List of Southern Miss Golden Eagles bowl games

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The Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the University of Southern Mississippi as a member of Conference USA (C-USA). Since the establishment of the team in 1912, Southern Miss has appeared in 26 bowl games. In their latest bowl appearance, Southern Miss was defeated by Tulane in the 2020 Armed Forces Bowl. The win brings the Golden Eagles' overall bowl record to 11 wins and 15 losses.

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Bowl games

List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach [A 1]
#BowlScore [A 2] DateSeason [A 3] Opponent [A 4] StadiumLocationAttendanceHead coachReferences
1 Sun Bowl L 7–26January 1, 1953 1952 Pacific Tigers Kidd Field El Paso, TX 10,000 Thad Vann [1]
2 Sun Bowl L 14–37January 1, 1954 1953 Texas Western Miners Kidd Field El Paso, TX Thad Vann [2]
3 Tangerine Bowl L 13–20January 1, 1957 1956 West Texas State Buffaloes Tangerine Bowl Orlando, FL 11,000 Thad Vann [3]
4 Tangerine Bowl L 9–10January 1, 1958 1957 East Texas State Lions Tangerine Bowl Orlando, FL 12,000 Thad Vann [4]
5 Independence Bowl W 16–14December 13, 1980 1980 McNeese State Cowboys Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA 42,600 Bobby Collins [5]
6 Tangerine Bowl L 17–19December 19, 1981 1981 Missouri Tigers Orlando Stadium Orlando, FL 50,045 Bobby Collins [6]
7 Independence Bowl W 38–18December 23, 1988 1988 UTEP Miners Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA 20,242 Curley Hallman [7]
8 All-American Bowl L 27–31December 28, 1990 1990 NC State Wolfpack Legion Field Birmingham, AL 44,000 Jeff Bower [8]
9 Liberty Bowl W 41–7December 31, 1997 1997 Pittsburgh Panthers Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN 50,209 Jeff Bower [9]
10 Humanitarian Bowl L 35–42December 30, 1998 1998 Idaho Vandals Bronco Stadium Boise, ID 19,667 Jeff Bower [10]
11 Liberty Bowl W 23–17December 31, 1999 1999 Colorado State Rams Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN 56,570 Jeff Bower [11]
12 Mobile Alabama Bowl W 28–21December 20, 2000 2000 TCU Horned Frogs Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL 40,300 Jeff Bower [12]
13 Houston Bowl L 23–33December 27, 2002 2002 Oklahoma State Cowboys Reliant Stadium Houston, TX 40,300 Jeff Bower [13]
14 Liberty Bowl L 0–17December 31, 2003 2003 Utah Utes Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN 55,989 Jeff Bower [14]
15 New Orleans Bowl W 31–10December 14, 2004 2004 North Texas Mean Green Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA 27,253 Jeff Bower [15]
16 New Orleans Bowl W 31–19December 20, 2005 2005 Arkansas State Indians Cajun Field Lafayette, LA 18,338 Jeff Bower [16]
17 GMAC Bowl W 28–7January 7, 2007 2006 Ohio Bobcats Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL 28,706 Jeff Bower [17]
18 PapaJohns.com Bowl L 21–31December 22, 2007 2007 Cincinnati Bearcats Legion Field Birmingham, AL 35,258 Jeff Bower [18]
19 New Orleans Bowl W 30–27December 21, 2008 2008 Troy Trojans Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA 30,197 Larry Fedora [19]
20 New Orleans Bowl L 32–42December 20, 2009 2009 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA 30,228 Larry Fedora [20]
21 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl L 28–31December 21, 2010 2010 Louisville Cardinals Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, FL 20,017 Larry Fedora [21]
22 Hawaii Bowl W 24–17December 24, 2011 2011 Nevada Wolf Pack Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI 32,630 Larry Fedora [22]
23 Heart of Dallas Bowl L 31–44December 26, 2015 2015 Washington Huskies Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX 20,229 Todd Monken [23]
24 New Orleans Bowl W 28–21December 17, 2016 2016 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, LA 35,061 Jay Hopson [24]
25 Independence Bowl L 13–42December 27, 2017 2017 Florida State Seminoles Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA 33,601 Jay Hopson [25]
26 Armed Forces Bowl L 13–30January 4, 2020 2019 Tulane Green Wave Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX 38,513 Jay Hopson [26]
27 LendingTree Bowl W 38–24December 17, 2022 2022 Rice Owls Hancock Whitney Stadium Mobile, AL Will Hall

Notes

  1. ↑ Statistics correct as of 2021–22 NCAA football bowl games.
  2. ↑ Results are sortable first by whether the result was a Southern Miss win, loss or tie and then second by the margin of victory.
  3. ↑ Links to the season article for the Southern Miss team that competed in the bowl for that year.
  4. ↑ Links to the season article for the opponent that Southern Miss competed against in the bowl for that year when available or to their general page when unavailable.

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References

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  2. ↑ "Miners down Mississippi Southern, 37–14". The El Paso Times. January 2, 1954. Retrieved April 29, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Buffaloes' late stampede wins Tangerine Bowl". Orlando Evening Star. January 2, 1957. Retrieved April 29, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
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  22. ↑ "No. 21 Southern Miss sends Larry Fedora out with Hawaii Bowl title, record 12th win". December 25, 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2022– via ESPN.com.
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  26. ↑ "Tulane rallies for 30–13 win over Southern Miss in AF Bowl". January 4, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2022– via ESPN.com.
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