Southern Miss (1-5, 1-2 Conference USA) failed to score a touchdown in its conference matchup against Rice University, ending up in a 30-6 blowout.
“I really thought we played hard today,” Interim Head Coach Tim Billings said. “But at some point and time, we’ve got to execute. We got behind. We had three turnovers in the first half and two of them were on our half of the field. That gave them momentum[,] and we gave up a couple of big plays defensively in the first half.”
The Golden Eagles once again failed to stop its opponents’ success in passing the ball, allowing Rice’s quarterback Mike Collins to throw four touchdowns.