List of Southern Miss Golden Eagles football seasons

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This is a list of seasons completed by the Southern Miss Golden Eagles college football team.

National ChampionsBowl WinConference ChampionsWinning Season
SeasonConferenceCoach (#)Final recordBowl gameSeason results/notables
1912 Independent Ronald J. Slay (1)2–1
1913 Independent M. J. "Blondie" Williams (2)1–5–1
1914 Independent A. B. Dillie (3)2–3–1
1915 Independent A. B. Dillie 4–4
1916 Independent A. B. Dillie 0–3
1917IndependentNo team fielded due to World War I
1918Independent
1919 IndependentCephus Allen Anderson (4)4–1–2
1920 Independent B. B. O'Mara (5)5–2–1
1921 Independent O. V. "Spout" Austin (6)3–4
1922 Independent O. V. "Spout" Austin 2–6
1923 Independent O. V. "Spout" Austin 3–3
1924 Independent William Herschel Bobo (7)3–3–2
1925 Independent William Herschel Bobo 0–6
1926 Independent William Herschel Bobo 3–4–1
1927 Independent William Herschel Bobo 3–4–1
1928 IndependentWilliam H. Saunders (8)4–5
1929 IndependentWilliam H. Saunders2–6–1
1930Independent John Lumpkin (9)3–5–1
1931 SIAA Allison "Pooley" Hubert (10)2–5
1932 SIAA Allison "Pooley" Hubert 5–4
1933 SIAA Allison "Pooley" Hubert 3–5–2
1934 SIAA Allison "Pooley" Hubert 3–4–2
1935 SIAA Allison "Pooley" Hubert 6–4Would be the beginning of a long winning period where program would only suffer eight losing seasons overall and never have back-to-back losing seasons until 2012-2013
1936 SIAA Allison "Pooley" Hubert 7–2–1
1937SIAA Reed Green (11)7–3Won Postseason game vs. Appalachian State 7–0Appalachian State was previously undefeated and unscored upon
1938SIAA Reed Green 7–2
1939SIAA Reed Green 4–2–3
1940SIAA Reed Green 7–4
1941SIAA Reed Green 9–0–1
1942Independent Reed Green 4–0
1943IndependentNo team fielded due to World War II
1944Independent
1945Independent
1946Independent Reed Green 7–3Won Bacardi Bowl vs. Havana University 55–0First bowl win in School History
1947Independent Reed Green 7–3
1948 Gulf States Reed Green 7–3Gulf States Conference Champions
1949Gulf States Thad "Pie" Vann (12)7–3
1950Gulf States Thad "Pie" Vann 5–5Gulf States Conference Champions
1951Gulf States Thad "Pie" Vann 6–5
1952Independent Thad "Pie" Vann 10–2Lost Sun Bowl vs. Pacific 26–7First year of NCAA College Division independent
1953Independent Thad "Pie" Vann 9–2Lost Sun Bowl vs. Texas Western (UTEP) 37–14
1954Independent Thad "Pie" Vann 6–4
1955Independent Thad "Pie" Vann 9–1
1956Independent Thad "Pie" Vann 7–2–1Lost Tangerine Bowl vs. West Texas State 20–13
1957Independent Thad "Pie" Vann 8–3Lost Tangerine Bowl vs. East Texas State 10–9
1958Independent Thad "Pie" Vann 9–08th consecutive winning season
Voted College Division National Champion
1959Independent Thad "Pie" Vann 6–4
1960Independent Thad "Pie" Vann 6–4
1961Independent Thad "Pie" Vann 8–2
1962Independent Thad "Pie" Vann 9–112th Consecutive Winning Season
Voted College Division National Champion
1963Independent Thad "Pie" Vann 5–3–1First year of NCAA University Division independent
1964Independent Thad "Pie" Vann 6–3
1965Independent Thad "Pie" Vann 7–2
1966Independent Thad "Pie" Vann 6–4
1967Independent Thad "Pie" Vann 6–317th Consecutive Winning Season
1968Independent Thad "Pie" Vann 4–6
1969Independent P.W. "Bear" Underwood (13)5–5
1970Independent P.W. "Bear" Underwood 5–6
1971Independent P.W. "Bear" Underwood 6–5
1972Independent P.W. "Bear" Underwood 3–7–1
1973Independent P.W. "Bear" Underwood 6–4–1
1974Independent P.W. "Bear" Underwood 6–5
1975Independent Bobby Collins (14)8–3
1976Independent Bobby Collins 3–8
1977Independent Bobby Collins 6–6
1978Independent Bobby Collins 7–4First year as NCAA Division I / I-A independent
1979Independent Bobby Collins 6–4–1
1980Independent Bobby Collins 9–3Won Independence Bowl vs. McNeese State 16–14Second bowl win in school history
1981Independent Bobby Collins 9–2–1Lost Florida Citrus Bowl vs. Missouri 19–17Final ranking UPI #19
1982Independent Jim Carmody (15)7–4
1983Independent Jim Carmody 7–4
1984Independent Jim Carmody 4–7
1985Independent Jim Carmody 7–4
1986Independent Jim Carmody 6–5
1987Independent Jim Carmody 6–5
1988Independent Curley Hallman (16)10–2Won Independence Bowl vs. UTEP 38–18
1989 Independent Curley Hallman 5–6
1990 Independent Curley Hallman
Jeff Bower (17)
8–4Lost All-American Bowl vs. North Carolina State 31–27Brett Favre's last game
Jeff Bower's first game as head coach (bowl game)
1991Independent Jeff Bower 4–7
1992Independent Jeff Bower 7–4
1993Independent Jeff Bower 3–7–1
1994Independent Jeff Bower 6–5
1995Independent Jeff Bower 6–5
1996 C-USA Jeff Bower 8–3 C-USA Co-Champions
1997 C-USA Jeff Bower 9–3Won Liberty Bowl vs. Pittsburgh 41–7C-USA Champions
Final Ranking AP #19, USA Today #19
1998 C-USA Jeff Bower 7–5Lost Humanitarian Bowl vs. Idaho 42–35
1999 C-USA Jeff Bower 9–3Won Liberty Bowl vs. Colorado State 23–17C-USA Champions
Final Ranking AP #14, USA Today #13
2000 C-USA Jeff Bower 8–4Won Mobile Alabama Bowl vs. #13 TCU 28–21
2001 C-USA Jeff Bower 6–5
2002 C-USA Jeff Bower 7–6Lost Houston Bowl vs. Oklahoma State 33–23 Rod Davis, Conerly Trophy Award Winner
2003 C-USA Jeff Bower 9–4Lost Liberty Bowl vs. #25 Utah 17–0 C-USA Champions
2004 C-USA Jeff Bower 7–5Won New Orleans Bowl vs. North Texas 31–10 Michael Boley, Conerly Trophy Award Winner
2005 C-USA Jeff Bower 7–5Won New Orleans Bowl vs. Arkansas State 31–19 12th Consecutive Winning Season
2006 C-USA Jeff Bower 9–5Won GMAC Bowl vs. Ohio 28–7 C-USA East Division Champions
2007 C-USA Jeff Bower 7–6Lost PapaJohns.com Bowl vs. Cincinnati 31–21 Damion Fletcher, Conerly Trophy Award Winner
2008 C-USA Larry Fedora (18)7–6 Won New Orleans Bowl vs. Troy 30–27 OT
2009 C-USA Larry Fedora 7–6Lost New Orleans Bowl vs. Middle Tennessee State 42–32
2010 C-USA Larry Fedora 8–5Lost Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl vs. Louisville 28–31
2011 C-USA Larry Fedora 12–2Won Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl vs. Nevada 24–1718th Consecutive Winning Season
C-USA Champions
Final Ranking #20 AP, #19 Coaches
2012 C-USA Ellis Johnson (19)0–12Johnson fired after one season
2013 C-USA Todd Monken (20)1–11First time since 1934 that program suffered back-to-back losing seasons
2014 C-USA Todd Monken 3–9
2015 C-USA Todd Monken 9–5Lost Heart of Dallas Bowl vs. Washington 44–31 Monken resigned after season
2016 C-USA Jay Hopson (21)7–6Won New Orleans Bowl vs. Louisiana-Lafayette 28–21
2017 C-USA Jay Hopson 8–5Lost Independence Bowl vs. Florida State 13–42
2018 C-USA Jay Hopson 6–5
2019 C-USA Jay Hopson 7–6Lost Armed Forces Bowl vs. Tulane 13–30
2020 C-USA Jay Hopson / Scotty Walden (interim) / Tim Billings (interim)3–7Hopson resigned after first game, [1] Walden named interim coach.

Walden left mid-season to coach Austin Peay, [2] Tim Billings named interim coach.

2021 C-USA Will Hall (22)3–9
2022 Sun Belt Will Hall 7–6Won LendingTree Bowl vs. Rice 38–24
2023 Sun Belt Will Hall 3–9
2024 Sun Belt Reed Stringer (interim) 1-11 Will Hall fired beginning of season. Reed takes over for remainder of season.
Totals [3] 23 Coaches604–440–2713–15 Bowl Record71 Winning Seasons
8 Conference Championships
13 ‘’’Bowl Wins
2 Division II National Championships

References

  1. "Southern Miss Athletics Announces Change in Football Leadership". September 7, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  2. "Scotty Walden Named Football Coach at Austin Peay". October 27, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  3. "USM Football Almanac 2022" (PDF). Retrieved September 14, 2022.