Southern Miss·Conference USA

2019 — The 2019 Season

Southern Miss's 2019 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-6
Final result Bowl season Lost the Armed Forces Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -1.3 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Alco Sta 38-10 L @ Miss St 15-38 W @ Troy 47-42 L @ Alabama 7-49 W vs UTEP 31-13 W vs Nort Tex 45-27 L @ Loui Tec 30-45 W @ Rice 20-6 W vs UAB 37-2 W @ UTSA 36-17 L vs West Ken 10-28 L @ Flor Atl 17-34 L @ Tulane 13-30 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2019.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2019 season's largest margin: Southern Miss 37, UAB 2. A 35-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Southern Miss 7, Alabama 49. A 42-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Southern Miss fell to Tulane 13-30 in the postseason.

"SMTTT"
— Southern Miss fanbase voice · 2019· synthesized
What it meant

2019 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.