The 1990 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team was an American football team that represented the University of Southern Mississippi as an independent during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third year under head coach Curley Hallman, the team compiled an 8–4 record and lost the 1990 All-American Bowl.^[1] The Golden Eagles had one of the biggest upsets of the college football season when they beat the Alabama Crimson Tide by a score of 27–24. Another upset followed later in the season when the Golden Eagles beat the Auburn Tigers by a score of 13–12.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 1	Delta State		M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	W 12–0	17,590	[2]
September 8	at No. 13 Alabama		Legion Field Birmingham, AL (rivalry)	W 27–24	75,962	[3]
September 15	at Georgia		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 17–18	79,812	[4]
September 22	at Mississippi State		Scott Field Starkville, MS	L 10–13	40,115	[5]
September 29	Louisville		M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	W 25–13	20,545	[6]
October 6	at East Carolina		Ficklen Memorial Stadium Greenville, NC	W 16–7	31,305	[7]
October 13	at Tulane		Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (rivalry)	W 20–14	26,662	[8]
October 20	Memphis State		M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS (rivalry)	W 23–7	24,520	[9]
October 27	at Virginia Tech		Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 16–20	37,462	[10]
November 3	at Southwestern Louisiana		Cajun Field Lafayette, LA	W 14–13	17,860	[11]
November 10	at No. 15 Auburn		Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	W 13–12	85,214	[12]
December 28	vs. NC State	No. 23	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (All-American Bowl)	L 27–31	44,000	[13]
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

Team players in the NFL

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