Southern Miss·Conference USA

2015 — The Winning Chapter

Southern Miss's 2015 season (9-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 9-5
Final result Bowl season Lost the Heart of Dallas Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +3.3 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L vs Miss St 16-34 W vs Aust Pea 52-6 W @ Texa Sta 56-50 L @ Nebraska 28-36 W vs Nort Tex 49-14 L @ Marshall 10-31 W vs UTSA 32-10 W @ Charlo 44-10 W vs UTEP 34-13 W @ Rice 65-10 W vs Old Dom 56-31 W @ Loui Tec 58-24 L @ West Ken 28-45 L vs Washin 31-44 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2015.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2015 season's largest margin: Southern Miss 65, Rice 10. A 55-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Southern Miss 10, Marshall 31. A 21-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Southern Miss fell to Washington 31-44 in the postseason.

"SMTTT"
— Southern Miss fanbase voice · 2015· synthesized
What it meant

2015 is a middle chapter for Southern Miss — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.