It wasn’t flashy, but the Golden Eagles put another game in the win column against another pesky Sun Belt foe Saturday, downing Arkansas State 27-24 in Jonesboro, Ark.
And as anyone who got to watch the second half will tell you, it was about as u
unconventional as a win can be.
Looking at the stat-sheet without the score, it doesn’t look like Southern Miss won the football game.
After all the Golden Eagles lost the total yards battle by nearly 100 yards, and got out-rushed 191-129 and out-passed 256-219.
But when it counted most, the young offense put together an impressive drive, and the defense came up with a stop that sealed the victory.
“It was a good win on the road against a good football team, a team that we felt would be tough on the road, and it was,” Southern Miss head coach Larry Fedora said. “The guys fought hard all the way to the end and that’s why we won the football game.”
The defining moment of the game came with just under nine minutes to go in the fourth quarter, when Southern Miss got the ball back at their own seven-yard-line while clinging to a three-point lead.
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9/16/08
