1997 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team
| 1997 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football | |
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Conference USA champion Liberty Bowl champion | |
Liberty Bowl, W 41–7 vs. Pittsburgh | |
| Conference | Conference USA |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 19 |
| AP | No. 19 |
| 1997 record | 9–3 (6–0 C-USA) |
| Head coach | Jeff Bower (8th season) |
| Home stadium |
M. M. Roberts Stadium (Capacity: 33,000) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Southern Miss $ | 6 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 5 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Carolina | 4 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 2 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis | 2 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 0 | – | 6 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1997 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team represented the University of Southern Mississippi in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Golden Eagles were led by eighth-year head coach Jeff Bower and played their home games at M. M. Roberts Stadium. In their second year in the Conference USA, they claimed their second-straight conference championship with a 6–0 C-USA record and a 9–3 record overall. They were invited to the 1997 Liberty Bowl, where they defeated Pittsburgh, 41–7.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | |||||
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| August 30 | at No. 2 Florida* | Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL | L 6–21 | ||||||
| September 6 | at Illinois* | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | W 24–7 | ||||||
| September 20 | Nevada* | M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS | W 35–19 | ||||||
| September 27 | at No. 21 Alabama* | Legion Field • Birmingham, AL | L 13–27 | ||||||
| October 4 | Louisville | M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburgh, MS | W 42–24 | ||||||
| October 11 | at East Carolina | Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC | W 23–13 | ||||||
| October 25 | Tulane | M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS (Battle for the Bell) | W 34–13 | ||||||
| November 1 | at Cincinnati | No. 24 | Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH | W 24–17 | |||||
| November 8 | at No. 8 Tennessee* | No. 24 | Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN | L 20–44 | |||||
| November 15 | Houston | M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS | W 33–0 | ||||||
| November 22 | at Memphis | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN (Black and Blue Bowl) | W 42–18 | ||||||
| December 31 | vs. Pittsburgh* | No. 22 | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl) | W 41–7 | |||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. | |||||||||
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References
- ↑ "1997 Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
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