FINAL SCORE
Alcorn State Braves at Southern Miss Golden Eagles game details
Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET
M. M. Roberts Stadium · Attendance 26,246
Put the final score in perspective.
Southern Miss finished 46 points ahead. The teams combined for 52 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Alcorn State 3, Southern Miss 21. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Southern Miss outscored its opponent in 4 and Alcorn State in 0. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 Alcorn State | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
 Southern Miss | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 49 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 11 | 32 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 5-14 | 5-12 |
| 4th down efficiency | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| Total Yards | 223 | 543 |
| Passing | 119 | 226 |
| Comp/Att | 15/23 | 15/27 |
| Yards per pass | 5.2 | 8.4 |
| Rushing | 104 | 317 |
| Rushing Attempts | 35 | 57 |
| Yards per rush | 3.0 | 5.6 |
| Penalties | 7-69 | 4-25 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 1 |
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 0 |
| Interceptions thrown | 4 | 1 |
| Possession | 28:39 | 31:21 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Alcorn State Braves
passing
| Jaylon Tolbert | 15/22 | 119 | 5.4 | 0 | 4 | -- |
| Bryan Wilson | 0/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
rushing
| Joshua Tate | 8 | 33 | 4.1 | 0 | 12 |
| Ernest Temple | 9 | 32 | 3.6 | 0 | 9 |
| Bryan Wilson | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 14 |
| Fredrick Robertson | 8 | 13 | 1.6 | 0 | 4 |
| Jaylon Tolbert | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 16 |
| Carl McDonald Jr. | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Team | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Armon Wright | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Tyree Kelly | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | 19 |
| Malachi Augustus | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 0 | 35 |
| Nolan Chambers | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 14 |
| Carl McDonald Jr. | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 11 |
| Ernest Temple | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Damien Jones | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jamar Kaho Jr | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Caleb Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elijah Griffin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fredrick Robertson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
fumbles
| Bryan Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0 |
defensive
| Timothy Jasper | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dillon Crowell | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elijah Ruffin | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Teddy Roby | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kameron Brown | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ayindae Pugh | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Landon Carson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mahamadou Diarra | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Barnes | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayden Davis | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaylen McRoy | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jakel Houston-Irving | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Daniel | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Deloach | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deshawn Palmer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tayvion Haney | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaidon Whidby | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricardo Butler | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenneth Andrews | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyshawn Kimble | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyree Kelly | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Demetrion Duvall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Kince Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gideon Spottsville | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Montaine Bonner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
interceptions
| Elijah Ruffin | 1 | 32 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Armon Wright | 4 | 77 | 19.3 | 29 | 0 |
kicking
| Kenyon Bowyer | 1/1 | 100.0 | 22 | 0/0 | 3 |
punting
| Demetrion Duvall | 5 | 205 | 41.0 | 1 | 1 | 50 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Southern Miss Golden Eagles
passing
| Ethan Hampton | 13/23 | 180 | 7.8 | 1 | 1 | 29.9 |
| Landry Lyddy | 2/2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 85.9 |
| John White | 0/2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
rushing
| Steven Robinson | 23 | 123 | 5.3 | 3 | 12 |
| Jamarice Wilder | 14 | 90 | 6.4 | 2 | 29 |
| Jaylen Foster | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 0 | 10 |
| Robert Briggs | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 13 |
| Robert Henderson | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 1 | 7 |
| Ethan Hampton | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 6 |
| MJ Johnson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 |
| John White | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 12 |
receiving
| Mario Sanders | 6 | 94 | 15.7 | 1 | 38 |
| MJ Johnson | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 0 | 43 |
| AJ Little | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | 35 |
| Preston Kilgore | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 19 |
| Grant Page | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 |
| Eelijah Singleton | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
| Jaylen Himes | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
fumbles
| Team | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaylen Foster | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cannon McClain | 0 | 0 | 1 |
defensive
| Mathis Haygood | 8 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Melvin Spriggs | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Laquan Robinson | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Champ Lewis | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrell Gross | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Avery Sledge | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jyaire Brown | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeffery Rush Jr. | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zachariah Keith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nasim Cairo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Landon Sylvie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramon Pernas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tyler Lassiter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Robinson III | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JR Stegall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kameron Cyprien | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Aidan Horne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BJ Mitchell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kobi Albert | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jameer Lewis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kelby Hampton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Robinson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KJ Washington | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremiah Dillon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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interceptions
kickReturns
| MJ Johnson | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
puntReturns
| AJ Little | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Eelijah Singleton | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
kicking
| Creighton Wilbanks | 0/1 | 0.0 | 0 | 7/7 | 7 |
punting
| Dusty Zimmer | 3 | 109 | 36.3 | 0 | 2 | 44 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 5:52 | Kenyon Bowyer 22 Yd Field Goal | 3 – 0 |
| 1 | 2:29 | Steven Robinson 2 Yd Run (Creighton Wilbanks Kick) | 3 – 7 |
| 2 | 10:55 | Mario Sanders 38 Yd pass from Ethan Hampton (Creighton Wilbanks Kick) | 3 – 14 |
| 2 | 0:08 | Jamarice Wilder 2 Yd Run (Creighton Wilbanks Kick) | 3 – 21 |
| 3 | 11:12 | Steven Robinson 3 Yd Run (Creighton Wilbanks Kick) | 3 – 28 |
| 3 | 9:23 | Jamarice Wilder 29 Yd Run (Creighton Wilbanks Kick) | 3 – 35 |
| 3 | 2:00 | Steven Robinson 2 Yd Run (Creighton Wilbanks Kick) | 3 – 42 |
| 4 | 11:11 | Robert Henderson 1 Yd Run (Creighton Wilbanks Kick) | 3 – 49 |
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