Passmore's 138 yards receiving, TD lead Marshall

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	22	23
Total Yards	429	431
Passing	228	308
Rushing	201	123
Penalties	6-49	11-129
3rd Down Conversions	4-12	6-18
4th Down Conversions	1-2	3-3
Turnovers	1	1
Possession	30:23	29:37

Air/Ground Leaders
Marshall Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Cann 16/25 228 2 0	Southern Miss Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Davis 27/49 308 1 1
Marshall Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Marshall 30 112 1 18 Passmore 2 76 1 80	Southern Miss Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Fletcher 21 82 1 12 Davis 9 45 1 12
Marshall Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Passmore 9 139 1 27 Slate 4 76 1 30	Southern Miss Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Brown 3 80 1 68 Baptiste 5 59 0 20

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				MRSH	USM
	TD	11:37	Deandre Brown 68 Yd Pass From Austin Davis (Justin Estes Kick)	0	7
	TD	09:09	Darius Passmore 27 Yd Pass From Mark Cann (Tyler Warner Kick)	7	7
	FG	06:03	Tyler Warner 37 Yd	10	7
SECOND QUARTER				MRSH	USM
	FG	09:31	Justin Estes 42 Yd	10	10
	TD	04:29	Cody Slate 16 Yd Pass From Mark Cann (Tyler Warner Kick)	17	10
	FG	01:24	Justin Estes 45 Yd	17	13
THIRD QUARTER				MRSH	USM
	FG	09:14	Tyler Warner 28 Yd	20	13
	TD	06:10	Darius Passmore 80 Yd Run (Tyler Warner Kick)	27	13
	TD	03:06	Austin Davis 12 Yd Run (Justin Estes Kick)	27	20
FOURTH QUARTER				MRSH	USM
	TD	04:17	Darius Marshall 18 Yd Run (Tyler Warner Kick)	34	20
	TD	01:33	Damion Fletcher 2 Yd Run (Justin Estes Kick)	34	27

HATTIESBURG, Miss -- Darius Passmore had eight catches for 136 yards and a touchdown, including a 75-yard score, to lead Marshall to a 34-27 victory over Southern Mississippi on Saturday.

The Thundering Herd (3-1, 2-0 Conference USA) broke a nine-game road losing streak. It was the first win for Marshall over Southern Miss (2-2, 0-1) in four meetings.

Marshall's Mark Cann was 16 of 25 for 219 yards and two scores.

The Thundering Herd took a 17-13 lead into halftime behind Cann's two touchdown passes.

He hooked up with Passmore on a 27-yard score in the first quarter and hit Cody Slate on a 16-yarder with 4:29 to play in the second quarter.

Southern Miss took the early lead on a 68-yard touchdown pass from Austin Davis to DeAndre Brown.

Southern Miss' Justin Estes kicked field goals of 42 and 45 yards in the second quarter.

Marshall's Tyler Warner, who had a 37-yard field goal in the first half, nailed a 28-yarder on the Thundering Herd's first drive of the second half to give Marshall a 20-13 lead.

Just three minutes later, Passmore scored on an 80-yard run to pad Marshall's lead to 27-13.

Davis, who was 27 of 49 for 311 yards passing, scored on a 12-yard run to cut the deficit to 27-20 late in the third quarter.

Marshall's Maurice Kitchens picked Davis off with four minutes to play.

On the next play, Darius Marshall ran 18 yards for a touchdown to seal the win. He finished with 118 yards on 31 carries.

Southern Miss running back Damion Fletcher ended the scoring on a 2-yard touchdown run with 1:33 to play.

The Golden Eagles were penalized 11 times for 129 yards.