Memphis 29, Southern Miss. 26

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	27	16
Total Yards	422	306
Passing	396	159
Rushing	26	147
Penalties	6-60	7-82
3rd Down Conversions	9-18	6-12
4th Down Conversions	2-2	0-0
Turnovers	2	1
Possession	33:21	26:39

Air/Ground Leaders
Memphis Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Hankins 35/48 396 4 2 Malouf 0/1 0 0 0	Southern Miss Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Young 11/17 123 1 1 Magee 1/1 36 0 0
Memphis Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Doss 13 13 0 4 Pitts 1 11 0 11	Southern Miss Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Fletcher 21 97 1 12 Harrison 9 23 0 9
Memphis Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Calhoun 8 124 1 65 Singleton 5 96 2 52	Southern Miss Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Magee 4 76 1 28 Baptiste 4 60 0 36

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				MEM	USM
	TD	09:43	Duke Calhoun 65 Yd Pass From Martin Hankins (Matt Reagan Kick) Drive: 3 plays, 82 yds, :57	7	0
	TD	06:13	Damion Fletcher 5 Yd Run (Justin Estes Kick) Drive: 8 plays, 70 yds, 3:24	7	7
	TD	03:45	Torris Magee 18 Yd Pass From Jeremy Young (Justin Estes Kick) Drive: 3 plays, 35 yds, :54	7	14
SECOND QUARTER				MEM	USM
	TD	00:51	Carlos Singleton 10 Yd Pass From Martin Hankins (Matt Reagan Kick) Drive: 16 plays, 79 yds, 7:52	14	14
THIRD QUARTER				MEM	USM
	FG	12:51	Justin Estes 28 Yd Drive: 7 plays, 60 yds, 2:03	14	17
FOURTH QUARTER				MEM	USM
	FG	14:37	Justin Estes 34 Yd Drive: 15 plays, 63 yds, 7:10	14	20
	TD	10:22	Brandon Sumrall 82 Yd Interception Return (Two-Point Conversion Failed)	14	26
	TD	04:21	Earnest Williams 12 Yd Pass From Martin Hankins (Matt Reagan Kick) Drive: 13 plays, 76 yds, 5:51	21	26
	TD	01:04	Carlos Singleton 52 Yd Pass From Martin Hankins (Martin Hankins Pass To Maurice Jones For Two-Point Conversion) Drive: 4 plays, 76 yds, 1:29	29	26

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) -- Martin Hankins threw four touchdowns passes, including two in the final minutes, to rally Memphis to a 29-26 conference win over Southern Mississippi on Saturday.

Hankins hit Carlos Singleton on a 52-yard scoring pass with 1:04 to play to seal the win for the Tigers (5-5, 4-2 Conference USA).

The Golden Eagles (5-5, 4-3) led 26-14 after Brandon Sumrall's 86-yard interception return for a score with 10:22 to play. But Hankins, who finished with 396 yards, completing 35-of-48 passes, guided the Tigers on a pair of 76-yard touchdown drives to grab the win.

The first of those two drives ended in a 12-yard scoring strike to Earnest Williams with 4:21 to play. The Tigers then forced Southern Miss to punt on the ensuing drive.

Another highlight in the game came when Damion Fletcher scored for Southern Miss on a 5-yard run in the first quarter and became just the third player in school history to rush for 1,000 yards in consecutive seasons. Fletcher needed just 10 yards coming into the game to join Derrick Nix and Ben Garry as the only Golden Eagles with consecutive 1,000-yard seasons.

Fletcher ran for 97 yards and the one score in the game, but it just wasn't enough.

Memphis came into the game with the league's No. 2. passing offense and it was obvious early in the match up when Hankins found Duke Calhoun on a 65-yard scoring pass just over five minutes into the game.