# List of Southern Miss Golden Eagles football seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the Southern Miss Golden Eagles college football team.
| National Champions | Bowl Win | Conference Champions | Winning Season |
| Season | Conference | Coach (#) | Final record | Bowl game | Season results/notables |
| 1912 | Independent | Ronald J. Slay (1) | 2–1 | | |
| 1913 | Independent | M. J. "Blondie" Williams (2) | 1–5–1 | | |
| 1914 | Independent | A. B. Dillie (3) | 2–3–1 | | |
| 1915 | Independent | A. B. Dillie | 4–4 | | |
| 1916 | Independent | A. B. Dillie | 0–3 | | |
| 1917 | Independent | No team fielded due to World War I | No team fielded due to World War I | No team fielded due to World War I | No team fielded due to World War I |
| 1918 | Independent | No team fielded due to World War I | No team fielded due to World War I | No team fielded due to World War I | No team fielded due to World War I |
| 1919 | Independent | Cephus Allen Anderson (4) | 4–1–2 | | |
| 1920 | Independent | B. B. O'Mara (5) | 5–2–1 | | |
| 1921 | Independent | O. V. "Spout" Austin (6) | 3–4 | | |
| 1922 | Independent | O. V. "Spout" Austin | 2–6 | | |
| 1923 | Independent | O. V. "Spout" Austin | 3–3 | | |
| 1924 | Independent | William Herschel Bobo (7) | 3–3–2 | | |
| 1925 | Independent | William Herschel Bobo | 0–6 | | |
| 1926 | Independent | William Herschel Bobo | 3–4–1 | | |
| 1927 | Independent | William Herschel Bobo | 3–4–1 | | |
| 1928 | Independent | William H. Saunders (8) | 4–5 | | |
| 1929 | Independent | William H. Saunders | 2–6–1 | | |
| 1930 | Independent | John Lumpkin (9) | 3–5–1 | | |
| 1931 | SIAA | Allison "Pooley" Hubert (10) | 2–5 | | |
| 1932 | SIAA | Allison "Pooley" Hubert | 5–4 | | |
| 1933 | SIAA | Allison "Pooley" Hubert | 3–5–2 | | |
| 1934 | SIAA | Allison "Pooley" Hubert | 3–4–2 | | |
| 1935 | SIAA | Allison "Pooley" Hubert | 6–4 | | Would be the beginning of a long winning period where program would only suffer eight losing seasons overall and never have back-to-back losing seasons until 2012-2013 |
| 1936 | SIAA | Allison "Pooley" Hubert | 7–2–1 | | |
| 1937 | SIAA | Reed Green (11) | 7–3 | Won Postseason game vs. Appalachian State 7–0 | Appalachian State was previously undefeated and unscored upon |
| 1938 | SIAA | Reed Green | 7–2 | | |
| 1939 | SIAA | Reed Green | 4–2–3 | | |
| 1940 | SIAA | Reed Green | 7–4 | | |
| 1941 | SIAA | Reed Green | 9–0–1 | | |
| 1942 | Independent | Reed Green | 4–0 | | |
| 1943 | Independent | No team fielded due to World War II | No team fielded due to World War II | No team fielded due to World War II | No team fielded due to World War II |
| 1944 | Independent | No team fielded due to World War II | No team fielded due to World War II | No team fielded due to World War II | No team fielded due to World War II |
| 1945 | Independent | No team fielded due to World War II | No team fielded due to World War II | No team fielded due to World War II | No team fielded due to World War II |
| 1946 | Independent | Reed Green | 7–3 | Won Bacardi Bowl vs. Havana University 55–0 | First bowl win in School History |
| 1947 | Independent | Reed Green | 7–3 | | |
| 1948 | Gulf States | Reed Green | 7–3 | | Gulf States Conference Champions |
| 1949 | Gulf States | Thad "Pie" Vann (12) | 7–3 | | |
| 1950 | Gulf States | Thad "Pie" Vann | 5–5 | | Gulf States Conference Champions |
| 1951 | Gulf States | Thad "Pie" Vann | 6–5 | | Gulf States Conference Champions |
| 1952 | Independent | Thad "Pie" Vann | 10–2 | Lost Sun Bowl vs. Pacific 26–7 | First year of NCAA College Division independent |
| 1953 | Independent | Thad "Pie" Vann | 9–2 | Lost Sun Bowl vs. Texas Western (UTEP) 37–14 | |
| 1954 | Independent | Thad "Pie" Vann | 6–4 | | |
| 1955 | Independent | Thad "Pie" Vann | 9–1 | | |
| 1956 | Independent | Thad "Pie" Vann | 7–2–1 | Lost Tangerine Bowl vs. West Texas State 20–13 | |
| 1957 | Independent | Thad "Pie" Vann | 8–3 | Lost Tangerine Bowl vs. East Texas State 10–9 | |
| 1958 | Independent | Thad "Pie" Vann | 9–0 | | 8th consecutive winning season Voted College Division National Champion |
| 1959 | Independent | Thad "Pie" Vann | 6–4 | | |
| 1960 | Independent | Thad "Pie" Vann | 6–4 | | |
| 1961 | Independent | Thad "Pie" Vann | 8–2 | | |
| 1962 | Independent | Thad "Pie" Vann | 9–1 | | 12th Consecutive Winning Season Voted College Division National Champion |
| 1963 | Independent | Thad "Pie" Vann | 5–3–1 | | First year of NCAA University Division independent |
| 1964 | Independent | Thad "Pie" Vann | 6–3 | | |
| 1965 | Independent | Thad "Pie" Vann | 7–2 | | |
| 1966 | Independent | Thad "Pie" Vann | 6–4 | | |
| 1967 | Independent | Thad "Pie" Vann | 6–3 | | 17th Consecutive Winning Season |
| 1968 | Independent | Thad "Pie" Vann | 4–6 | | |
| 1969 | Independent | P.W. "Bear" Underwood (13) | 5–5 | | |
| 1970 | Independent | P.W. "Bear" Underwood | 5–6 | | |
| 1971 | Independent | P.W. "Bear" Underwood | 6–5 | | |
| 1972 | Independent | P.W. "Bear" Underwood | 3–7–1 | | |
| 1973 | Independent | P.W. "Bear" Underwood | 6–4–1 | | |
| 1974 | Independent | P.W. "Bear" Underwood | 6–5 | | |
| 1975 | Independent | Bobby Collins (14) | 8–3 | | |
| 1976 | Independent | Bobby Collins | 3–8 | | |
| 1977 | Independent | Bobby Collins | 6–6 | | |
| 1978 | Independent | Bobby Collins | 7–4 | | First year as NCAA Division I / I-A independent |
| 1979 | Independent | Bobby Collins | 6–4–1 | | |
| 1980 | Independent | Bobby Collins | 9–3 | Won Independence Bowl vs. McNeese State 16–14 | Second bowl win in school history |
| 1981 | Independent | Bobby Collins | 9–2–1 | Lost Florida Citrus Bowl vs. Missouri 19–17 | Final ranking UPI #19 |
| 1982 | Independent | Jim Carmody (15) | 7–4 | | |
| 1983 | Independent | Jim Carmody | 7–4 | | |
| 1984 | Independent | Jim Carmody | 4–7 | | |
| 1985 | Independent | Jim Carmody | 7–4 | | |
| 1986 | Independent | Jim Carmody | 6–5 | | |
| 1987 | Independent | Jim Carmody | 6–5 | | |
| 1988 | Independent | Curley Hallman (16) | 10–2 | Won Independence Bowl vs. UTEP 38–18 | |
| 1989 | Independent | Curley Hallman | 5–6 | | |
| 1990 | Independent | Curley Hallman Jeff Bower (17) | 8–4 | Lost All-American Bowl vs. North Carolina State 31–27 | Brett Favre's last game Jeff Bower's first game as head coach (bowl game) |
| 1991 | Independent | Jeff Bower | 4–7 | | |
| 1992 | Independent | Jeff Bower | 7–4 | | |
| 1993 | Independent | Jeff Bower | 3–7–1 | | |
| 1994 | Independent | Jeff Bower | 6–5 | | |
| 1995 | Independent | Jeff Bower | 6–5 | | |
| 1996 | C-USA | Jeff Bower | 8–3 | | C-USA Co-Champions |
| 1997 | C-USA | Jeff Bower | 9–3 | Won Liberty Bowl vs. Pittsburgh 41–7 | C-USA Champions Final Ranking AP #19, USA Today #19 |
| 1998 | C-USA | Jeff Bower | 7–5 | Lost Humanitarian Bowl vs. Idaho 42–35 | |
| 1999 | C-USA | Jeff Bower | 9–3 | Won Liberty Bowl vs. Colorado State 23–17 | C-USA Champions Final Ranking AP #14, USA Today #13 |
| 2000 | C-USA | Jeff Bower | 8–4 | Won Mobile Alabama Bowl vs. #13 TCU 28–21 | |
| 2001 | C-USA | Jeff Bower | 6–5 | | |
| 2002 | C-USA | Jeff Bower | 7–6 | Lost Houston Bowl vs. Oklahoma State 33–23 | Rod Davis, Conerly Trophy Award Winner |
| 2003 | C-USA | Jeff Bower | 9–4 | Lost Liberty Bowl vs. #25 Utah 17–0 | C-USA Champions |
| 2004 | C-USA | Jeff Bower | 7–5 | Won New Orleans Bowl vs. North Texas 31–10 | Michael Boley, Conerly Trophy Award Winner |
| 2005 | C-USA | Jeff Bower | 7–5 | Won New Orleans Bowl vs. Arkansas State 31–19 | 12th Consecutive Winning Season |
| 2006 | C-USA | Jeff Bower | 9–5 | Won GMAC Bowl vs. Ohio 28–7 | C-USA East Division Champions |
| 2007 | C-USA | Jeff Bower | 7–6 | Lost PapaJohns.com Bowl vs. Cincinnati 31–21 | Damion Fletcher, Conerly Trophy Award Winner |
| 2008 | C-USA | Larry Fedora (18) | 7–6 | Won New Orleans Bowl vs. Troy 30–27 OT | |
| 2009 | C-USA | Larry Fedora | 7–6 | Lost New Orleans Bowl vs. Middle Tennessee State 42–32 | |
| 2010 | C-USA | Larry Fedora | 8–5 | Lost Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl vs. Louisville 28–31 | |
| 2011 | C-USA | Larry Fedora | 12–2 | Won Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl vs. Nevada 24–17 | 18th Consecutive Winning Season C-USA Champions Final Ranking #20 AP, #19 Coaches |
| 2012 | C-USA | Ellis Johnson (19) | 0–12 | | Johnson fired after one season |
| 2013 | C-USA | Todd Monken (20) | 1–11 | | First time since 1934 that program suffered back-to-back losing seasons |
| 2014 | C-USA | Todd Monken | 3–9 | | |
| 2015 | C-USA | Todd Monken | 9–5 | Lost Heart of Dallas Bowl vs. Washington 44–31 | Monken resigned after season |
| 2016 | C-USA | Jay Hopson (21) | 7–6 | Won New Orleans Bowl vs. Louisiana-Lafayette 28–21 | |
| 2017 | C-USA | Jay Hopson | 8–5 | Lost Independence Bowl vs. Florida State 13–42 | |
| 2018 | C-USA | Jay Hopson | 6–5 | | |
| 2019 | C-USA | Jay Hopson | 7–6 | Lost Armed Forces Bowl vs. Tulane 13–30 | |
| 2020 | C-USA | Jay Hopson / Scotty Walden (interim) / Tim Billings (interim) | 3–7 | | Hopson resigned after first game, Walden named interim coach. Walden left mid-season to coach Austin Peay, Tim Billings named interim coach. |
| 2021 | C-USA | Will Hall (22) | 3–9 | | |
| 2022 | Sun Belt | Will Hall | 7–6 | Won LendingTree Bowl vs. Rice 38–24 | |
| 2023 | Sun Belt | Will Hall | 3–9 | | |
| Totals | | 22 Coaches | 604–440–27 | 13–15 Bowl Record | 71 Winning Seasons 8 Conference Championships 12 Bowl Wins 2 Division II National Championships |