20
When: 7:30 PM   ET ,  Saturday, September 20, 2025
Where: Joe Aillet Stadium, Ruston, Louisiana
Attendance: 17108
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Southern Miss 10 0 3 7 20
Louisiana Tech 17 13 0 0 30
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 13:43
Louisiana Tech   TD  Louisiana Tech 7 - Southern Miss 0
Blake Baker 1 yd. run (Drew Henderson kick)
1st Quarter - 12:15
Southern Miss   TD  Louisiana Tech 7 - Southern Miss 7
Kyirin Heath 30 yd. pass from Braylon Braxton (Reed Harradine kick)
1st Quarter - 8:10
Louisiana Tech   FG  Louisiana Tech 10 - Southern Miss 7
Drew Henderson 24 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 3:29
Southern Miss   FG  Louisiana Tech 10 - Southern Miss 10
Reed Harradine 38 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 0:46
Louisiana Tech   TD  Louisiana Tech 17 - Southern Miss 10
Omiri Wiggins 3 yd. run (Drew Henderson kick)
2nd Quarter - 14:01
Louisiana Tech   TD  Louisiana Tech 23 - Southern Miss 10
Kolbe Fields 48 yd. interception return (kick failed)
2nd Quarter - 0:23
Louisiana Tech   TD  Louisiana Tech 30 - Southern Miss 10
Clay Thevenin 1 yd. run (Drew Henderson kick)
3rd Quarter - 0:58
Southern Miss   FG  Louisiana Tech 30 - Southern Miss 13
Reed Harradine 30 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 0:22
Southern Miss   TD  Louisiana Tech 30 - Southern Miss 20
Davis Dalton 34 yd. pass from Braylon Braxton (Creighton Wilbanks kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Southern Miss Louisiana Tech
W‑L 2 - 2 - 0 3 - 1 - 0
Conference 1 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 0
Team Stats
  Southern Miss Louisiana Tech
Score 20 30
1st Downs 29 14
3rd Down Efficiency 7-for-17
41%		 2-for-13
15%
4th Down Efficiency 0-for-2
0%		 2-for-2
100%
Total Yards 514 340
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 35-122 38-101
Average/Rush 3.5 2.7
Passing
Comp-Att 28-47 15-21
Passing Yards 392 239
Average/Pass Play 8.2 10.4
Penalties-Yards 8-54 8-76
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Interceptions Thrown 1 0
Time of Possession 32:36 27:24
PLAYER STATS
Southern Miss (2 - 2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
B. Braxton 28/47 392 2 1
Louisiana Tech (3 - 1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
B. Baker 15/21 239 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
R. Briggs 9 47 5.2 0
M. Jones 12 36 3.0 0
B. Braxton 10 23 2.3 0
J. Carter 3 16 5.3 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
O. Wiggins 12 49 4.1 1
B. Baker 13 29 2.2 1
A. Burnette 4 11 2.8 0
C. Thevenin 7 11 1.6 1
A. Givens 1 1 1.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
C. Chester 4 118 29.5 0
K. Heath 3 56 18.7 1
D. Dalton 2 41 20.5 1
B. Brown 4 36 9.0 0
K. Morris 4 35 8.8 0
E. Metcalf 2 29 14.5 0
M. Davis 3 28 9.3 0
J. Carter 3 21 7.0 0
M. Jones 1 14 14.0 0
T. Chapman 1 8 8.0 0
R. Briggs 1 6 6.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
E. Finley 6 155 25.8 0
D. Gandy 3 38 12.7 0
M. Singleton Jr 2 18 9.0 0
C. Thevenin 1 17 17.0 0
O. Wiggins 2 7 3.5 0
J. Mickens 1 4 4.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
K. Fields 1 48 1
Sacks
  NO. YDS
G. Ponder 1.0 5.0
C. Jones 0.5 2.0
M. Montgomery 0.5 2.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
K. Fields 0.5 2.0
D. Rieman 0.5 2.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
C. Jones 5 9
J. Battle 3 2
I. Foster 3 3
C. Myrick 3 4
M. Montgomery 3 10
A. Richard Jr. 2 1
G. Ponder 2 3
R. Harradine 1 0
J. Hawkins 1 2
J. Moten 1 3
Z. Ruffin 0 1
M. Murphy 0 1
M. Haygood 0 1
I. Gibson Sr. 0 1
L. Beard 0 1
P. Anderson 0 1
A. Sledge 0 1
G. Theodale 0 2
J. Tapp 0 2
J. McKinney 0 2
A. Foster 0 2
J. Lewis 0 2
B. Lewis 0 4
Tackles
  Tk Ast
A. Butler 4 2
K. Franklin 3 0
J. Cobbs 2 0
J. Shelby Jr. 2 2
M. Richard 2 3
S. Fongang 2 4
J. Foster 1 0
Z. Nason 1 3
Z. Hill 1 4
S. Leota 1 6
M. Mason 1 6
K. Fields 1 8
K. Carter 0 1
J. Lockhart 0 1
C. Davis 0 1
T. Vivians 0 2
C. Sims 0 2
J. Mayfield 0 3
J. Fields 0 4
E. Oguns 0 4
J. Madkins 0 4
D. Rieman 0 6
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
G. Ponder 1.5 6.0
M. Montgomery 1.5 4.0
C. Jones 1.0 3.0
J. Hawkins 1.0 1.0
A. Foster 0.5 0.0
M. Haygood 0.5 0.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
M. Mason 1.5 7.0
D. Rieman 1.5 4.0
K. Fields 0.5 2.0
J. Fields 0.5 1.0
S. Leota 0.5 0.0
J. Madkins 0.5 0.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles