Southern Miss. 26, UCF 19

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	11	23
Total Yards	194	409
Passing	179	253
Rushing	15	156
Penalties	5-49	7-69
3rd Down Conversions	4-14	7-16
4th Down Conversions	1-1	0-1
Turnovers	2	1
Possession	28:14	31:46

Air/Ground Leaders
UCF Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Hodges 15/26 158 2 0 Calabrese 2/4 21 0 0	Southern Miss Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Davis 23/33 253 1 0
UCF Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Harvey 14 37 0 15 Calabrese 1 4 0 4	Southern Miss Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Fletcher 21 103 1 15 Harrison 4 38 0 31
UCF Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Ross 5 56 1 29 Aiken 4 53 1 20	Southern Miss Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Brown 7 75 0 19 Fletcher 6 51 0 15

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				UCF	USM
	TD	08:46	Martez Smith 22 Yd Fumble Return (Justin Estes Kick)	0	7
	TD	05:11	Leroy Banks 18 Yd Pass From Austin Davis (Justin Estes Kick)	0	14
SECOND QUARTER				UCF	USM
	FG	11:20	Nick Cattoi 28 Yd	3	14
	FG	07:30	Justin Estes 21 Yd	3	17
	TD	03:25	Kamar Aiken 4 Yd Pass From Brett Hodges (Nick Cattoi Kick)	10	17
	FG	00:00	Justin Estes 36 Yd	10	20
FOURTH QUARTER				UCF	USM
	FG	12:18	Nick Cattoi 50 Yd	13	20
	TD	01:43	Damion Fletcher 5 Yd Run (Two-Point Conversion Failed)	13	26
	TD	01:22	Rocky Ross 5 Yd Pass From Brett Hodges (Pat Failed)	19	26

HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- Austin Davis threw for 253 yards and a touchdown to help Southern Mississippi beat Central Florida 26-19 in the Conference USA opener for both teams on Saturday night.

Damion Fletcher rushed for 103 yards for the Golden Eagles (2-0, 1-0), who outgained UCF 418-194 on offense.

Fletcher, who was held to 17 yards rushing in the first half, gained 86 yards on the ground in the second half. He also had six catches for 51 yards.

Davis connected with Leroy Banks for an 18-yard touchdown to give Southern Miss a 14-0 lead in the first quarter. Fletcher's 5-yard rushing score put the Golden Eagles ahead 26-13 in the fourth.

Hodges completed 15 of 26 passes for 158 yards and two touchdowns for the Golden Knights (1-1, 0-1). But the quarterback didn't get much help from the running game, which was held to 15 yards.