Southern Miss 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results
Published 11:13 am Friday, August 9, 2024
The Southern Miss Golden Eagles play Troy on November 30, a highlight of their 2024 college football schedule. For the full slate, see below.
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2024 Southern Miss Game and TV Schedule
| Opponent | Date/Time | Score/Tickets | TV Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| @ Kentucky | August 31 | 7:45 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | SEC Network (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply) |
| Southeastern Louisiana (FCS) | September 7 | 7:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | ESPN+ (Watch this game on ESPN+) |
| South Florida | September 14 | 7:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | ESPN+ (Watch this game on ESPN+) |
| @ Jacksonville State | September 21 | 3:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | ESPN Networks (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply) |
| Louisiana | October 5 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| @ Louisiana-Monroe | October 12 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| Arkansas State | October 19 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| @ James Madison | October 26 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| Marshall | November 9 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| @ Texas State | November 16 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| South Alabama | November 23 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| @ Troy | November 30 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
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Southern Miss 2024 Strength of Schedule
- Based on their opponents’ combined win total last season, the Golden Eagles will be facing the 44th-ranked schedule in terms of toughness.
- According to its opponents’ projected win total this season, Southern Miss will be playing the 41st-ranked schedule in terms of difficulty.
- The Golden Eagles will face the 57th-ranked conference schedule in college football, based on their Sun Belt opponents’ combined win total last season (54).
- Southern Miss will play 10 teams this season that went over .500 in 2023. That schedule includes two teams that put up nine or more victories and one squad with three or fewer wins last season.
- The Golden Eagles have 10 games scheduled against teams that made a bowl game last year.
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Southern Miss Stat Insights (2023)
- With 420.8 yards allowed per game on defense, which ranked 22nd-worst in FBS, the Golden Eagles were forced to lean on their 89th-ranked offense (353.4 yards per contest) to keep them competitive last season.
- Despite sporting a bottom-25 scoring defense that ranked sixth-worst in FBS last season (35.8 points allowed per game), Southern Miss had more success offensively, ranking 96th in FBS by averaging 23.2 points per game.
- Offensively, the Golden Eagles ranked 103rd in FBS with 190.7 passing yards per game last season. Meanwhile, they ranked 98th in passing yards allowed per contest (242).
- With 178.8 rushing yards allowed per game on defense, which ranked 21st-worst in FBS, Southern Miss was forced to ask its 59th-ranked running game (162.8 rushing yards per contest) to keep it in games last season.
- Southern Miss forced 17 total turnovers (73rd in FBS) last season and turned it over 16 times (48th in FBS) for a turnover margin of +1, 58th-ranked in college football.
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