I do think it had an impact on our fan base and some of the things were trying to do.. Four different quarterbacks started a game and injuries hit the team hard. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Southern Miss Football. After 2013, Tulane, East Carolina and Tulsa made the move as well. Thats the pride that permeates throughout Southern Miss, the underdog program that regularly overachieved. Its a social state. The conference now spans from Norfolk to El Paso with few natural rivalries, especially for Southern Miss, the only founding football member still in the league. But sometimes, I think about that., (Top photo of Brett Favre: Allen Steele / Getty Images). When Bower took over in 1991, he did something his predecessors didnt: He stayed. Starters are marked with an asterisk (*). College Football Scores. The football field was Clevelands backyard and the coaches were his uncles. College Football at Sports-Reference.com Blog and Articles. . Former players are very proud of our program, and rightfully so. The 2005 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member the West Division of Conference USA (C-USA) during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Jan 4 @ Auburn, Southern Mississippi (6-9) Loss vs. Auburn, 57-80, 16. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Monday, May 1, 6:49AM. This page is not available in other languages. Or write about sports? Southern Miss Golden Eagles Roster. June 18, 20072006 RosterCoaches&nbsp | &nbspAlphabetical&nbsp | &nbspNumerical&nbspAlphabeticalNONAMEHT/WTPOSYRHOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOL)41Tokumbo Abanikanda6-0 . Nov 19 (Neutral), Southern Mississippi (1-1) Loss vs. Denver, 30-44, 3. Some school's results have been altered by retroactive NCAA penalties. Then interim head coach Scotty Walden left for the Austin Peay head coaching job. 6-6 (Overall) 4-4 (Conf.) Coaches. They beat big schools.. Mar 1 @ Tulane, Southern Mississippi (8-20) Loss vs. Tulane, 47-50, 29. 7 Houston in the C-USA title game, knocking the Cougars out of the BCS picture. Roberts Stadium (cap. Some school's results have been altered by retroactive NCAA penalties. In his first game, the Golden Eagles lost to Louisiana Tech on a touchdown pass in the final seconds. Coach Bower starts saying, Act like youre supposed to win! Johnson recalls. Play Index. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Big Ten, SEC, ACC, Big 12, Conference USA. With the win secured, Southern Miss punter Luke Johnson and his teammates went over to the water coolers. Do you have a sports website? The Golden Eagles won four of the first eight league titles and Bower was C-USAs Coach of the Decade. Left behind by conference realignment, USM has seen former rivals thrive, while the Golden Eagles are on their fifth head coach since 2012, including their third this year. The Golden Eagles beat Kentucky in his first game, but they didnt beat another Power 5 team in his tenure. Its the everyday blue-collar person. To find its way, Southern Miss must first figure out what it wants to be. Everyone wants to take that Central Florida step. Most Recent Games and Any Score Since 1869. Dec 3, Southern Mississippi (2-4) Win vs. New Orleans, 83-78, 7. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. The big question has been resources. See our list of forfeits and vacated games for more details. Theres no way to encapsulate how weird its been this year, Johnson says. Cleveland points to the records: 40-22-1 against Memphis, 23-9 against Tulane, 6-2 against UCF, 27-12 against ECU, 9-5 against Houston and 3-1 against SMU. A return to glory had become just a blip. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Southern Miss and Jay Hopson split after one game this season. Jan 28 @ UAB, Southern Mississippi (7-14) Loss vs. UAB, 73-87, 22. So you really need someone who can engage in the community, who can connect with our fan base and with recruits and with high school coaches in the area.. Join our linker program. students with such colorful names as A. People close to the program say local recruiting has to improve and that Hopson spent too much time recruiting outside the region with blanket scholarship offers. They played teams like NC State, Auburn and Texas A&M, Cleveland says. The official 2023 Football schedule for the University of Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles. Conference realignment had shifted the world around the Golden Eagles because they werent located in a major media market for television. When we left in 2011, we were kind of knocking on the door.. What was important at that time when that conference realignment took place were things that were not necessarily within our control. Dec 21, Southern Mississippi (4-7) Loss vs. Bradley, 43-56, 12. 2005 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team, "The Southern Miss Golden Eagles Official Athletic Site - Football", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2005_Southern_Miss_Golden_Eagles_football_team&oldid=1145067687, This page was last edited on 17 March 2023, at 03:16. Wed regularly beat the schools in the region. Some school's results have been altered by retroactive NCAA penalties. Roberts Stadium Pete Taylor Park Meet The Staff Golden Eagle Wheels Program Contact Us Eagle Club Sports Clubs Athletic Facilities M-Club Athletic Endowments This college football 2000s season article is a stub. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Monday, May 1, 6:49AM. Hired from his role as South Carolina defensive coordinator, Johnson inherited a team coming off 18 consecutive winning seasons and a 12-win season, and his team went winless. On the field, Southern Miss was a better program. Roster includes most starters and key reserves. Southern Miss was a founding member of Conference USA in 1995, and the league quickly became one of the top non-BCS football conferences. Its unlike other places Ive been around with the tradition and pride in whats been accomplished and who we are.. Mar 8 (Neutral), Southern Mississippi (10-20) Win vs. Tulsa, 66-61, 31. What does McClain want in that next coach? As the season unraveled, the coaching search had already started. Nov 30 @ Arkansas, Southern Mississippi (1-4) Loss vs. Arkansas, 35-77, 6. . North Texas B. Dec 10, Southern Mississippi (2-6) Loss vs. South Alabama, 51-75, 9. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. 6/18/2007 12:00:00 AM. 20 and upset undefeated No. Not a single win. Needing a coach on short notice, Southern Miss hired Alcorn State head coach Jay Hopson, who served under Bower from 2001-03 and 2005-07. Needing a coach on short notice, Southern Miss hired Alcorn State head coach Jay Hopson, who served under Bower from 2001-03 and 2005-07. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Football Its 2020, but for what this team has gone through, Im not sure theres a team thats gone through these kinds of midseason changes.. We still work to do that every day. Everybody wants to do the Boise State thing, says Austin Davis, the quarterback for that 2011 team and now the Seattle Seahawks quarterbacks coach. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. NFL/AFL stats for Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles players at Pro-Football-Reference. Nobody goes undiscovered anymore. People associated with the program are quick to point out USM has two Pro Football Hall of Famers in Ray Guy and Brett Favre, the same number as Ole Miss and more than Mississippi State, which has none. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Southern Miss had just renovated its weight room, from what Cleveland described as a rinky-dink YMCA facility into something more impressive. The 2006 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team represented the University of Southern Mississippi in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Beating BCS conference teams had become a regular occurrence. (Mississippi Gulf Coast CC), Meridian, Miss. Some school's results have been altered by retroactive NCAA penalties. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Jan 11, Southern Mississippi (7-9) Win vs. Tulane, 67-55, 17. Find out more. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Before a game against Liberty, Walden tested positive for COVID-19 and went into quarantine, and Tim Billings became Southern Miss third head coach this season. @SouthernMissFB. HT. To States credit, theyve started playing us again, says Johnson, now a radio show host on SuperTalk Mississippi. There is no indoor practice facility, and the pandemic has ravaged the finances of athletic departments across the country, though USM athletics has avoided layoffs. The 2005 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team represented the University of Southern Mississippi in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. According to 247Sports database, Hopsons first two recruiting cycles totaled around 350 offers each. My response to that is, great! Its about an identity. The NFL scout told Cleveland it was one of the worst things Southern Miss could have done, and the scout predicted the program would lose the identity that had fueled success for decades. But this next football hire will either make the program or kill the program. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. College Football at Sports-Reference.com Blog and Articles. It was the biggest employer in the community.. Play Index. The 0-12 season was bad, Johnson was fired, and the losing streak stretched to 23 games. Baseball Baseball: Facebook Baseball: Twitter Baseball: Instagram Baseball: Schedule Baseball: Roster Baseball: News Basketball Basketball: Facebook Basketball: Twitter Basketball: Instagram Basketball: Schedule Basketball: Roster Basketball: News Football Football: Facebook Football: Twitter Football: Instagram Football . Find out more. - Southern Miss continues an eight-game homestand this weekend when they face Arkansas State in a three-game Sun Belt Conference baseball series. 2005 Roster 40 2005 Southern Miss Football NO. That was the mentality. Jan 18 @ Houston, Southern Mississippi (7-11) Loss vs. Houston, 58-62, 19. Or write about sports? Mar 9 (Neutral), Southern Mississippi (10-21) Loss vs. UTEP, 47-66, College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com Blog and Articles. The Golden Eagles were led by head coach Jeff Bower and played their home games at M. M. Roberts Stadium. USM lost 56-35. University of Southern Mississippi Athletics Main Navigation Menu. Still plenty of reason to jump around and celebrate. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. The Golden Eagles were led by eighth-year head coach Jeff Bower and played their home games at M. M. Roberts Stadium. College Football at Sports-Reference.com Blog and Articles. We outkicked our coverage on that guy. The word around was that some boosters wanted to become Boise State, which had won the Fiesta Bowl the year before. Southern Mississippi. Different people have different theories about why the program cratered. The Golden Eagles have a lot more regional competition, much of which popped up just as their run of success collapsed. Find out more. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. But there arent guys slipping through the cracks like they were 20-30 years ago. He won, but he didn't win enough. SQ St. Petersburg, Fla/Lakewood 31 John Archie LB 6-2 221 r-Jr. 2vl Canton, Miss./Madison Central 39 Britt Barefoot K/P 6-0 174 So. Say Ellis Johnson around a Southern Miss fan and youll get a loud sigh in response if youre lucky. Last edited on 10 November 2021, at 20:05, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2005_SMU_Mustangs_football_team&oldid=1054564326, This page was last edited on 10 November 2021, at 20:05. From 1994-2011, under Bower and Larry Fedora, the Golden Eagles posted 18 consecutive winning seasons. Led by fourth-year head coach Phil Bennett, the Mustangs compiled an overall record of 56 with a mark of 44 in conference play, tying for third place in C-USA's West Division.[1]. Coach: Record: 7-5 (37th of 120) (Schedule & Results), Bowl Game: Won New Orleans Bowl 31-10 versus North Texas. . This was the moment Southern Miss had been building toward. Baseball Baseball: Facebook Baseball: Twitter Baseball: Instagram Baseball: Schedule Baseball: Roster Baseball: News Basketball Basketball: Facebook Basketball: Twitter Basketball: Instagram Basketball: Schedule Basketball: Roster Basketball: News Football Football: Facebook Football: Twitter Football: Instagram Football . College Football Scores. Thats just one perspective, Cleveland says. As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. But he was pushed out in 2007, a move that officially called a resignation. He had posted 14 consecutive winning seasons and was the winningest coach in school history, but 7-5 seasons werent good enough anymore. C-USA responded by adding teams like FAU, FIU, North Texas, Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee, UTSA, Old Dominion, Western Kentucky and Charlotte. Those are teams we just dominated for the longest time. High-profile incidents off the field, like attempting to hire Art Briles without informing school leadership and recruiting players connected to sexual assault cases at previous schools, cast the program in a bad light and upset school officials. Sports, Fitness & Recreation Hattiesburg, MS smttt.info/Football Born 1912 Joined February 2013. Check out the detailed 2005-06 Southern Miss Golden Eagles Roster and Stats for College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Fair enough. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Monday, May 1, 12:49AM. The success goes back further, to coaches like Bobby Collins and Curley Hallman, who turned success at USM into jobs at SMU and LSU, respectively. When Monken left, Southern Miss gauged the interest of Bill Clark, who had stuck around at UAB following that programs shutdown. Nov 18 (Neutral), Southern Mississippi (1-0) Win vs. Lamar, 79-76, 2. Height of bar is margin of victory Mouseover bar for details Click for box score Grouped by Month, 1. 4 Cal (led by Aaron Rodgers, J.J. Arrington and Marshawn Lynch) down to the wire, a close result that likely kept the Golden Bears out of the Rose Bowl. We call him E-Loss Johnson with 12 Ls, Luke Johnson says. Hopson posted four. Stats. Its also looking to return a sense of pride to Hattiesburg and the surrounding community. Later in the 2004 season, Southern Miss took No. The Golden Eagles were led by head coach Jeff Bower and played their home games at M. M. Roberts Stadium. A win in Memorial Stadium against a team a few years removed from a national title game appearance. McClain wants someone who will build the program, not just a roster. Everything around the program began to unravel. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. Read more about our data coverage. The 2005 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team represented the University of Southern Mississippi in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. In the next two years, that number increased to more than 500. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Im not sure that we could have done anything different, McClain says. Hopson posted four winning seasons in his first four years, but he never won more than eight games or finished as high as second in the division once. Southern Miss beat a Virginia team that played in the Peach Bowl and dominated Houston 49-28 in the C-USA title game. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Rick Cleveland literally grew up in the shadows of the football stadium. 2005 Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles Roster Previous Year Next Year Record: 7-5 (37th of 119) ( Schedule & Results ) Conference: CUSA (East Division) Conference Record: 5-3 Coach: Jeff Bower (7-5) Points For: 355 Points/G: 29.6 (41st of 119) Points Against: 272 Opp Pts/G: 22.7 (33rd of 119) SRS: 1.26 (58th of 119) SOS: -4.49 (93rd of 119) He was replaced by 30-year-old Scotty Walden, a fast-talking and exciting personality promoted from co-offensive coordinator who quickly went to work on changing the program in areas like nutrition. 2006 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2006_Southern_Miss_Golden_Eagles_football_team&oldid=1081849334, Southern Miss Golden Eagles football seasons, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using CFB schedule with named parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 10 April 2022, at 01:52. Thats the moniker that football took on.. 2004 Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles Roster Previous Year Next Year Record: 7-5 (37th of 120) ( Schedule & Results ) Conference: CUSA Conference Record: 5-3 Coach: Jeff Bower (7-5) Points For: 309 Points/G: 25.8 (54th of 120) Points Against: 298 Opp Pts/G: 24.8 (55th of 120) SRS: -1.09 (72nd of 120) SOS: -1.25 (76th of 120) Join our linker program. How did a program that posted just eight losing seasons from 1935-2011 lose its way? They were a member of the East Division of Conference USA. This was Nebraska, after all. Read more about our data coverage. Official Twitter of Southern Miss Football. Tim Billings is Southern Miss third head coach this season. VIP Glyn Dyar Mar 16, 12:50 PM. They need another Bower, people like to say. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Hes a rising star. Hopson was the lowest-paid public-school coach in C-USA at $500,000. Dec 19, Southern Mississippi (4-6) Win vs. Tennessee State, 84-74, 11. Feb 11, Southern Mississippi (8-16) Loss vs. UTEP, 72-77, 25. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. People want to feel connected, he says. A. They were the odd man out, Cleveland says. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Subscribe to The Athletic for in-depth coverage of your favorite players, teams, leagues and clubs. University of Southern Mississippi Athletics Main Navigation Menu. Part of our plan, and Coach Bower did a fantastic job, you find diamonds from small schools and rural parts of Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana. Follow Chris on Twitter @ChrisVannini, recruiting players connected to sexual assault cases at previous schools. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Dec 15, Southern Mississippi (3-6) Win vs. William Carey, 90-57, 10. Todd Monken took over in 2013 and built a nine-win team in 2015 that captured the C-USA West division title, but he left for an NFL assistant job right before signing day, another heartbreaking setback. They were a member of the East Division of Conference USA . Standing: 3rd tie (West) . For years decades, really Southern Miss regularly punched above its weight. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Roster includes most starters and key reserves. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? The 2020 Southern Miss season looked troubling before it even started. Conferences. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. College Football at Sports-Reference.com Blog and Articles. But theres one way they dont need to be like Bower. Dec 27, Southern Mississippi (5-7) Win vs. West Florida, 68-59, 13. There was a lot of confusion from some of the fans, says Jamie Arrington, a USM grad and host of the To The Top Talk podcast. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. He won, but he didnt win enough. Schedule [ edit] That likely means something around $800,000. All rights reserved. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. The 1997 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team represented the University of Southern Mississippi in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. Do you have a blog? Find out more. The Golden Eagles went from the fourth-longest active streak of winning seasons immediately into the ninth-longest losing streak in FBS history. Central Florida C. Arkansas State D. UCLA But Johnson and his teammates were told not to dump the water on Bower. (); : Do you have a sports website? Join our linker program. Then Jack Abraham opts out. Join our linker program. WT. The NFL Draft and NFL Draft Logo are copyright of the National Football League and in no way are owned by Ourlads Scouting Services LLC. Instagram Football: Tickets Football: Schedule Football: Roster Football: News Golf Golf: Facebook Golf: Twitter Golf: . Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. Feb 25 @ Marshall, Southern Mississippi (8-19) Loss vs. Marshall, 57-62, 28. Though new facilities can help in recruiting, Cleveland recounts a conversation he had with an NFL scout a number of years ago. (); : From 1949-68, head coach Thad Pie Vann posted a 139-59-2 record, winning two College Division national championships in 1958 and 1962, considered the small-college division before the NCAAs current divisional structure. School Streak Finder, Rivalry Finder. In the early stages of a search, athletic directors put out feelers to get a sense of who could be interested.
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