Gore runs for bowl record 329 yards, Southern Miss tops Rice
Southern Miss Back Frank Gore (3) runs for a 64 yard touchdown against Rice in the Lending Tree Bowl NCAA college football game against Rice, on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in Mobile, Ala. (Aimee Cronan/The Gazebo Gazette via AP)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Aimee Cronan]
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Frank Gore Jr. ran for an NCAA bowl-record 329 yards and accounted for three touchdowns to help Southern Miss hold off Rice 38-24 on Saturday night in the LendingTree Bowl. Gore, the son of the former NFL star, had a 64-yard scoring run in the second quarter, threw an 18-yard touchdown pass in the third and ran for 55 yards for another score in the fourth. He also ran 59 yards to set up the go-ahead touchdown for the Golden Eagles (7-6). Gore, who had 21 carries, broke the mark of 317 yards set by Appalachian State’s Camerun Peoples in the 2020 Myrtle Beach Bowl against North Texas. Gore broke the Southern Miss record of 304 by Sam Dejarnette against Florida State in 1982. Rice finished 5-8.
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Southern Miss Quarterback Trey Lowe calls a play from midfield in the first half of the Lending Tree Bowl NCAA college football game against Rice, on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in Mobile, Ala. (Aimee Cronan/The Gazebo Gazette via AP)
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Southern Miss Receiver Tiaquelin Mims catches an 18-yard touchdown pass in the second half of a Lending Tree Bowl NCAA college football game against Southern Miss on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in Mobile, Al. (Aimee Cronan/The Gazebo Gazette via AP)
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Southern Miss Wide Receiver Jakarius Caston (15) catches a 19-yard touchdown pass against Rice during the Lending Tree Bowl NCAA college football game on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in Mobile, Al. (Aimee Cronan/The Gazebo Gazette via AP)
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