The comeback started with a 71-yard touchdown to end the half and narrow the gap.
“I think the touchdown at the end of the half was big,” Dawson told reporters this week. “That’s the difference between 24 points and 17 points. You can kind of see the light at the end of the tunnel. They probably said the same thing on their side.”
Kentucky still had a significant lead in the halftime locker room, but they did not have the momentum. The Cats panicked; Southern Miss did not.
“It was really a tale of two halves.