HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) -- Gino Guidugli threw three of his school-record five touchdown passes to Hannibal Thomas on Saturday to lead Cincinnati to a 52-24 rout of No. 21 Southern Mississippi.<br>
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Guidugli was 19-of-26 for 308 yards for Cincinnati (5-4, 4-2 Conference USA), which snapped the Golden Eagles' 13-game league winning streak and beat a ranked team for the first time in four years.<br>
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His 80-yard touchdown pass to Thomas - the Bearcats' longest completion in nearly a decade - on the second play of the second half broke the game open. The two also connected on touchdown passes covering 15 and 47 yards, and Thomas finished with 168 yards on seven catches.<br>
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Cincinnati never trailed, turned three turnovers into 17 points and won its third straight since an embarrassing turnover-filled loss at Army that snapped the Black Knights' 19-game losing streak. <br>
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It was the first Conference USA defeat for Southern Miss (5-2, 4-1) since a 31-10 loss at Tulane in November 2002. The Golden Eagles were one win from tying their record of 14 straight conference victories, set in 2000, and fell behind 14th-ranked Louisville in the league standings.<br>
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Cincinnati's last win over a ranked team also came against the Golden Eagles, who were No. 24 in November 2000 when the Bearcats won 27-24. That was the last time Southern Miss was ranked until this season.<br>
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The Golden Eagles have lost three straight games as a ranked team, including twice this year. Southern Miss was ranked 24th last month when Alabama routed the Golden Eagles 27-3.<br>
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Cincinnati took a 10-point lead in the first quarter on two Southern Miss giveaways. <br>
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Jeremy Jackson intercepted Dustin Almond's pass and set up a 26-yard field goal by Kevin Lovell. John Eubanks fumbled the ensuing kickoff and Anthony Hoke recovered at the Southern Miss 20. Five plays later, Guidugli hit Doug Jones from 8 yards out to make it 10-0.<br>
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Guidugli also had a 20-yard touchdown pass to Brent Celek.<br>
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Almond struggled in his first game back in the Golden Eagles' lineup. Out for a month with a pulled hamstring, Almond was 12-of-26 for 187 yards and had a 1-yard touchdown run. He was intercepted twice and fumbled once.
