Southern Miss Golden Eagles

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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

Seasons

Southern Miss Golden Eagles football publications by season
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Football Venues S.B. Ballard Stadium