Southern Miss Runs past Alcorn State 49-3
Alcorn State led. It was 3-0 after a 22-yard field goal by Kenyon Bowyer with 5:52 left in the first quarter, and that is the whole case for the visitors. Southern Miss then scored seven touchdowns in a row and won 49-3.
The lead lasted until 2:29 of the first, when Steven Robinson ran in from 2 yards. Ethan Hampton found Mario Sanders from 38 yards early in the second quarter, and Jamarice Wilder scored from 2 yards with eight seconds left in the half for a 21-3 lead. The third quarter finished the job. Robinson from 3 yards, Wilder from 29 yards 1:49 later, and Robinson again from 2 yards made it 42-3 with 2:00 left in the quarter. Robert Henderson added a 1-yard run in the fourth for the final score.
Six of the seven touchdowns came on the ground. Southern Miss ran 57 times for 317 yards, and added 226 through the air for 543 total yards. Hampton was 13 of 23 for 180 yards with one touchdown and one interception, which is a quiet day for a quarterback on a 49-point team. Nobody needed him to be loud, because the running backs were busy.
Southern Miss is 1-0 and Alcorn State is 0-1. Alcorn State held a lead for a little over three minutes of game time and scored nothing else. Take away the field goal and it is a shutout.
Fantasy-wise, Robinson owned the afternoon: 23 carries, 123 yards, three touchdowns, 30.3 points. Sanders and Wilder both cleared 21.