FINAL SCORE
Jackson State Tigers at Southern Miss Golden Eagles game details
Saturday, September 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM ET
M. M. Roberts Stadium · Attendance 32,011
Put the final score in perspective.
Southern Miss finished 18 points ahead. The teams combined for 58 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Jackson State 10, Southern Miss 17. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Southern Miss outscored its opponent in 3 and Jackson State in 1. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 Jackson State | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
 Southern Miss | 14 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 38 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 19 | 25 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 5-16 | 4-11 |
| 4th down efficiency | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Total Yards | 322 | 363 |
| Passing | 131 | 224 |
| Comp/Att | 14/28 | 22/32 |
| Yards per pass | 4.7 | 7.0 |
| Rushing | 191 | 139 |
| Rushing Attempts | 42 | 36 |
| Yards per rush | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| Penalties | 12-87 | 4-43 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 0 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Interceptions thrown | 2 | 0 |
| Possession | 31:15 | 28:45 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Jackson State Tigers
passing
| JaCobian Morgan | 14/27 | 131 | 4.9 | 0 | 1 | -- |
| Parker Stofa | 0/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | -- |
rushing
| Travis Terrell Jr. | 10 | 80 | 8.0 | 0 | 47 |
| Ahmad Miller | 9 | 34 | 3.8 | 1 | 11 |
| Donerio Davenport | 8 | 33 | 4.1 | 0 | 9 |
| Emari Matthews | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 1 | 21 |
| JaCobian Morgan | 9 | 14 | 1.6 | 0 | 16 |
| Nate Rembert | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jameel Gardner Jr. | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Nate Rembert | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 0 | 22 |
| Jameel Gardner Jr. | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | 13 |
| Kobe Paul | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 18 |
| Ja'Naylon Dupree | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 10 |
| Ahmad Miller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
defensive
| Quincy Ivory | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B.J. Washington | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shamar Hawkins | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reid Pulliam | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carmello Jones | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kam Sallis | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashton Taylor | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| J'Cori Hargon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KJ Chisholm Jr. | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremiah Williams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jace Ward | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stanley Cooks II | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kazarius Bowie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jaylan Ware | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tymon Wells | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Brown Jr. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Almetris Smith Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quaveon Davis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Smith III | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vernorrius Chaney | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Khamauri Rogers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kanye Varner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dimonyai Lacey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MIchael Robinson Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dazerick Patton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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kickReturns
| Errick Simmons | 1 | 77 | 77.0 | 77 | 0 |
| KJ Chisholm Jr. | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Travis Terrell Jr. | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Jabari Jones | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
kicking
| Gerardo Baeza | 2/2 | 100.0 | 46 | 2/2 | 8 |
punting
| Donovan Warren | 3 | 117 | 39.0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Kye Collins | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Team | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Southern Miss Golden Eagles
passing
| Braylon Braxton | 20/30 | 214 | 7.1 | 3 | 0 | 39.2 |
| Landry Lyddy | 1/1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 82.6 |
| John White | 1/1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 |
rushing
| Jeffery Pittman | 10 | 71 | 7.1 | 0 | 23 |
| Robert Briggs | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 1 | 15 |
| Braylon Braxton | 10 | 20 | 2.0 | 0 | 17 |
| Matt Jones | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 0 | 7 |
| Jaylin Carter | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
receiving
| Bralon Brown | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 1 | 40 |
| Elijah Metcalf | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 0 | 11 |
| Carl Chester | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | 23 |
| Micah Davis | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 1 | 15 |
| Kadinn Morris | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 1 | 15 |
| Jermane Hayes | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
| Matt Jones | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Tychaun Chapman | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jeffery Pittman | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Robert Briggs | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cace Reed | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | -1 |
defensive
| Mike Montgomery | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Battle | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Moten | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mathis Haygood | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Jones | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J'Mond Tapp | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brodarius Lewis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Garrick Ponder | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Foster | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah Gibson Sr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joseph Harper | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ahmere Foster | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Pennix | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaden McKinney | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jabari Ishmael | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Toles | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Richard Jr. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jameer Lewis | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MaLik Caswell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Hawkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Khalil Foster | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Myrick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Ruffin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Malakai Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
interceptions
| MaLik Caswell | 1 | 23 | 0 |
| Ahmere Foster | 1 | 20 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Micah Davis | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 30 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Elijah Metcalf | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Zach Ruffin | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 1 |
| Ahmere Foster | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
kicking
| Reed Harradine | 1/3 | 33.3 | 35 | 5/5 | 8 |
punting
| Jack Murley | 3 | 119 | 39.7 | 0 | 2 | 42 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 12:06 | Zach Ruffin 30 Yd Punt Return (Reed Harradine Kick) | 0 – 7 |
| 1 | 4:45 | Gerardo Baeza 46 Yd Field Goal | 3 – 7 |
| 1 | 0:23 | Bralon Brown 8 Yd pass from Braylon Braxton (Reed Harradine Kick) | 3 – 14 |
| 2 | 13:16 | Emari Matthews 21 Yd Run (Gerardo Baeza Kick) | 10 – 14 |
| 2 | 10:44 | Reed Harradine 35 Yd Field Goal | 10 – 17 |
| 3 | 5:29 | Micah Davis 15 Yd pass from Braylon Braxton (Reed Harradine Kick) | 10 – 24 |
| 4 | 14:54 | Kadinn Morris 10 Yd pass from Braylon Braxton (Reed Harradine Kick) | 10 – 31 |
| 4 | 13:24 | Gerardo Baeza 40 Yd Field Goal | 13 – 31 |
| 4 | 9:59 | Robert Briggs 15 Yd Run (Reed Harradine Kick) | 13 – 38 |
| 4 | 5:32 | Ahmad Miller 8 Yd Run (Gerardo Baeza Kick) | 20 – 38 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 10, 10:58 PM UTCData methodology