2009_Southern_Miss_Golden_Eagles_football_team

2009 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football
2009 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football
New Orleans Bowl, L 32–42 vs. Middle Tennessee
Conference	Conference USA
	East Division
Record	7–6 (5–3 C-USA)
Head coach	Larry Fedora (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Darrell Wyatt (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Todd Bradford (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	M. M. Roberts Stadium
	Seasons ← 2008 2010 →

2009 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team

American college football season

The 2009 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team represented The University of Southern Mississippi in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Larry Fedora, who was in his second year at Southern Miss. They played their home games at M. M. Roberts Stadium in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and competed in the East Division of Conference USA.

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The Golden Eagles finished the season with a record of 7–6, 5–3 in C-USA play and lost to Middle Tennessee, 42–32, in the New Orleans Bowl.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	6:00 pm	Alcorn State*	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS		W 52–0	36,232	^[1]
September 12	6:00 pm	UCF	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS		W 26–19	27,456	^[2]
September 19	2:30 pm	Virginia*	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	CBSCS	W 37–34	31,170	^[3]
September 26	11:30 am	at No. 20 Kansas*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	FSN	L 28–35	50,025	^[4]
October 1	7:00 pm	at UAB	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	CBSCS	L 17–30	26,871	^[5]
October 10	6:30 pm	at Louisville*	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ESPNU	L 23–25	37,268	^[6]
October 17	6:00 pm	Memphis	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS		W 36–16	30,022	^[7]
October 24	6:00 pm	Tulane	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS (Battle for the Bell)		W 43–6	30,541	^[8]
October 31	12:00 pm	at No. 15 Houston	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX		L 43–50	20,125	^[9]
November 14	3:30 pm	at Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV		W 27–20	21,036	^[10]
November 21	6:00 pm	Tulsa	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS		W 44–34	28,757	^[11]
November 28	12:30 pm	at East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC		L 20–25	43,006	^[12]
December 20	7:30 pm	vs. Middle Tennessee*	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (New Orleans Bowl)	ESPN	L 32–42	30,228	^[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

	1	2	3	4	Total
UCF	0	10	0	9	19
Golden Eagles	14	6	0	6	26

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	7	7	14	0	28
Kansas	14	7	7	7	35

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	6	10	0	7	23
Louisville	7	0	15	3	25

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tulane	0	0	6	0	6
Golden Eagles	7	13	6	17	43

v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
East Carolina x$	7	–	1	9	–	5
UCF	6	–	2	8	–	5
Southern Miss	5	–	3	7	–	6
Marshall	4	–	4	7	–	6
UAB	4	–	4	5	–	7
Memphis	1	–	7	2	–	10
West Division
Houston xy	6	–	2	10	–	4
SMU x	6	–	2	8	–	5
Tulsa	3	–	5	5	–	7
UTEP	3	–	5	4	–	8
Rice	2	–	6	2	–	10
Tulane	1	–	7	3	–	9
Championship: East Carolina 38, Houston 32
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll