Southern Miss Golden Eagles football
Major bowl games
Southern Miss has participated in 23 major bowl games, garnering a record of 12-11.

Southern Miss Golden Eagles football

Section Title: Major bowl games
Table Section Text: Southern Miss has participated in 23 major bowl games, garnering a record of 12-11.

Season	Coach	Bowl	Opponent	Result

1953	Thad Vann	Sun Bowl	Pacific	L 7–26

1954	Thad Vann	Sun Bowl	Texas Western	L 14–37

1980	Bobby Collins	Independence Bowl	McNeese State	W 16–14

1981	Bobby Collins	Tangerine Bowl	Missouri	L 17–19

1988	Curley Hallman	Independence Bowl	UTEP	W 38–18

1990	Jeff Bower	All-American Bowl	NC State	L 27–31

1997	Jeff Bower	Liberty Bowl	Pittsburgh	W 41–7

1998	Jeff Bower	Humanitarian Bowl	Idaho	L 35–42

1999	Jeff Bower	Liberty Bowl	Colorado State	W 23–17

2000	Jeff Bower	Mobile Alabama Bowl	TCU	W 28–21

2002	Jeff Bower	Houston Bowl	Oklahoma State	L 23–33

2003	Jeff Bower	Liberty Bowl	Utah	L 0–17

2004	Jeff Bower	New Orleans Bowl	North Texas	W 31–10

2005	Jeff Bower	New Orleans Bowl	Arkansas State	W 31–19

2006	Jeff Bower	GMAC Bowl	Ohio	W 28–7

2007	Jeff Bower	PapaJohns.com Bowl	Cincinnati	L 21–31

2008	Larry Fedora	New Orleans Bowl	Troy	W 30–27 OT

2009	Larry Fedora	New Orleans Bowl	Middle Tennessee	W 32–42

2010	Larry Fedora	Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl	Louisville	L 28–31

2011	Larry Fedora	Hawaii Bowl	Nevada	W 24–17

2015	Todd Monken	Heart of Dallas Bowl	Washington	L 31–44

2016	Jay Hopson	New Orleans Bowl	Louisiana–Lafayette	W 28–21

2017	Jay Hopson	Independence Bowl	Florida State	L 13–42

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Southern Miss played in the 2017 Independence Bowl, a game they lost to Florida State by a score of 42-13.

final_sentence: Southern Miss played in the 2017 Independence Bowl, a game they lost to Florida State by a score of 42-13.