University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Golden Eagles Travel to Ruston Saturday to Face Louisiana Tech
9/24/2010 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 24, 2010
USM Game Notes
Louisiana Tech Game Notes
Southern Miss (2-1) at Louisiana Tech (1-2)
Joe Aillet Stadium (30,600)
Ruston, La.
Sept. 25, 2010 • 6 pm CT (ESPN3.com)
Radio: Southern Miss ISP Sports Network (John Cox, 33rd season, play-by- play; Vic Purvis, 37th season, analyst)
Television: ESPN3.com (Trey Bender, P-x-P; Curt Warner, analyst)
Gametracker: www.SouthernMiss.com
Series Record: USM leads 29-13 (last meeting, USM 16-13, 9/19/92)
Eagles Get Back to the Road
• After winning the previous two games at home, the Golden Eagles set out on the road this week to face Louisiana Tech in its fi nal non-conference action of the 2010 regular season.
• Larry Fedora is 7-6 in non-conference games in his three-year tenure.
• Fedora is 0-1 against the WAC, losing at home to No. 15 Boise State, 24-7, during the 2008 campaign.
• The Golden Eagles are looking to win their first non-conference, regularseason road game since defeating Arkansas State, 27-24, on Sept. 13, 2008.
Against Louisiana Tech and the WAC
• This will be the 43rd meeting between Southern Miss and Louisiana Tech in football with the Golden Eagles holding a 29-13 advantage in the series.
• The two teams have not met since the Golden Eagles took a 16-13 victory over the Bulldogs on Sept. 19, 1992, in Hattiesburg.
• The Golden Eagles hold a 13-7 record in games played in Ruston.
• Southern Miss has won fi ve of the last six meeings.
• The school is 36-18 all-time against the Western Athletic Conference. After a 29-13 record against Louisiana Tech, the Golden Eagles are 4-1 versus Utah State, 2-0 against Nevada, 1-0 versus Hawai'i, 0-2 against Boise State and 0-2 versus Idaho.
• This will be the fi rst meeting with a school from the WAC, since losing a 24-7 decision at home against Boise State on Oct. 11, 2008.
A Win Against Louisiana Tech would ...
• give the Golden Eagles their best non-conference record of 3-1 in Fedora's three-year tenure. The team has gone 2-2 in each of his first two seasons.
• the team's best September finish with a 3-1 mark under Fedora.
• give them their fi rst winning non-conference regular season record since 2000, when they defeated Alabama, Oklahoma State and USF.
• run the team's consecutive win streak against teams from the state of Louisiana to 10.
The Kansas Win Extends Home Streak
• The Golden Eagles now have won 10 straight home games after its win over Kansas. It is the longest home winning streak since 1984-87 of 11 games.
