Golden Eagles Welcome North Alabama Saturday to The Rock
11/6/2020
Game 7
Southern Miss (1-5) vs. North Alabama (0-2)
Hattiesburg, Miss. |The Rock (36,000/9,000 in 2020)
Nov. 7, 2020 | 2 pm CT | ESPN3
TV - ESPN3
Play-By-Play - Jason Baker
Analyst - Dustin Almond
Radio - Southern Miss IMG Sports Network
Play-By-Play John Cox (43rd season)
Analyst Lee Roberts (6th season)
Sidelines Dr. Bo Morgan (11th season)
Live Stats - www.SouthernMiss.com
Series Record - First Meeting
Last Meeting - N/A
Golden Eagle Overview
• Southern Miss continues its 104th football season this week, having first fielded a team in 1912. The Golden Eagles are 602-436-27, which is 37th best among FBS teams by winning percentage (.578).
• Southern Miss has captured five-straight winning seasons and 23 over the last 26. The school established its record for seasonal wins in 2011 with 12.
• The Golden Eagles are slated to play seven home games this fall, marking only the second time that they have done that in their history. The only other time came in 1920.
• Southern Miss has its third head coach this season, after Jay Hopson resigned after the opening game and Scotty Walden was named football coach earlier this week at Austin Peay. Tim Billings, who is in his 41st-year as a coach, will serve as the interim coach from the remainder of the year.
• Earlier this week, it was announced that Southern Miss will make up its two games that were postponed earlier this season due to COVID-19. The Golden Eagles will travel to UTEP, Friday, Dec. 4, for a 7 p.m. CT game (Streamed on ESPN Networks) and complete the regular season, Thursday, Dec. 10, at 5:30 p.m. when they take on Florida Atlantic at The Rock.
Notes from Rice Contest
• Freshman Frank Gore, Jr., led the way on the ground with 71 yards rushing on 11 attempts.
• Briggs Bourgeois collected all the Golden Eagle points, on two field goals from 45 and 26 yards, hitting all three attempts this season from beyond 40 yards. He also has made his last three attempts.
• Santrell Latham registered his third sack in the last two games and the Golden Eagles have at least one in all six games this season.
• Tahj Sykes collected a single-game career-high five tackles, while Michael Pleas Jr. registered his career-high four.
• QB Trey Lowe made his first appearance at Southern Miss, throwing for 57 yards on 5-of-6 passing. He made his debut after Jack Abraham was injured in the opening half of the game and Tate Whatley was unavailable for action.
North Alabama Series
• This is the first meeting between the Golden Eagles and Lions in football.
• UNA will be the third team that Southern Miss will meet for the first time this season, having also met South Alabama and Liberty.
• UNA has nine players on their roster from the state of Mississippi, including OL Christian Barnes (Ocean Springs), LS Brett Burton (Ocean Springs), PK Grayson Easterling (West Point), DB Kyree Fields (Columbus), CB Jonathan Jordan (Leland), LB Darrell Sims (Bassfield), RB Ron Thompson (Bassfield), DE Devonte Toles (Pass Christian) and OL Cameron Watson (Madison).
