Southern Miss played a competitive first half against the Miami Hurricanes on Saturday. Miami took a slim 10-7 lead into halftime. While it was Southern Miss’ run game that kept them in it against Liberty last week and has been their saving grace in the last year or so, that wasn’t the case in the first half of this game. Southern Miss would finish with a net of 33 rushing yards in this game and 207 passing yards.
After Miami opened the scoring with a field goal at the end of the first quarter, Southern Miss took the lead on the ensuing possession with a six play, 75-yard drive for a touchdown.