Ianno boots UTSA past Southern Miss on Thursday night, 12-10
UTSA football on Thursday night
(Photo courtesy of Jeff Huehn, UTSA Athletics)
UTSA football on Thursday night
(Photo courtesy of Jeff Huehn, UTSA Athletics)
Share this Story(Nov. 14, 2014) -- Sean Ianno's fourth field goal of the night, a 38-yarder with two seconds remaining, lifted UTSA to a 12-10 victory against Southern Miss in Conference USA action on Thursday night at the Alamodome.
It marked the fifth career game-winner -- second this season -- for the senior from Pflugerville, who helped the Roadrunners (3-7, 2-4 C-USA) improve to 6-0 all-time at home in the month of November.
Trailing by one with 2:17 left, UTSA marched 60 yards behind redshirt freshman QB Austin Robinson, who completed 6-of-8 passes for 51 yards. On third-and-seven, the Houston native found Kam Jones on a slant pattern for 10 yards and after an offsides penalty on the Golden Eagles (3-8, 1-6), he completed passes to David Morgan II for nine and Marcellus Mack for 19 to put the Roadrunners in field-goal territory at the Southern Miss 30. On the next play, Mack drew a pass interference call at the 18-yard line and Robinson took a knee on the next play to set up Ianno for the winner.
The Roadrunners led the majority of the contest, taking a 6-0 lead at halftime on a pair of Ianno field goals, one from 41 and a second from 28 with a minute left before intermission.
Ianno was good from 35 yards on the first drive of the second half to extend UTSA’s advantage to 9-0. That was set up by a 70-yard dash off right tackle by David Glasco II, who finished with a season-high 108 yards on 16 carries for his second career 100-yard game.
Southern Miss got on the board when Corey Acosta drilled a 36-yard field goal on the fourth play of the final quarter.
Two possessions later, the Golden Eagles took the lead with a quick-strike drive that went 87 yards on just five plays. Southern Miss QB Nick Mullens found Marquise Ricard on a corner route for 40 yards down to the UTSA 22 and then connected with Markese Triplett from 22 yards out for the only touchdown of the night by either team. Acosta's extra point made it 10-9 midway through the fourth quarter.
Robinson finished with a season-high 175 yards on 27-of-44 passing and Brandon Armstrong added 41 yards on the ground.
Defensively, Jens Jeters posted his second straight career high in tackles with 12, while Brian King added nine stops. Jim Thorpe Award semifinalist Triston Wade pitched in with seven tackles and his fourth interception of the season and 12th of his career.
UTSA (3-7, 2-4 C-USA) will play its final road game of the campaign next Saturday, Nov. 22, at Western Kentucky (4-5, 2-4 C-USA). Kickoff is scheduled for 11 a.m.
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