Southern Miss Golden Eagles

The Southern Miss Golden Eagles and Lady Eagles (also known as Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles and Lady Eagles) are the intercollegiate athletics teams that represent the University of Southern Mississippi (USM), located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The Golden Eagles (Lady Eagles for women's basketball) compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level mainly as a member of the Sun Belt Conference (SBC).

The school's earliest nickname was Tigers. Thereafter came such nicknames as Normalites (from Mississippi Normal College, the early name of the university), Yellow Jackets, Confederates, and Southerners. Golden Eagles was selected in a student/alumni vote in the early 1972. Seymour d'Campus is the name of the modern-day mascot eagle.

Football

Southern Miss Golden Eagles college football

First Season
1912
Team History
Southern Miss Golden Eagles (1972-present) Southern Miss Southerners (1940-71)
Conference
Sun Belt Conference (2022-present) Conference USA (1996-2021) Independent (1912-30, 1942-47, 1952-95) Gulf States Conference (1948-51) Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1931-41)
Venue
M.M. Roberts Stadium (1932-present)
Key People
Players • Coaches

Programs by season

1950s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1952
January 1, 1953	vs. Pacific	Kidd Field
1953
January 1, 1954	vs. Texas Western	Kidd Field

1960s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1962
October 13	at Memphis State	Crump Stadium
1964
October 31	at Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium
1965
October 30	at William & Mary	Foreman Field
1966
October 8	at Mississippi State	Scott Field
1969
September 27	at Alabama	Denny Stadium

1970s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1970
October 3	vs. Alabama	Memorial Stadium
January 1, 1971	vs. Auburn	Gator Bowl
1971
September 18	vs. Memphis State	Memphis Memorial Stadium
December 30	vs. Georgia Tech	Peach Bowl (Atlanta, GA)
1972
October 28	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field
November 4	at LSU	Tiger Stadium
1973
October 20	at Florida	Florida Field
1974
September 7	at Tulane	Tulane Stadium
November 23	vs. Mississippi State	Memorial Stadium
1975
November 15	at Tennessee	Memphis Memorial Stadium
1976
October 2	vs. Auburn	Memorial Stadium
November 20	vs. Mississippi State	Memorial Stadium
1977
October 29	vs. LSU	Memorial Stadium
November 19	vs. Mississippi State	Memorial Stadium
1979
September 15	at Memphis State	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
November 10	at Tulane	Louisiana Superdome
November 17	vs. Tennessee	Memorial Stadium

1980s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1980
October 4	vs. Southern Miss	Memorial Stadium
October 11	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium
1981
October 17	at Florida	Florida Field
1982
October 30	at LSU	Tiger Stadium
1984
October 6	vs. Auburn	Vaught-Hemingway Stadium
1985
September 14	vs. Arkansas	Memorial Stadium
November 9	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
1987
September 5	at Memphis State	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
November 21	at Mississippi State	Memorial Stadium
1988
October 1	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium
1989
December 28	vs. Air Force	Liberty Bowl (Memphis, TN)

1990s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1996
October 19	at Alabama	Bryant-Denny Stadium

2000s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
2000
September 2	vs. Tulane	Vaught-Hemingway Stadium
October 14	at Alabama	Bryant-Denny Stadium
2002
December 27	vs. Nebraska	Independence Stadium
2003
January 2, 2004	vs. Oklahoma State	Cotton Bowl
2008
January 2, 2009	vs. Texas Tech	Cotton Bowl
2009
January 2, 2010	vs. Oklahoma State	Cowboys Stadium

2010s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
2011
September 24	vs. Georgia	Vaught-Hemingway Stadium
2012
September 15	vs. Texas	Vaught-Hemingway Stadium
2013
September 28	at Alabama	Bryant-Denny Stadium
December 30	vs. Georgia Tech	LP Field
2018
September 22	vs. Kent State	Vaught-Hemingway Stadium
October 6	vs. Louisiana-Monroe	Vaught-Hemingway Stadium
2019
November 16	vs. LSU	Vaught-Hemingway Stadium

Media guides and yearbooks

Media guides

1970s	1973
1980s	1987
2000s	2005 • 2006
2010s	2017
2020s	2020 • 2021