Southern Miss 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results
Published 3:57 am Saturday, August 10, 2024
The Southern Miss Golden Eagles will meet Kentucky on August 31, their first game of the 2024 college football schedule — keep scrolling for the complete slate.
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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 toughness, based on their opponents’ combined win total last season, the Golden Eagles will be playing the 44th-ranked schedule this year.
- Taking into account its opponents’ projected win total this year (71), Southern Miss has the 41st-ranked schedule in college football.
- The Golden Eagles will have the 57th-ranked conference schedule in college football, based on their Sun Belt opponents’ combined win total last year (54).
- Southern Miss will play 10 teams this season that finished above .500 in 2023. That schedule includes two teams that ended with nine or more victories and one squad with three or fewer wins last year.
- The Golden Eagles will face 10 teams in 2024 who played in a bowl game in 2023.
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Southern Miss Stat Insights (2023)
- With 420.8 yards allowed per game on defense, which ranked 22nd-worst in FBS, the Golden Eagles were forced to lean on their 89th-ranked offense (353.4 yards per contest) to keep them in games last season.
- Despite having a bottom-25 scoring defense that ranked sixth-worst in FBS last season (35.8 points allowed per game), Southern Miss put up better results on the other side of the ball, ranking 96th in FBS by putting up 23.2 points per game.
- The Golden Eagles averaged 190.7 passing yards per game on offense last season (103rd in FBS), and they ranked 98th defensively with 242 passing yards allowed per game.
- Southern Miss sported the 59th-ranked rushing offense last year (162.8 rushing yards per game), and it was worse on defense, ranking 21st-worst with 178.8 rushing yards allowed per game.
- Southern Miss forced 17 total turnovers (73rd in FBS) last season and turned it over 16 times (48th in FBS) for a turnover margin of +1, 58th-ranked in college football.
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