2009 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team
The 2009 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team represented The University of Southern Mississippi in the college football season of 2009–2010. 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.
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 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.
Schedule
Date |
Time |
Opponent# |
Rank# |
Site |
TV |
Result |
Attendance |
September 5 |
6:00 pm |
Alcorn State* |
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M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS |
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W 52–0 |
36,232[1] |
September 12 |
6:00 pm |
UCF |
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M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS |
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W 26–19 |
27,456[2] |
September 19 |
2:30 pm |
Virginia* |
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M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS |
CBS CS |
W 37–34 |
31,170[3] |
September 26 |
11:30 am |
at #20 Kansas* |
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Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS |
FSN |
L 28–35 |
50,025[4] |
October 1 |
7:00 pm |
at UAB |
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Legion Field • Birmingham, AL |
CBS CS |
L 17–30 |
26,871[5] |
October 10 |
6:30 pm |
at Louisville* |
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Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY |
ESPNU |
L 23–25 |
37,268[6] |
October 17 |
6:00 pm |
Memphis |
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M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS |
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W 36–16 |
30,022[7] |
October 24 |
6:00 pm |
Tulane |
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M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS |
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W 43–6 |
30,541[8] |
October 31 |
12:00 pm |
at #15 Houston |
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Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX |
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L 43–50 |
20,125[9] |
November 14 |
3:30 pm |
at Marshall |
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Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV |
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W 27–20 |
21,036[10] |
November 21 |
6:00 pm |
Tulsa |
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M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS |
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W 44–34 |
28,757[11] |
November 28 |
12:30 pm |
at East Carolina |
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Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC |
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L 20–25 |
43,006[12] |
December 20 |
7:30 pm |
vs. Middle Tennessee* |
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Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans (R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl) |
ESPN |
L 32–42 |
30,228[13] |
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time. |
- Schedule Source: 2009 Southern Miss Golden Eagle football schedule
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]
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Alcorn State |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Golden Eagles |
14 |
21 |
7 |
10 |
52 |
UCF
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
UCF |
0 |
10 |
0 |
9 |
19 |
Golden Eagles |
14 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
26 |
Virginia
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Virginia |
13 |
14 |
7 |
0 |
34 |
Golden Eagles |
0 |
10 |
14 |
13 |
37 |
Kansas
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Golden Eagles |
7 |
7 |
14 |
0 |
28 |
Kansas |
14 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
35 |
UAB
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Golden Eagles |
0 |
10 |
0 |
7 |
17 |
UAB |
10 |
0 |
7 |
13 |
30 |
Louisville
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Golden Eagles |
6 |
10 |
0 |
7 |
23 |
Louisville |
7 |
0 |
15 |
3 |
25 |
Memphis
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Memphis |
3 |
3 |
3 |
7 |
16 |
Golden Eagles |
0 |
10 |
14 |
12 |
36 |
Tulane
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Tulane |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
Golden Eagles |
7 |
13 |
6 |
17 |
43 |
Houston
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Golden Eagles |
13 |
9 |
0 |
21 |
43 |
Houston |
7 |
23 |
3 |
17 |
50 |
Marshall
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Golden Eagles |
7 |
7 |
6 |
7 |
27 |
Marshall |
0 |
13 |
0 |
7 |
20 |
Tulsa
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Tulsa |
14 |
14 |
0 |
6 |
34 |
Golden Eagles |
6 |
28 |
10 |
0 |
44 |
East Carolina
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Golden Eagles |
7 |
0 |
7 |
6 |
20 |
East Carolina |
3 |
14 |
0 |
8 |
25 |
Middle Tennessee – New Orleans Bowl
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Golden Eagles |
14 |
3 |
3 |
12 |
32 |
Middle Tennessee |
0 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
42 |
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