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. They will be led by fifth-year head coach Jay Hopson.

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.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

CUSA media days

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

Preseason All-CUSA teams

To be released

Schedule

Southern Miss announced its 2020 football schedule on January 8, 2020. 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.

Game summaries

South Alabama

Louisiana Tech

at North Texas

Florida Atlantic

at UTEP

at Liberty

Rice

at Western Kentucky

UTSA

at UAB