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51
▲ Above its 5-year level +6
Career62since 1936
Peak791981
Last 545seasons
#127 nationally · 1-4 (0-1 conf)
Résumé #129
Schedule so far #101
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
Southern Miss Golden Eagles
Sun Belt · Hattiesburg, MS · M. M. Roberts Stadium · Head coach Blake Anderson
Rival
Louisiana Tech · also Tulane
Building rivalry
20-13 all time (33 meetings since 1963)
Southern Miss leads
Last: lost 30-20 (2025)
Wants it back
program traits are earned from history
0national titles
0Heisman
0AP top-10
0All-Americans
56NFL picks
53.9%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1955. Every season →
Chemistry
47
47Foundation
48Gel
gel counts 40% so far
▲ Above its norm +5
early · #114 of 138
HC year1
Ret. starters9%
QB yrs w/ OC1
| Season | Record | Conference | AP final | Season rank | Rating | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026in progress | 1-4 | Sun Belt | — | #127 | 51 | Blake Anderson |
| 2025 | 7-6 | Sun Belt | — | #101 | 55 | Charles Huff; Blake Anderson |
| 2024 | 1-11 | Sun Belt | — | #133 | 28 | Will Hall; Reed Stringer |
| 2023 | 3-9 | Sun Belt | — | #116 | 51 | Will Hall |
| 2022 | 7-6 | Sun Belt | — | #87 | 58 | Will Hall |
| 2021 | 3-9 | Conference USA | — | #124 | 35 | Will Hall |
| 2020 | 3-7 | Conference USA | — | #70 | 50 | Tim Billings; Scotty Walden; Jay Hopson |
| 2019 | 7-6 | Conference USA | — | #83 | 60 | Jay Hopson |
| 2018 | 6-5 | Conference USA | — | #92 | 58 | Jay Hopson |
| 2017 | 8-5 | Conference USA | — | #99 | 55 | Jay Hopson |
| 2016 | 7-6 | Conference USA | — | #93 | 56 | Jay Hopson |
| 2015 | 9-5 | Conference USA | — | #62 | 66 | Todd Monken |
| 2014 | 3-9 | Conference USA | — | #109 | 52 | Todd Monken |
| 2013 | 1-11 | Conference USA | — | #122 | 32 | Todd Monken |
| 2012 | 0-12 | Conference USA | — | #121 | 37 | Ellis Johnson |
| 2011 | 12-2 | Conference USA | #20 | #25 | 74 | Larry Fedora |
| 2010 | 8-5 | Conference USA | — | #61 | 64 | Larry Fedora |
| 2009 | 7-6 | Conference USA | — | #65 | 63 | Larry Fedora |
| 2008 | 7-6 | Conference USA | — | #65 | 64 | Larry Fedora |
| 2007 | 7-6 | Conference USA | — | #71 | 61 | Jeff Bower |
| 2006 | 9-5 | Conference USA | — | #54 | 67 | Jeff Bower |
| 2005 | 7-5 | Conference USA | — | #62 | 65 | Jeff Bower |
| 2004 | 7-5 | Conference USA | — | #70 | 62 | Jeff Bower |
| 2003 | 9-4 | Conference USA | — | #50 | 67 | Jeff Bower |
| 2002 | 7-6 | Conference USA | — | #67 | 63 | Jeff Bower |
| 2001 | 6-5 | Conference USA | — | #49 | 69 | Jeff Bower |
| 2000 | 8-4 | Conference USA | — | #31 | 73 | Jeff Bower |
| 1999 | 9-3 | Conference USA | #14 | #18 | 78 | Jeff Bower |
| 1998 | 7-5 | Conference USA | — | #31 | 74 | Jeff Bower |
| 1997 | 9-3 | Conference USA | #19 | #23 | 75 | Jeff Bower |
| 1996 | 8-3 | Conference USA | — | #38 | 71 | Jeff Bower |
| 1995 | 6-5 | FBS Independents | — | #46 | 67 | Jeff Bower |
| 1994 | 6-5 | FBS Independents | — | #56 | 65 | Jeff Bower |
| 1993 | 2-8-1 | FBS Independents | — | #80 | 55 | Jeff Bower |
| 1992 | 7-4 | FBS Independents | — | #46 | 67 | Jeff Bower |
| 1991 | 4-7 | FBS Independents | — | #70 | 58 | Jeff Bower |
| 1990 | 8-4 | FBS Independents | — | #36 | 71 | Jeff Bower |
| 1989 | 5-6 | FBS Independents | — | #39 | 69 | Curley Hallman |
| 1988 | 10-2 | FBS Independents | — | #33 | 71 | Curley Hallman |
| 1987 | 6-5 | FBS Independents | — | #53 | 64 | Jim Carmody |
| 1986 | 6-5 | FBS Independents | — | #75 | 57 | Jim Carmody |
| 1985 | 7-4 | FBS Independents | — | #39 | 69 | Jim Carmody |
| 1984 | 4-7 | FBS Independents | — | #74 | 58 | Jim Carmody |
| 1983 | 7-4 | FBS Independents | — | #25 | 76 | Jim Carmody |
| 1982 | 7-4 | FBS Independents | — | #19 | 78 | Jim Carmody |
| 1981 | 9-2-1 | FBS Independents | — | #16 | 79 | Bobby Collins |
| 1980 | 9-3 | FBS Independents | — | #35 | 71 | Bobby Collins |
| 1979 | 6-4-1 | FBS Independents | — | #36 | 72 | Bobby Collins |
| 1978 | 7-4 | FBS Independents | — | #52 | 67 | Bobby Collins |
| 1977 | 6-6 | FBS Independents | — | #74 | 62 | Bobby Collins |
| 1976 | 2-9 | FBS Independents | — | #87 | 58 | Bobby Collins |
| 1975 | 7-4 | FBS Independents | — | #22 | 77 | Bobby Collins |
| 1974 | 6-5 | FBS Independents | — | #72 | 60 | P.W. Underwood |
| 1973 | 6-4-1 | FBS Independents | — | #56 | 64 | P.W. Underwood |
| 1972 | 3-7-1 | FBS Independents | — | #60 | 61 | P.W. Underwood |
| 1971 | 6-5 | FBS Independents | — | #40 | 66 | P.W. Underwood |
| 1970 | 5-6 | FBS Independents | — | #80 | 56 | P.W. Underwood |
| 1969 | 5-5 | FBS Independents | — | #100 | 48 | P.W. Underwood |
| 1968 | 4-6 | FBS Independents | — | #45 | 68 | Pie Vann |
| 1967 | 6-3 | FBS Independents | — | #56 | 63 | Pie Vann |
| 1966 | 6-4 | FBS Independents | — | #38 | 69 | Pie Vann |
| 1965 | 7-2 | FBS Independents | — | #70 | 59 | Pie Vann |
| 1964 | 6-3 | FBS Independents | — | #93 | 52 | Pie Vann |
| 1963 | 5-3-1 | FBS Independents | — | #67 | 59 | Pie Vann |
| 1962 | 2-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1961 | 1-2 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1960 | 3-2 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1959 | 2-2 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1958 | 3-0 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1957 | 2-3 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1956 | 1-2-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1955 | 2-0 | FBS Independents | — | — | — |
★ = a national title the school claims. Seasons before 1936 (the first AP poll) are the early era: shown in gray and rated on the same yardstick, but the all-time pool and program totals that matter most start in 1936.