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1990 Southern Miss

8–⁠4, coached by Curley Hallman, then Jeff Bower (interim, bowl game).

Schedule and results

Southern Miss in 1990, game by game: won vs. Delta State 12–0; won at No. 13 Alabama 27–24; lost at Georgia 17–18; lost at Mississippi State 10–13; won vs. Louisville 25–13; won at East Carolina 16–7; won at Tulane 20–14; won vs. Memphis 23–7; lost at Virginia Tech 16–20; won at Louisiana 14–13; won at No. 15 Auburn 13–12; lost vs. NC State 27–31+16−4Won 12–0 vs. Delta State+12Delta StateWon 27–24 at No. 13 Alabama+3No. 13 AlabamaLost 17–18 at Georgia-1GeorgiaLost 10–13 at Mississippi State-3Mississippi Sta…Won 25–13 vs. Louisville+12LouisvilleWon 16–7 at East Carolina+9East CarolinaWon 20–14 at Tulane+6TulaneWon 23–7 vs. Memphis+16MemphisLost 16–20 at Virginia Tech-4Virginia TechWon 14–13 at Louisiana+1LouisianaWon 13–12 at No. 15 Auburn+1No. 15 AuburnLost 27–31 vs. NC State-4NC State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vsDelta StateW 12–⁠092%
Sep 8at13AlabamaW 27–⁠2430%
Sep 15atGeorgiaL 17–⁠1847%
Sep 22atMississippi StateL 10–⁠1358%
Sep 29vsLouisvilleW 25–⁠1357%
Oct 6atEast CarolinaW 16–⁠753%
Oct 13atTulaneW 20–⁠1468%
Oct 20vsMemphisW 23–⁠778%
Oct 27atVirginia TechL 16–⁠2061%
Nov 3atLouisianaW 14–⁠1365%
Nov 10at15AuburnW 13–⁠1231%
Dec 28Bowls & playoffvsNC StateAll-American BowlL 27–⁠3160%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to NC State 31–⁠27 in the All-American Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 11th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 90 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 12: 25
  2. Wk 13: 25
  3. Wk 14: 24
  4. Wk 15: 23

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1990.

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
—
AP final
Unranked peak No. 23
Points
220–⁠172
Coach
Curley Hallman, then Jeff Bower (interim, bowl game)
Elo
1591 +43 this season
SP+ rating
11.0 No. 31 of 104; offense No. 73, defense No. 5
SRS
6.3 No. 36 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Mark McHale
Defensive coordinator
Michael Bugar
Offense
West Coast
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1991

The 1991 draft
Rd 2Brett Favre QBAtlanta Falcons
Rd 6Michael Jackson WRCleveland Browns
Rd 7Simmie Carter DBNew York Giants