Western Kentucky Hilltoppers vs. Southern Miss Golden Eagles - News - December 23, 2025 | FOX Sports

NEW ORLEANS BOWL

Western Kentucky

9-4

9-4

27

FINAL

16

7-6

7-6

RECAP

BOX SCORE

GAME STATS

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NEWS

Tychaun Chapman - Records touchdown Chapman posted three receptions (on six targets) for 50 yards and one touchdown during Tuesday's 27-16 defeat to Western Kentucky.

Impact For 2025, Chapman's latest touchdown is his third, which equals his career-high. Unlike 2024, when the running back also logged three TDs, he recorded more than 20 receptions from 25-plus targets. During 2025, Chapman caught 24 passes for 444 yards.

DECEMBER 24, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Jeffery Pittman - Logs another 10 carries Pittman logged 10 rushes for 55 yards and reeled in all two targets for 14 yards during Tuesday's 27-16 defeat to Western Kentucky.

Impact Unlike 2023 and 2024, the latter of which Pittman completely sat out, 2025 saw Pittman regularly log double-digit rushing attempts while healthy. He reached well over 100 carries for a total of 695 yards (4.5 averaged per carry) and eight touchdowns.

DECEMBER 24, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Braylon Braxton - Insufficient during bowl game Braxton completed 24 of 47 passes for 258 yards, one touchdown and one interception during Tuesday's 27-16 loss against Western Kentucky. He also had eight rushes for 21 yards.

Impact Braxton's passing touchdown was not enough to help Southern Miss defeated a Western Kentucky team that logged 27 points during their bowl game. Overall, he finished 2025 with 254 completed passes on 400 pass attempts for 3,053 yards and a 24-8 TD-INT ratio.

DECEMBER 24, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

K.D. Hutchinson - Negative yard during bowl Hutchinson caught 5 of 6 targets for negative one yard during Tuesday's 27-16 victory against Southern Miss.

Impact Concerning 2025, Hutchinson's latest log is his worst. During every other game then, he impressed, indicated by his 66 receptions (on 83 targets) for 618 yards and three touchdowns.

DECEMBER 24, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Matthew Henry - Logs 126 receiving yards Henry reeled in 7 of 11 targets for 126 yards during Tuesday's 27-16 win versus Southern Miss.

Impact For only the third time in 2025, Henry logged triple-digit receiving yards. The wide receiver finished his senior season with a strong output featuring 55 receptions (on 91 targets) for 888 yards (16.1 averaged per reception) and six touchdowns in 13 games.

DECEMBER 24, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Marvis Parrish - Finally logs rushing touchdown Parrish posted seven rushes for 65 yards and one touchdown and gathered in 0 of 1 targets for zero yards during Tuesday's 27-16 victory versus Southern Miss.

Impact Parrish has logged over 100 rushing attempts, but it took Western Kentucky's bowl game for him to finally log a touchdown. But because of his all-purpose yardage, 2025 was still a strong first season for the running back, who recorded 576 rushing yards and 203 receiving yards.

DECEMBER 24, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Maverick McIvor - Mixed performance during bowl game McIvor completed 12 of 19 passes for 199 yards and one interception during Tuesday's 27-16 win over Southern Miss. He also had eight rushes for 48 yards with one touchdown.

Impact McIvor's rushing touchdown marks his first since Week 1, and his 48 yards are a season-high. On the other hand, he failed to log any passing touchdowns and recorded more turnovers. They are why McIvor was dropped from starting quarterback, a demotion that cost the QB four games and limited him to 183 completed passes on 273 pass attempts for 2,062 yards and a 12-6 TD-INT ratio.

DECEMBER 24, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers

Southern Miss Golden Eagles

STANDINGS

CONFERENCE USA

SUN BELT

CONFERENCE USA		W-L	CONF	STRK
1	Kennesaw State	10-4	7-1	L1
2	Jacksonville State	9-5	7-1	W1
3	Western Kentucky	9-4	6-2	W1
4	Louisiana Tech	8-5	5-3	W3
5	Florida International	7-6	5-3	L1
6	Missouri State	7-6	5-3	L3
7	Delaware	7-6	4-4	W2
8	Liberty	4-8	3-5	L4
9	New Mexico State	4-8	2-6	L1
10	Middle Tennessee	3-9	2-6	W2
11	UTEP	2-10	1-7	L5
12	Sam Houston	2-10	1-7	L2

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EVENT INFO

Caesars Superdome

Caesars Superdome

New Orleans, LA

Dec 23, 2025

16,693

3 Hours 56 Minutes