GMAC Bowl  at Mobile, AL
 

7  Team 1 2 3 4 T  Ohio 0 0 0 7 7    Southern Miss. 0 21 7 0 28 28

Southern Miss. (8-5)

Coach: Jeff Bower Record at USM: 110-77-1 (17 years) Bowl appearances: 14 Bowl record: 7-7 Last bowl: 2005 New Orleans Southern Miss 31, Arkansas State 19 2006 C-USA East finish: 6-2, 1st

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Ohio (9-4)

Coach: Frank Solich Record at OU: 13-11 (2 years) Bowl appearances: 2 Bowl record: 0-2 Last bowl: 1968 Tangerine Richmond 49, Ohio 42 2006 MAC East finish: 7-1, 1st

Southern Miss ruins Ohio's return to postseason 28-7

Recap: Damion Fletcher ran for two touchdowns and Southern Miss scored 21 points in the second quarter en route to a 28-7 victory over Ohio on Sunday night in the GMAC Bowl, spoiling the Bobcats' return to the postseason.

The Golden Eagles (9-5) thoroughly dominated after a scoreless first quarter for their third consecutive postseason win.

Frank Solich's Bobcats (9-5) were making their first bowl appearance since 1968, but that euphoria wore off quickly as the game turned into a mismatch....more

Scoring Summary  SECOND QUARTER  USM TD 8:33 Tory Harrison 43 yard run (Golden Eagles 6, Bobcats 0)    USM PAT 8:33 Darren McCaleb kick (Golden Eagles 7, Bobcats 0)    USM TD 3:03 Damion Fletcher 2 yard run (Golden Eagles 13, Bobcats 0)    USM PAT 3:03 Darren McCaleb kick (Golden Eagles 14, Bobcats 0)    USM TD 1:13 James Denley 18 yard interception return (Golden Eagles 20, Bobcats 0)    USM PAT 1:13 Darren McCaleb kick (Golden Eagles 21, Bobcats 0)    THIRD QUARTER  USM TD 5:05 Damion Fletcher 9 yard run (Golden Eagles 27, Bobcats 0)    USM PAT 5:05 Darren McCaleb kick (Golden Eagles 28, Bobcats 0)    FOURTH QUARTER  OHI TD 9:34 Thomas Christy 13 yard pass from Austen Everson (Golden Eagles 28, Bobcats 6)    OHI PAT 9:34 Matt Lasher kick (Golden Eagles 28, Bobcats 7)      Statistics  Ohio Passing   C/ATT YDS LG TD INT Brad Bower 1/3 2 2 0 1   Austen Everson 14/34 175 30 1 1   Team 15/37 177 30 1 2    Southern Miss. Passing   C/ATT YDS LG TD INT Jeremy Young 14/22 160 30 0 1   Team 14/22 160 30 0 1  Ohio Rushing   ATT YDS AVG TD LG Brad Bower 3 9 3.0 0 5   William Norwood 1 3 3.0 0 3   Chris Garrett 1 3 3.0 0 3   Kalvin McRae 10 37 3.7 0 12   Austen Everson 4 -16 -4.0 0 0   Scott Mayle 1 4 4.0 0 4   Voncarie Owens 2 7 3.5 0 4   Team 22 47 2.1 0 12    Southern Miss. Rushing   ATT YDS AVG TD LG Conrad Chanove 4 -5 -1.3 0 1   Bobby Weakley 2 11 5.5 0 7   Jeremy Young 4 -8 -2.0 0 3   Tory Harrison 9 68 7.6 1 43   Damion Fletcher 20 58 2.9 2 17   Team 39 124 3.2 3 43  Ohio Receiving   REC YDS AVG TD LG William Norwood 3 36 12.0 0 18   Chris Garrett 1 6 6.0 0 6   Thomas Christy 2 43 21.5 1 30   Taylor Price 2 6 3.0 0 8   Scott Mayle 4 56 14.0 0 23   Voncarie Owens 1 2 2.0 0 2   Chido Nwokocha 2 28 14.0 0 21   Team 15 177 11.8 1 30    Southern Miss. Receiving   REC YDS AVG TD LG Josh Barnes 4 59 14.8 0 30   Bobby Weakley 2 19 9.5 0 13   Anthony Perine 3 37 12.3 0 17   Chris Johnson 1 4 4.0 0 4   Rodney Gray 1 13 13.0 0 13   Damion Fletcher 3 28 9.3 0 15   Team 14 160 11.4 0 30  Team Stat Comparison   OHI USM  Passing attempts - completions 37-15 22-14    Gross passing yards 177 160    Rushing attempts - yards 22-47 39-124    First downs 12 17    Punts - average 5-37.0 4-41.8    Return yards 43 36    Fumbles - lost 0-0 1-0    Penalties - yards 6-39 6-50    Time of possession 24:55 35:05

SMART CHART OHIO   TEAM   S.MISS 21.6   PTS FOR 25.7 16.2 PTS AGNST   18.3 5.4   DIFF. 7.4 124.3   PASS YDS 159.3 161.1   RUSH YDS 174.3 161.5 PASS D   172.6 130.1 RUSH D   131.3 0.1 TO DIFF   -0.5

POWER STATS YARDS PER POINT TEAM OFF DEF DIFF OHIO 13.2 18.0 -4.8 S.MISS 13.0 16.6 -3.7 YARDS PER PASS TEAM OFF DEF DIFF OHIO 5.6 5.3 0.2 S.MISS 6.4 6.4 0.0 YARDS PER RUSH TEAM OFF DEF DIFF OHIO 4.2 3.9 0.2 S.MISS 4.5 3.9 0.6