2020 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team

The 2020 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team will represent the University of Southern Mississippi in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Golden Eagles will play their home games at the M. M. Roberts Stadium in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and compete in the West Division of Conference USA (CUSA). They will be led by fifth-year head coach Jay Hopson.

2020 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionWest Division
2020 record0–0 (0–0 C-USA)
Head coachJay Hopson (5th season)
Offensive coordinatorMatt Kubik (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorScotty Walden (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorTony Pecoraro (1st season)
Home stadiumM. M. Roberts Stadium
(Capacity: 36,000)
2020 Conference USA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
Charlotte  0 –0     0 –0  
FIU  0 –0     0 –0  
Florida Atlantic  0 –0     0 –0  
Marshall  0 –0     0 –0  
Middle Tennessee  0 –0     0 –0  
Western Kentucky  0 –0     0 –0  
Old Dominion†   –      –  
West Division
Louisiana Tech  0 –0     0 –0  
North Texas  0 –0     0 –0  
Rice  0 –0     0 –0  
Southern Miss  0 –0     0 –0  
UAB  0 –0     0 –0  
UTEP  0 –0     0 –0  
UTSA  0 –0     0 –0  
Championship: December 5, 2020
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • Note: † Due to COVID-19, Old Dominion has suspended the 2020 football season.
As of August 18, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Golden Eagles finished the 2019 regular season 7–6, 5–3 in CUSA play to finish in third in the West Division. The team was invited to play in the Armed Forces Bowl against Tulane, where the Golden Eagles took their sixth loss of the season.[1]

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
TBD

CUSA media days

The CUSA Media Days will be held virtually for the first time in conference history.[2]

Preseason All-CUSA teams

To be released

Schedule

Southern Miss announced its 2020 football schedule on January 8, 2020.[3] The 2020 schedule consists of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season.

The Golden Eagles had games scheduled against Auburn and Jackson State, which were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5] It was announced on August 6th, 2020 that Auburn would be replaced by Tulane, and Jackson State would be replaced by Tennessee Tech

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 3 South Alabama*
September 12 Louisiana Tech
September 19 Tennessee Tech*
  • M. M. Roberts Stadium
  • Hattiesburg, MS
September 26 Tulane*
October 3 at North Texas
October 10 Florida Atlantic
  • M. M. Roberts Stadium
  • Hattiesburg, MS
October 17 at UTEP
October 24 at Liberty*
October 31 Rice
  • M. M. Roberts Stadium
  • Hattiesburg, MS
November 14 at Western Kentucky
November 21 UTSA
  • M. M. Roberts Stadium
  • Hattiesburg, MS
November 28 at UAB
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[6]

Game summaries

South Alabama
1 2 3 4 Total
Jaguars 0 0 0 0 0
Golden Ealges 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 South Alabama Jaguars football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Louisiana Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 0
Golden Eagles 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team and Rivalry in Dixie
Overall record Last meeting Result
35–16 Oct. 19, 2019 LA Tech, 45–30

at North Texas
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 0 0 0 0 0
Mean Green 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 North Texas Mean Green football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–7 Oct. 12, 2019 USM, 45–27

Florida Atlantic
1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 0 0 0 0 0
Golden Eagles 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Florida Atlantic Owls football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–2 Nov. 30, 2019 FAU, 34–17

at UTEP
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 0 0 0 0 0
Miners 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 UTEP Miners football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–4 Sept. 28, 2019 USM, 31–13

at Liberty
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 0 0 0 0 0
Flames 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Liberty Flames football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Rice
1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 0 0 0 0 0
Golden Eagles 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Rice Owls football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–4 Oct. 26, 2019 USM, 20–6

at Western Kentucky
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 0 0 0 0 0
Hilltoppers 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–3 Nov. 23, 2019 WKU, 28–10

UTSA
1 2 3 4 Total
Roadrunners 0 0 0 0 0
Golden Eagles 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 UTSA Roadrunners football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–2 Nov. 16, 2019 USM, 36–17

at UAB
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 0 0 0 0 0
Blazers 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 UAB Blazers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–7 Nov. 9, 2019 USM, 37–2
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References
  1. "Southern Mississippi vs. Tulane - Game Summary". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  2. "Conference USA to hold virtual football media days due to COVID-19". ktsm.com. May 5, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
  3. "Football Announces 2020 Schedule". University of Southern Mississippi Department of Athletics. January 8, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
  4. Talty, John. "SEC moves to conference-only 2020 schedule, pushes back start of season". AL.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  5. Visser, David (July 21, 2020). "SWAC Suspends Fall Football Season". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  6. "2020 Southern Miss Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
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