2017 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team


The 2017 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team represented the University of Southern Mississippi in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Golden Eagles played their home games at the M. M. Roberts Stadium in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and competed in the West Division of Conference USA. They were led by second-year head coach Jay Hopson. They finished the season 8–5, 6–2 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for second place in the West Division. They were invited to the Independence Bowl where they lost to Florida State.

Schedule

Southern Miss announced its 2017 football schedule on January 26, 2017. The 2017 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Golden Eagles will host C–USA foes North Texas, UTEP, UAB, and Charlotte, and will travel to UTSA, Louisiana Tech, Rice, and Marshall.
The team will play four non–conference games, two home games against Kentucky from the Southeastern Conference and Southern from the Southwestern Athletic Conference, and two road games against ULM from the Sun Belt Conference and Tennessee who is also from the Southeastern Conference.

Game summaries

Kentucky

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–22016W 44–35

Southern

@ Louisiana–Monroe

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–11993W 44–37

North Texas

Overall recordLast meetingResult
6–52016L 23–29

@ UTSA

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–22016L 32–55

UTEP

Overall recordLast meetingResult
5–42016W 34–7

@ Louisiana Tech

Overall recordLast meetingResult
33–152016W 39–24

UAB

Overall recordLast meetingResult
10–52014L 24–45

@ Tennessee

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–52005L 19–39

@ Rice

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–42016W 44–28

Charlotte

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–12016L 27–38

@ Marshall

Overall recordLast meetingResult
6–62016W 24–14

vs Florida State–Independence Bowl

Overall recordLast meetingResult
8–13–11996L 14–54