FINAL SCORE
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Southern Miss Golden Eagles game details
Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM ET
Caesars Superdome · Attendance 16,693
Put the final score in perspective.
Western Kentucky finished 11 points ahead. The teams combined for 43 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Western Kentucky 6, Southern Miss 13. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Southern Miss outscored its opponent in 2 and Western Kentucky in 2. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 Western Kentucky | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 27 |
 Southern Miss | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 18 | 21 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 9-17 | 7-20 |
| 4th down efficiency | 0-0 | 1-3 |
| Total Yards | 422 | 377 |
| Passing | 267 | 258 |
| Comp/Att | 22/40 | 24/48 |
| Yards per pass | 6.7 | 5.4 |
| Rushing | 155 | 119 |
| Rushing Attempts | 33 | 36 |
| Yards per rush | 4.7 | 3.3 |
| Penalties | 8-74 | 12-100 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 0 |
| Interceptions thrown | 2 | 1 |
| Possession | 31:24 | 28:36 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
passing
| Maverick McIvor | 12/19 | 199 | 10.5 | 0 | 1 | 93.7 |
| Rodney Tisdale Jr. | 9/20 | 65 | 3.3 | 0 | 1 | 11.9 |
| Cameron Flowers | 1/1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 20.6 |
rushing
| 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 |
receiving
| Matthew Henry | 7 | 126 | 18.0 | 0 | 46 |
| Noah Meyers | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 0 | 62 |
| Moussa Barry | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 18 |
| Jairus Mack | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 20 |
| Jackson West | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
| Rodney Tisdale Jr. | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| George Hart III | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| K.D. Hutchinson | 5 | -1 | -0.2 | 0 | 6 |
fumbles
| Noah Meyers | 1 | 1 | 0 |
defensive
| Jaylen Wester | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Anthony Brackenridge | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kent Robinson | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaylen Lewis | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jai Eugene Jr. | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Koron Hayward | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Harper Holloman | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Herard | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Emery | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mackavelli Malotumau | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Avarion Cole | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jakeem Fletcher | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nazir Ward | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Flowers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaden Hardy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Venson Sneed | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| George Hart III | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson West | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| La'Vell Wright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominic Oliver | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marshall Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rylen Su'a-Filo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elin Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
interceptions
| Jaylen Lewis | 1 | 28 | 0 |
kicking
| John Cannon | 2/2 | 100.0 | 31 | 3/3 | 9 |
punting
| Cole Maynard | 6 | 274 | 45.7 | 0 | 3 | 56 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Southern Miss Golden Eagles
passing
| Braylon Braxton | 24/47 | 258 | 5.5 | 1 | 1 | 39.5 |
| Grant Page | 0/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 |
rushing
| Jeffery Pittman | 10 | 55 | 5.5 | 0 | 14 |
| Robert Briggs | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 0 | 13 |
| Braylon Braxton | 8 | 21 | 2.6 | 0 | 21 |
| Jaylin Carter | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Matt Jones | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | 6 |
| JJ Hawkins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Micah Davis | 1 | -12 | -12.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| 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 |
fumbles
| Team | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaylin Carter | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Guylijah Theodule | 0 | 0 | 1 |
defensive
| Corey Myrick | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Jones | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Montgomery | 5 | 4 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan King | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garrick Ponder | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joseph Harper | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Battle | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brodarius Lewis | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Moten | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Pennix | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guylijah Theodule | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ahmere Foster | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J'Mond Tapp | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Isaiah Gibson Sr. | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Thomas Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Briggs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mathis Haygood | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Foster | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Toles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Richard Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mason Clinton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
interceptions
| Corey Myrick | 1 | 23 | 0 |
| JJ Hawkins | 1 | 10 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Micah Davis | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Micah Davis | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 9 | 0 |
kicking
| Creighton Wilbanks | 3/4 | 75.0 | 41 | 1/1 | 10 |
punting
| Reed Harradine | 7 | 268 | 38.3 | 1 | 1 | 48 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 11:38 | John Cannon 31 Yd Field Goal | 3 – 0 |
| 1 | 4:06 | B. Braxton pass to T. Chapman for 35 yds, for a TD (C. Wilbanks KICK) | 3 – 7 |
| 2 | 11:09 | John Cannon 30 Yd Field Goal | 6 – 7 |
| 2 | 3:10 | Creighton Wilbanks 25 Yd Field Goal | 6 – 10 |
| 2 | 0:00 | Creighton Wilbanks 29 Yd Field Goal | 6 – 13 |
| 3 | 6:57 | M. McIvor run for 11 yds, for a TD (J. Cannon KICK) | 13 – 13 |
| 3 | 1:36 | Creighton Wilbanks 41 Yd Field Goal | 13 – 16 |
| 4 | 7:51 | G. Hart III run for 1 yd, for a TD (J. Cannon KICK) | 20 – 16 |
| 4 | 3:38 | Marvis Parrish 54 Yd Run (John Cannon Kick) | 27 – 16 |
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