Auburn Buries Southern Miss 43-8 with 343 Rushing Yards
Auburn was ahead before the game was a minute old. Andre Jordan Jr. returned an interception 29 yards for a touchdown with 14:50 left in the first quarter, Auburn never looked back, and it finished a 43-8 win over Southern Miss.
Byrum Brown threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Jonathan Echols late in the first quarter, Alex McPherson kicked a 47-yard field goal, and Brown hit DeShawn Spencer from 8 yards to make it 24-0. Southern Miss finally got on the board with 24 seconds left in the half when Ethan Hampton threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Steven Robinson and the two-point try was good, but McPherson kicked a 55-yard field goal as time ran out, and it was 27-8 at the half.
The third quarter brought more of the same. Christian Neptune threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Brown (yes, the quarterback caught it), Auburn added a safety, and Omar Mabson II ran in from 2 yards with nine seconds left in the quarter. Nobody scored in the fourth.
Auburn had 613 total yards, with 343 on the ground on 51 carries, and Southern Miss had 221. Auburn sacked the opposing quarterbacks four times and picked off two passes, while losing only one fumble itself. Take away the pick-six and it is still 36-8. Auburn also got a touchdown from a defender and a safety, so 9 of its 43 points came without the offense snapping the ball.
Auburn is 2-0 and Southern Miss is 1-1. For fantasy, Brown scored 37.3 points all by himself, and Mabson added 108 rushing yards.