List of Southern Miss Golden Eagles football seasons

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

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• Note: Italicized numbers mean that the records are subject to change each week due to regular season or postseason games being played.

National Champions

Bowl Win

Conference Champions

Winning Season

Season	Conference	Coach (#)	Final Record	Bowl Game	Season 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
1917	Independent				No Team
1918	Independent				No Team
1919	Independent	Cephus Allen Anderson (4)	4-1-2
1920	Independent	B. B. Omara (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	Independent	William H. Saunders (8)	4-5
1929	Independent	William H. Saunders	2-6-1
1930	Independent	Josh 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	6-4
1936	SIAA	Allison "Pooley" Hubert	7-2-1
1937	SIAA	Reed Green (11)	7-3	Won Postseason game vs. Appalachian State 7-0	Appalachian State was previously undefeated and unscored
1938	SIAA	Reed Green	7-2
1939	SIAA	Reed Green	4-2-3
1940	SIAA	Reed Green	7-4
1941	SIAA	Reed Green	9-0-1
1942	Independent	Reed Green	4-0
1943	Independent				No Team
1944	Independent				No Team
1945	Independent				No Team
1946	Independent	Reed Green	7-3	Won Bacardi Bowl vs. Havana University 55-0	First Bowl Win in School History
1947	Independent	Reed Green	7-3
1948	Gulf States	Reed Green	7-3		Gulf States Conference Champions
1949	Gulf States	Thad "Pie" Vann (12)	7-3
1950	Gulf States	Thad "Pie" Vann	5-5		Gulf States Conference Champions
1951	Gulf States	Thad "Pie" Vann	6-5		Gulf States Conference Champions
1952	Independent	Thad "Pie" Vann	10-2	Lost Sun Bowl vs. Pacific 7-26	2nd Consecutive Winning Season
1953	Independent	Thad "Pie" Vann	9-2	Lost Sun Bowl vs. Texas Western (UTEP) 14-37	3rd Consecutive Winning Season
1954	Independent	Thad "Pie" Vann	6-4		4th Consecutive Winning Season
1955	Independent	Thad "Pie" Vann	9-1		5th Consecutive Winning Season
1956	Independent	Thad "Pie" Vann	7-2-1	Lost Tangerine Bowl vs. West Texas State 13-20	6th Consecutive Winning Season
1957	Independent	Thad "Pie" Vann	8-3	Lost Tangerine Bowl vs. East Texas State 9-10	7th Consecutive Winning Season
1958	Independent	Thad "Pie" Vann	9-0		8th Consecutive Winning Season Voted College Division National Champion (See NCAA Division II National Football Championship)
1959	Independent	Thad "Pie" Vann	6-4		9th Consecutive Winning Season
1960	Independent	Thad "Pie" Vann	6-4		10th Consecutive Winning Season
1961	Independent	Thad "Pie" Vann	8-2		11th Consecutive Winning Season
1962	Independent	Thad "Pie" Vann	9-1		12th Consecutive Winning Season Voted College Division National Champion (See NCAA Division II National Football Championship)
1963	Independent	Thad "Pie" Vann	5-3-1		13th Consecutive Winning Season
1964	Independent	Thad "Pie" Vann	6-3		14th Consecutive Winning Season
1965	Independent	Thad "Pie" Vann	7-2		15th Consecutive Winning Season
1966	Independent	Thad "Pie" Vann	6-4		16th Consecutive Winning Season
1967	Independent	Thad "Pie" Vann	6-3		17th Consecutive Winning Season
1968	Independent	Thad "Pie" Vann	4-6
1969	Independent	P.W. "Bear" Underwood (13)	5-5
1970	Independent	P.W. "Bear" Underwood	5-6
1971	Independent	P.W. "Bear" Underwood	6-5
1972	Independent	P.W. "Bear" Underwood	3-7-1
1973	Independent	P.W. "Bear" Underwood	6-4-1
1974	Independent	P.W. "Bear" Underwood	6-5
1975	Independent	Bobby Collins (14)	8-3
1976	Independent	Bobby Collins	3-8
1977	Independent	Bobby Collins	6-6
1978	Independent	Bobby Collins	7-4
1979	Independent	Bobby Collins	6-4-1
1980	Independent	Bobby Collins	9-3	Won Independence Bowl vs. McNeese State 16-14	Second Bowl Win in School History
1981	Independent	Bobby Collins	9-2-1	Lost Florida Citrus Bowl vs. Missouri 17-19	Final Ranking UPI #19
1982	Independent	Jim Carmody (15)	7-4
1983	Independent	Jim Carmody	7-4
1984	Independent	Jim Carmody	4-7
1985	Independent	Jim Carmody	7-4
1986	Independent	Jim Carmody	6-5
1987	Independent	Jim Carmody	6-5
1988	Independent	Curley Hallman (16)	10-2	Won Independence Bowl vs. UTEP 38-18
1989	Independent	Curley Hallman	5-6
1990	Independent	Curley Hallman Jeff Bower (17)	8-4	Lost All-American Bowl vs. North Carolina State 27-31	Brett Favre's last game Jeff Bower's first game as Head Coach (Bowl Game Coach)
1991	Independent	Jeff Bower	4-7
1992	Independent	Jeff Bower	7-4
1993	Independent	Jeff Bower	3-7-1
1994	Independent	Jeff Bower	6-5
1995	Independent	Jeff Bower	6-5		2nd Consecutive Winning Season
1996	C-USA	Jeff Bower	8-3		3rd Consecutive Winning Season C-USA Co-Champions
1997	C-USA	Jeff Bower	9-3	Won Liberty Bowl vs. Pittsburgh 41-7	4th Consecutive Winning Season C-USA Champions Final Ranking AP #19, USA Today #19
1998	C-USA	Jeff Bower	7-5	Lost Humanitarian Bowl vs. Idaho 35-42	5th Consecutive Winning Season
1999	C-USA	Jeff Bower	9-3	Won Liberty Bowl vs. Colorado State 23-17	6th Consecutive Winning Season C-USA Champions Final Ranking AP #14, USA Today #13
2000	C-USA	Jeff Bower	8-4	Won Mobile Alabama Bowl vs. #13 TCU 28-21	7th Consecutive Winning Season
2001	C-USA	Jeff Bower	6-5		8th Consecutive Winning Season
2002	C-USA	Jeff Bower	7-6	Lost Houston Bowl vs. Oklahoma State 23-33	9th Consecutive Winning Season Rod Davis, Conerly Trophy Award Winner
2003	C-USA	Jeff Bower	9-4	Lost Liberty Bowl vs. #25 Utah 0-17	10th Consecutive Winning Season C-USA Champions
2004	C-USA	Jeff Bower	7-5	Won New Orleans Bowl[1] vs. North Texas 31-10	11th Consecutive Winning Season Michael Boley, Conerly Trophy Award Winner
2005	C-USA	Jeff Bower	7-5	Won New Orleans Bowl[2] vs. Arkansas State 31-19	12th Consecutive Winning Season
2006	C-USA	Jeff Bower	9-5	Won GMAC Bowl[3] vs. Ohio 28-7	13th Consecutive Winning Season C-USA East Division Champions
2007	C-USA	Jeff Bower	7-6	Lost PapaJohns.com Bowl[4] vs. Cincinnati 21-31	14th Consecutive Winning Season Damion Fletcher, Conerly Trophy Award Winner
2008	C-USA	Larry Fedora (18)	7-6[5]	Won New Orleans Bowl[6] vs. Troy 30-27 OT	15th Consecutive Winning Season
2009	C-USA	Larry Fedora	7-6	Lost New Orleans Bowl vs. Middle Tennessee State 32-42	16th Consecutive Winning Season
2010	C-USA	Larry Fedora	8-5	Lost Beef O'Brady's Bowl vs. Louisville 28-31	17th Consecutive Winning Season
2011	C-USA	Larry Fedora	11-2	Won Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl vs. Nevada 24-17	18th Consecutive Winning Season
Totals	SIAA Gulf States C-USA	18 Coaches	559-372-27	11-12 Bowl Record	67 Winning Seasons 8 Conference Championships 11 Bowl Wins 2 Division II National Championships

Future Non-Conference Games

In addition to its usual conference games, Southern Miss is scheduled to play the following teams: (The opponent's current conference is in parenthesis)

2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
09/01 at Nebraska (Big Ten)	09/07 vs. Nebraska (Big Ten)	08/30 at Miss State (SEC)	09/05 vs. Miss State (SEC)	09/03 at LSU (SEC)	09/02 at Tennessee (SEC)
09/22 at Western Kentucky (Sun Belt)	09/14 at Louisiana Tech (WAC)	09/06 vs. Louisiana Tech (WAC)	09/26 at Nebraska (Big 10)	09/10 vs. Western Kentucky (Sun Belt)
10/06 vs. Boise State (MWC)	09/28 at Boise State (Big East)	TBD at BYU	TBD vs. BYU
TBD	TBD vs. Louisville (Big East)

All dates are tentative and subject to change.[7]

References