2008 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team

The 2008 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team represented the University of Southern Mississippi in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Golden Eagles were led by first-year head coach Larry Fedora and played their home games at M. M. Roberts Stadium. They are a member of the East Division of Conference USA. They finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in C-USA play. They were invited to the New Orleans Bowl where they defeated Troy, 30–27.

2008 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football
New Orleans Bowl champion
New Orleans Bowl, W 30–27 ^OT vs. Troy
Conference	Conference USA
Division	East Division
Record	7–6 (4–4 C-USA)
Head coach	Larry Fedora (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Darrell Wyatt (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Todd Bradford (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	M. M. Roberts Stadium
Seasons ← 2007 2009 →

2008 Conference USA football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
East Carolina x$		6	–	2					9	–	5
Memphis		4	–	4					6	–	7
Southern Miss		4	–	4					7	–	6
UAB		3	–	5					4	–	8
UCF		3	–	5					4	–	8
Marshall		3	–	5					4	–	8
West Division
Tulsa xy		7	–	1					11	–	3
Rice x		7	–	1					10	–	3
Houston		6	–	2					8	–	5
UTEP		4	–	4					5	–	7
Tulane		1	–	7					2	–	10
SMU		0	–	8					1	–	11
Championship: East Carolina 27, Tulsa 24
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:00 pm	Louisiana-Lafayette*	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS		W 51–21	32,792
September 6	11:30 am	at No. 9 Auburn*	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	LFS	L 13–27	87,451
September 13	6:00 pm	at Arkansas State*	ASU Stadium Jonesboro, AR		W 27–24	25,938
September 20	2:30 pm	Marshall	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattieburg, MS	CSS	L 27–34	28,178
October 4	6:00 pm	UTEP	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS		L 37–40 ^2OT	28,788
October 11	7:00 pm	No. 15 Boise State*	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	CBSCS	L 7–24	30,912
October 18	2:00 pm	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX		L 40–45	11,117
October 25	7:00 pm	at Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memphis, TN (Black and Blue Bowl)	CBSCS	L 30–36	24,034
November 1	7:00 pm	UAB	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	CSS	W 70–14	29,281
November 8	2:30 pm	at UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium Orlando, FL		W 17–6	41,652
November 15	2:00 pm	East Carolina	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS		W 21–3	30,658
November 29	2:00 pm	at SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dallas, TX		W 28–12	13,020
December 21	7:00 pm	vs. Troy*	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (New Orleans Bowl)	ESPN	W 30–27 ^OT	30,197
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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