There is a storied history that gets overlooked because the other schools are in the SEC.. But Johnson and his teammates were told not to dump the water on Bower. Coaches. . Bower had a point. That likely means something around $800,000. Mar 1 @ Tulane, Southern Mississippi (8-20) Loss vs. Tulane, 47-50, 29. I do think it had an impact on our fan base and some of the things were trying to do.. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. 2001 Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles Roster. What happened? Its a social state. Golden Eagles. NFL/AFL stats for Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles players at Pro-Football-Reference. But its harder to land those prospects. We werent supposed to carry ourselves like some like rinky-dink mid-major that didnt have a chance and just pulled one out of a hat. . Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Instagram Football: Tickets Football: Schedule Football: Roster Football: News Golf Golf: Facebook Golf: Twitter Golf: . Play Index. Tim Billings is Southern Miss third head coach this season. Starters are marked with an asterisk (*). Or write about sports? B. Stein, Irving Johnson, J. Its hard to explain to someone whos not close to it, athletic director Jeremy McClain says. B. Crofts and "Dinky" Johnson. 20 and upset undefeated No. Southern Miss had just renovated its weight room, from what Cleveland described as a rinky-dink YMCA facility into something more impressive. All three games can be seen on ESPN+ as well as heard on an affiliate of . This was Nebraska, after all. University of Southern Mississippi Athletics Main Navigation Menu. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Nov 18 (Neutral), Southern Mississippi (1-0) Win vs. Lamar, 79-76, 2. 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. Stats. Coach: What was important at that time when that conference realignment took place were things that were not necessarily within our control. Beating BCS conference teams had become a regular occurrence. Join our linker program. Multiple attempts to reach Bower for this story were unsuccessful. And can it find its way back? Mar 9 (Neutral), Southern Mississippi (10-21) Loss vs. UTEP, 47-66, College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com Blog and Articles. 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) Find out more. 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. Dec 3, Southern Mississippi (2-4) Win vs. New Orleans, 83-78, 7. After the 2012 season, fellow C-USA founders Houston and Memphis jumped to the new American Athletic Conference. 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Or when Favre led them to upsets of No. The Golden Eagles were led by head coach Jeff Bower and played their home games at M. M. Roberts Stadium. They are a member of the East Division of Conference USA. Its unlike other places Ive been around with the tradition and pride in whats been accomplished and who we are.. Unprecedented is putting it mildly. Record: 7-5 (37th of 119) (Schedule & Results), Bowl Game: Won New Orleans Bowl 31-19 versus Arkansas State, Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Monday, May 1, 6:49AM. 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. Feb 25 @ Marshall, Southern Mississippi (8-19) Loss vs. Marshall, 57-62, 28. But this next football hire will either make the program or kill the program. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Mar 4, Southern Mississippi (9-20) Win vs. East Carolina, 74-56, 30. University of Southern Mississippi Athletics Main Navigation Menu. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Coach Bower starts saying, Act like youre supposed to win! Johnson recalls. Schedule [ edit] Do you have a sports website? Then Jack Abraham opts out. From 1977-84, Southern Miss went 5-2 against Ole Miss. The ones who got left behind.. North Texas B. Roster includes most starters and key reserves. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Do you have a blog? Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Do you have a sports website? Bowl Record: 23 Bowls, 12-11, .522 W-L% (Major Bowls), Ranked in AP Poll: 2 Times (Preseason), 3 Times (Final), 56 Weeks (Total), Stadium: Carlisle-Faulkner Field at M.M. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. Jan 11, Southern Mississippi (7-9) Win vs. Tulane, 67-55, 17. 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. Everybody wants to do the Boise State thing, says Austin Davis, the quarterback for that 2011 team and now the Seattle Seahawks quarterbacks coach. We have to continue to adapt and adjust., Bower, who is now 67, has been out of college football coaching since 2007. The Golden Eagles went from the fourth-longest active streak of winning seasons immediately into the ninth-longest losing streak in FBS history. Find out more. Its 2020, but for what this team has gone through, Im not sure theres a team thats gone through these kinds of midseason changes.. 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. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. For years decades, really Southern Miss regularly punched above its weight. 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. Everything around the program began to unravel. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Its a name and a season folks dont want to talk about very much, and some of the things they do say cant be printed. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Monday, May 1, 6:49AM. Different people have different theories about why the program cratered. From 1994-2011, under Bower and Larry Fedora, the Golden Eagles posted 18 consecutive winning seasons. Mar 8 (Neutral), Southern Mississippi (10-20) Win vs. Tulsa, 66-61, 31. For one, it comes back to the community. A return to glory had become just a blip. How did a program that posted just eight losing seasons from 1935-2011 lose its way? The Golden Eagles beat Kentucky in his first game, but they didnt beat another Power 5 team in his tenure. We present them here for purely educational purposes. 7 in the nation and 12-0 headed into the game,. The official 2006 Sprint Football Roster for the Naval Academy Player Game Finder, School Game Finder. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. It was the biggest employer in the community.. 2005 Roster 40 2005 Southern Miss Football NO. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Ole Miss and Mississippi State get more attention in the SEC, but Southern Miss carved out its own pocket of support in the state with a deeply passionate fan base. The school has won in football for nearly the universitys entire existence. C-USA responded by adding teams like FAU, FIU, North Texas, Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee, UTSA, Old Dominion, Western Kentucky and Charlotte. 7 Houston in the C-USA title game, knocking the Cougars out of the BCS picture. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? This was the moment Southern Miss had been building toward. Join our linker program. We present them here for purely educational purposes. According to 247Sports database, Hopsons first two recruiting cycles totaled around 350 offers each. Four different quarterbacks started a game and injuries hit the team hard. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. ); : Jan 2, Southern Mississippi (6-8) Loss vs. McNeese State, 82-87, 15. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Subscribe to The Athletic for in-depth coverage of your favorite players, teams, leagues and clubs. Do you have a blog? 36,000), NFL/AFL stats for Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles players at Pro-Football-Reference, Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Monday, May 1, 6:49AM. Schedule [ edit] [1] 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. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. 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.. Fair enough. A few days later, Walden accepted the head coaching job at Austin Peay, which will play a spring season. All rights reserved. After 2013, Tulane, East Carolina and Tulsa made the move as well. Official Twitter of Southern Miss Football. @SouthernMissFB. Player Game Finder, School Game Finder. 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. Southern Miss Golden Eagles Roster. The school has not only cycled through coaches over the past decade, but athletic directors as well. As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. The Blazers also have a new football building and a new stadium on the way. The 0-12 season was bad, Johnson was fired, and the losing streak stretched to 23 games. Historically, Southern Miss has had the longest tradition of winning in the state, Johnson says. That was the mentality. Then interim head coach Scotty Walden left for the Austin Peay head coaching job. Visit ESPN to view the Southern Miss Golden Eagles team roster for the current season They were the odd man out, Cleveland says. 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) Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Southern Miss was a founding member of Conference USA in 1995, and the league quickly became one of the top non-BCS football conferences. Not a single win. Board of Directors Foundation Information Ways To Invest Circle Of Champions About Meet The Champions Football Parking Map Basketball Parking Map Baseball Parking Map M.M. Or write about sports? It means were doing something right.. The 2005 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team represented the University of Southern Mississippi in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. School Streak Finder, Rivalry Finder. The football field was Clevelands backyard and the coaches were his uncles. Dec 7 @ Sam Houston State, Southern Mississippi (2-5) Loss vs. Sam Houston State, 57-61, 8. Jan 4 @ Auburn, Southern Mississippi (6-9) Loss vs. Auburn, 57-80, 16. All rights reserved. 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. Its the everyday blue-collar person. Rick Cleveland literally grew up in the shadows of the football stadium. But they still beat powerhouse programs, including upsets of Alabama in 1953 and 54. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. There was an athletics dormitory underneath the east side, and when Clevelands parents worked at what was then called Mississippi Southern College, his family lived in that dorm for four years in the late 1950s. Southern Miss had defeated Alabama in 2000, Oklahoma State in 2001, Illinois in 2002 and a top-10 TCU in 2003. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? The Golden Eagles won four of the first eight league titles and Bower was C-USAs Coach of the Decade. The Golden Eagles were led by eighth-year head coach Jeff Bower and played their home games at M. M. Roberts Stadium. Jan 28 @ UAB, Southern Mississippi (7-14) Loss vs. UAB, 73-87, 22. Left behind by conference realignment, the Golden Eagles have wandered the wilderness for a decade. 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. Join our linker program. They need another Bower, people like to say. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. Record: 7-5 (37th of 119) (Schedule & Results), Bowl Game: Won New Orleans Bowl 31-19 versus Arkansas State. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. This page is not available in other languages. HATTIESBURG, Miss. HOMETOWN/HS/JC 9 Dustin Almond QB 6-2 214 r-Sr. 3vl Orange Park, Fla./Orange Park 36 Marcus Anderson DB 5-8 185 r-So. See our list of forfeits and vacated games for more details. Dec 21, Southern Mississippi (4-7) Loss vs. Bradley, 43-56, 12. Play Index. The word around was that some boosters wanted to become Boise State, which had won the Fiesta Bowl the year before. 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: Final Record: 0-2-0. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. Conferences. Or write about sports? Height of bar is margin of victory Mouseover bar for details Click for box score Grouped by Month, 1. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Originally it was Mississippi Normal College, the state teachers college. When Monken left, Southern Miss gauged the interest of Bill Clark, who had stuck around at UAB following that programs shutdown. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. University of Southern Mississippi Athletics Main Navigation Menu. That never happened back in the day, Johnson says. Find out more. 64.2K Followers. Find out more. Feb 11, Southern Mississippi (8-16) Loss vs. UTEP, 72-77, 25. With the win secured, Southern Miss punter Luke Johnson and his teammates went over to the water coolers. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Now theyre competing for recruits with the likes of Louisiana, South Alabama, Troy and Georgia State from the Sun Belt, as well as their new Conference USA rivals. The Golden Eagles have a lot more regional competition, much of which popped up just as their run of success collapsed. Most Recent Games and Any Score Since 1869. Theres no way to encapsulate how weird its been this year, Johnson says. Jan 14 @ Tulsa, Southern Mississippi (7-10) Loss vs. Tulsa, 63-72, 18. The schools havent played each other since. 13 Alabama in 1990. Do you have a sports website? Jan 25, Southern Mississippi (7-13) Loss vs. Rice, 61-67, 21. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Find out the latest on your favorite NCAAF players on . See our list of forfeits and vacated games for more details. In the early stages of a search, athletic directors put out feelers to get a sense of who could be interested. Standing: 3rd tie (West) . The 2020 Southern Miss season looked troubling before it even started. But sometimes, I think about that., (Top photo of Brett Favre: Allen Steele / Getty Images). 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. Sports, Fitness & Recreation Hattiesburg, MS smttt.info/Football Born 1912 Joined February 2013. Starters are marked with an asterisk (*). But when conference realignment hit around 2010, everything changed. Roberts Stadium (cap. Two of the Jackson Clarion Ledgers Dandy Dozen prospects live just outside Hattiesburg but are committed to Tulane: three-star quarterback Ty Keyes and three-star receiver Kanarius Johnson. Central Florida C. Arkansas State D. UCLA Latest on Southern Miss Golden Eagles cornerback Jay Hampton including news, stats, videos, highlights and more on ESPN 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. The Golden Eagles were led by head coach Jeff Bower and played their home games at M. M. Roberts Stadium. NAME POS. Conferences. The next coach needs to be someone who knows and embraces the culture. It was never designed to have an engineering school or a medical school. 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. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Coaches. The Golden Eagles were led by head coach Jeff Bower and played their home games at M. M. Roberts Stadium. 1895- First full season - After playing a few football games at the club level in 1894, the University of Buffalo started to embrace intercollegiate sports in 1895. (); : 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. You cant miss on this next hire.. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. He won, but he didnt win enough. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? All Players Share & Export . Who was named C-USA Defensive Player of the Year in 2005 from the Southern Miss football roster? Neither Fedora, now the offensive coordinator at Baylor, nor Monken, the offensive coordinator at Georgia, was made available for comment for this story by his respective school. That was Johnsons record. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Thats the moniker that football took on.. Others say that 2012 team had a good amount of talent but Ellis Johnson lost the team in the spring. The official 2023 Football schedule for the University of Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles. Former players are very proud of our program, and rightfully so. 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.
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