List of Southern Miss Golden Eagles football seasons

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

National championsBowl WinConference championsWinning 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 fielded due to World War I 1918 Independent 1919 Independent Cephus 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 Independent William H. Saunders (8)4–5 1929 Independent William H. Saunders 2–6–1 1930 Independent 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 6–4 Would 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 1937 SIAA Reed Green (11)7–3 Won Postseason game vs. Appalachian State 7–0Appalachian State was previously undefeated and unscored upon 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 fielded due to World War II 1944 Independent 1945 Independent 1946 Independent Reed Green 7–3 Won Bacardi Bowl vs. Havana University 55–0First 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 1952 Independent Thad "Pie" Vann 10–2Lost Sun Bowl vs. Pacific 26–7First year of NCAA College Division independent 1953 Independent Thad "Pie" Vann 9–2 Lost Sun Bowl vs. Texas Western (UTEP) 37–14 1954 Independent Thad "Pie" Vann 6–4 1955 Independent Thad "Pie" Vann 9–1 1956 Independent Thad "Pie" Vann 7–2–1 Lost Tangerine Bowl vs. West Texas State 20–13 1957 Independent Thad "Pie" Vann 8–3 Lost Tangerine Bowl vs. East Texas State 10–9 1958 Independent Thad "Pie" Vann 9–0 8th consecutive winning seasonVoted College Division National Champion 1959 Independent Thad "Pie" Vann 6–4 1960 Independent Thad "Pie" Vann 6–4 1961 Independent Thad "Pie" Vann 8–2 1962 Independent Thad "Pie" Vann 9–1 12th Consecutive Winning SeasonVoted College Division National Champion 1963 Independent Thad "Pie" Vann 5–3–1 First year of NCAA University Division independent 1964 Independent Thad "Pie" Vann 6–3 1965 Independent Thad "Pie" Vann 7–2 1966 Independent Thad "Pie" Vann 6–4 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 First year as NCAA Division I / I-A independent 1979 Independent Bobby Collins 6–4–1 1980 Independent Bobby Collins 9–3Won Independence Bowl vs. McNeese State 16–14Second bowl win in school history 1981 Independent Bobby Collins 9–2–1 Lost Florida Citrus Bowl vs. Missouri 19–17 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 HallmanJeff Bower (17) 8–4 Lost All-American Bowl vs. North Carolina State 31–27 Brett Favre's last gameJeff Bower's first game as head coach (bowl game) 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 1996 C-USA Jeff Bower 8–3 C-USA Co-Champions 1997 C-USA Jeff Bower 9–3Won Liberty Bowl vs. Pittsburgh 41–7 C-USA ChampionsFinal Ranking AP #19, USA Today #19 1998 C-USA Jeff Bower 7–5 Lost Humanitarian Bowl vs. Idaho 42–35 1999 C-USA Jeff Bower 9–3 Won Liberty Bowl vs. Colorado State 23–17 C-USA ChampionsFinal Ranking AP #14, USA Today #13 2000 C-USA Jeff Bower 8–4 Won Mobile Alabama Bowl vs. #13 TCU 28–21 2001 C-USA Jeff Bower 6–5 2002 C-USA Jeff Bower 7–6 Lost Houston Bowl vs. Oklahoma State 33–23 Rod Davis, Conerly Trophy Award Winner 2003 C-USA Jeff Bower 9–4 Lost Liberty Bowl vs. #25 Utah 17–0 C-USA Champions 2004 C-USA Jeff Bower 7–5 Won New Orleans Bowl vs. North Texas 31–10 Michael Boley, Conerly Trophy Award Winner 2005 C-USA Jeff Bower 7–5 Won New Orleans Bowl vs. Arkansas State 31–19 12th Consecutive Winning Season 2006 C-USA Jeff Bower 9–5 Won 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 7–6 Lost New Orleans Bowl vs. Middle Tennessee State 42–32 2010 C-USA Larry Fedora 8–5 Lost Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl vs. Louisville 28–31 2011 C-USA Larry Fedora 12–2Won Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl vs. Nevada 24–17 18th Consecutive Winning SeasonC-USA ChampionsFinal Ranking #20 AP, #19 Coaches 2012 C-USA Ellis Johnson (19) 0–12 Johnson fired after one season 2013 C-USA Todd Monken (20) 1–11 First time since 1934 that program suffered back-to-back losing seasons 2014 C-USA Todd Monken 3–9 2015 C-USA Todd Monken 9–5 Lost Heart of Dallas Bowl vs. Washington 44–31 Monken resigned after season 2016 C-USA Jay Hopson (21) 7–6 Won New Orleans Bowl vs. Louisiana-Lafayette 28–21 2017 C-USA Jay Hopson 8–5 Lost Independence Bowl vs. Florida State 13–42 2018 C-USA Jay Hopson 6–5 2019 C-USA Jay Hopson 7–6 Lost Armed Forces Bowl vs. Tulane 13–30 2020 C-USA Jay Hopson / Scotty Walden (interim) / Tim Billings (interim) 3–7 Hopson resigned after first game, Walden named interim coach. Walden left mid-season to coach Austin Peay, Tim Billings named interim coach. 2021 C-USA Will Hall (22) 3–9 2022 Sun Belt Will Hall 7–6Won LendingTree Bowl vs. Rice 38–242023Sun BeltWill Hall3–9 2024 Sun Belt Reed Stringer (interim) 1–11 Will Hall fired beginning of season. Reed takes over for remainder of season. 2025 Sun Belt Charles Huff7–6Lost New Orleans Bowl vs. Western Kentucky 27-16 Totals 23 Coaches 604–440–27 13–16 Bowl Record 71 Winning Seasons8 Conference Championships13 Bowl Wins2 Division II National Championships

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