COLLEGE FOOTBALL Nebraska passes to fourth win

The Cornhuskers threw their first two TD passes against Southern Miss.
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HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- Nebraska was having a hard time running through Southern Mississippi's tightly packed defense. So, the Cornhuskers threw over it.
Jammal Lord threw two long touchdowns less than two minutes apart in the third quarter as No. 15 Nebraska surprised Southern Miss with its passing game in a 38-14 victory Thursday night.
They were Nebraska's first two TD passes of the season.
Lord was 6-for-14 for a season-high 124 yards and no interceptions. He also ran for a score.
Southern Miss (2-2) held the Cornhuskers (4-0) to 141 yards rushing, less than half of what they had been averaging per game.
"They were committing to the run, that was obvious," Nebraska coach Frank Solich said. "We did try to run it enough to where when the big play opportunity came in the pass, we were able to get it done."
Five turnovers for Golden Eagles
Playing in front of a record home crowd of 36,125, the Golden Eagles never gave themselves a chance to pull the upset. Southern Miss committed five turnovers and the Cornhuskers turned the first three into touchdowns.
Lord took plenty of criticism for his ineffective passing as the Cornhuskers went 7-7 last season, their worst record in 40 years. And Nebraska had all but abandoned the forward pass in its first three games this season, throwing it an average of 13 times a game.
The Cornhuskers threw six passes in beating Penn State 18-10 in their last game.
But when the Huskers needed a big play to regain momentum against the Golden Eagles, they went to the air.
Southern Miss was fooled badly on a play-action fake by Lord and let Ross Pilkington run free down the middle. Lord hit Pilkington in stride for a 44-yard score that made it 24-7 with 9:51 remaining in the third.
The Cornhuskers won for just the second time in their last nine games away from Lincoln.
Nebraska's top-ranked defense, led by linebacker Demorrio Williams, smothered the punchless Golden Eagles. Williams had 10 tackles, a sack and recovered a fumble.
Southern Miss, which was averaging 14 points a game coming in, managed just 144 yards, eight first downs and one score against Nebraska's starters.
Nebraska led 17-0 in the first quarter as the Golden Eagles bumbled and stumbled through the first eight minutes, committing two turnovers and shanking a punt.
The Cornhuskers first three drives started in Southern Miss territory.
Special teams got the Golden Eagles back in the game just before halftime.
Marvin Young broke free for a 37-yard punt return that set up a 1-yard TD run by Timmy Blackwell to make it 17-7 at the half.
Coastal Carolina 49, North Greenville 39
GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Aundres Perkins rushed for 206 yards and three touchdowns on 34 carries to help Coastal Carolina defeat North Greenville.
The Crusaders (0-4) scored 17 points to take a 10-point lead. But the Chanticleers (2-2) reeled off 35 points in a 9:20 span.