Wk 1 · 2026
Alcorn State Braves at Southern Miss Golden Eagles — Sat, Sep 5
Sat, Sep 5 ·
M. M. Roberts Stadium, Hattiesburg
· ESPN+
Alcorn State Braves
FCS / Other · no games yet
at
5:00pET
USM -21 · total 50.5 DraftKings
Sun Belt · no games yet
What is at stake
A non-conference game. It moves both overall records but neither conference race.
Efficiency · 2025 ratings
Efficiency margin
Offense (pts/100)
Defense (pts/100)
Pace (plays/g)
Yards / play
Yards / play allowed
Opponent-adjusted ratings from The College
King's 2025 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row; the
brighter side is the better of the two, and a longer bar is always the better number
— including the rows where a lower figure is the good one.
Team stats · 2025 per game
Points / game
Points allowed
Yards / game
Yards allowed
Pass yds allowed
Rush yds allowed
Turnovers / game
From completed 2025 box scores;
defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.
Alcorn St form
L 0-63at MSST
2025 season
Southern Miss form
L 18-28vs TROYL 35-42at USAL 14-41vs TXSTW 27-21at ARSTW 49-21vs ULM
2025 season
Alcorn St this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Southern Miss this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked when the game goes final. There is no line archive before this season, so these records begin with 2026 Week 1.
Common opponents · 0
These teams share no opponents on the 2026 schedule.
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Series history · 2006–2026
Southern Miss leads the series 4–0 · Southern Miss has won the last 4
4 meetings
in 2006–2026 · average margin
28.0 points toward Southern Miss
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2023-09-02 | Alcorn St 14 — 40 Southern Miss | at USM | Southern Miss |
| 2019 | 2019-08-31 | Alcorn St 10 — 38 Southern Miss | at USM | Southern Miss |
| 2014 | 2014-09-06 | Alcorn St 20 — 26 Southern Miss | at USM | Southern Miss |
| 2009 | 2009-09-05 | Alcorn St 0 — 52 Southern Miss | at USM | Southern Miss |
Alcorn St leaders
No tracked players for this team.
From this site’s tracked-player feed; ESPN published no season leaders for this team.
No roster page: this site tracks the 138 FBS teams.
Southern Miss leaders 2025 season
| Passing | Braylon Braxton QB #1 | 230/353, 2796 YDS, 23 TD, 7 INT |
| Landry Lyddy QB #18 | 34/52, 406 YDS, 2 TD, 3 INT | |
| Rushing | Jeffery Pittman RB #0 | 146 CAR, 640 YDS, 8 TD |
| Matt Jones RB #5 | 78 CAR, 314 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Robert Briggs RB #2 | 57 CAR, 268 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Elijah Metcalf WR #9 | 52 REC, 677 YDS, 2 TD |
| Carl Chester WR #7 | 30 REC, 532 YDS, 6 TD | |
| Tychaun Chapman WR #1 | 22 REC, 398 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Micah Davis WR #6 | 28 REC, 393 YDS, 5 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Chris Jones LB #10 | 127 |
| Mike Montgomery LB #9 | 100 | |
| Corey Myrick S #22 | 82 | |
| Sacks | J'Mond Tapp DL #14 | 7.5 |
| Chris Jones LB #10 | 3.5 | |
| JJ Hawkins DL #5 | 3 | |
| Interceptions | Josh Moten CB #1 | 5 |
| Ahmere Foster S #5 | 3 | |
| Ian Foster S #0 | 3 |
Player production is per game from the
2025 season, for players on the current roster.