2007 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team

The 2007 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team represented The University of Southern Mississippi in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Jeff Bower, who was in his 18th year at Southern Miss. Southern Miss played their home games at M. M. Roberts Stadium in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and competed in the East Division of Conference USA.

2007 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionEast Division
2007 record7–6 (5–3 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJay Johnson (3rd as OC, 5th overall season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorJay Hopson (3rd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumM. M. Roberts Stadium
(Capacity: 36,000)
2007 Conference USA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
UCF x$  7 –1     10 –4  
East Carolina  6 –2     8 –5  
Memphis  6 –2     7 –6  
Southern Miss  5 –3     7 –6  
Marshall  3 –5     3 –9  
UAB  1 –7     2 –10  
West Division
Tulsa xy  6 –2     10 –4  
Houston x  6 –2     8 –5  
Tulane  3 –5     4 –8  
Rice  3 –5     3 –9  
UTEP  2 –6     4 –8  
SMU  0 –8     1 –11  
Championship: UCF 44, Tulsa 25
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The Golden Eagles finished the season with a record of 7–6, 5–3 in C-USA play, and lost to Cincinnati, 31–21, in the PapaJohns.com Bowl.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 pmTennessee-Martin*
W 35-1329,253[1]
September 86:00 pmat No. 24 Tennessee*
PPVL 39-19106,311[2]
September 155:00 pmat East Carolina*
W 28-2131,170[3]
September 276:30 pmat Boise State*
ESPNL 38-1630,159[4]
October 37:00 pmRice
ESPN2L 31-2925,656[5]
October 136:30 pmSMU
CSTVW 28-731,253[6]
October 217:00 pmat Marshall
ESPNW 33-2427,234[7]
October 287:00 pmUCF
ESPNL 34-1727,103[8]
November 36:00 pmat UAB
CSSW 37-713,348[9]
November 103:30 pmMemphis
CSSL 29-2629,354[10]
November 176:30 pmat UTEP
CSTVW 56-3028,592 [11]
November 242:00 pmArkansas State
W 16-1017,705[12]
December 2212:00 pmvs. No. 20 Cincinnati*
ESPN 2L 31-2135,258[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

Roster
2007 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB -- Austin Davis Fr
TE 1 Shawn Nelson  Jr
QB 14 Martevious Young  Fr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 91 Robert Henderson  Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

References
  1. "Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks vs. Southern Miss Golden Eagles Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  2. "Tennessee Vols Game by Game Statistics". Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  3. "Southern Miss Golden Eagles vs East Carolina Pirates Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  4. "Southern Miss Golden Eagles vs. Boise State Broncos Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  5. "Southern Miss Golden Eagles vs. Rice Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  6. "Southern Miss Golden Eagles vs. SMU". Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  7. "Southern Miss Golden Eagles vs. Marshall". Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  8. "Southern Miss Golden Eagles vs. UCF". Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  9. "Southern Miss Golden Eagles vs. UAB". Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  10. "Southern Miss Golden Eagles vs. Memphis". Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  11. "Southern Miss Golden Eagles vs. UTEP". Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  12. "Southern Miss Golden Eagles vs. Arkansas State". Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  13. "Southern Miss Golden Eagles vs. Cincinnati". Retrieved December 3, 2015.
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