Battle for the Bell (Southern Miss vs Tulane)

Battle for the Bell
	Southern Miss Golden Eagles Tulane Green Wave
Sport	Football
First meeting	October 13, 1979; Tulane 20–19
Latest meeting	November 6, 2010; Southern Miss 46, Tulane 30
Next meeting	September 12, 2022
Statistics
Meetings total	30
All-time series	Southern Miss leads 23–7
Largest victory	Southern Miss 59, Tulane 6; (November 17, 2001)
Current win streak	Southern Miss 6; (2003–2010)

The Battle for the Bell is an American college football rivalry game between the University of Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles and Tulane University Green Wave football teams. The two schools are located about 110 miles from each other (Southern Miss in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and Tulane in New Orleans, Louisiana) via Interstate 10 and Interstate 59, making for a heated game.

The two teams played annually beginning in 1979, until the reconfiguration of Conference USA in 2006 caused it to be played two out of four years as a cross-divisional conference match-up. The series became a trophy game in 1999 with the addition of the Bell.^[1] The most recent game, a 46–30 victory by the Golden Eagles, was played in New Orleans in 2010. Southern Miss holds a 23–7^[2] lead in the series. The schools have not played the game since 2010, and the series was on hiatus after Tulane's move to the American Athletic Conference (AAC) in July 2014. On April 13, 2017, the schools announced a return of the rivalry—a four-game football series between 2022 and 2027, the first being held at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Game results

^[6]^[2]

Southern Miss victories	Tulane victories

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	October 13, 1979	Hattiesburg	Tulane	20–19
2	September 6, 1980	New Orleans	Southern Miss	17–14
3	September 19, 1981	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	21–3
4	October 16, 1982	New Orleans	Southern Miss	22–10
5	October 22, 1983	Hattiesburg	Tulane	14–7
6	October 13, 1984	New Orleans	Tulane	35–7
7	November 23, 1985	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	24–6
8	October 25, 1986	New Orleans	Tulane	35–20
9	September 19, 1987	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	31–24
10	October 8, 1988	New Orleans	Southern Miss	38–13
11	October 7, 1989	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	30–21
12	October 13, 1990	New Orleans	Southern Miss	20–14
13	October 19, 1991	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	47–14
14	October 15, 1992	New Orleans	Southern Miss	17–7
15	November 6, 1993	Hattiesburg	Tulane	17–15
16	September 3, 1994	New Orleans	Southern Miss	25–10

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
17	September 30, 1995	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	45–0
18	October 26, 1996	New Orleans	#24 Southern Miss	31–28
19	October 25, 1997	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	34–13
20	October 3, 1998	New Orleans	#25 Tulane	21–7
21	September 6, 1999	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	48–14
22	October 14, 2000	New Orleans	#16 Southern Miss	56–24
23	November 17, 2001	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	59–6
24	November 23, 2002	New Orleans	Tulane	31–10
25	November 15, 2003	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	28–14
26	September 25, 2004	New Orleans	Southern Miss	32–14
27	November 26, 2005	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	26–7
28	November 11, 2006	New Orleans	Southern Miss	31–3
29	October 24, 2009	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	43–6
30	November 6, 2010	New Orleans	Southern Miss	46–30
31	September 12, 2022	New Orleans
Series: Southern Miss leads 23–7

References

↑ http://tulanegreenwave.com/news/1999/8/11/Tulane_Southern_Miss_Add_Trophy_to_Intense_Rivalry.aspx?path=football
1 2 "Southern Miss Golden Eagles vs. Tulane Green Wave football series history". Winspedia. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
↑ "Tulane, Southern Miss schedule future four-game football series". FBSchedules. April 13, 2017. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
↑ "Football Announces Four-Game Series with Southern Miss". Tulane Green Wave Athletics. April 16, 2017.
↑ "USM to renew football rivalry with Tulane". Hattiesburg American. April 13, 2017. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
↑ "Tulane vs Southern Mississippi". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on May 17, 2004. Retrieved September 6, 2012.

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[1] ttp://tulanegreenwave.com/news/1999/8/11/Tulane_Southern_Miss_Add_Trophy_to_Intense_Rivalry.aspx?path=football

[serieshistory-2] 1 2 "Southern Miss Golden Eagles vs. Tulane Green Wave football series history". Winspedia. Retrieved April 16, 2017.

[3] "Tulane, Southern Miss schedule future four-game football series". FBSchedules. April 13, 2017. Retrieved April 16, 2017.

[4] "Football Announces Four-Game Series with Southern Miss". Tulane Green Wave Athletics. April 16, 2017.

[5] "USM to renew football rivalry with Tulane". Hattiesburg American. April 13, 2017. Retrieved April 16, 2017.

[TulanevsSoMiss-6] "Tulane vs Southern Mississippi". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on May 17, 2004. Retrieved September 6, 2012.

Southern Miss Golden Eagles football
Venues	M. M. Roberts Stadium (1932–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Louisiana Tech: Rivalry in Dixie Memphis: Black and Blue Bowl Tulane: Battle for the Bell
Culture & lore	Seymour d'Campus "Southern Mississippi to the Top" Pride of Mississippi Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Tulane Green Wave football
Venues	Crescent City Base Ball Park (1893–1900) Athletic Park (1901–08) First Tulane Stadium (1909–16) Second Tulane Stadium (1917–25) Third Tulane Stadium (1926–74) Mercedes-Benz Superdome (1975–2013) Yulman Stadium (2014–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Auburn LSU (Battle for the Rag) Ole Miss Southern Miss (Battle for the Bell)
Culture & lore	History Riptide "The Olive and the Blue" "The Hullabaloo" Marching Band Porter Cup
People	Head coaches NFL draftees All-Americans Statistical leaders
Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Battle for the Bell (Southern Miss vs Tulane)

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