The Black and Blue Bowl
Memphis vs. Southern Miss
54 of their 63 meetings are on file: they first met in 1935, and the earliest on file is 1953; officially, Southern Miss leads 40–22–1; as played, 32–21–1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s even at 5–5. The official count covers every meeting. Share
2027 at Memphis; 2030 at Southern Miss. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).
- Official series
- Southern Miss leads 40–22–1
- Memphis wins on file
- 21
- Southern Miss wins on file
- 32
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1953 first met 1935
- Longest streak
- 7 Southern Miss
- Current streak
- 1 Memphis
- Last 10 meetings
- even at 5–5
- Most recent
- 2012
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 8–3 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 3–6–1 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 1–8 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 2–8 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 5–5 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 1–2 |
- Average margin
- 13.1 points; 23 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Memphis
- 16–15–1 Memphis’s record at home
- At Southern Miss
- 17–5 Southern Miss’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 6
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Memphis’s biggest win1970: Memphis 33, Southern Miss 0by 33 points
- Southern Miss’s biggest win1998: Southern Miss 45, Memphis 3by 42 points
- Upset2007: Memphis 29, Southern Miss 26Memphis had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1973: Southern Miss 13, Memphis 10Southern Miss had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1964: Southern Miss 20, Memphis 14Southern Miss had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Memphis | Series | Southern Miss |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960–1968 | Billy Murphy | 7–3 | Pie Vann |
| 1969–1971 | Billy Murphy | 3–0 | P.W. Underwood |
| 1972–1974 | Fred Pancoast | 0–2–1 | P.W. Underwood |
| 1975–1979 | Richard Williamson | 1–4 | Bobby Collins |
| 1991–1994 | Chuck Stobart | 2–2 | Jeff Bower |
| 1995–2000 | Rip Scherer | 0–6 | Jeff Bower |
| 2001–2007 | Tommy West | 4–3 | Jeff Bower |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Memphis’s side (Murphy 7–3 against Vann). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
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.
Every game
Every game is listed as played on the field.