NEW ORLEANS (Interstat)—Southern Mississippi will visit Tulane on Saturday in an NCAA Football Bowl Division game at Yulman Stadium, with both teams carrying 1-2 records into the matchup.

Southern Mississippi’s Golden Eagles have lost two of their first three games. Their most recent result was a 48-20 home loss to Connecticut. Landry Lyddy is the player to watch for Southern Mississippi. In that game, Lyddy completed 14 of 25 passes for 194 yards and a touchdown and ran three times for 11 yards. He also completed both of his pass attempts for 46 yards in a 49-3 win over Alcorn State. The Golden Eagles opened with that home victory over Alcorn State before falling 43-8 at Auburn. Ethan Hampton also played quarterback against Connecticut, completing 14 of 25 passes for 93 yards. Dusty Zimmer punted five times for 170 yards in the loss.

Tulane’s Green Wave also enter at 1-2. Tulane lost its most recent game 31-20 at Kansas State. Kadin Semonza is the player to watch for the Green Wave. Semonza completed 13 of 26 passes for 165 yards and a touchdown against Kansas State. Maurice Turner added seven carries for 64 yards and two catches for 31 yards with a touchdown. Johnnie Daniels ran 10 times for 59 yards. Tulane defeated South Alabama 28-24 at home after opening with a 17-3 loss at Duke.

Yulman Stadium will host the game, and the forecast at game time calls for 82 degrees Fahrenheit. Both teams are trying to find consistency in the early part of the season. Southern Mississippi will look to Lyddy to spark the passing game and avoid the mistakes that hurt the Golden Eagles against Connecticut. Tulane will lean on Semonza and a backfield that produced against Kansas State. The meeting gives each program a chance to move to 2-2 and build momentum before the remainder of its schedule.

Southern Mississippi is next scheduled to visit Troy, then host Arkansas State and Louisiana before visiting Louisiana-Monroe. Later games include a home date with James Madison, a trip to Louisiana Tech, a home game against South Alabama and a visit to Old Dominion. Tulane is set to visit Army, host Memphis and Texas-San Antonio, visit Charlotte, host Tulsa, visit Rice, host North Texas and visit South Florida.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Southern Mississippi 28, Tulane 26. Interstat’s ELO system projects Tulane with a 96.9 percent probability to win. Southern Mississippi has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of +17.5. The over/under is 52.5.