1996 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team
American college football season
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[1]
ConferenceConference USA
Record8–3 (4–1 C-USA)
Headcoach
- Jeff Bower (7th season)
OffensivecoordinatorNorman Joseph (3rd season)
| 1996 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football | |
|---|---|
Conference USA co-champion | |
| Conference | Conference USA |
| Record | 8–3 (4–1 C-USA) |
| Head coach |
|
| Offensive coordinator | Norman Joseph (3rd season) |
| Offensive scheme | Multiple |
| Defensive coordinator | John Thompson (5th season) |
| Base defense | Multiple |
| Home stadium | M. M. Roberts Stadium |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 31 | at Georgia* | W 11–7 | 81,067 | [2] | ||
| September 7 | at No. 14 Alabama* | L 10–20 | 82,338 | [3] | ||
| September 14 | Utah State* | W 31–24 | 24,307 | [4] | ||
| September 21 | Southwestern Louisiana* |
| W 52–27 | 23,169 | [5] | |
| September 28 | at Louisville | W 24–7 | 36,462 | [6] | ||
| October 10 | at East Carolina* | W 28–7 | 34,480 | [7] | ||
| October 19 | Memphis |
| W 16–0 | 25,601 | [8] | |
| October 26 | at Tulane | No. 24 | W 31–28 | 20,394 | [9] | |
| November 2 | Cincinnati | No. 23 |
| W 21–17 | 25,241 | [10] |
| November 9 | at Houston | No. 20 | L 49–56 | 18,107 | [11] | |
| November 16 | at No. 3 Florida State* | No. 25 | L 14–54 | 77,280 | [12] | |
| ||||||
Rankings
Roster
| 1996 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | Coaches | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Offense
|
Defense
|
Special teams
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
