Houston 27, Southern Miss 24

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	17	25
Total Yards	319	470
Passing	295	315
Rushing	24	155
Penalties	4-55	8-60
3rd Down Conversions	6-18	6-15
4th Down Conversions	2-3	2-3
Turnovers	2	3
Possession	27:01	32:59

Individual Leaders

Southern Miss Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Almond 23/45 295 2 1	Houston Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Kolb 24/35 315 2 0
Southern Miss Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Thomas 12 22 0 6 Mason 5 10 1 4 Hull 5 -1 0 3	Houston Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Gilbert 23 144 1 22 Battle 10 16 0 7 Evans 2 5 0 4
Southern Miss Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Barnes 7 103 2 41 Johnson 4 48 0 29 Perine 4 42 0 24 Nelson 3 11 0 6	Houston Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Marshall 7 129 2 83 Briles 7 61 0 20 Harvey 4 56 0 17 Bassler 3 43 0 17

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				USM	HOU
	FG	7:04	DARREN MCCALEB 41 YD FG Drive info: 11 plays, 41 yards.	3	0
	TD	5:08	JOSH BARNES 9 YD PASS FROM DUSTIN ALMOND (DARREN MCCALEB KICK) Drive info: 3 plays, 10 yards.	10	0
SECOND QUARTER				USM	HOU
	TD	12:35	RYAN GILBERT 7 YD RUN (BEN BELL KICK) Drive info: 7 plays, 66 yards.	10	7
	FG	0:00	BEN BELL 24 YD FG Drive info: 13 plays, 84 yards.	10	10
THIRD QUARTER				USM	HOU
	FG	6:38	BEN BELL 30 YD FG Drive info: 16 plays, 67 yards.	10	13
FOURTH QUARTER				USM	HOU
	TD	12:53	VINCENT MARSHALL 7 YD PASS FROM KEVIN KOLB (BEN BELL KICK) Drive info: 8 plays, 63 yards.	10	20
	TD	9:25	COLE MASON 1 YD RUN (DARREN MCCALEB KICK) Drive info: 11 plays, 84 yards.	17	20
	TD	9:04	VINCENT MARSHALL 83 YD PASS FROM KEVIN KOLB (BEN BELL KICK) Drive info: 2 plays, 83 yards.	17	27
	TD	2:17	JOSH BARNES 15 YD PASS FROM DUSTIN ALMOND (DARREN MCCALEB KICK) Drive info: 2 plays, 44 yards.	24	27

HOUSTON (AP) -- Quarterback Kevin Kolb threw for 315 yards and two fourth-quarter touchdowns and Ryan Gilbert rushed for a career high 144 yards to lead Houston to a 27-24 victory over Southern Mississippi on Sunday.

Houston (5-4, 3-3 Conference USA) ended a six-game losing streak to the Golden Eagles (5-4, 4-2) in a game rescheduled due to Hurricane Rita in September.

Kolb threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Vincent Marshall with 12:53 remaining in the fourth quarter to give the Cougars a 20-10 lead.

Southern Miss answered with an 84-yard drive highlighted by a 43-yard pass from Dustin Almond to Tavarras Williams to the Houston 1. Cole Mason scored on the next play to make it 20-17 with 9:25 left in the game.

Kolb hit Marshall with an 83-yard touchdown pass with 9:04 to play for a 27-17 lead. Marshall had seven catches for 129 yards.

Kevis Coley helped keep Southern Miss alive when he recovered a Gilbert fumble at the Houston 44 with 2:40 left in the game. Almond, who hit 23 of 45 for 295 yards, covered the ground in two passes, including a 5-yard touchdown to Barnes to make it 27-24 with 2:17 to play.

The Eagles recovered the onside kick and Almond drove them to the Houston 35 before fumbling. Houston's Kade Lane recovered the fumble with 1:27 left to end the threat.

Southern Miss jumped to a 10-0 lead in the first quarter on a 41-yard field goal by Darren McCaleb and a 9-yard pass from Almond to Barnes.

Kolb brought Houston back with a 7-play, 66-yard drive capped by Gilbert's 8-yard touchdown run. He then hit 7-of-9 passes for 79 yards the last three minutes of the second quarter to lead Houston to a 24-yard Ben Bell field goal that tied it at 10 as time expired in the first half.

Bell gave Houston its first lead of the game, 13-10, in the third quarter with a 30-yard field goal.