Houston vs. Southern Miss

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

1. Houston’s biggest win1957: Houston 27, Southern Miss 12by 15 points
2. Southern Miss’s biggest win2001: Southern Miss 58, Houston 14by 44 points
3. Upset1996: Houston 56, Southern Miss 49Houston had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Ranked showdown2011: Southern Miss 49, Houston 28No. 24 Southern Miss at No. 7 Houston

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Houston’s side (Helton 1–⁠2 against Bower). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• Houston vs. Rice47 meetings, Houston 35–⁠12
• Houston vs. Tulsa46 meetings, Houston 26–⁠20
• Houston vs. Texas Tech37 meetings, Houston 18–⁠18–⁠1
• Houston vs. SMU37 meetings, Houston 22–⁠14–⁠1
• Southern Miss vs. Memphis54 meetings, Southern Miss 32–⁠21–⁠1
• Southern Miss vs. Alabama45 meetings, Southern Miss 5–⁠38–⁠2
• Southern Miss vs. East Carolina38 meetings, Southern Miss 26–⁠12
• Southern Miss vs. Tulane35 meetings, Southern Miss 24–⁠11