Battle for the Bell (Southern Miss–Tulane)

Battle for the Bell

Sport	Football
Teams	Southern Miss Golden Eagles Tulane Green Wave

The Battle for the Bell is an American college football rivalry game between the University of Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles and Tulane University Green Wave football teams. The two schools are located about 110 miles from each other (Southern Miss in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and Tulane in New Orleans, Louisiana) via Interstate 10 and Interstate 59, making for a heated game.

The two teams played annually beginning in 1979, until the reconfiguration of Conference USA in 2006 caused it to be played two out of four years as a cross-divisional conference match-up. The series became a trophy game in 1999 with the addition of the Bell. The most recent game, a 46–30 victory by the Golden Eagles, was played in New Orleans in 2010. Southern Miss holds a 23–7 lead in the series. The schools have not played the game since 2010, and the series was on hiatus after Tulane's move to the American Athletic Conference (AAC) in July 2014. On April 13, 2017, the schools announced a return of the rivalry—a four-game football series between 2022 and 2027, the first being held at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans.

Game results

Southern Miss victories

Tulane victories

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	October 13, 1979	Hattiesburg	Tulane	20–19
2	September 6, 1980	New Orleans	Southern Miss	17–14
3	September 19, 1981	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	21–3
4	October 16, 1982	New Orleans	Southern Miss	22–10
5	October 22, 1983	Hattiesburg	Tulane	14–7
6	October 13, 1984	New Orleans	Tulane	35–7
7	November 23, 1985	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	24–6
8	October 25, 1986	New Orleans	Tulane	35–20
9	September 19, 1987	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	31–24
10	October 8, 1988	New Orleans	Southern Miss	38–13
11	October 7, 1989	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	30–21
12	October 13, 1990	New Orleans	Southern Miss	20–14
13	October 19, 1991	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	47–14
14	October 15, 1992	New Orleans	Southern Miss	17–7
15	November 6, 1993	Hattiesburg	Tulane	17–15
16	September 3, 1994	New Orleans	Southern Miss	25–10

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
17	September 30, 1995	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	45–0
18	October 26, 1996	New Orleans	#24 Southern Miss	31–28
19	October 25, 1997	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	34–13
20	October 3, 1998	New Orleans	#25 Tulane	21–7
21	September 6, 1999	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	48–14
22	October 14, 2000	New Orleans	#16 Southern Miss	56–24
23	November 17, 2001	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	59–6
24	November 23, 2002	New Orleans	Tulane	31–10
25	November 15, 2003	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	28–14
26	September 25, 2004	New Orleans	Southern Miss	32–14
27	November 26, 2005	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	26–7
28	November 11, 2006	New Orleans	Southern Miss	31–3
29	October 24, 2009	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	43–6
30	November 6, 2010	New Orleans	Southern Miss	46–30
31	September 12, 2022	New Orleans
Series: Southern Miss leads 23–7

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games