2008 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team

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2008 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football
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New Orleans Bowl champion
New Orleans Bowl, W 30–27 OT vs. Troy
Conference Conference USA
DivisionEast Division
Record7–6 (4–4 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDarrell Wyatt (1st season)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinatorTodd Bradford (1st season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium M. M. Roberts Stadium
Seasons
  2007
2009  
2008 Conference USA football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
East Carolina x$  6 2   9 5  
Memphis  4 4   6 7  
Southern Miss  4 4   7 6  
UAB  3 5   4 8  
UCF  3 5   4 8  
Marshall  3 5   4 8  
West Division
Tulsa xy  7 1   11 3  
Rice x  7 1   10 3  
Houston  6 2   8 5  
UTEP  4 4   5 7  
Tulane  1 7   2 10  
SMU  0 8   1 11  
Championship: East Carolina 27, Tulsa 24
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team represented the University of Southern Mississippi in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Golden Eagles were led by first-year head coach Larry Fedora and played their home games at M. M. Roberts Stadium. They are a member of the East Division of Conference USA. They finished the season 76, 44 in C-USA play. They were invited to the New Orleans Bowl where they defeated Troy, 3027.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 306:00 pm Louisiana-Lafayette *W 51–2132,792
September 611:30 amat No. 9 Auburn * LFS L 13–2787,451
September 136:00 pmat Arkansas State *W 27–2425,938
September 202:30 pm Marshall
  • M. M. Roberts Stadium
  • Hattiesburg, MS
CSS L 27–3428,178
October 46:00 pm UTEP
  • M. M. Roberts Stadium
  • Hattiesburg, MS
L 37–40 2OT28,788
October 117:00 pmNo. 15 Boise State *
  • M. M. Roberts Stadium
  • Hattiesburg, MS
CBSCS L 7–2430,912
October 182:00 pmat Rice L 40–4511,117
October 257:00 pmat Memphis CBSCSL 30–3624,034
November 17:00 pm UAB Dagger-14-plain.png
  • M. M. Roberts Stadium
  • Hattiesburg, MS
CSSW 70–1429,281
November 82:30 pmat UCF W 17–641,652
November 152:00 pm East Carolina
  • M. M. Roberts Stadium
  • Hattiesburg, MS
W 21–330,658
November 292:00 pmat SMU W 28–1213,020
December 217:00 pmvs. Troy * ESPN W 30–27 OT30,197

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