The 2005 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member the West Division of Conference USA (C-USA) during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Starters are marked with an asterisk (*). 2006 Football Roster - Southern Miss Some school's results have been altered by retroactive NCAA penalties. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. students with such colorful names as A. 20 and upset undefeated No. The Golden Eagles were led by head coach Jeff Bower and played their home games at M. M. Roberts Stadium. Southern Miss was a founding member of Conference USA in 1995, and the league quickly became one of the top non-BCS football conferences. Tim Billings is Southern Miss third head coach this season. And can it find its way back? Former players are very proud of our program, and rightfully so. 2023 Southern Miss Golden Eagles Football Roster - Ourlads @SouthernMissFB. The fall of Southern Miss football: What's gone wrong? NAME POS. It was never designed to have an engineering school or a medical school. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Mar 8 (Neutral), Southern Mississippi (10-20) Win vs. Tulsa, 66-61, 31. B. Stein, Irving Johnson, J. When I was growing up, Hattiesburg was a town of 25-30,000, and you had a school of about 10,000, says Cleveland, who became a 12-time Mississippi Sports Writer of the Year and is now a columnist for Mississippi Today. Previous Year Next Year. Record: 7-5 (37th of 119) (Schedule & Results), Bowl Game: Won New Orleans Bowl 31-19 versus Arkansas State, Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Monday, May 1, 6:49AM. They are a member of the East Division of Conference USA . 6 Florida State in 1989 and No. After the 2012 season, fellow C-USA founders Houston and Memphis jumped to the new American Athletic Conference. Conference realignment had shifted the world around the Golden Eagles because they werent located in a major media market for television. This college football 2000s season article is a stub. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Do you have a sports website? Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. He won, but he didnt win enough. Jan 18 @ Houston, Southern Mississippi (7-11) Loss vs. Houston, 58-62, 19. Record: 7-5 (37th of 119) ( Schedule & Results ) Conference: CUSA (East Division) Conference Record: 5-3. 2015 Football Roster - Southern Miss 2005 Football Schedule - Southern Miss Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles School History - College Football at
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The word around was that some boosters wanted to become Boise State, which had won the Fiesta Bowl the year before. Southern Miss beat a Virginia team that played in the Peach Bowl and dominated Houston 49-28 in the C-USA title game. Bower and the school have made amends since his departure, and an athletics academic center is set to be named after him.