American college football season
The 2019 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team represented the University of Southern Mississippi in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Golden Eagles played their home games at the M. M. Roberts Stadium in Hattiesburg, Mississippi , and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (CUSA). They were led by fourth-year head coach Jay Hopson .
Preseason [ edit ] CUSA media poll [ edit ] Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 16, 2019, with the Golden Eagles predicted to finish in second place in the West Division.[1]
West Division Predicted finish Team (# of 1st place votes) 1 North Texas (20) 2 Southern Miss (4) 3 Louisiana Tech 4 UAB (2) 5 UTSA 6 Rice 7 UTEP
Preseason All-Conference USA teams [ edit ] 2019 Preseason All-Conference USA [2]
Southern Miss had more defensive players selected than any team in the conference for the preseason all defensive team.
All-CUSA Defense[2] Position Player Class DL DeMarrio Smith Sr. DL Jacques Turner Jr. LB Racheem Boothe Jr. DB Ky’el Hemby Jr.
All-CUSA Special Teams[2] Position Player Class No players were selected
Schedule [ edit ] Southern Miss announced its 2019 football schedule on January 10, 2019.[3] The 2019 schedule consists of 5 home and 7 away games in the regular season.
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 31, 2019 6:00 p.m. Alcorn State * ESPN+ W 38–1031,076 September 7 2:30 p.m. at Mississippi State * ESPNU L 15–3855,143 September 14 5:00 p.m. at Troy * ESPN+ W 47–4227,108 September 21 11:00 a.m. at No. 2 Alabama * ESPN2 L 7–49101,821 September 28 6:00 p.m. UTEP M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS ESPN+ W 31–1323,337 October 12 6:00 p.m. North Texas M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS Stadium Facebook W 45–2725,225 October 19 2:30 p.m. at Louisiana Tech NFLN L 30–4523,419 October 26 12:00 p.m. at Rice ESPN+ W 20–620,367 November 9 2:30 p.m. UAB M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS NFLN W 37–223,819 November 16 5:00 p.m. at UTSA ESPN+ W 36–1714,179 November 23 2:30 p.m. Western Kentucky M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS ESPN+ L 10–2820,369 November 30 2:30 p.m. at Florida Atlantic NFLN L 17–3413,414 January 4, 2020 10:30 a.m. vs. Tulane * ESPN L 13–3038,513
Schedule Source: [4] Game summaries [ edit ] Alcorn State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Braves 0 0 10 0 10 Golden Eagles 10 3 15 10 38
At Mississippi State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Golden Eagles 0 0 7 8 15 Bulldogs 7 14 7 10 38
At Troy [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Golden Eagles 14 3 9 21 47 Trojans 7 7 7 21 42
At Alabama [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Golden Eagles 0 7 0 0 7 No. 2 Crimson Tide 14 14 14 7 49
1 2 3 4 Total Miners 0 6 7 0 13 Golden Eagles 14 10 7 0 31
North Texas [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Mean Green 7 13 0 7 27 Golden Eagles 13 15 10 7 45
At Louisiana Tech [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Golden Eagles 14 13 0 3 30 Bulldogs 7 17 0 21 45
At Rice [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Golden Eagles 0 10 3 7 20 Owls 0 0 6 0 6
1 2 3 4 Total Blazers 0 2 0 0 2 Golden Eagles 7 13 10 7 37
At UTSA [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Golden Eagles 7 9 13 7 36 Roadrunners 7 3 7 0 17
Western Kentucky [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Hilltoppers 7 14 0 7 28 Golden Eagles 7 0 0 3 10
At Florida Atlantic [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Golden Eagles 0 10 7 0 17 Owls 10 7 7 10 34
Vs. Tulane (Armed Forces Bowl) [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Green Wave 0 6 24 0 30 Golden Eagles 13 0 0 0 13
Players drafted into the NFL [ edit ] References [ edit ]
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