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Southern Mississippi Football Team History

Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS
Founded: 1910
Stadium: Roberts Stadium
Capacity: 33,000
Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Will Hall
Conference: Sun Belt-West

Southern Mississippi

Team Timeline
First Team: 1912
1943 - No Team fielded World War II between 1943-1945.
2020 - Hopson resigned after first game. Walden named interim coach.
2020 - Walden left mid-season to coach Austin Peay. Tim Billings named interim coach.

Championships
National Championships
None
Conference Championships
1948, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1962, 1996, 1997 1999, 2003, 2011
Division Championships
2006, 2011, 2015

Team Records
Overall Record	616-473-27
Winning Pct.	57%
Vacated Wins	0
Forfeit Games	0
Adjusted Record	616-473-27
Winning Pct.	57%
National Championships	0
Conference Titles	10
Division Titles	3
Conference Record	122-100-0
All American Players
NFL Players (#2)
Home Record	364-147-13
Away Record	239-314-14

By The Numbers
Seasons	108
Winning Seasons (#1)	77
Losing Seasons (#1)	27
Most Wins in A Season	12 (2011)
Most Loses in A Season	12 (2012)
10 Win Seasons	3
Most Points Scored in a Game	113 (10/15/1921)
Most Points Scored in a Season	590 (2015)
Most Points Allowed in a Game	83 (9/29/1928)
Most Points Allowed in a Season	503 (2013)
Largest Margin of Victory	113 (10/15/1921)
Largest Margin of Defeat	83 (9/29/1928)
Most Points Both Teams in a Game	113 (10/15/1921)
Last Shutout	9/11/2021
Last Time Shutout	8/31/2024
Shutouts All-Time	174
Been Shutout All-Time	98

Streaks
Longest Win	14 (10/8/1955-11/10/1956)
Longest Losing	23 (9/1/2012-11/23/2013)

Bowl Records
Overall Record	13-15-0
Rose	0-0-0
Cotton	0-0-0
Orange	0-0-0
Fiesta	0-0-0
Sugar	0-0-0

By the Decade
2020-29	17-42
2010-19	61-67
2000-09	74-52
1990-99	66-47
1980-89	71-41-1
1970-79	55-53-3
1960-69	62-33-1
1950-59	75-28-1
1940-49	48-16-1
1930-39	47-36-9
1920-29	28-43-6

Next Game

2024 Season

Sat., Aug. 31	@ Kentucky	0-31 L
Sat., Sep. 7	vs. Southeastern Louisiana	35-10 W
Sat., Sep. 14	vs. South Florida	24-49 L
Sat., Sep. 21	@ Jacksonville State	7-44 L
Sat., Sep. 28	OPEN
Sat., Oct. 5	vs. Louisiana	13-23 L
Sat., Oct. 12	@ Louisiana Monroe	21-38 L
Sat., Oct. 19	vs. Arkansas State	28-44 L
Sat., Oct. 26	@ James Madison	15-32 L
Sat., Nov. 2	OPEN
Sat., Nov. 9	vs. Marshall	3-37 L
Sat., Nov. 16	@ Texas State	3-58 L
Sat., Nov. 23	vs. South Alabama	14-35 L
Sat., Nov. 30	@ Troy	20-52 L

2024 Season Totals
Record	1-11
Scoring	183-453
Conference Record	0-8
Home Record	1-5
Away Record	0-6

2024 Sun Belt West Standings
Season		Conference
Louisiana	10-3	7-1
Arkansas State	7-5	5-3
South Alabama	6-6	5-3
Texas State	7-5	5-3
Louisiana Monroe	5-7	3-5
Troy	4-8	3-5
Southern Mississippi	1-11	0-8

Longest Running Rivalry
Southern Mississippi & Memphis have played 63 games.
Southern Mississippi has won 40 games.
Memphis has won 22 games.
with 1 tie games.

Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
Scoring	Record
less than 10	2-30
10 or more	150-131
20 or more	143-68
30 or more	96-23
40 or more	51-5

Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
Points Allowed	Record
less than 10	41-0
10 or more	111-161
20 or more	63-152
30 or more	16-108
40 or more	3-54

Some records may be incomplete.

NOTES:
(1) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 8 games.
(2) NFL Players counted for any player that participated in a regular season game.

Great Moments in College Football History

Chief Osceola, the Florida State mascot who rides out and plants a flaming spear at midfield before each home game, has been approved by Florida's Seminole Indian Tribe.