2010 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team

2010 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football
2010 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football
Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl, L 28–31 vs Louisville
Conference	Conference USA
	East Division
Record	8–5 (5–3 C-USA)
Head coach	Larry Fedora (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Blake Anderson (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Todd Bradford (3rd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	M. M. Roberts Stadium
	Seasons ← 2009 2011 →

The 2010 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team represented University of Southern Mississippi in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Larry Fedora, who was in his third 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. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in C-USA play and were invited to the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl, where they were defeated by Louisville, 31–28.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:30 pm	at South Carolina*	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	ESPN	L 13–41	70,438^[1]
September 11	6:00 pm	Prairie View A&M*	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS		W 34–7	27,316^[2]
September 17	7:00 pm	Kansas*	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	ESPN	W 31–16	30,211^[3]
September 25	6:00 pm	at Louisiana Tech*	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA (Rivalry in Dixie)	ESPN3	W 13–12	22,344^[4]
October 2	7:00 pm	Marshall	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	CBSCS	W 41–16	27,518^[5]
October 9	6:30 pm	East Carolina	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	CSS	L 43–44	32,334^[6]
October 16	11:00 am	at Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (Black and Blue Bowl)	CSS	W 41–19	18,848^[7]
October 30	11:00 am	UAB	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	CSS	L 49–50 ^2OT	26,415^[8]
November 6	2:30 pm	at Tulane	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (Battle for the Bell)	CST	W 46–30	22,737^[9]
November 13	11:00 am	at No. 25 UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium Orlando, FL	CBSCS	W 31–21	40,358^[10]
November 20	6:00 pm	Houston	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	CBSCS	W 59–41	32,606^[11]
November 26	5:30 pm	at Tulsa	Chapman Stadium Tulsa, OK	CBSCS	L 50–56	21,901^[12]
December 21	7:00 pm	vs. Louisville*	Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, FL (Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl)	ESPN	L 28–31	20,017^[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Schedule

2010 Conference USA football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
No. 21 UCF x$	7	–	1	11	–	3
East Carolina	5	–	3	6	–	7
Southern Miss	5	–	3	8	–	5
Marshall	4	–	4	5	–	7
UAB	3	–	5	4	–	8
Memphis	0	–	8	1	–	11
West Division
SMU xy	6	–	2	7	–	7
No. 24 Tulsa x	6	–	2	10	–	3
Houston	4	–	4	5	–	7
UTEP	3	–	5	6	–	7
Rice	3	–	5	4	–	8
Tulane	2	–	6	4	–	8
Championship: UCF 17, SMU 7
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of January 11, 2011 Rankings from AP Poll