Golden Eagles 35, Skyhawks 13

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	15	25
Total Yards	257	432
Passing	185	122
Rushing	72	310
Penalties	6-49	5-65
3rd Down Conversions	3-13	11-19
4th Down Conversions	0-0	1-1
Turnovers	1	1
Possession	25:58	34:02

Individual Leaders

Tennessee-Martin Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Anoka 12/23 129 0 0 Thompson 6/8 56 0 1	Southern Miss Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Young 11/26 115 1 0 Reaves 1/3 7 0 0
Tennessee-Martin Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Burton 1 31 0 31 Chapman 12 20 0 13 Young 2 9 0 8	Southern Miss Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Fletcher 19 156 1 38 Young 8 55 1 20 Floyd 9 43 0 16
Tennessee-Martin Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Chapman 3 28 0 17 Burton 2 66 0 62 Gibbs 2 18 0 13 Robinson 1 21 0 21	Southern Miss Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Magee 5 56 0 21 Johnson 2 36 1 33 Morris 2 19 0 12 Nelson 1 8 0 8

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				UTM	USM
	FG	12:40	TOM HANSEN 24 YD FG Drive info: 8 plays, 74 yards.	3	0
SECOND QUARTER				UTM	USM
	FG	14:13	TOM HANSEN 25 YD FG Drive info: 6 plays, 83 yards.	6	0
	TD	10:55	JEREMY YOUNG 1 YD RUN (JUSTIN ESTES KICK) Drive info: 8 plays, 59 yards.	6	7
	TD	5:22	CHRIS JOHNSON 14 YD RUN (JUSTIN ESTES KICK) Drive info: 6 plays, 68 yards.	6	14
THIRD QUARTER				UTM	USM
	TD	13:47	DAMION FLETCHER 4 YD RUN (JUSTIN ESTES KICK) Drive info: 4 plays, 38 yards.	6	21
	TD	6:19	MARCUS RAINES 1 YD RUN (JUSTIN ESTES KICK) Drive info: 9 plays, 42 yards.	6	28
FOURTH QUARTER				UTM	USM
	TD	11:44	CHRIS JOHNSON 3 YD PASS FROM JEREMY YOUNG (JUSTIN ESTES KICK) Drive info: 12 plays, 73 yards.	6	35
	TD	5:21	MARCUS DAWSON 3 YD RUN (TOM HANSEN KICK) Drive info: 8 plays, 65 yards.	13	35

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) -- Damion Fletcher ran for 156 yards and a touchdown as Southern Miss beat Tennessee-Martin 35-13 on Saturday.

Fletcher scored on a 4-yard run in the third quarter to put Southern Miss up 21-6.

The sophomore also eclipsed the 1,500-yard mark in his career during the game.

It was the first meeting between the Golden Eagles (1-0) and the Skyhawks (0-1), who are members of the Football Championship Subdivision, formerly Division I-AA. Tennessee-Martin is coached by Jason Simpson, a former player for Southern Miss' Jeff Bower, and two of his assistants also coached for Bower in Hattiesburg.

The Golden Eagles fell behind 6-0 early on field goals of 24 and 25 yards by the Skyhawks' Tom Hansen.

But Southern Miss rallied to take a 14-6 lead at halftime, thanks mostly to Fletcher. He had 122 yards rushing in the first half.

A 36-yard run by Fletcher set up Jeremy Young's 1-yard quarterback sneak for a score. And Fletcher's 21-yard run led to a 14-yard reverse for a touchdown by Chris Johnson.