Southern Miss 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results
Published 11:12 am Friday, August 9, 2024
The Southern Miss Golden Eagles will begin their 2024 college football schedule versus Kentucky on August 31 — see below for more.
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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
- In terms of difficulty, based on their opponents’ combined win total last season, the Golden Eagles will be facing the 44th-ranked schedule this year.
- Southern Miss is playing the 41st-ranked schedule this season (based on its opponents’ projected win total this year).
- According to their Sun Belt opponents’ combined win total last season, the Golden Eagles will be facing the 57th-ranked conference schedule in terms of difficulty.
- Southern Miss has a schedule that features 10 games in 2024 against teams that finished above .500 in 2023 (two of those teams won nine or more games and one of them picked up less than four wins).
- The Golden Eagles will play 10 teams in 2024 who played in a bowl game in 2023.
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Southern Miss Stat Insights (2023)
- Despite sporting a bottom-25 defense that ranked 22nd-worst in FBS (420.8 yards allowed per game) last season, the Golden Eagles had more success on offense, ranking 89th in FBS by totaling 353.4 yards per game.
- Despite having a bottom-25 scoring defense that ranked sixth-worst in FBS last season (35.8 points allowed per game), Southern Miss played better on the other side of the ball, ranking 96th in FBS by totaling 23.2 points per game.
- The Golden Eagles ranked 103rd in pass offense (190.7 passing yards per game) and 98th in pass defense (242 passing yards allowed per game) last year.
- With 178.8 rushing yards allowed per game on defense, which ranked 21st-worst in FBS, Southern Miss was forced to rely on its 59th-ranked running game (162.8 rushing yards per contest) to keep it competitive last season.
- Southern Miss ranked 58th in college football with a +1 turnover margin last season after forcing 17 turnovers (73rd in FBS) and committing 16 (48th in FBS).
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