Football Earns 21-3 Road Victory Over Southern Miss

Saturday, September 16

Hattiesburg, MS

3 p.m.

Tulane University

2-1 , 0-0

Southern Miss

1-2 , 0-0

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Tulane

Southern Miss

Photo by: Parker Waters

Football Earns 21-3 Road Victory Over Southern Miss

Sep 16, 2023 | Football

Box Score

FINAL STATS | POSTGAME FRITZ PRESS CONFERENCE | RADIO HIGHLIGHTS | PHOTO GALLERY (BY PARKER WATERS)

HATTIESBURG, MS – The Tulane football team (2-1) earned a hard-fought 21-3 road victory over Southern Miss (1-2) on Saturday at M.M. Roberts Stadium in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. in the Battle of the Bell. It was Tulane's sixth-straight road victory dating back to the 2022 season.

Kai Horton, making his second straight start at quarterback, went 12-for-19 for 186 yards and two touchdowns. Makhi Hughes led the squad in rushing with 14 carries for 83 yards. Shaadie Clayton-Johnson picked up 66 yards rushing and 21 yards receiving. Lawrence Keys III led the team with his four catches for 78 yards. Chris Brazzell II hauled in three passes for 35 yards and a touchdown. Jha'Quan Jackson grabbed a pair of passes for 41 yards and a 35-yard touchdown.

Jesus Machado led the defense with his seven stops. Bailey Despanie recorded five tackles including a pair for loss. Tyler Grubbs totaled five tackles and a stop for loss. Lance Robinson had five tackles and pass breakup. Jarius Monroe had five tackles, 1.5 stops for loss and two pass breakups. Darius Hodges had three tackles including a sack. Keith Cooper Jr. totaled three tackles, a sack and two stops for loss. Both of Patrick Jenkins tackles were for loss. Angelo Anderson also had a stop for loss.

The Tulane defense was able to limit the Southern Miss to a total of 213 yards including only 36 on the ground. The Green Wave offense tallied 314 yards with 186 coming through the air and 128 on the ground. The team was also able to pick up 19 first downs.

Tulane scored first as Horton rushed it in from a yard out to complete a seven play, 75-yard drive and put the Green Wave up 7-0 at the 12:16 mark of the opening quarter. The big play on the drive was a Horton to Keys 29-yard pitch-and-catch. That would end up being the only score for either team in the first 30 minutes of action as went into the break with Tulane leading by a touchdown.

After a stop on defense to start the half, the Tulane offense scored its second touchdown of the game as Horton connected with Jackson on a 35-yard touchdown to put the Green Wave up 14-0 at the 10:21 mark of the third quarter.

Southern Miss scored the program's only points of the game on a made field goal from Andrew Stein at the 5:48 mark of the third quarter.

The Tulane offense scored its third touchdown of the game as Brazzell hauled in a three-yard toss from Horton to put the Green Wave up 21-3 with 2:03 remaining in the third quarter.

Next the Tulane football team returns home to host Nicholls at Yulman Stadium at 6 p.m. with the game also being shown live on ESPN+.

NOTES:
Tulane entered the game with the fifth-longest road winning streak in the country among FBS and ran the road mark to six with Saturday's triumph…Since the start of the 2016 season, Tulane is now 38-10 when leading at the half…This was the third career start (Cincinnati in 2020 and Ole Miss in 2023) and 11th career appearance for Kai Horton…This was Horton's first win in a game that he started…Jha'Quan Jackson moved into a tie for 10th place all-time at Tulane along with Wil Ursin (1990-93) in career touchdown receptions as his touchdown catch today was the 17th of his career… Tulane has now run for 100 yards as a team in 89 of its last 93 games ... The two teams have played the "Battle for the Bell" since 1979 ... Tulane improved to 39-37 all-time against current schools in the Sun Belt Conference…Tulane has won three of the last four games of the series against Southern Miss…Head Coach Willie Fritz ran his all-time record to 19-2 against Sun Belt Conference opponents with his only two losses coming to Southern Miss last year and to Georgia State while he was at Georgia Southern…Tulane is now 2-1 or better (2023 – 2-1, 2022 – 3-0, 2020 – 2-1, 2019 – 2-1, 2016 – 2-1) for the fifth time in Willie Fritz's career with the Green Wave…Overall the program is 2-1 or better for the 62nd time (2023 – 2-1, 2022 – 3-0, 2020 – 2-1, 2019 – 2-1, 2016 – 2-1, 2013 – 2-1, 2011 – 2-1, 2005 – 2-1, 2003 – 2-1, 2002 – 2-1, 1999 – 2-1, 1998 – 3-0, 1995 – 2-1, 1993 – 2-1, 1990 – 2-1, 1989 – 2-1, 1988 – 2-1, 1979 – 2-1, 1975 – 2-1, 1974 – 3-0, 1973 – 3-0, 1972 – 2-1, 1970 – 2-1. 1966 – 2-1, 1956 – 2-1, 1955 – 2-1, 1951 – 2-1, 1949 – 3-0, 1944 – 2-1, 1943 – 2-1, 1942 – 2-1, 1941 – 2-1, 1939 – 3-0, 1937 – 2-0-1, 1936 – 2-0-1, 1935 – 2-1, 1934 – 3-0, 1932 – 2-1, 1931 – 3-0, 1930 – 2-1, 1929 – 3-0, 1928 – 2-1, 1925 – 2-0-1, 1924 – 3-0, 1923 – 2-1, 1922 – 3-0, 1921 - 2-1, 1920 -2-0-1, 1919 – 2-0-1, 1918 – 3-0, 1917 – 3-0, 1916 – 3-0, 1915 – 3-0, 1914 – 3-0, 1912 – 3-0, 1911 – 3-0, 1909 – 2-1, 1908 – 3-0, 1907 – 3-0, 1904 – 3-0, 1901 – 2-1, 1900 – 3-0, 1896 – 2-1, 1895 – 2-1)

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