2009 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team

The 2009 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team represented The University of Southern Mississippi in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Larry Fedora, who was in his second year at Southern Miss. They played their home games at M. M. Roberts Stadium in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and competed in the East Division of Conference USA.

2009 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football
New Orleans Bowl, L 32–42 vs. Middle Tennessee
Conference	Conference USA
	East Division
2009 record	7–6 (5–3 C-USA)
Head coach	Larry Fedora (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Darrell Wyatt (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Todd Bradford (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	M. M. Roberts Stadium (Capacity: 36,000)

2009 Conference USA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
East Carolina x$		7	–	1					9	–	5
UCF		6	–	2					8	–	5
Southern Miss		5	–	3					7	–	6
Marshall		4	–	4					7	–	6
UAB		4	–	4					5	–	7
Memphis		1	–	7					2	–	10
West Division
Houston xy		6	–	2					10	–	4
SMU x		6	–	2					8	–	5
Tulsa		3	–	5					5	–	7
UTEP		3	–	5					4	–	8
Rice		2	–	6					2	–	10
Tulane		1	–	7					3	–	9
Championship: East Carolina 38, Houston 32
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The Golden Eagles finished the season with a record of 7–6, 5–3 in C-USA play and lost to Middle Tennessee, 42–32, in the New Orleans Bowl.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	6:00 pm	Alcorn State*	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS		W 52–0	36,232[1]
September 12	6:00 pm	UCF	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS		W 26–19	27,456[2]
September 19	2:30 pm	Virginia*	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	CBSCS	W 37–34	31,170[3]
September 26	11:30 am	at No. 20 Kansas*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	FSN	L 28–35	50,025[4]
October 1	7:00 pm	at UAB	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	CBSCS	L 17–30	26,871[5]
October 10	6:30 pm	at Louisville*	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ESPNU	L 23–25	37,268[6]
October 17	6:00 pm	Memphis	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS		W 36–16	30,022[7]
October 24	6:00 pm	Tulane	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS (Battle for the Bell)		W 43–6	30,541[8]
October 31	12:00 pm	at No. 15 Houston	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX		L 43–50	20,125[9]
November 14	3:30 pm	at Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV		W 27–20	21,036[10]
November 21	6:00 pm	Tulsa	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS		W 44–34	28,757[11]
November 28	12:30 pm	at East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC		L 20–25	43,006[12]
December 20	7:30 pm	vs. Middle Tennessee*	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl)	ESPN	L 32–42	30,228[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Game Summaries

Alcorn State

The Golden Eagles and Braves met for the first time in each schools' history. Southern Miss set an attendance record of 36,232.[14]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Alcorn State	0	0	0	0	0
Golden Eagles	14	21	7	10	52

UCF

	1	2	3	4	Total
UCF	0	10	0	9	19
Golden Eagles	14	6	0	6	26

Virginia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Virginia	13	14	7	0	34
Golden Eagles	0	10	14	13	37

Kansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	7	7	14	0	28
Kansas	14	7	7	7	35

UAB

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	0	10	0	7	17
UAB	10	0	7	13	30

Louisville

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	6	10	0	7	23
Louisville	7	0	15	3	25

Memphis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Memphis	3	3	3	7	16
Golden Eagles	0	10	14	12	36

Tulane

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tulane	0	0	6	0	6
Golden Eagles	7	13	6	17	43

Houston

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	13	9	0	21	43
Houston	7	23	3	17	50

Marshall

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	7	7	6	7	27
Marshall	0	13	0	7	20

Tulsa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tulsa	14	14	0	6	34
Golden Eagles	6	28	10	0	44

East Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	7	0	7	6	20
East Carolina	3	14	0	8	25

Middle Tennessee – New Orleans Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	14	3	3	12	32
Middle Tennessee	0	14	14	14	42

References

1. "Alcorn State Braves vs. Southern Miss Golden Eagles Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 6, 2010.
2. "UCF Knights vs. Southern Miss Golden Eagles Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 6, 2010.
3. "Virginia Cavaliers vs. Southern Miss Golden Eagles Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 6, 2010.
4. "Southern Miss Golden Eagles vs. Kansas Jayhawks Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 6, 2010.
5. "Southern Miss Golden Eagles vs. UAB Blazers Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 6, 2010.
6. "Southern Miss Golden Eagles vs. Louisville Cardinals Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 6, 2010.
7. "Memphis Tigers vs. Southern Miss Golden Eagles Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 6, 2010.
8. "Tulane Green Wave vs. Southern Miss Golden Eagles Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 6, 2010.
9. "Southern Miss Golden Eagles vs. Houston Cougars Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 6, 2010.
10. "Southern Miss Golden Eagles vs. Marshall Thundering Herd Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 6, 2010.
11. "Tulsa Golden Hurricane vs. Southern Miss Golden Eagles Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 6, 2010.
12. "Southern Miss Golden Eagles vs. East Carolina Pirates Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 6, 2010.
13. "Southern Miss Golden Eagles vs. Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on July 29, 2010. Retrieved July 6, 2010.
14. "Southern Miss routs Alcorn State 52-0 - College Football - Rivals.com". Archived from the original on 2009-09-09. Retrieved 2009-09-07.