Glen Howe (1991) - Southern Miss M-Club Hall of Fame

Glen Howe

Induction:
1991

Glen (Big Dog) Howe was one of the most dominating and talented offensive tackles to play for the Golden Eagles in the early 1980s and whose contributions helped to make the team one of the best in the nation during that time.
   He would come to Southern Miss as a 6-4, 240 pound freshman in 1979 and would grow into a 6-7, 271 pounder by the end of his career.
   Howe, known for his speed and quickness up front, joined the Southern Miss football team out of Daniel High School in New Albany, Mississippi and almost immediately moved himself into position to see playing time as a red-shirt freshman.
   As a reserve in 1980 he was an integral part of an explosive Southern Miss offense that averaged 349.7 yards and 24.9 points per game, finished 8-3 on the year and played in the Independence Bowl against McNeese State, the school’s first postseason appearance since the late 1950s.
   Earned his first starting assignments late during the 1980 campaign when starter Joey Hendrix went down with a knee injury. It was a spot Howe would never give up.
   In 1981 he was a starter and helped to lead the Golden Eagles to one of their finest seasons ever. The explosive Southern Miss offense, with Howe blocking for quarterback Reggie Collier and backs Sammy Winder, Clemon Terrell and Ricky Floyd, averaged 381.3 yards and 26.2 points a game. That 1981 team tied Alabama 13-13 at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, finished the regular season with a 9-1-1 record, played against Missouri in the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, Florida, and ranked 10th in the country in rushing with 266.6 yards a game..
   Howe capped that 1981 season by being named to the all-South Independent second team.
   1982 would be the second straight year that “Big Dog” would start on the offensive front for the Golden Eagles and he turned in a magnificent season and ended with being named to the all-South Independent first team and an honorable mention All-American.
   The 1982 Southern Miss team would finish 7-4, but ended a 56 game home winning streak by Alabama with a 38-29 win in Tuscaloosa and ranked fifth in the country in rushing with 284.6 yards a game.
   Howe would end his Southern Miss career in 1983 by being named for a second straight year as a first team all-South Independent selection and an honorable mention All-American while leading the team to another 7-4 record.
   With Howe blocking up front that team ranked 26th in the nation in rushing with 214.3 yards a game.
   Howe was taken in the ninth round of the 1984 NFL draft (233rd overall pick) by the Atlanta Falcons and spent time on the NFL rosters of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Dallas Cowboys and the Falcons.