University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Football Releases Non-Conference Schedule
1/20/2005 12:00:00 AM | Football
Football Releases Non-Conference Schedule
HATTIESBURG, Miss. ? Southern Miss Director of Athletics Richard Giannini has announced the 2005 non-conference schedule, today, which includes two road dates with BCS conference schools and a home date with perennial I-AA power McNeese State.
The Golden Eagles will face Alabama at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa for the last time of the current contract on Sept. 10, before coming home to face McNeese State at The Rock. on Sept. 17. The Golden Eagles will face Alabama for the 41st time and will face the Cowboys for the second time in the program's history, as Southern Miss won the first meeting, 16-14, in the 1980 Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La.
Southern Miss will face N.C. State for the ninth time when the Golden Eagles travel to Raleigh, N.C., on Oct. 29. The first meeting between the two schools took place in 1958 with Southern Miss winning, 26-14, and N.C. State won the last meeting in 1990, in the All American Bowl in Birmingham, Ala., 31-27. That game marked the first game in the career of current Southern Miss Head Football Coach Jeff Bower.
The Wolfpack will travel to Hattiesburg, Miss., on Sept. 23, 2006, for the final game in the two-game series.
The Conference USA portion of the schedule will be released at a later date. Memphis, Tulane, UCF and Tulsa will visit the Rock in 2005, and the Golden Eagles will travel to East Carolina, Houston, UAB and Marshall.
