1990 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team

The 1990 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team was an American football team that represented the University of Southern Mississippi as an independent during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third year under head coach Curley Hallman, the team compiled an 8–4 record and lost the 1990 All-American Bowl.^[1] The Golden Eagles had one of the biggest upsets of the college football season when they beat the Alabama Crimson Tide by a score of 27–24. Another upset followed later in the season when the Golden Eagles beat the Auburn Tigers by a score of 13–12.

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 1	Delta State		M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	W 12–0	17,590	[2]
September 8	at No. 13 Alabama		Legion Field Birmingham, AL (rivalry)	W 27–24	75,962	[3]
September 15	at Georgia		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 17–18	79,812	[4]
September 22	at Mississippi State		Scott Field Starkville, MS	L 10–13	40,115	[5]
September 29	Louisville		M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	W 25–13	20,545	[6]
October 6	at East Carolina		Ficklen Memorial Stadium Greenville, NC	W 16–7	31,305	[7]
October 13	at Tulane		Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (rivalry)	W 20–14	26,662	[8]
October 20	Memphis State		M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS (rivalry)	W 23–7	24,520	[9]
October 27	at Virginia Tech		Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 16–20	37,462	[10]
November 3	at Southwestern Louisiana		Cajun Field Lafayette, LA	W 14–13	17,860	[11]
November 10	at No. 15 Auburn		Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	W 13–12	85,214	[12]
December 28	vs. NC State	No. 23	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (All-American Bowl)	L 27–31	44,000	[13]
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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