7:35 pm
September 19

Louisiana Tech @ Southern Miss

Who will WIN this matchup?

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (0-0)

@ Southern Miss Golden Eagles (0-1)

 

Current odds:

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs: (+175)

Southern Miss Golden Eagles: (-200)

 

• The line for this game is Southern Miss by 5 points.

• La Tech Senior running back Justin Henderson is coming off a 1,000-yard rush season after carrying the ball 188 times for 1,062 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns.  Henderson was the 13th Bulldog in program history to rush for 1,000 yards, and finished the 2019 season ranked 13th in the nation in rushing touchdowns (15) and 19th in total touchdowns (16).

• LA Tech Junior wide receiver Griffin Hebert finished the 2019 campaign ranked 35th in the nation in yards per pass attempt with 17.90. Hebert finished the season with 537 total receiving yards, averaging 41.3 yards per game.

• LA Tech Senior wide receiver Adrian Hardy led the Bulldogs in the 2019 season with 53.4 receiving yards per game. Hardy is 70 receiving yards away from reaching 2,000 in his career. Hardy would become the 13th Bulldog in program history to reach this milestone.

• Louisiana Tech returns its two leading kick returners in sophomore wide receivers Wayne Toussant and Smoke Harris. In kick returns, Toussant averaged 25.8 yards per game and Harris averaged 23.3 per game.

• LA Tech Junior defensive lineman Milton Williams and senior linebacker Ezekiel Barnett led LA Tech in sacks and quarterback hurries in the 2019 season. Williams had 5.5 sacks for 31 yards and Barnett had 4.0 sacks for 19 yards, while both record six quarterback hurries each.

• Southern Miss lost their season and home opener last week to South Alabama 32-21. Southern Miss did not turn the ball over in that game and QB Jack Abraham finished 22-32 for 314 yards. Southern Miss was behind in that game wire to wire.

 

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Southern Miss Golden Eagles
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