The Southern Miss Golden Eagles will meet Kentucky on August 31, their first game of the 2024 college football schedule — keep scrolling for the complete slate.

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2024 Southern Miss Game and TV Schedule

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Southern Miss 2024 Strength of Schedule

• Using their opponents’ combined win total last year, the Golden Eagles will be playing the 44th-ranked schedule in terms of difficulty.
• In terms of difficulty — and based on its opponents’ projected win total this season — Southern Miss will be facing the 41st-ranked schedule this year.
• The Golden Eagles are playing the 57th-ranked conference schedule this season (based on their Sun Belt opponents’ combined win total last year).
• In 2024, Southern Miss’ schedule will include 10 games against teams which finished with winning records a year ago, including two games against teams that had nine or more wins and one game against squads with three or fewer wins in 2023.
• The Golden Eagles’ schedule in 2024 includes 10 returning teams who played in a bowl game.

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Southern Miss Stat Insights (2023)

• Despite having a bottom-25 defense that ranked 22nd-worst in FBS (420.8 yards allowed per game) last season, the Golden Eagles played better on offense, ranking 89th in FBS by putting up 353.4 yards per game.
• Despite sporting a bottom-25 scoring defense that ranked sixth-worst in FBS last season (35.8 points allowed per game), Southern Miss put up better results on the other side of the ball, ranking 96th in FBS by totaling 23.2 points per game.
• The Golden Eagles averaged 190.7 passing yards per game offensively last year (103rd in FBS), and they gave up 242 passing yards per game (98th) on defense.
• Southern Miss owned the 59th-ranked rushing offense last season (162.8 rushing yards per game), and it was less effective on defense, ranking 21st-worst with 178.8 rushing yards allowed per game.
• Southern Miss had the 58th-ranked turnover margin in college football last season at +1, forcing 17 turnovers (73rd in FBS) while turning it over 16 times (48th in FBS).

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