Week 0
Final
USM
UL1Q 09:47
7 - 0
I. Smith 11-yard TD run.
Touchdown
Made XP
2nd & 9
1Q 07:22
14 - 0
I. Smith 6-yard TD catch from N. Mullens.
Touchdown
Made XP
2nd & Goal
1Q 03:19
14 - 7
A. Jennings 4-yard TD run.
Touchdown
Made XP
1st & Goal
2Q 07:35
14 - 14
D. Ray 12-yard TD run.
Touchdown
Made XP
1st & 10
3Q 10:48
21 - 14
A. Staggers 5-yard TD catch from N. Mullens.
Touchdown
Made XP
1st & Goal
4Q 12:30
28 - 14
I. Smith 1-yard TD run.
Touchdown
Made XP
1st & Goal
4Q 05:15
28 - 21
A. Jennings 3-yard TD run.
Touchdown
Made XP
2nd & Goal
Top Performers
Pass Yds
346
Mullens
USM
Rush Yds
138
Smith
USM
Rec Yds
230
Staggers
USM
Scrim TD
3
Smith
USM
Matchup
Pass Rush Rec
2016 Conference USA
USM UL
| Team | W | L | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|
 Western Kentucky | 11 | 3 | .786 |
 Old Dominion | 10 | 3 | .769 |
 Louisiana Tech | 9 | 5 | .643 |
 Middle Tennessee | 8 | 5 | .615 |
 Southern Miss | 7 | 6 | .538 |
 UTSA | 6 | 7 | .462 |
 North Texas | 5 | 8 | .385 |
 FIU | 4 | 8 | .333 |
 Charlotte | 4 | 8 | .333 |
 UTEP | 4 | 8 | .333 |
 Marshall | 3 | 9 | .250 |
 Florida Atlantic | 3 | 9 | .250 |
 Rice | 3 | 9 | .250 |
| Team | W | L | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|
 Troy | 10 | 3 | .769 |
 Appalachian State | 10 | 3 | .769 |
 Idaho | 9 | 4 | .692 |
 Arkansas State | 8 | 5 | .615 |
 Louisiana | 6 | 7 | .462 |
 South Alabama | 6 | 7 | .462 |
 Georgia Southern | 5 | 7 | .417 |
 Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 8 | .333 |
 New Mexico State | 3 | 9 | .250 |
 Georgia State | 3 | 9 | .250 |
 Texas State | 2 | 10 | .167 |
Game Summary
The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns fell to the Southern Miss Golden Eagles, 28 to 21, in the New Orleans Bowl on December 17, 2016.
Game Info
December 18, 2016
Caesars Superdome
New Orleans, Louisiana
73°
14 mph S
| Passing | Comp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Sck | Rtg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N. Mullens #9 | 25/40 | 346 | 8.7 | 2 | 1 | 2-16 | 146.7 |
A. Staggers #15 | 0/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0.0 |
| Passing | Comp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Sck | Rtg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A. Jennings #10 | 8/20 | 95 | 4.8 | 0 | 1 | 6-44 | 69.9 |
D. Ray #8 | 0/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0.0 |
A. Riles | 0/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0.0 |
| Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I. Smith #25 | 26 | 138 | 5.3 | 2 | 24 |
G. Payne #24 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 10 |
J. Mitchell #80 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
N. Mullens #9 | 2 | -16 | -8.0 | 0 | -7 |
| Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E. McGuire #15 | 17 | 99 | 5.8 | 0 | 13 |
A. Jennings #10 | 20 | 19 | 1.0 | 2 | 11 |
J. Wright #23 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 12 |
D. Ray #8 | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 1 | 12 |
A. Riles | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 |
J. Davis #3 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
D. Hoggins #23 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A. Staggers #15 | 11/13 | 230 | 20.9 | 1 | 66 |
K. Robertson #18 | 5/9 | 49 | 9.8 | 0 | 20 |
D.J. Thompson #5 | 4/9 | 40 | 10.0 | 0 | 18 |
C. Whitehead #83 | 2/5 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 8 |
T. Holmes #1 | 1/1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
I. Smith #25 | 1/1 | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | 6 |
T. Parks #8 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Allen #11 | 1/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A. Riles | 5/7 | 64 | 12.8 | 0 | 20 |
K. Barnes #21 | 1/3 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
J. Bradley #2 | 1/3 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
E. McGuire #15 | 1/2 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
M. Jacquet III #11 | 0/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Johnson #7 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
N. Byrne #81 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fumbles | Fum | Lost | Rec |
|---|---|---|---|
D. Antoine #12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
N. Mullens #9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
S. Brauchle #28 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fumbles | Fum | Lost | Rec |
|---|---|---|---|
O. Peters #7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Defense | Tkl-Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | FF | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Poole #85 | 9-8 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Foster #15 | 6-5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
P. Nelson #13 | 6-6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
X. Thigpen #32 | 6-5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Mikell #19 | 5-5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Bradley #94 | 5-3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Antoine #12 | 4-3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Moore #18 | 4-4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
C.J. Perry Jr. #40 | 4-3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. Ruff #11 | 3-2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Truly #8 | 3-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
W. Davis #5 | 2-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Applewhite #7 | 2-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Armstrong #3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
E. Parker #17 | 2-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
N. Mullens #9 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
P. Schrimsher #30 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Tom #70 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Yancey #22 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defense | Tkl-Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | FF | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Goodlett #10 | 7-6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Lightfoot #4 | 6-4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
O. Peters #7 | 6-4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Crawford #7 | 5-4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
T. Miller #4 | 5-5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Walker #23 | 5-3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Howard #16 | 4-4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Mitchell #17 | 4-4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. Thomas #8 | 4-3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Bradley #2 | 4-4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
R. Miles Jr. #22 | 3-3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Perry #90 | 3-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Dillon #3 | 2-1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. Osborne #91 | 2-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. Brown #6 | 2-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Dunbar #55 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Lee #92 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
R. Stephens | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Collins #28 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kicking | FG | XP | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
P. Shaunfield #21 | 0/1 | 4/4 | 4 | 0 |
| Kicking | FG | XP | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
S. Artigue #36 | 0/0 | 3/3 | 0 | 0 |
| Punting | No | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
T. Sarrazin #82 | 4 | 171 | 42.8 | 54 |
| Punting | No | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
S. Coutts #37 | 6 | 250 | 41.7 | 49 |
| Kick Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D. Antoine #12 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 |
P. Schrimsher #30 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kick Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D. Hoggins #23 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 |
L. Varnado #2 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Punt Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A. Staggers #15 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Punt Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E. McGuire #15 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
L. Varnado #2 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Passing | Comp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Sck | Rtg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N. Mullens #9 | 25/40 | 346 | 8.7 | 2 | 1 | 2-16 | 146.7 |
A. Staggers #15 | 0/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0.0 |
| Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I. Smith #25 | 26 | 138 | 5.3 | 2 | 24 |
G. Payne #24 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 10 |
J. Mitchell #80 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
N. Mullens #9 | 2 | -16 | -8.0 | 0 | -7 |
| Receiving | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A. Staggers #15 | 11/13 | 230 | 20.9 | 1 | 66 |
K. Robertson #18 | 5/9 | 49 | 9.8 | 0 | 20 |
D.J. Thompson #5 | 4/9 | 40 | 10.0 | 0 | 18 |
C. Whitehead #83 | 2/5 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 8 |
T. Holmes #1 | 1/1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
I. Smith #25 | 1/1 | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | 6 |
T. Parks #8 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Allen #11 | 1/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fumbles | Fum | Lost | Rec |
|---|---|---|---|
D. Antoine #12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
N. Mullens #9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
S. Brauchle #28 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Defense | Tkl-Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | FF | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Poole #85 | 9-8 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Foster #15 | 6-5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
P. Nelson #13 | 6-6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
X. Thigpen #32 | 6-5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Mikell #19 | 5-5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Bradley #94 | 5-3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Antoine #12 | 4-3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Moore #18 | 4-4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
C.J. Perry Jr. #40 | 4-3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. Ruff #11 | 3-2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Truly #8 | 3-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
W. Davis #5 | 2-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Applewhite #7 | 2-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Armstrong #3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
E. Parker #17 | 2-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
N. Mullens #9 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
P. Schrimsher #30 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Tom #70 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Yancey #22 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kicking | FG | XP | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
P. Shaunfield #21 | 0/1 | 4/4 | 4 | 0 |
| Punting | No | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
T. Sarrazin #82 | 4 | 171 | 42.8 | 54 |
| Kick Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D. Antoine #12 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 |
P. Schrimsher #30 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Punt Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A. Staggers #15 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Passing | Comp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Sck | Rtg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A. Jennings #10 | 8/20 | 95 | 4.8 | 0 | 1 | 6-44 | 69.9 |
D. Ray #8 | 0/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0.0 |
A. Riles | 0/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0.0 |
| Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E. McGuire #15 | 17 | 99 | 5.8 | 0 | 13 |
A. Jennings #10 | 20 | 19 | 1.0 | 2 | 11 |
J. Wright #23 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 12 |
D. Ray #8 | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 1 | 12 |
A. Riles | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 |
J. Davis #3 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
D. Hoggins #23 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A. Riles | 5/7 | 64 | 12.8 | 0 | 20 |
K. Barnes #21 | 1/3 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
J. Bradley #2 | 1/3 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
E. McGuire #15 | 1/2 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
M. Jacquet III #11 | 0/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Johnson #7 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
N. Byrne #81 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fumbles | Fum | Lost | Rec |
|---|---|---|---|
O. Peters #7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Defense | Tkl-Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | FF | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Goodlett #10 | 7-6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Lightfoot #4 | 6-4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
O. Peters #7 | 6-4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Crawford #7 | 5-4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
T. Miller #4 | 5-5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Walker #23 | 5-3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Howard #16 | 4-4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Mitchell #17 | 4-4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. Thomas #8 | 4-3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Bradley #2 | 4-4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
R. Miles Jr. #22 | 3-3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Perry #90 | 3-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Dillon #3 | 2-1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. Osborne #91 | 2-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. Brown #6 | 2-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Dunbar #55 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Lee #92 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
R. Stephens | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Collins #28 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kicking | FG | XP | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
S. Artigue #36 | 0/0 | 3/3 | 0 | 0 |
| Punting | No | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
S. Coutts #37 | 6 | 250 | 41.7 | 49 |
| Kick Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D. Hoggins #23 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 |
L. Varnado #2 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Punt Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E. McGuire #15 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
L. Varnado #2 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
10 plays,
24 yd,
04:24
0-0
3 plays,
67 yd,
00:57
7-0
3 plays,
-12 yd,
01:10
7-0
3 plays,
70 yd,
01:12
14-0
9 plays,
57 yd,
04:02
14-7
3 plays,
3 yd,
01:25
14-7
3 plays,
-6 yd,
01:39
14-7
9 plays,
62 yd,
03:08
14-7
3 plays,
-18 yd,
02:06
14-7
5 plays,
-4 yd,
01:59
14-7
2 plays,
17 yd,
00:30
14-14
5 plays,
-4 yd,
01:49
14-14
9 plays,
56 yd,
03:44
14-14
9 plays,
58 yd,
01:55
14-14
11 plays,
65 yd,
04:18
21-14
7 plays,
29 yd,
03:23
21-14
3 plays,
7 yd,
02:03
21-14
3 plays,
-4 yd,
01:36
21-14
14 plays,
98 yd,
06:14
28-14
6 plays,
21 yd,
02:52
28-14
4 plays,
24 yd,
02:14
28-14
5 plays,
19 yd,
02:10
28-21
5 plays,
20 yd,
03:08
28-21
9 plays,
25 yd,
01:50
28-21
1 play,
-1 yd,
00:12
28-21
465
Total Yds
208
330
Pass Yds
51
135
Rush Yds
157
13
Total Drives
12
76
Total Plays
75
6.1
Yards Per Play
2.8
7.5
Yards Per Pass
1.8
4.2
Yards Per Rush
3.3
30:34
Possession
29:26
14
Biggest Lead
0
22
1st Downs
21
12
Passing 1st Downs
5
8
Rushing 1st Downs
13
2
1st Downs from Penalties
3
7/14
3rd Down
3/12
0/0
4th Down
1/3
4
Punts
6
2
Turnovers
1
1
Interceptions Thrown
1
1
Fumbles Lost
0
13
Penalties
6
6.0
Sacks
2.0
8
Tackles For Loss
6
0
D/ST TD
0