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Southern Miss edges Louisiana-Lafayette 35-31 on Jamarice Wilder TD

Kolby Peavy sparked the fourth-quarter rally with a 30-yard pick-six, and the Golden Eagles capped an eight-play, 75-yard drive with 58 seconds left to seal a homecoming victory over the Ragin' Cajuns.

HATTISBURG, Miss. (AP) Steven Robinson ran for three touchdowns and Jamarice Wilder raced 16 yards for the winning touchdown with 58 seconds to play and Southern Miss pulled out a 35-31 win over Louisiana-Lafayette on Saturday night.

Ja'Corian Norris returned the final kickoff 46 yards to near midfield but Lunch Winfield only had a 5-yard completion before throwing three incomplete passes and the Golden Eagles (2-5, 1-2 Sun Belt Conference) had the homecoming win.

Southern Miss pulled even at 28-all on a 30-yard interception return by Kolby Peavy five minutes into the fourth quarter. The Ragin' Cajuns (5-3, 2-2) responded with a 17-play, 7-minute drive before having to settle for a short field goal with 2:51 to go.

Wilder, who had 154 yards on 13 carries, scored the winner to cap an eight-play, 75-yard drive less than 2 minutes later.

Robinson had 145 yards on 22 carries with three touchdowns in the first half, which finished at 21-21.

Winfield passed for 299 yards, completing 22 of 41. Trenton Chaney had a 4-yard receiving touchdown and Anthony Regan Jr. had a 31-yard TD catch.

Louisiana Lafayette: At South Alabama on Nov. 7.

Southern Miss: At UL Monroe on Saturday.

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