2015 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team


The 2015 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team represented the University of Southern Mississippi in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season as members of the West Division of Conference USA. They were led by third-year head coach Todd Monken and played their home games at M. M. Roberts Stadium in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. They finished the season 9–5, 7–1 in C-USA play to be champions of the West Division. They represented the West Division in the Conference USA Football Championship Game where they lost to WKU. They were invited to the Heart of Dallas Bowl, where they were defeated by Washington.
On January 24, 2016, head coach Todd Monken resigned to become the offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He finished at Southern Miss with a three year record of 13–25.

Schedule

Southern Miss announced their 2015 football schedule on February 2, 2015. The 2015 schedule consist of six home and away games in the regular season. The Golden Eagles will host CUSA foes North Texas, Old Dominion, UTEP, and UTSA, and will travel to Charlotte, Louisiana Tech, Marshall, and Rice.

Game summaries

Mississippi State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
14–13–12014L 0–49

Austin Peay

@ Texas State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–12013L 15–22

@ Nebraska

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–42013L 13–56

North Texas

Overall recordLast meetingResult
5–42014W 30–20

@ Marshall

Overall recordLast meetingResult
5–52014L 17–63

UTSA

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–12014L 10–12

@ Charlotte

UTEP

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–42014L 14–35

@ Rice

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–42014L 23–41

Old Dominion

@ Louisiana Tech

Overall recordLast meetingResult
31–152014L 20–31

@ Western Kentucky (C–USA Championship Game)

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–12012L 17–42

vs. Washington (Heart of Dallas Bowl)