Southern Miss at Louisiana Tech 11/19/21 - College Football Picks & Predictions

The Southern Miss Golden Eagles visit Joe Aillet stadium in Ruston, Louisiana on Friday to play the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. Southern Miss dropped to 1-9 overall and 0-6 in the Conference USA following a 27-17 loss Saturday to UTSA. Southern Miss has lost eight straight. The Southern Miss defense gave up 370 yards of total offense to UTSA but the Golden Eagles offense was held to only 189 yards of total offense and turned the ball over three times.

Jake Lange has passed for 843 yards with five touchdowns and six interceptions. The Southern Miss signal-caller has been sacked 22 times. Frank Gore Jr. is the leading rusher with 731 yards and two touchdowns, while the leading receiver is Jason Brownlee with 478 yards and four touchdown receptions. On defense, quarterback Malik Shorts is the leading tackler with 88 and lineman Josh Carr Jr is the leader in quarterback sacks with 4.0.

Louisiana Tech improved to 3-7 overall and 2-4 in the Conference USA following a 42-32 victory over the Charlotte 49ers on Saturday. The win snapped a five-game losing streak for Louisiana Tech. The Bulldogs gained 504 yards of total offense but allowed Charlotte 548 yards of total offense. Louisiana Tech quarterback Aaron Allen passed for 324 yards with two touchdowns and one interception and Marcus Williams Jr rushed for 131 yards and four touchdowns.

Quarterback Aaron Allen has passed for 520 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions while the leading rusher is Marcus Williams Jr. with 679 yards and eight touchdowns. The leading receiver for Louisiana Tech is Smoke Harris with 645 yards and five touchdown receptions. On defense, linebacker Tre Baldwin is the leading tackler with 83 and lineman Ben Bell has a team-high 3.0 quarterback sacks.