Jacksonville State 25-42 Southern Miss (Sep 27, 2025)

Scoring Plays All Drives

JVST

USM

1

3

14

2

0

7

3

8

14

4

14

7

25

42

1Q 11:17

0 - 7

J. Pittman 1-yard TD run.

Touchdown

Made XP

2nd & Goal

1Q 06:42

0 - 14

J. Pittman 3-yard TD run.

Touchdown

Made XP

1st & Goal

1Q 00:48

3 - 14

G. Rippa 35-yard field goal.

FG Made

4th & 7

2Q 00:12

3 - 21

B. Braxton 6-yard TD run.

Touchdown

Made XP

3rd & 4

3Q 05:55

3 - 28

K. Morris 6-yard TD catch from B. Braxton.

Touchdown

Made XP

2nd & Goal

3Q 04:37

11 - 28

B. Rechsteiner 4-yard TD catch from C. Creel.

Touchdown

2PT Conversion

2nd & Goal

3Q 02:01

11 - 35

C. Chester 13-yard TD catch from B. Braxton.

Touchdown

Made XP

1st & 10

4Q 07:28

17 - 35

C. Creel 5-yard TD run.

Touchdown

2PT Failed

2nd & Goal

4Q 01:38

17 - 42

I. Foster 49-yard TD interception return.

Touchdown

Made XP

2nd & 13

4Q 00:27

25 - 42

C. Cook 8-yard TD run.

Touchdown

2PT Conversion

1st & Goal

Top Performers

Pass Yds

152

Braxton

USM

Rush Yds

161

Creel

JVST

Rec Yds

77

Cook

JVST

Scrim TD

2

Pittman

USM

Matchup

Pass Rush Rec

Caden Creel

JVST QB #12

Braylon Braxton

USM QB #1

109

Pass Yds

152

1

Pass TD

2

Int

0

JVST

Team Stats

USM

367

Total Yds

356

30:58

Possession

29:02

21

1st Downs

25

8/16

3rd Down

4/12

4

Turnovers

1

2025 Conference USA

JVSTUSM

	Team	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167

	Team	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

Game Summary

The Southern Miss Golden Eagles emerged victorious over the Jacksonville State Gamecocks, 42 to 25, on September 27.

Game Info

September 27, 2025

ESPN+

M.M. Roberts Stadium

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

89°

4 mph NNW

Passing	Comp	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Sck	Rtg
Caden Creel C. Creel #12	9/17	109	6.4	1	2	2-12	102.7
Gavin Wimsatt G. Wimsatt #2	4/8	19	2.4	0	0	2-11	70.0

Passing	Comp	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Sck	Rtg
Braylon Braxton B. Braxton #1	13/22	152	6.9	2	0	2-21	147.1

Rushing	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Caden Creel C. Creel #12	23	161	7.0	1	73
Cam Cook C. Cook #4	22	77	3.5	1	15
Gavin Wimsatt G. Wimsatt #2	8	22	2.8	0	14
Khristian Lando K. Lando #22	1	2	2.0	0	2

Rushing	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Jeffery Pittman J. Pittman #0	18	80	4.4	2	25
Matt Jones M. Jones #5	8	45	5.6	0	9
Jaylin Carter J. Carter #24	10	44	4.4	0	12
Braylon Braxton B. Braxton #1	12	41	3.4	1	19
Elijah Metcalf E. Metcalf #9	1	17	17.0	0	17

Receiving	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Cam Cook C. Cook #4	4/7	77	19.3	0	54
Brock Rechsteiner B. Rechsteiner #3	4/5	24	6.0	1	9
Caleb Coombs C. Coombs #9	2/7	16	8.0	0	9
Pearson Baldwin P. Baldwin #13	3/3	11	3.7	0	6
Franklin Baret Jr. F. Baret Jr. #84	0/1	0	0	0	0
Deondre Johnson D. Johnson #11	0/1	0	0	0	0

Receiving	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Tychaun Chapman T. Chapman #2	1/1	43	43.0	0	43
Micah Davis M. Davis #6	2/3	34	17.0	0	30
Matt Jones M. Jones #5	2/5	32	16.0	0	27
Bralon Brown B. Brown #8	2/5	24	12.0	0	14
Carl Chester C. Chester #7	1/1	13	13.0	1	13
Kyirin Heath K. Heath #88	1/1	7	7.0	0	7
Kadinn Morris K. Morris #84	1/2	6	6.0	1	6
Chuck Montgomery C. Montgomery #3	1/1	2	2.0	0	2
Elijah Metcalf E. Metcalf #9	2/2	-9	-4.5	0	-4

Fumbles	Fum	Lost	Rec
Caden Creel C. Creel #12	1	1	0
Gavin Wimsatt G. Wimsatt #2	1	1	0
Cam Cook C. Cook #4	1	0	0
Malcolm Jones M. Jones #12	0	0	1

Fumbles	Fum	Lost	Rec
Braylon Braxton B. Braxton #1	1	1	0
Ian Foster I. Foster #3	0	0	1
Avery Sledge A. Sledge #33	0	0	1

Defense	Tkl-Solo	TFL	Sacks	FF
Mac Sanders M. Sanders #59	13-5	0	0.0	0
Caleb Nix C. Nix #1	8-2	1	0.0	0
Talan Carter T. Carter #92	7-1	0	0.0	0
Jawaun Campbell J. Campbell #93	6-1	0	0.0	0
Emmanuel Oyebadejo E. Oyebadejo #99	6-4	0	0.0	0
Myles Butler M. Butler #21	5-1	0	0.0	0
Trevor Woods T. Woods #43	5-4	0	0.0	0
Malcolm Jones M. Jones #12	5-2	1	2.0	1
Isaac Walker I. Walker #7	4-1	0	0.0	0
Tre'Quon Fegans T. Fegans #3	4-3	0	0.0	0
Morven Joseph M. Joseph #2	3-2	0	0.0	0
Tyrin Taylor T. Taylor #5	3-0	0	0.0	0
Tee Denson T. Denson #8	2-1	0	0.0	0
Gharin Stansbury G. Stansbury #91	2-1	0	0.0	0
Walker O'Steen W. O'Steen #40	2-0	0	0.0	0
Khurtiss Perry K. Perry #44	2-1	0	0.0	0
Corbet Mims C. Mims #47	1-1	0	0.0	0
Tae Floyd T. Floyd #55	1-0	0	0.0	0
Jackson Veasy J. Veasy #98	1-0	0	0.0	0
Darrell Prater D. Prater #96	1-1	0	0.0	0
Travis Franklin Jr. T. Franklin Jr. #2	1-0	0	0.0	0
Cole Marszalek C. Marszalek #50	1-0	0	0.0	0

Defense	Tkl-Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	FF	TD
Michael Montgomery M. Montgomery #17	9-3	0	0.0	0	1	0
Chris Jones C. Jones #35	8-5	0	0.0	0	0	0
J'Mond Tapp J. Tapp #14	8-3	2	0.0	0	0	0
Ian Foster I. Foster #3	6-4	1	1.0	1	0	1
Corey Myrick C. Myrick #22	6-5	0	0.0	0	0	0
JJ Hawkins JJ Hawkins #5	5-3	0	1.0	0	1	0
Brodarius Lewis B. Lewis #36	5-1	0	0.0	0	0	0
Jameer Lewis J. Lewis #16	4-4	2	2.0	0	0	0
Joseph Harper J. Harper #53	4-2	0	0.0	0	0	0
Mason Clinton M. Clinton #95	4-2	0	0.0	0	0	0
Isaiah Gibson Sr. I. Gibson Sr. #7	3-0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Mathis Haygood M. Haygood #13	3-1	0	0.0	0	0	0
Jaden McKinney J. McKinney #98	2-1	0	0.0	0	0	0
Jonathan Pennix J. Pennix #11	2-1	0	0.0	0	0	0
Dylan King D. King #6	2-1	0	0.0	0	0	0
Josh Moten J. Moten #1	2-2	0	0.0	1	0	0
Avery Sledge A. Sledge #33	2-1	0	0.0	0	0	0
Malakai Murphy M. Murphy #19	1-1	0	0.0	0	0	0
Garrick Ponder G. Ponder #30	1-1	1	0.0	0	0	0
Anthony Richard Jr. A. Richard Jr. #23	1-1	0	0.0	0	0	0
Josh Battle J. Battle #24	1-1	0	0.0	0	0	0
Najae Hallenbeck N. Hallenbeck #90	1-0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Eric Thomas Jr. E. Thomas Jr. #37	1-0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Ahmere Foster A. Foster #41	1-1	0	0.0	0	0	0

Kicking	FG	XP	Pts	Long
Garrison Rippa G. Rippa #37	1/1	0/0	3	35

Kicking	FG	XP	Pts	Long
Creighton Wilbanks C. Wilbanks #40	0/0	6/6	6	0

Punting	No	Yds	Avg	Long
Conor Donaghy C. Donaghy #87	4	167	41.8	45

Punting	No	Yds	Avg	Long
Reed Harradine R. Harradine #96	5	193	38.6	46

Kick Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Khristian Lando K. Lando #22	1	20	20.0	0	0

Kick Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Micah Davis M. Davis #6	1	24	24.0	0	0

Punt Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Elijah Metcalf E. Metcalf #9	2	22	11.0	15	0

Passing	Comp	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Sck	Rtg
Caden Creel C. Creel #12	9/17	109	6.4	1	2	2-12	102.7
Gavin Wimsatt G. Wimsatt #2	4/8	19	2.4	0	0	2-11	70.0

Rushing	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Caden Creel C. Creel #12	23	161	7.0	1	73
Cam Cook C. Cook #4	22	77	3.5	1	15
Gavin Wimsatt G. Wimsatt #2	8	22	2.8	0	14
Khristian Lando K. Lando #22	1	2	2.0	0	2

Receiving	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Cam Cook C. Cook #4	4/7	77	19.3	0	54
Brock Rechsteiner B. Rechsteiner #3	4/5	24	6.0	1	9
Caleb Coombs C. Coombs #9	2/7	16	8.0	0	9
Pearson Baldwin P. Baldwin #13	3/3	11	3.7	0	6
Franklin Baret Jr. F. Baret Jr. #84	0/1	0	0	0	0
Deondre Johnson D. Johnson #11	0/1	0	0	0	0

Fumbles	Fum	Lost	Rec
Caden Creel C. Creel #12	1	1	0
Gavin Wimsatt G. Wimsatt #2	1	1	0
Cam Cook C. Cook #4	1	0	0
Malcolm Jones M. Jones #12	0	0	1

Defense	Tkl-Solo	TFL	Sacks	FF
Mac Sanders M. Sanders #59	13-5	0	0.0	0
Caleb Nix C. Nix #1	8-2	1	0.0	0
Talan Carter T. Carter #92	7-1	0	0.0	0
Jawaun Campbell J. Campbell #93	6-1	0	0.0	0
Emmanuel Oyebadejo E. Oyebadejo #99	6-4	0	0.0	0
Myles Butler M. Butler #21	5-1	0	0.0	0
Trevor Woods T. Woods #43	5-4	0	0.0	0
Malcolm Jones M. Jones #12	5-2	1	2.0	1
Isaac Walker I. Walker #7	4-1	0	0.0	0
Tre'Quon Fegans T. Fegans #3	4-3	0	0.0	0
Morven Joseph M. Joseph #2	3-2	0	0.0	0
Tyrin Taylor T. Taylor #5	3-0	0	0.0	0
Tee Denson T. Denson #8	2-1	0	0.0	0
Gharin Stansbury G. Stansbury #91	2-1	0	0.0	0
Walker O'Steen W. O'Steen #40	2-0	0	0.0	0
Khurtiss Perry K. Perry #44	2-1	0	0.0	0
Corbet Mims C. Mims #47	1-1	0	0.0	0
Tae Floyd T. Floyd #55	1-0	0	0.0	0
Jackson Veasy J. Veasy #98	1-0	0	0.0	0
Darrell Prater D. Prater #96	1-1	0	0.0	0
Travis Franklin Jr. T. Franklin Jr. #2	1-0	0	0.0	0
Cole Marszalek C. Marszalek #50	1-0	0	0.0	0

Kicking	FG	XP	Pts	Long
Garrison Rippa G. Rippa #37	1/1	0/0	3	35

Punting	No	Yds	Avg	Long
Conor Donaghy C. Donaghy #87	4	167	41.8	45

Kick Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Khristian Lando K. Lando #22	1	20	20.0	0	0

Passing	Comp	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Sck	Rtg
Braylon Braxton B. Braxton #1	13/22	152	6.9	2	0	2-21	147.1

Rushing	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Jeffery Pittman J. Pittman #0	18	80	4.4	2	25
Matt Jones M. Jones #5	8	45	5.6	0	9
Jaylin Carter J. Carter #24	10	44	4.4	0	12
Braylon Braxton B. Braxton #1	12	41	3.4	1	19
Elijah Metcalf E. Metcalf #9	1	17	17.0	0	17

Receiving	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Tychaun Chapman T. Chapman #2	1/1	43	43.0	0	43
Micah Davis M. Davis #6	2/3	34	17.0	0	30
Matt Jones M. Jones #5	2/5	32	16.0	0	27
Bralon Brown B. Brown #8	2/5	24	12.0	0	14
Carl Chester C. Chester #7	1/1	13	13.0	1	13
Kyirin Heath K. Heath #88	1/1	7	7.0	0	7
Kadinn Morris K. Morris #84	1/2	6	6.0	1	6
Chuck Montgomery C. Montgomery #3	1/1	2	2.0	0	2
Elijah Metcalf E. Metcalf #9	2/2	-9	-4.5	0	-4

Fumbles	Fum	Lost	Rec
Braylon Braxton B. Braxton #1	1	1	0
Ian Foster I. Foster #3	0	0	1
Avery Sledge A. Sledge #33	0	0	1

Defense	Tkl-Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	FF	TD
Michael Montgomery M. Montgomery #17	9-3	0	0.0	0	1	0
Chris Jones C. Jones #35	8-5	0	0.0	0	0	0
J'Mond Tapp J. Tapp #14	8-3	2	0.0	0	0	0
Ian Foster I. Foster #3	6-4	1	1.0	1	0	1
Corey Myrick C. Myrick #22	6-5	0	0.0	0	0	0
JJ Hawkins JJ Hawkins #5	5-3	0	1.0	0	1	0
Brodarius Lewis B. Lewis #36	5-1	0	0.0	0	0	0
Jameer Lewis J. Lewis #16	4-4	2	2.0	0	0	0
Joseph Harper J. Harper #53	4-2	0	0.0	0	0	0
Mason Clinton M. Clinton #95	4-2	0	0.0	0	0	0
Isaiah Gibson Sr. I. Gibson Sr. #7	3-0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Mathis Haygood M. Haygood #13	3-1	0	0.0	0	0	0
Jaden McKinney J. McKinney #98	2-1	0	0.0	0	0	0
Jonathan Pennix J. Pennix #11	2-1	0	0.0	0	0	0
Dylan King D. King #6	2-1	0	0.0	0	0	0
Josh Moten J. Moten #1	2-2	0	0.0	1	0	0
Avery Sledge A. Sledge #33	2-1	0	0.0	0	0	0
Malakai Murphy M. Murphy #19	1-1	0	0.0	0	0	0
Garrick Ponder G. Ponder #30	1-1	1	0.0	0	0	0
Anthony Richard Jr. A. Richard Jr. #23	1-1	0	0.0	0	0	0
Josh Battle J. Battle #24	1-1	0	0.0	0	0	0
Najae Hallenbeck N. Hallenbeck #90	1-0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Eric Thomas Jr. E. Thomas Jr. #37	1-0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Ahmere Foster A. Foster #41	1-1	0	0.0	0	0	0

Kicking	FG	XP	Pts	Long
Creighton Wilbanks C. Wilbanks #40	0/0	6/6	6	0

Punting	No	Yds	Avg	Long
Reed Harradine R. Harradine #96	5	193	38.6	46

Kick Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Micah Davis M. Davis #6	1	24	24.0	0	0

Punt Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Elijah Metcalf E. Metcalf #9	2	22	11.0	15	0

JVST

USM

1

3

14

2

0

7

3

8

14

4

14

7

25

42

Punt

5 plays, 12 yd, 02:08

0-0

Fumble

1 play, -4 yd, 00:07

0-0

Touchdown

4 plays, 12 yd, 01:31

0-7

Punt

8 plays, 30 yd, 03:19

0-7

Touchdown

4 plays, 80 yd, 01:17

0-14

Field Goal

15 plays, 52 yd, 05:53

3-14

Punt

3 plays, 2 yd, 00:57

3-14

Punt

6 plays, 18 yd, 02:20

3-14

Fumble

6 plays, 5 yd, 02:31

3-14

Downs

4 plays, 5 yd, 01:23

3-14

Punt

7 plays, 25 yd, 02:55

3-14

Fumble

9 plays, 35 yd, 03:44

3-14

Touchdown

11 plays, 48 yd, 01:50

3-21

End of Half

1 play, 0 yd, 00:05

3-21

Punt

5 plays, 12 yd, 02:32

3-21

Punt

3 plays, -3 yd, 02:02

3-21

Punt

3 plays, -1 yd, 01:04

3-21

Touchdown

7 plays, 72 yd, 03:30

3-28

Touchdown

3 plays, 80 yd, 01:19

11-28

Touchdown

6 plays, 75 yd, 02:38

11-35

Interception

4 plays, 12 yd, 01:15

11-35

Punt

4 plays, 19 yd, 01:57

11-35

Touchdown

14 plays, 79 yd, 06:20

17-35

Downs

11 plays, 32 yd, 05:23

17-35

Interception TD

2 plays, -3 yd, 00:33

17-42

Touchdown

5 plays, 75 yd, 01:04

25-42

End of Game

1 play, -2 yd, 00:23

25-42

JVST

Team Stats

USM

367

Total Yds

356

105

Pass Yds

131

262

Rush Yds

225

14

Total Drives

13

83

Total Plays

74

4.4

Yards Per Play

4.8

3.6

Yards Per Pass

5.5

4.9

Yards Per Rush

4.5

30:58

Possession

29:02

0

Biggest Lead

25

21

1st Downs

25

5

Passing 1st Downs

7

14

Rushing 1st Downs

15

2

1st Downs from Penalties

3

8/16

3rd Down

4/12

1/2

4th Down

2/3

4

Punts

5

4

Turnovers

1

2

Interceptions Thrown

0

2

Fumbles Lost

1

6

Penalties

7

53

Penalty Yards

51

2

Sacks

4

21

Sack Yards

23

2

Tackles For Loss

6

0

D/ST TD

1

2-3 JVST

USM 3-2

Top Performers

Matchup

Team Stats

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Game Summary

Game Info

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