1996 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team
The 1996 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team represented the University of Southern Mississippi in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Golden Eagles were led by seventh-year head coach Jeff Bower and played their home games at M. M. Roberts Stadium. In the inaugural season of Conference USA, Southern Miss claimed a share of the conference championship with Houston after finishing 4–1 in conference, and 8–3 overall.
| 1996 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football | |
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C-U co-champion | |
| Conference | Conference USA |
| 1996 record | 8–3 (4–1 C-USA) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Norman Joseph (3rd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | John Thompson (5th season) |
| Home stadium | M. M. Roberts Stadium (capacity: 33,000) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston + | 4 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Miss + | 4 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 2 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 2 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis | 2 | – | 3 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 1 | – | 4 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Source |
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| August 31 | at Georgia* | W 11–7 | |||
| September 7 | at No. 14 Alabama* | L 10–20 | [1] | ||
| September 14 | Utah State* | W 31–24 | |||
| September 21 | Southwestern Louisiana* |
| W 52–27 | ||
| September 28 | at Louisville | W 24–7 | |||
| October 10 | at East Carolina* | W 28–7 | [2] | ||
| October 19 | Memphis |
| W 16–0 | ||
| October 26 | at Tulane | No. 24 | W 31–28 | [3] | |
| November 2 | at Cincinnati | No. 23 |
| W 21–17 | |
| November 9 | at Houston | No. 20 | L 49–56 | ||
| November 16 | at No. 3 Florida State* | No. 25 | L 14–54 | ||
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Roster
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Special teams
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References
- "No offense: Alabama 20, USM 10". Hattiesburg American. September 8, 1996. Retrieved February 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Eagles take wing, 28–7". The Clarion-Ledger. October 11, 1996. Retrieved February 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Eagles nearly lose game". Sun Herald. October 27, 1996. Retrieved February 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- "1996 Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
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