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1981 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team

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1981 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football
Independence Bowl champion
Tangerine Bowl, L 17–19 vs. Missouri
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumM. M. Roberts Stadium
Seasons
← 1980
1982 →
1981 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Pittsburgh       11 1 0
No. 3 Penn State       10 2 0
No. 8 Miami (FL)       9 2 0
Southern Miss       9 2 1
No. 17 West Virginia       9 3 0
Colgate       7 3 0
Virginia Tech       7 4 0
Navy       7 4 1
Cincinnati       6 5 0
Florida State       6 5 0
Holy Cross       6 5 0
Tulane       6 5 0
UNLV       6 6 0
South Carolina       6 6 0
Temple       5 5 0
Boston College       5 6 0
East Carolina       5 6 0
Northeast Louisiana       5 6 0
Louisville       5 6 0
Notre Dame       5 6 0
Rutgers       5 6 0
William & Mary       5 6 0
Syracuse       4 6 1
Richmond       4 7 0
Army       3 7 1
North Texas State       2 9 0
Georgia Tech       1 10 0
Memphis State       1 10 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team represented the University of Southern Mississippi in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 5Southwestern LouisianaW 33–7
September 19Tulane
W 21–3
September 26at RichmondW 17–10
October 3Texas–Arlington
  • M. M. Roberts Stadium
  • Hattiesburg, MS
W 52–9
October 10at AlabamaT 13–1376,400
October 17at Memphis StateW 10–0
October 31at North Texas StateW 22–0
November 7vs. No. 14 Mississippi StateNo. 20W 7–6
November 14at No. 20 Florida StateNo. 14ABCW 58–1451,819
November 21at LouisvilleNo. 9L 10–13
November 28LamarNo. 17
  • M. M. Roberts Stadium
  • Hattiesburg, MS
W 45–14
December 19vs. MissouriNo. 18L 17–1950,045
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "Southern Mississippi Game by Game Results". web.archive.org. 2016-08-28. Retrieved 2020-07-12.