HATTIESBURG, Miss. (Southern Miss Athletics) - Goose Crowder threw three touchdown passes to lead Troy (8-4. 6-2 Sun Belt) to a 28-18 victory over Southern Miss (7-5, 5-3) on Saturday night in a Sun Belt Conference regular-season finale.

Crowder’s 7-yard touchdown pass to RaRa Thomas capped an 11-play, 85 yard drive that chewed up about five minutes and stretched the Trojans’ lead to 21-10 with 6:58 remaining in the fourth quarter. The pair also connected on a 75-yard touchdown with 3:16 to play.

Crowder completed 24 of 34 passes for 285 yards. He also had a 16-yard touchdown pass to Peyton Higgins just before halftime. Thomas finished with five catches for 118 yards. Tae Meadows added 94 yards rushing on 21 carries that included a short-yardage TD run in the first quarter.

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