Southern Miss vs. UCF

Southern Miss and UCF have 8 meetings on file, the first in 2005; Southern Miss leads the series 6–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Southern Miss 6–⁠2.

Southern Miss wins
6
UCF wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
2005
Longest streak
4 Southern Miss
Current streak
1 UCF
Last 10 meetings
Southern Miss 6–⁠2
Most recent
2012

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
2000s4–⁠1
2010s2–⁠1
Average margin
9.9 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Southern Miss
3–⁠1 Southern Miss’s record at home
At UCF
1–⁠3 UCF’s record at home

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Southern Miss’s biggest win2005: Southern Miss 52, UCF 31by 21 points
  2. UCF’s biggest win2007: UCF 34, Southern Miss 17by 17 points
  3. Upset2007: UCF 34, Southern Miss 17UCF had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsSouthern MissSeriesUCF
2005–⁠2007Jeff Bower2–⁠1George O’Leary
2008–⁠2011Larry Fedora4–⁠0George O’Leary

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Southern Miss and UCF, 2005 on13001500170020052010201520202025

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

Oct 13, 2012UCF 38, Southern Miss 31at UCF
Nov 12, 201125Southern Miss 30, UCF 29at Southern Miss
Nov 13, 2010Southern Miss 31, 25UCF 21at UCF
Sep 12, 2009Southern Miss 26, UCF 19at Southern Miss
Nov 8, 2008Southern Miss 17, UCF 6at UCF
Oct 28, 2007UCF 34, Southern Miss 17at Southern Miss
Sep 26, 2006Southern Miss 19, UCF 14at UCF
Oct 15, 2005Southern Miss 52, UCF 31at Southern Miss

Every game is listed as played on the field.