Southern Miss Golden Eagles

The Southern Miss Golden Eagles were 6-6 in 2016. They emerged victorious over the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns, 28 to 21, in the New Orleans Bowl on December 17, 2016.

Scores & Schedules

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DATE		OPP	SCORE
Sat 12/17	@	UL	W 28-21
Fri 11/25	vs	LT	W 39-24
Sat 11/19	@	UNT	L 23-29
Sat 11/12	@	ODU	L 35-51
Sat 11/5	vs	CHAR	L 27-38

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

2,926

Mullens

RUSH YDS

1,321

Smith

REC YDS

927

Staggers

2016 C-USA Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
3	Louisiana Tech	6-3	9-5
4	Middle Tennessee	5-3	8-5
5	Southern Miss	4-3	7-6
6	UTSA	5-2	6-7
7	North Texas	2-5	5-8

Latest Southern Miss Golden Eagles News

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Sep 13, 2026

2016 Stats

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	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	SCK	SCKY	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	13	427	6,154	1,022	6.0	2,277	544	4.2	3,877	478	8.1	29	231	307	121	157	29	97	854
Team Rank		41st	21st	11th	47th	61st	36th	88th	14th	19th	30th	82nd	27th	25th	61st	23rd	13th	116th	114th
Opponent	13	384	4,223	773	5.7	1,949	427	4.6	2,274	312	7.3	34	245	197	90	83	24	86	760
Opponent Rank		82nd	12th	2nd	64th	45th	10th	75th	15th	7th	71st	28th	24th	4th	20th	3rd	81st	28th	35th
Net		+43	+1,931	+249	+0.3	+328	+117	-0.4	+1,603	+166	+0.8	-5	-14	+110	+31	+74	+5	+11	+94
Net Rank		58th	8th	1st	57th	52nd	19th	89th	3rd	6th	46th	50th	66th	3rd	36th	2nd	29th	96th	98th

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

896

Maiava

887

Lopez

873

Mensah

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

444

Toney

376

Legree

333

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

11

Mensah

10

Maiava

9

Hejny

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

5

Toney

5

Duff

5

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

243.9

Jennings

228.6

Mensah

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

66.5

59.0

58.5

54.5

54.0

53.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

620.5

594.3

586.0

576.5

573.5

569.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

314.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

396.5

358.0

356.0

343.5

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	2	0	1.000
2	Auburn	2	0	1.000
3	Florida	2	0	1.000
4	Georgia	2	0	1.000
5	LSU	2	0	1.000
6	Mississippi State	2	0	1.000
7	Missouri	2	0	1.000
8	Ole Miss	2	0	1.000
9	South Carolina	2	0	1.000
10	Tennessee	2	0	1.000
11	Texas	2	0	1.000
12	Texas A&M	2	0	1.000
13	Vanderbilt	2	0	1.000
14	Arkansas	1	1	.500
15	Oklahoma	1	1	.500
16	Kentucky	1	1	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	2	0	1.000
2	Troy	2	0	1.000
3	Georgia State	2	0	1.000
4	James Madison	2	0	1.000
5	Arkansas State	1	1	.500
6	Coastal Carolina	1	1	.500
7	Georgia Southern	1	1	.500
8	Louisiana	1	1	.500
9	Louisiana Tech	1	1	.500
10	Marshall	1	1	.500
11	Old Dominion	1	1	.500
12	South Alabama	1	1	.500
13	Southern Miss	1	1	.500
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	2	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	3	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	3	0	1.000
3	SMU	2	0	1.000
4	Virginia	2	0	1.000
5	California	1	1	.500
6	Duke	2	0	1.000
7	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Boston College	1	1	.500
10	Clemson	1	1	.500
11	Louisville	1	1	.500
12	Georgia Tech	0	2	.000
13	Wake Forest	2	1	.667
14	Florida State	1	1	.500
15	NC State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	2	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	1	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	2	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	1	1	.500
3	Tulsa	2	0	1.000
4	UTSA	2	0	1.000
5	Memphis	2	1	.667
6	North Texas	1	1	.500
7	Rice	1	1	.500
8	Temple	1	1	.500
9	Tulane	1	1	.500
10	UAB	1	1	.500
11	Charlotte	0	2	.000
12	East Carolina	0	2	.000
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	2	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Oregon	2	1	.667
12	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
13	Illinois	1	1	.500
14	Minnesota	1	1	.500
15	Ohio State	1	1	.500
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	3	0	1.000
2	BYU	2	0	1.000
3	Cincinnati	2	0	1.000
4	Colorado	2	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	2	0	1.000
6	Utah	2	0	1.000
7	West Virginia	2	0	1.000
8	Arizona State	1	1	.500
9	Baylor	1	1	.500
10	Iowa State	1	1	.500
11	Kansas	1	1	.500
12	Oklahoma State	1	1	.500
13	TCU	1	1	.500
14	UCF	1	1	.500
15	Houston	2	1	.667
16	Arizona	1	1	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Florida International	1	1	.500
3	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
4	Liberty	1	1	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
6	Missouri State	1	1	.500
7	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	1	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333