The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns lost to the Southern Miss Golden Eagles 35-31 on Saturday afternoon inside Renasant Stadium in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. With the loss, Louisiana falls to 5-3.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
Louisiana (5-3, 2-2 SBC) started strong with a 13 play, 75 yard drive to begin the game. Lunch Winfield scored on a rushing touchdown to give the Cajuns a 7-0 lead.
Southern Miss (2-5, 1-2 SBC) would score the next 14 points, engineering two consecutive touchdown drives. Steven Robinson punctuated both possessions, making it 14-7 Golden Eagles.
The Cajuns capitalized off good field position and scored on the first play of their next possession. JJ Garner brought it home from 42 yards out to make it 14-14. However, USM answered again. This time, Robinson scored his third touchdown.
Louisiana would get into the end zone and tie the game before the half. Winfield found Trenton Chaney to make it 21-21.
The Cajuns retook the lead in the second half on Lunch’s second touchdown pass. This one went to Anthony Reagan Jr, making it 28-21. That score would hold until Winfield threw a pick six, returned for a score by Kolby Peavy. That tied the score at 28.
Louisiana put together a 17 play, 74 yard drive. However, the drive stalled inside the five. Tony Sterner made the field goal to make it 31-28.
The Golden Eagles drove down and punched it into the end zone. Jamarice Wilder was the one to give USM a 35-31 lead.
The Cajuns received a spark on a Jacorian Norris kick return out near midfield, but were unable to get a drive together, falling 35-31.
BIG NUMBER: 286
The Golden Eagles racked up 286 rushing yards, the highest amount against the Cajuns all season. They had two backs go over 100 yards.
PLAYER OF THE GAME: Steven Robinson
Robinson had 145 rushing yards with three touchdowns. He carried the ball 22 times, leading the way for a successful USM offensive attack.
UP NEXT: Louisiana has their bye week before hosting South Alabama the following Saturday.
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