The Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the University of Southern Mississippi as a member of Conference USA (C-USA). Since the establishment of the team in 1912, Southern Miss has appeared in 27 bowl games. In their latest bowl appearance, Southern Miss defeated Rice in the 2022 LendingTree Bowl. The win brings the Golden Eagles' overall bowl record to 12 wins and 15 losses.
Bowl games + List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach#BowlScoreDateSeasonOpponentStadiumLocationAttendanceHead coach References 1Sun Bowl1952Pacific TigersKidd FieldEl Paso, TX10,000 2Sun Bowl1953Texas Western MinersKidd FieldEl Paso, TX 3Tangerine Bowl1956West Texas State BuffaloesTangerine BowlOrlando, FL11,000 4Tangerine Bowl1957Tangerine BowlOrlando, FL12,000 5Independence Bowl1980McNeese State CowboysIndependence StadiumShreveport, LA42,600 6Tangerine Bowl1981Missouri TigersOrlando StadiumOrlando, FL50,045 7Independence Bowl1988UTEP MinersIndependence StadiumShreveport, LA20,242 8All-American Bowl1990NC State WolfpackLegion FieldBirmingham, AL44,000 9Liberty Bowl1997Pittsburgh PanthersLiberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis, TN50,209 10Humanitarian Bowl1998Idaho VandalsBronco StadiumBoise, ID19,667 11Liberty Bowl1999Colorado State RamsLiberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis, TN56,570 12Mobile Alabama Bowl2000TCU Horned FrogsLadd–Peebles StadiumMobile, AL40,300 13Houston Bowl2002Oklahoma State CowboysReliant StadiumHouston, TX40,300 14Liberty Bowl2003Utah UtesLiberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis, TN55,989 15New Orleans Bowl2004North Texas Mean GreenLouisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA27,253 16New Orleans Bowl2005Arkansas State IndiansCajun FieldLafayette, LA18,338 17GMAC Bowl2006Ohio BobcatsLadd–Peebles StadiumMobile, AL28,706 18PapaJohns.com Bowl2007Cincinnati BearcatsLegion FieldBirmingham, AL35,258 19New Orleans Bowl2008Troy TrojansLouisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA30,197 20New Orleans Bowl2009Middle Tennessee Blue RaidersLouisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA30,228 21Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl2010Louisville CardinalsTropicana FieldSt. Petersburg, FL20,017 22Hawaii Bowl2011Nevada Wolf PackAloha StadiumHalawa, HI32,630 23Heart of Dallas Bowl2015Washington HuskiesCotton BowlDallas, TX20,229 24New Orleans Bowl2016Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' CajunsMercedes-Benz SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA35,061 25Independence Bowl2017Florida State SeminolesIndependence StadiumShreveport, LA33,601 26Armed Forces Bowl2019Tulane Green WaveAmon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth, TX38,513 27LendingTree Bowl2022Rice OwlsHancock Whitney StadiumMobile, AL 28New Orleans Bowl2025Western Kentucky HilltoppersCaesars SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA
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