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1 Golden Eagle Football The Tulsa Game 2010 Southern Miss Football Notes Athletic Media Relations Jack Duggan, Assistant AD/Media Relations (football contact) Shirley Hill, Associate Athletic Media Relations Director Tim Andrzejewski, Associate Athletic Media Relations Director Jason Kirksey, Asst. Athletic Media Relations Director (sec. football contact) Office: Fax: (601) General Southern Miss Schedule Record: 8-3; C-USA 5-2 Sept. 2 at South Carolina (ESPN)... L, Sept. 11 Prairie View A&M...W, 34-7 Sept. 17 Kansas (ESPN)... W, Sept. 25 at Louisiana Tech (ESPN3)... W, Oct. 2 Marshall* (CBS C)... W, Oct. 9 East Carolina* (HC/CSS)... L, Oct. 16 at Memphis* (CSS)... W, Oct. 30 UAB* (CSS)... L, (2 OT) Nov. 6 at Tulane* (Cox Sports TV).. W, Nov. 13 at UCF* (CBS C)... W, Nov. 20 Houston* (CBS C)... W, Nov. 26 at Tulsa* (CBS C)... 5:30 pm * C-USA contest; All Times Central 2010 Tulsa Schedule Record: 8-3; C-USA 5-2 Sept. 5 at East Carolina* (ESPN2)... L, Sept. 11 Bowling Green... W, Sept. 18 at Oklahoma State... L, Sept. 25 Central Arkanas... W, Oct. 2 at Memphis*...W, 48-7 Oct. 9 at SMU*... L, Oct. 16 Tulane*... W, Oct. 30 at Notre Dame (NBC)... W, Nov. 6 Rice*... W, Nov. 13 at Houston* (CBS C)... W, Nov. 20 UTEP*... W, Nov. 26 Southern Miss* (CBS C)... 5:30 pm * C-USA contest; All Times Central 2010 Season Opponents (Last Week) South Carolina (W, 69-24, Troy) Prairie View A&M (W, 35-14, Alabama A&M) Kansas (L, 48-14, Oklahoma State) Louisiana Tech (Idle) Marshall (L, 31-17, at SMU) East Carolina (L, 62-38, at Rice) Memphis (L, 31-15, at UAB) UAB (W, 31-15, Memphis) Tulane (L, 61-14, UCF) UCF (W, 61-14, Tulane) Houston (L, 59-41, at Southern Miss) Tulsa (W, 31-28, UTEP) Combined Record of 2010 Opponents (.473) Game #12 Southern Miss (8-3, 5-2) at Tulsa (8-3,5-2) H.A. Chapman Stadium (30,000) Tulsa, Okla. Nov. 26, :30 pm CT (CBS C) Radio: Southern Miss ISP Sports Network (John Cox, 33rd season, playby-play; Vic Purvis, 37th season, analyst) Television: CBS College Sports (Jason Knapp, play-by-play; Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, analysis) Gametracker: Websites: SouthernMiss.com; TulsaHurricane.com; ConferenceUSA.com Series Record: Even at (last meeting, USM 44-34, 11/21/09) On the Road for the Regular-Season Finale Southern Miss finishes a stretch of playing three of four road games to end the regular season. The Golden Eagles are 4-1 on the road this season and 8-9 away from Hattiesburg under Fedora. The team has won four-straight road affairs heading into the contest, the most since winning five away from home during the regular season in the 2003 and 2004 campaigns. This will be the third consecutive time the Golden Eagles have finished the regular season on the road under Fedora and are 1-1 in those contests. USM defeated SMU in 2008 and lost at East Carolina last season. C-USA Tidbits Southern Miss is overall and on the road in C-USA games. The Golden Eagles have scored 30 or more points in each of their last seven conference games and 10 of the last 12. The program has never finished under.500 in league play and have four league championships to their name, including the 1996, 1997, 1999 and 2003 campaigns. The Golden Eagles have won five of their last six league road games. Some Random Notes Southern Miss established a school record for most total yards in a game with 642 against Houston, surpassing the previous mark of 633 against Louisiana-Lafayette (8/30/08). It was the fifth time in the Fedora era that the Golden Eagles racked up at least 600 total yards. The Golden Eagles, which have scored 40 or more points in six of the last seven games, snapped a two-game home losing streak while also reaching at least eight wins for the first time since 2006, with their win over Houston. Southern Miss has scored in each of the last 22 quarters and both overtimes that they played during this stretch, as they went over 400 points scoring for the season against Houston. The team needs 65 yards against Tulsa this Friday to reach the 5,000 total offensive yards mark for the fourth consecutive season. The point total against Houston was the largest of the season for the Golden Eagles and the most scored by the program since scoring 70 at home against UAB on 11/1/08. USM has scored at least 50 points four times in the Fedora era. SouthernMiss.com 2010 Southern Miss Football...Page 1

2 Golden Eagle Football The Tulsa Game Golden Eagles Under Fedora 2010 Overall Record C-USA Non-Conference Atlantic Coast Big Big East Southeastern Southwestern Athletic Sun Belt Western Athletic Home Away Neutral Day Games Night Games TV Games CBS C CSS Cox Sports TV ESPN ESPN U FSN Raycom WITN (NC Only) Time Warner-El Paso When Scoring First When Foe Scores First When Leading at Half When Trailing at Half When Tied at Half In Overtime Games Scoring Less than 20 points Scoring 20+ points Scoring 30+ points Foe Scoring Less than 20 points Foe Scoring 20+ points Foe Scoring 30+ points Rushing for less than 100 yards Rushing for more than 100 yards Rushing for more than 200 yards Rushing for more than 300 yards Passing for less than 100 yards Passing for more than 100 yards Passing for more than 200 yards Passing for more than 300 yards Less than 300 Yards Total Offense More than 300 Yards Total Offense Allowing Less than 100 yards rush Allowing More than 100 yards rush Allowing 200 yards passing Allowing 300 yards passing Allowing less than 300 yards total off Allowing more than 300 yards total off Having a 100-yard rusher Foe Has a 100-yard rusher Having no turnovers Having 3 or more turnovers Forcing no turnovers Forcing 3 or more turnovers Larry Fedora s Career Head Coaching Record 2008 Southern Miss Head Coach 7-6 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl (W, ot vs. Troy) 2009 Southern Miss Head Coach 7-6 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl (L, vs. Middle Tennessee) 2010 Southern Miss Head Coach 8-3 Southern Miss Record Larry Fedora Head Football Coach Third Season (.595), USM and Overall Record When Larry Fedora accepted the job to become the 18th head coach at the University of Southern Mississippi, he promised that his football team would attack in all phases of the game. That is exactly what the Golden Eagles have done during his initial two seasons as the program s mentor. In his first year in Hattiesburg, Fedora s squad broke 36 school records on the way to ending the season with a five-game winning streak to reach a bowl game. The Golden Eagles extended that streak in 2009 to eight games - the longest consecutive winning streak for the program since the seasons - and in the process through the course of the season kept several program streaks intact during the season and now into the 2010 season including: 17th straight current winning season, which trails only Florida, Florida State and Virginia Tech eight straight bowl appearance not counting 2010 at least seven wins in 14 of the past 15 seasons appeared in the 12th bowl game in the last 13 seasons not counting 2010 The Fedora era has drawn record crowds in consecutive seasons. The 2009 opener against Alcorn State set a stadium record for attendance with 36,232 and the overall mark for the year was 184,178. The Golden Eagles averaged over 30,000 fans for the second straight year with 30,696 and broke their own record of 30,079 set in The Golden Eagles have become an offensive juggernaut during Fedora s tenure and again did not disappoint in In 2008, one of the school records they established was most total offensive yards with 5,636. They came close to breaking that record again in 2009 with 5,413 yards of total offense. The Golden Eagles finished 31st in the nation in total offense, after finished No. 20 the year before - the highest finish for the Golden Eagles since becoming a member of the FBS. Southern Miss, known for its defense over the years, has seen a return to the Nasty Bunch style of days gone by. The Nasty Bunch defense was given to those Golden Eagle defenses back in the late-70s and early 1980s for its stingy style and given the name by then former defensive coordinator and later head coach, Jim Carmody. The defense forced 27 turnovers, including 15 fumbles. The Golden Eagles have also forced turnovers in 34 of 37 games during the Fedora era and two or more in 25 contests. That turnover margin helped the Golden Eagles rank No. 10 in turnover margin nationally for the second consecutive year in As a result seventeen players earned postseason recognition from Conference USA, with two players, Ryan Hebert and Eddie Hicks, garnering first team selections. The successes for Fedora for his program has not been limited to just the field. The school was one of 39 FBS institutions recognized for its Graduation Success Rate (GSR) by the American Football Coaches Association. The Golden Eagles achieved a rate of better than 90 percent to go along with Notre Dame and Miami - both at 100 percent - as well as Alabama, Boston College, Connecticut, Duke, Navy, Northwestern, Penn State and Rice. The Southern Miss job has been Fedora s first head coaching assignment after excelling on the collegiate ranks as an assistant Southern Miss Football...Page 2 SouthernMiss.com

3 Golden Eagle Football The Tulsa Game Fedora came to Southern Miss after spending the three previous seasons as the offensive coordinator at Oklahoma State where the Cowboys have been in the top 10 in rushing yards per game and in the top 20 in total offense per game in each of the last two seasons. During Fedora s three-year tenure at OSU, the Cowboys raised their rushing, passing and total offensive yards each year that he was there. In 2006, the Cowboys were one of just two teams - the other being Boise State - to average over 200 yards both rushing and passing. The OSU offense averaged over 30 points per contest over his final two seasons as well. The Cowboys made the biggest improvement in the country in scoring following his second season of running the offense, jumping from 96th nationally in 2005 to seventh in Prior to his stint at Oklahoma State, Fedora spent three seasons at Florida where he served in the role of run game coordinator in 2002, perimeter game coordinator in 2003 and offensive coordinator in He also coached the running backs and receivers during those three seasons. In 2004, Fedora s Gators ranked first in the Southeastern Conference in six different categories including passing offense (271.1), total offense (426.9), 3rd-down conversion percentage (47.8), touchdown passes (29), pass attempts (407) and pass completions (243). Before going to Florida, Fedora was the offensive coordinator at Middle Tennessee from In three seasons at MTSU, Fedora s offense averaged 424 yards of total offense, 181 rushing yards and 31 points per game. With Fedora as their offensive coordinator, the Blue Raiders broke 43 school records over three seasons. Fedora began his coaching career as a graduate assistant (1986) at Austin College. He then served as an assistant coach at Garland (Texas) High School from Fedora then got back into the collegiate ranks in 1991, serving as the tight ends, wide receivers and running backs coach at Baylor, where he stayed until He then spent two seasons ( ) at Air Force coaching the passing game and wide receivers. As a player, Fedora was a wide receiver at Austin College ( ). He helped lead the Kangaroos to the NAIA championship in He earned academic All-American honors in 1983, and honorable mention All-American in both 1983 and Top 5 Total Off. Games Since 2008 Date Game Yards Gained 11/20/10 Houston 642 8/30/08 Louisiana-Lafayette 633 9/5/09 Alcorn State /1/08 UAB /31/09 at Houston 608 Top 5 Total Def. Games Since 2008 Date Game Yards Allowed 10/2/10 Marshall 170 9/5/09 Alcorn State 171 9/12/09 UCF /8/08 at UCF 208 9/11/10 Prairie View A&M 211 Coach Larry Fedora Coaching Year-By-Year Year School Position Record 1986 Austin College GA Garland (Texas) HS Asst Garland (Texas) HS Asst Garland (Texas) HS Asst Baylor Asst Baylor Asst. 8-4 Copper Bowl (L, 24-0 to Indiana) 1992 Baylor Asst. 7-5 Hancock Sun Bowl (W, vs. Arizona) 1993 Baylor Asst Baylor Asst. 7-5 Alamo Bowl (L, 10-3 vs. Washington) 1995 Baylor Asst Baylor Asst Air Force Asst Las Vegas Bowl (L, vs. Oregon) 1998 Air Force Asst O ahu Bowl (W, vs. Washington) 1999 Middle Tennessee Asst Middle Tennessee Asst Middle Tennessee Asst Florida Asst. 8-5 Outback Bowl (L, vs. Michigan) 2003 Florida Asst. 8-5 Outback Bowl (L, vs. Iowa) 2004 Florida Asst. 7-5 Peach Bowl (L, vs. Miami) 2005 Oklahoma State Asst Oklahoma State Asst. 7-6 PetroSun Independence Bowl (W, vs. Alabama) 2007 Oklahoma State Asst. 7-6 Insight Bowl (W, vs. Indiana)* Fedora All-Time Against Opponents Opponent Overall Last Meeting Alcorn State Arkansas State Auburn Boise State East Carolina Houston Kansas Louisiana-Lafayette Louisiana Tech Louisville Marshall Memphis Middle Tennessee Prairie View Rice South Carolina SMU Troy Tulane Tulsa UAB UCF UTEP Virginia Totals SouthernMiss.com 2010 Southern Miss Football...Page 3

4 Golden Eagle Football The Tulsa Game Coaching Matchup Tulsa Coach Todd Graham Record at Tulsa (4th) Overall Record... Same Graham vs. USM Graham vs. Fedora Southern Miss Coach Larry Fedora Record at USM (3rd) Overall Record... Same Fedora vs. Tulsa Fedora vs. Graham Comparing the Two Offense (National Ranking in Parentheses) Southern Miss Tulsa (11 games) (11 games) First Downs Net Rushing Average (22) (15) Net Passing Average (39) (23) Pass Attempts Complete Interceptions Total Offense Average (17) (7) Fumbles/Lost... 12/6...9/5 3rd Down...88/ /161 FG/Att / /22 Points Average (17) (t11) Avg. TOP... 32: :16 Penalties...88/ /499 Average Defense (National Ranking in Parentheses) Southern Miss Tulsa (11 games) (11 games) First Downs Net Rushing Average (9) (37) Net Passing Average (89) (119) Pass Attempts Complete Interceptions Avg. per return Total Defense Average (31) (105) Fumble/Rec / /9 3rd Down...48/ /145 Sacks/Yds....24/145 (44)... 21/138 (t67) Points Average (67) (74) Longest Current Winning Streaks Southern Miss solidified its 17th-straight winning season - tying the longest in school history ( ) with its win over UCF in Orlando. Florida, along with Florida State and Virginia Tech, are the only three schools that have collected longer current winning streaks. The Golden Eagles other longest winning streak is from Longest Current FBS Straight Winning Seasons Florida State - 34 Florida - 23 Virginia Tech - 18 Southern Miss - 17 * all have clinched winning seasons in 2010 Southern Miss 44, Tulsa 34 Nov. 21, 2009 HATTIESBURG -- Southern Miss used four short drives and a defensive touchdown while overcoming a weather delay to defeat Conference USA West Division foe, Tulsa, in a decision on Senior Night at Carlisle-Faulkner Field at Roberts Stadium. Junior Martevious Young finished the game with a career-best four touchdown passes to go along with 276 yards on 12-of-21 attempts. After Tulsa punted on the game s opening drive, Young delivered quickly as hit found a wideopen Johdrick Morris on the team s first play from scrimmage for 60 yards. After a missed extra point, the Golden Eagles led 6-0. The Golden Hurricane then got a pair of scores from Charles Clay in the first quarter to give Tulsa the 14-6 advantage. Clay started the scoring for the visitors with a 2-yard run and then was found wide open in the end zone as G.J. Kinne connected with him from three yards. Clay finished the contest with 22 yards rushing and a pair of scores, while catching eight passes for 142 yards and another two touchdowns. The Golden Eagles, though, exploded in the second quarter with a season-best 28 points for a period. Tracy Lampley started the scoring with a 12-yard TD reception from Young to cut the gap to With the TD reception, Lampley now has scored via a rush, reception, kick return and punt return this season. Ronnie Thornton then returned a Kinne fumble 42 yards for a score on TU s next possession. Kinne, though, kept his team in the contest with a stellar 55- yard keeper to give the Hurricane the advantage again later in the period. Young, who hit DeAndre Brown three times for 135 yards, found him for 34 yards and a score with 8:23 left in the second. The two teams then traded scores again as Clay added a one-yard run and Tory Harrison added a one-yard score of his own for USM with 34 seconds before intermission to give the Eagles a lead at the break. The Golden Eagles extended the lead in the third quarter as Young found Brown again, this time for a 95-yard score which is the second longest pass play in school history, and Daniel Hrapmann converted a 25-yard field goal. Entering the fourth quarter, the game was stopped for 50 minutes due to lightning before Clay scored for the fourth time late in the contest on a 6-yard pass from Kinne to close the gap. Last Time Versus Tulsa Scoring Summary Final Tulsa Southern Miss st USM - Morris 60 pass from Young (kick failed), 11:39 TLS - Clay 2 run (Fitzpatrick kick), 7:14 TLS - Clay 3 pass from Kinne (Fitzpatrick kick), 0:25 2nd USM - Lampley 12 pass from Young (Hrapmann kick), 13:48 USM - Thornton 42 fumble recovery (Hrapmann kick), 11:59 TLS - Kinne 55 run (Fitzpatrick kick), 11:00 USM - Brown 34 pass from Young (Hrapmann kick), 8:23 TLS - Clay 1 run (Fitzpatrick kick), 1:39 3rd USM - Brown 95 pass from Young (Hrapmann kick), 8:00 USM - Hrapmann 25 field goal, 0:23 4th TLS - Clay 6 pass from Kinne (pass failed), 2:10 TLS USM First Downs Rushing Att.-Yds Passing Yards Passes Att-Comp-Int Offensive Plays Total Offense Return yards Punts-Avg Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Third-Down Conversions 9 of 15 3 of 12 Possession Time 34:36 25:08 Individual Statistics Rushing: TLS - Kinne 19-88, 1 TD; Carter 7-34; Williams 8-31; Clay 9-20, 2 TDs; Johnson 2-18; Whitmore 1-2. USM - Fletcher 22-88; Young 11-59; Harrison 4-15, 1 TD; Lampley 1-1. Passing: TLS - Kinne , 396 yards, 2 TD. USM - Young , 276 yards, 4 TD. Receiving: TLS - Johnson ; Clay 8-142,2 TD; Johnson 3-34; Whitmore 2-5; Johnson 1-10; Collums 1-9. USM - Brown 3-135, 2 TD; Lampley 2-26,1 TD; Banks 2-26; Baptiste 2-17; Fletcher 2-12; Morris 1-60, 1 TD. Tackles (U-A-TT): TLS - McCoil ; Brown 4-5-9; Antle USM - Thornton ; Watson ; Smith Southern Miss Football...Page 4 SouthernMiss.com

5 Golden Eagle Football Tulsa Series (3-3-1, ) L Tulsa, Okla W Hattiesburg, Miss. (HC) T Tulsa, Okla W Hattiesburg, Miss L Hattiesburg, Miss L Tulsa, Okla W Hattiesburg, Miss. Record in Hattiesburg: 3-1 Record in Tulsa: Neutral Site Games: 0-0 Most Points Scored: 47 ( ) Fewest Points Scored: 6 ( ) Largest Margin of Victory: 18 ( ) Largest Loss Margin: 17 ( ) Longest Winning Streak: 1 (three times) Longest Losing Streak: 2 ( ) Current Streak: Won 1 Shutouts: 0 Games Decided By 7 or fewer points: In C-USA Games: 1-2 Top 10 Time of Possession Games (since 81) TOP Date Opp. Score Plays-Total Off. 41: at UCF : Louisville : at UL-Laf : at ECU : at La. Tech : La. Tech : Houston : at ECU : at UL-Laf : at Illinois (Fedora era games in bold) Notes From Senior Day The Golden Eagles commemorated teammates Martez Smith, Deddrick Jones and Tim Green for the remainder of the season with a sticker on their helmet. The sticker will be a gold heart with each of the player s number inside the heart. It will be senior day for the Golden Eagles as it will be the final home game for 18 seniors. DeAndre Brown (No. 5) wore No. 43 to honor Green, John Henderson (No. 48) will wear No. 32 to honor Smith and Cordarro Law (No. 49) will wear No. 91 against the Cougars to honor their injured teammates. Smith, who was one of the three players who was wounded in the off-campus incident, was transported from the hospital where he was able to join the Senior Day festivities briefly. The Tulsa Game A Win against Tulsa Would Mean the... first nine-win season since finishing 9-5 in fifth-straight road victory for the Golden Eagles. first time USM has won five regular-season road games in a year since the record under Fedora in November would improve to second-straight win over Tulsa. end of a five-game current win streak for the Golden Hurricane. most league wins (six) since the 2006 campaign. first win over the Golden Hurricane in Tulsa. USM starting QB, Austin Davis, would improve to as the starter. Reaching Eight Wins The win over Houston last Saturday secured at least an eight-win season for the Golden Eagles. Since 1946, Southern Miss has tallied at least eight wins 19 times. They currently have posted 15-straight campaigns of achieving at least seven wins. The most wins in a year for the program is 10 and came during the 1952 and 1988 campaigns. 12 Bowl Games in the Last 13 Years With its bid to the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl in 2009, the Golden Eagles are one of 10 Division I FBS schools who have been to 12 bowl games in the past 13 years. The list includes Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Ohio State, Oregon, Southern Miss, Texas, Texas Tech and Virginia Tech. Eight-Straight Bowl Games The Golden Eagles are one of 14 teams who have been to eight-straight bowl games, with the others being Boise State, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, LSU, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Southern Cal, Texas, Texas Tech, Virginia Tech and West Virginia through the 2009 season. Hrapmann Named Lou Groza Semifinalist Southern Miss junior Danny Hrapmann (New Orleans, La.) has been named one of 20 semifinalists for the Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award presented by the Discover Orange Bowl and released by The Palm Beach County Sports Commission. Hrapmann has converted 23-of-26 field goals and all 46 extra-point tries in Earlier this season against East Carolina, he established a school record with five field goals earning Conference USA Special Teams Player of the Week honors as well as a Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award Star of the Week. Williams Also Collects Preseason All-America Nod Korey Williams, the junior from New Orleans, also was recognized by Rivals.com, which he was named second team to their preseason All-America team. Overtime Anyone? Southern Miss has been involved in nine overtime games since the rule went into effect prior to the 1996 season and the Golden Eagles are 4-5 overall, after losing a double OT game at home to UAB earlier this season. It was the second double OT game that Southern Miss has played against UAB. Eight of the nine games that have taken OT to complete have been against C-USA opponents. Here is a look of all the overtime games Southern Miss has played in since the 1996 season: Date Opponent Score 11/9/96 at Houston L, /11/00 at UAB W, (2 OT) 11/15/02 Louisville L, (2 OT) 10/7/04 Houston W, /13/05 at Marshall W, /28/06 East Carolina L, /4/08 UTEP L, (2 OT) 12/21/08 Troy (N.O. Bowl) W, /30/10 UAB L, (2 OT) SouthernMiss.com 2010 Southern Miss Football...Page 5

6 Golden Eagle Football The Tulsa Game 2010 Conference USA Standings East Division Team C-USA Pct. All Pct. UCF East Carolina Southern Miss Marshall UAB Memphis West Division SMU Tulsa Houston UTEP Tulane Rice Upcoming Games Friday, Nov. 26 SMU at East Carolina*, 1 pm (CBS C) Southern Miss at Tulsa*, 5:30 pm (CBS C) Saturday, Nov. 27 Tulane at Marshall*, 11 am (CBS C) UCF at Memphis*, 11 am (CSS) UAB at Rice*, 2:30 pm Houston at Texas Tech, 7 pm (FSN) Saturday, Dec. 4 C-USA Championship Game, 11 a.m. (ESPN/ESPN2) * C-USA game All Times Central Conference USA Records School C-USA Overall Southern Miss East Carolina Houston Memphis Tulane UAB UCF Tulsa Rice UTEP Marshall SMU Records of schools since joining Conference USA. C-USA Bowl Berths Southern Miss* East Carolina*... 7 Houston... 7 Memphis... 5 Tulsa*... 4 Rice... 2 * Bowl Eligible UCF*... 3 in 2010 Tulane... 2 Marshall... 1 SMU*... 1 UAB... 1 UTEP*... 1 * Since the league began during the 1996 season. Youngsters Getting It Done for Golden Eagles Of the 72 players that have seen game action in 2010, 30 underclassmen have enjoyed some playing time this season. The breakdown includes: 17 seniors, 25 juniors, 11 sophomores, 12 redshirt freshmen and seven true freshmen. Seven underclassmen have made at least one start during the current campaign. Davis Working on All Gears Junior QB Austin Davis has returned to starting duties this season after missing the final eight games of the 2009 season with a ligament tear in his left foot. Over the first 29 starts of his career, Davis has thrown touchdown passes in 26 of those games, including a scoring strike in 12 USM Career Passing Yards Brett Favre ( ) 7,695 Dustin Almond ( ) 7,342 Jeff Kelly ( ) 7,095 Austin Davis ( ) 6,820 USM Career Touchdown Passes Lee Roberts ( ) 52 Brett Favre ( ) 52 Dustin Almond ( ) 51 Jeff Kelly ( ) 51 Austin Davis ( ) 49 Career 200-Yard Passing Games Jeff Kelly ( ) 22 Austin Davis ( ) 20 Dustin Almond ( ) 17 Lee Roberts ( ) 16 Brett Favre ( ) 15 consecutive games at one point - a streak that was broken against South Carolina in this season s opening game. He threw three TD passes for the only time this season at Memphis and has now thrown at least three TDs in a game four times during his career. He has posted a mark as a starter. Davis Has Enjoyed Standout Career Austin Davis, who was the first freshman to start in his first game for the Golden Eagles in 2008 since the 1991 campaign, recorded 23 touchdown passes that season - the most TD passes by a Golden Eagle freshman, surpassing Brett Favre, who had a previous best mark of 15 in Davis also established a school freshman record for most 200-plus yard throwing games with nine. Davis registered USM single-game records that season including yards (461), total offense (446), total offensive plays (71) and attempts (61) against Rice and notched another against Auburn with 33 completions. He also notched a school-best five rushing scores against UAB, also establishing marks for most points (30) and touchdowns (five). Eagles Have Success When Davis Runs the Football When Austin Davis has had success running, so have the Golden Eagles. Southern Miss is 7-1 when Davis rushes for 50 or more yards in a game. The only game USM has lost when he has accomplished that is when he registered a career-best 121 yards at Memphis during the 2008 campaign. His second career 100-yard game came last weekend against Houston in which he tallied 111 yards on 17 carries with four touchdowns. He also had an 81-yard game versus UAB in 2008 in which he tallied a school-record five rushing touchdowns. Davis Ranks Second Among QBs at USM for Rushing TDs With four rushing touchdowns against Houston, quarterback Austin Davis has upped his rushing TD total to 21 for his career. He ranks No. 2 on the school chart for rushing TDs among Golden Eagle QBs, trailing only Reggie Collier ( ), who tallied 26, while Don Fuell ( ) is third with 16 in his USM career. Davis has had four multiple TD rushing games in his career which includes games against UL Lafayette (two) and UAB (five) in 2008 and two this season versus Louisiana Tech (three) and Houston (four). Hitting 30 Completions Again Austin Davis connected on 30 completions for the fourth time in his career after registering 30 competions for 388 yards against UAB. Davis has the five-most completion marks for a game at the school, including a school-best 33 against Auburn during the 2008 campaign. His 231 completions this season ranks 2nd on the school s season chart, trailing himself only from 2008 (261 attempts). Two 100-Yard Rushers With Kendrick Hardy tallying 205 yards rushing and Austin Davis adding 111 last week against UH, it was the 19th time that USM has had two rushers over 100 yards on the ground in its history. It was the fifth time in the Fedora era Southern Miss Football...Page 6 SouthernMiss.com

7 Golden Eagle Football 2010 Scoring Drives Game Plays Yards TOP Scoring Play USC :20 Hrapmann 33 FG USC :05 Hrapmann 36 FG USC :46 Brown 29 pass from M. Young PV :49 Hrapmann 28 FG PV :03 D. Johnson 4 run PV :41 D. Johnson 9 run PV :51 Brown 6 pass from Davis PV :24 Floyd 9 run PV :40 Hrapmann 25 FG KU :03 Massey 1 pass from Floyd KU :39 D. Johnson 49 run KU :03 Davis 1 run KU :23 Hrapmann 45 FG LT :02 Hrapmann 45 FG LT :01 Bolden 23 pass from Davis LT :10 Hrapmann 37 FG MU :14 Pierce 19 pass from Davis MU :16 Davis 6 run MU :19 Davis 7 run MU 3 6 1:11 Davis 1 run MU :20 Hrapmann 51 FG MU 4 2 1:30 Hrapmann 24 FG MU :33 Hardy 13 run ECU :17 Floyd 3 run ECU :14 Hrapmann 49 FG ECU :24 Morris 5 pass from Davis ECU :51 Hrapmann 39 FG ECU :38 Davis 8 run ECU :17 Hrapmann 49 FG ECU :04 Hrapmann 39 FG ECU :59 Hrapmann 28 FG UM :32 Hrapmann 36 FG UM :12 Morris 6 pass from Davis UM :40 D. Johnson 11 pass from Davis UM :40 D. Johnson 2 run UM :54 Hrapmann 21 FG UM :38 Bolden 28 pass from Davis UM :05 Hardy 59 run UAB :07 Hrapmann 54 FG UAB :42 Hrapmann 24 FG UAB :11 Hardy 25 run UAB :12 Hardy 5 run UAB :34 Davis 1 run UAB :23 Bolden 8 pass from Davis UAB 7 25 OT Pierce 7 pass from Davis UAB 3 25 OT D. Johnson 2 run TLN :13 Hrapmann 33 FG TLN :44 Hrapmann 49 FG TLN 3 4 1:46 Hardy 1 run TLN 2 4 0:10 Massey 2 pass from Davis TLN :30 Lampley 60 run TLN :06 Hrapmann 34 FG TLN :58 Morris 26 pass from Pierce UCF :20 Hrapmann 31 FG UCF :38 Morris 5 pass from Davis UCF :41 Bolden 23 pass from Davis UCF :23 Brown 10 pass from Davis UCF :05 Bolden 26 pass from Davis UH :38 Davis 1 run UH :11 Davis 2 run UH :11 Bolden 52 pass from Davis UH :24 Hrapmann 22 field goal UH :37 Hardy 17 run UH :03 Davis 1 run UH :34 Hardy 1 run UH :13 Hodges 13 pass from Davis UH :58 Davis 10 run Longest Drive - 83, UAB Most Plays - 18 vs. Louisiana Tech Fewest Plays on TD Drive - 1, vs. Houston Most Time Used on Scoring Drive - 8:10 vs. Louisiana Tech Shortest Time Used on TD Drive - 0:10 at Tulane No. of TD Drives Less than 2:00-15 The Tulsa Game A 200-Yard Rusher Redshirt Freshman Kendrick Hardy became only the sixth Golden Eagle to ever rush for at least 200 yards in a game, finishing with 205 on 26 carries versus Houston. He is the first USM player to reach that plateau since Damion Fletcher tallied 260 rushing yards against UTEP (10/4/08). The other five players to reach that number for a game are Fletcher, Sam Dejarnette, Vic Purvis, Derrick Nix and Ben Garry. It was just the 10th time in school history that a Golden Eagle running back tallied at least 200 yards in a contest. For Hardy it was his third 100-yard rushing game of the season. Two Golden Eagles Record 100-Yard Receiving Game Kelvin Bolden and Johdrick Morris each registered 100-yard receiving games against UAB, marking just the third time in school history that that feat has happened. Bolden ended the affair with 10 catches for 132 yards and Morris added nine grabs for a game-high 135 yards. The only other duo to do that was Todd Pinkston amd Sherrod Gideon, who did it twice, during the 1998 season. Tight End Morris Getting the Football Senior tight end Johdrick Morris has been getting the football thrown to him by Golden Eagle quarterbacks this season. Morris leads the team in catches with 40 grabs and is second in yards with for 589 yards and four touchdowns. He is averaging 14.7 yards per catch and had his season s longest reception of 55 yards against South Carolina. Although a hybrid tight end, Morris could become the first Golden Eagle tight end to lead the team in catches since Robert Ray Stallings had 20 in 1985 and first to finish tops in receiving yards since Raymond Powell posted 254 yards in Brown Continues to Move Up School Charts DeAndre Brown continued his assault toward the top of the Southern Miss receiving lists returning to action versus UCF after missing six games with a lower leg USM Career Receptions 1. Sherrod Gideon ( ) Shawn Nelson ( ) Todd Pinkston ( ) LeRoy Handy ( ) DeAndre Brown ( ) 130 USM Career TD Receptions 1. Sherrod Gideon ( ) DeAndre Brown ( ) Todd Pinkston ( ) Marvin Young ( ) Shawn Nelson ( ) 16 strain. He tallied his seventh 100-yard game with five catches for 100 yards against Prairie View earlier this season. Brown, a 2008 Football Writers Association Freshman All-America honor on the strength of notching a single-season school-record 67 catches, also recorded more touchdown receptions than any other Golden Eagle freshman in the school s history with 12. Last season, Brown posted 47 catches for 785 yards to go along with nine TD catches. He now has 23 career touchdown receptions which is in second place on the school charts. Brown enjoyed his breakout game at Rice in 2008 as he tallied season-highs for catches (12) and yardage (221) to go along with a schoolrecord four touchdown receptions. His 100-yard receiving games total also on his resume is a 135- yard performance last season against Tulsa that USM 100-Yard Receiving Duos in Single-Game 10/30/10 - vs. UAB (Kelvin Bolden, 10 cat., 132 yds.; Johdrick Morris, 9 cat., 135 yds.) 11/14/98 - Memphis (Todd Pinkston, 7 cat., 110 yds.; Sherrod Gideon, 4 cat., 107 yds.) 9/26/98 - Louisiana-Lafayette (Sherrod Gideon, 7 cat., 126 yds.; Todd Pinkston, 5 cat., 109 yds.) Brown s Top 5 Longest Receptions 97 ECU (TD) 11/15/08 95 Tulsa (TD) 11/21/09 68 Marshall (TD) 9/20/08 60 UAB (TD) 11/1/08 59 at Memphis 10/25/08 Brown s Career 100-Yard Games (Catches/Yds./TD) 10/4/08 UTEP (8/110/1) 10/18/09 at Rice (12/221/4) 10/24/08 at Memphis (8/110/2) 11/15/08 East Carolina (8/124/1) 11/21/09 Tulsa (3/135/2) 11/28/09 at East Carolina (7/145/0) 9/11/10 Prairie View (5/100/1) included a 95-yard TD reception from Martevious Young. In 2008, he had an eightcatch, 124-yard performance versus ECU that included a school-record, 97-yard touchdown reception. SouthernMiss.com 2010 Southern Miss Football...Page 7

8 Golden Eagle Football Top 25 Polls USA Today Coaches Poll (Nov. 21) 2010 Points PVS. 1 Oregon (48) , Auburn (4) , Boise State (5) , TCU (2) , Wisconsin , LSU , Ohio State , Stanford , Oklahoma State Michigan State Alabama Arkansas Oklahoma Virginia Tech Nebraska Missouri South Carolina Texas A&M Nevada Arizona Florida State NR 22.Utah NC State NR 24. Iowa Mississippi State ARV: Northern Illinois 67, UCF 21, Hawai i 20, Southern Miss 16, West Virginia 13, Florida 12, Miami (Fla.) 11, Navy 7, Ohio 5, Pittsburgh 5, San Diego State 4, Penn State 4, Temple 4, Maryland 3, Michigan 2, Northwestern 2, Tulsa 1. Associated Press Poll (Nov. 21) 2010 Points PVS. 1 Oregon (37) , Auburn (13) , Boise State (10) , TCU , Wisconsin , LSU , Stanford , Ohio State , Alabama Oklahoma State Michigan State Arkansas Virginia Tech Oklahoma Missouri Nebraska Texas A&M South Carolina Nevada Arizona NC State NR 22.Florida State NR 23.Utah Iowa Mississippi State ARV: Northern Illinois 72, West Virginia 26, Tulsa 12, USC 8, Hawai i 7, Miami (Fla.) 7, Navy 7, UCF 4, Florida 4, Southern Miss 3, Penn State 2, Ohio 1 Oregon State 1. The Tulsa Game Nine Back on Defense Southern Miss returns nine starters on defense from a season ago, losing just Andre Watson and Eddie Hicks from the defensive backfield. That experience has enabled the Golden Eagle defense to rank No. 31 nationally in total defense this week, allowing just yards per contest. No Rushing Allowed The Golden Eagles have held their opponents to under 100 yards rushing six times this season, including a streak of four-straight games that was snapped against UAB. The USM defensive unit is ranked No. 9 currently in rushing defense, limiting their opponents to yards per game. Last weekend against UH, the Eagles held the Cougars to a season-low 24 yards on 19 carries. Getting Them Behind the Line After finishing 18th in the country in sacks and 24th in tackles for loss a year ago, the Golden Eagle defense took up where they left off from a year ago with 24 sacks and 71 tackles for loss over the first 11 games of The Eagles currently rank tied for No. 44 in sacks and are tied for No. 37 in TFLs this season. Forcing Turnovers on Defense The Golden Eagles have forced turnovers in 34 of 37 games during the Fedora era and have had two or more in 25 contests. The team is when they force at least one turnover and 18-7 when they collected multiple takeaways. They ranked tied for 25th in turnovers gained with 27 in This season, the defense has forced 22 turnovers and rank No. 15 in turnover margin. Laying the Law of the Land Although he started just the last seven games last season because of an injury to Roshaad Byrd, Cordarro Law finished tied for No. 45 nationally in tackles for loss (1.12) and tied for No. 52 in sacks (0.58). Law led the squad in TFLs with 14.5 and tied for the team lead in sacks with Korey Williams with 7.5, who also was tied with Law nationally in the sacks category. This year, Law has started in all 11 games and registered 11.0 tackles for loss and 6.0 sacks, while forcing four fumbles and recovering two. The last forced fumble came against Tulane when he sacked the Green Wave QB late in the game and forced the ball away and out of the end zone for a sack and a safety that helped seal the USM win. Wilson Tops in Picks Coming Back Senior Justin Wilson is the current Golden Eagle leader in interceptions with 12, after grabbing his fourth of the year at UCF. Wilson has had two picks in two different games during his career, grabbing a pair of interceptions last season against Marshall (11/14) and two versus ECU (11/15) in The senior from Taylorsville, Miss. nees just two picks to tie Kerry Valrie ( ) for fifth place on the school s all-time interceptions list. Seven Non-Offensive Touchdowns in Fedora Era After true freshman Alexander Walters tallied an interception return for a touchdown for 41 yards against Tulane, Southern Miss now has registered seven non-offensive TDs in the Fedora era. They collected three fumble returns for scores and finished a blocked field goal with a touchdown in USM registered block punts in consecutive games for the first time since the 2001 campaign earlier this season when they Non-Offense TDs in Fedora Era Andre Watson - 77-yard blocked FG return vs. Tulane (10/24/09) Ronnie Thornton - 42-yard fumble return vs. Tulsa (11/21/09) Martez Smith - 22-yard fumble return vs. UCF (9/12/09) Jamie Collins - 16-yard fumble return vs. Tulane (10/24/09) Deron Wilson - 7-yard punt block return vs. Kansas (9/17/10) Jamie Collins - 32-yard interception return vs. ECU (10/9/10) Alexander Walters - 41-yard interception ret. vs. Tulane (11/6/10) did it against Prairie View and Kansas. Southern Miss has blocked a total of three kicks this season Southern Miss Football...Page 8 SouthernMiss.com

9 Golden Eagle Football The Tulsa Game Career Starts Games Starts Current Streak Defensive Backs Bailey Hunter Presley Robinson J. Wilson D. Wilson Wheaton Linebackers M. Smith Thornton K. Williams J. Collins Defensive Line Boyce Byrd Gray Henderson Hickman Jones Law Pope Thomas Quarterbacks A. Davis * Young *started every game he has played Running Back Floyd Lampley Hardy Tight End Hanks Massey Morris Wide Receivers Brown Pierce Balentine Hodges Spight Bolden Llanos Triplett Offensive Line Zipp Duhon Barnes Weaver Michael Holmes Edenfield Quattrochi Longest Field Goals in Southern Miss History 61 - Ray Guy at Utah State 11/18/ Chris Seroka vs. Louisiana-Monroe 11/7/ Danny Hrapmann vs. UAB 10/30/ Chris Seroka vs. Tulane 9/19/ Six Tied; Last Chris Pierce at LSU 11/12/94 Collins Stepping in to Play Vital Role Jamie Collins has seen his role with the Golden Eagle defense increase. The sophomore is second on the team in tackles with 67, and has a pair of interceptions as well as recovering a fumble on an onside kick at Tulane. Getting to the Punter Three different players have tallied punt blocks this season including Deron Wilson (Prairie View A&M), Tim Green (Kansas) and Reggie Hunt (Marshall). It is the most punts blocked for Southern Miss in a season since the 2001 team blocked three. Only One of Five Players to Score Via Punt and TD Last Season Lampley was one of just five FBS players in 2009 to score via a punt and a kickoff. The others included C.J. Spiller of Clemson, Phillip Livas of Louisiana Tech, Mardy Gilyard of Cincinnati and Antonio Brown of Central Michigan. Lampley finished his freshman season in 2009 ranking in the top 15 nationally in both kickoff (15th) and punt returns (7th). Only Golden Eagle to Score Four Different Ways in a Season Lampley also registered touchdowns for the Golden Eagles both as a rusher and receiver in 2009, marking the only Golden Eagle to ever score a TD via a rush, reception, kick and punt return in one year. Lampley had a two-yard scoring run against Tulane (10/24) and added a 12-yard reception versus Tulsa (11/21). Boehme Continues Punting Prowess Sophomore Peter Boehme had his best punting day of the year against Tulane with seven boots for an average of 45.3 yards per punt. He tallied three 50-plus yards punts with a high of 58 yards. In addition, he notched four punts inside the opposing 20-yard line. This season, he now has 16 punts inside the 20 and 42 for his career.the Birmingham, Ala., native tallied 54 punts for a 38.5 per punt average as a freshman and is registering a 39.2 yard average on 42 punts this season. He has 17 punts over 50 yards or more with a career-long kick of 63 yards against Tulsa in He added a 61-yard boot earlier this season against South Carolina in the season opener. Hrapmann Breaks One Single-Season Mark; Ties Another Southern Miss place kicker Danny Hrapmann currently ranks tied at No. 1 in a season at Southern Miss in field goals made with 23, even with Darren McCaleb who made the same number during the 2005 campaign. The New Orleans, La., native also surpassed McCaleb last Saturday (107 in 2005) by registering 11 points against Houston (one field goal, eight PATs) and now has 115 points this season. Hrapmann Consecutive FG Made Streak Snapped Hrapmann had a school-record of 17 consecutive field goals attempts going back to last season snapped on the second of three tries at Memphis. During that streak he made a 51-yard try against Marshall (10/2). He is 27-of-33 for his career in field goal attempts and 60-of-64 in extra points. He currently ranks tied for No. 1 in the country in field goals at 2.09 a contest and No. 6 in points scored per game at He has earned a mid-season All-America second-team nod by SI.com and was tabbed a third-team selection by Phil Steele s Magazine. Should Hrapmann be able to keep that honor for the postseason, he would be the first Golden Eagle kicker to earn All-America honors since Darren McCaleb, who collected a third-team accolade by SI.com, in Hrapmann Hits Longest FG Of Career Hrapmann booted the longest field goal of his career, 54 yards, against UAB. The kick came in the first quarter. The field goal made ties for the third longest in school history and it was the second he has made from 50-plus yards. Earlier this season, he established a school record with five field goals against East Carolina. Against Houston, Hrapmann booted a 59-yard field goal but the play was disallowed as the Cougars called timeout just prior to the snap. The Golden Eagles tried it again followig the timeout, but the attempt was blocked. SouthernMiss.com 2010 Southern Miss Football...Page 9

10 Golden Eagle Football Offense 2010 Depth Chart (classes reflect football eligibility) Defense The Tulsa Game WR (X) 85 Quentin Pierce (5-11/176/r-So.) End 9 Octavius Thomas (6-3/228/r-Fr.) 43 DeAndre Brown (6-6/239/Jr.) 96 David Boyce (6-6/251/r-Sr.) LT 72 Lamar Holmes (6-6/336/Jr.) NT 32 John Henderson (6-1/301/Sr.) 67 Dyron White (6-5/316/r-So.) 98 Khyri Thornton (6-3/300/r-Fr.) LG 68 Joe Duhon (6-2/295/r-So.) DT 95 Anthony Gray (6-0/317/r-Sr.) 62 Austin Quattrochi (6-3/289/r-So.) 48 John Henderson (6-1/301/Sr.) C 59 Cameron Zipp (6-1/278/r-Sr.) Rock 91 Cordarro Law (6-2/248/r-Jr.) 62 Austin Quattrochi (6-3/289/r-So.) 45 Roshaad Byrd (6-3/267/r-Sr.) RG 55 Alex Michael (6-2/302/r-Sr.) WLB 56 Ronnie Thornton (6-3/229/r-Jr.) 77 Ed Preston (6-4/302/r-Fr.) 22 Jamie Collins (6-3/231/So.) RT 51 Darius Barnes (6-4/315/r-So.) MLB 42 Korey Williams (6-2/243/r-Jr.) 75 Thomas Edenfi eld (6-5/293/r-Jr.) 24 Hendrick Leverette (5-10/229/Sr.) TE 83 Johdrick Morris (6-3/214/r-Sr.) SLB 22 Jamie Collins (6-3/231/So.) 19 Jonathan Massey (6-3/269/Sr.) 38 Jeremy Snowden (6-3/220/r-Jr.) WR (A) 27 William Spight (5-10/169/r-Jr.) BC 7 Deron Wilson (5-10/176/r-Fr.) 82 Deon Hodges (6-2/207/r-Sr.) 15 Marcal Robinson (6-0/174/r-So.) WR (Z) 17 Kelvin Bolden (6-0/161/Jr.) BS 8 Justin Wilson (5-11/193/r-Sr.) 80 Ryan Balentine (6-1/176/Jr.) 28 Jacorius Cotton (5-9/186/Fr.) QB 12 Austin Davis (6-2/200/r-Jr.) FS 26 Kendrick Presley (6-2/200/Jr.) 14 Martevious Young (6-1/190/r-Sr.) 5 Jerrion Johnson (6-1/197/r-Fr.) FB 36 Bruce Johnson (5-9/227/r-Fr.) FC 2 C.J. Bailey (5-10/194/r-Sr.) 33 Kyle Clark (6-0/272/r-Jr.) 31 Alexander Walters, Jr. (5-10/159/Fr.) RB 29 Kendrick Hardy (6-0/217/r-Fr.) NB 30 Chico Hunter (6-0/193/Sr.) 1 Tracy Lampley (5-9/169/So.) 16 Alex Smith (5-11/185/r-Fr.) 7 Desmond Johnson (5-11/195/r-So.) Special Teams PK 34 Danny Hrapmann (5-9/160/r-Jr.) P 39 Peter Boehme (5-11/222/So.) 31 Justin Estes (5-9/154/Sr.) 34 Danny Hrapmann (5-9/160/r-Jr.) KO 34 Danny Hrapmann (5-9/160/r-Jr.) LSN 58 Creighton Nelms (6-0/227/Jr.) 31 Justin Estes (5-9/154/Sr.) 74 Ben Schoenberger (6-5/280/Sr.) H 39 Peter Boehme (5-11/222/So.) SSN 74 Ben Schoenberger (6-5/280/Sr.) 58 Creighton Nelms (6-0/227/Jr.) KR 1 Tracy Lampley (5-9/169/So.) PR 1 Tracy Lampley (5-9/169/So.) 6 Reggie Hunt (5-8/174/Jr.) 87 Francisco Llanos (5-8/159/r-Fr.) 2010 Southern Miss Football...Page 10 SouthernMiss.com