The 2015 season's largest margin: Southern Miss 65, Rice 10. A 55-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2015 — The Winning Chapter
Southern Miss's 2015 season (9-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Nick MullensQB4,476 passing yards
- Ito SmithRB1,128 rushing yards
- Jalen RichardRB1,098 rushing yards
- Justice HayesRB204 rushing yards
- Mike ThomasWR1,391 receiving yards
- Casey MartinWR925 receiving yards
- D.J. ThompsonWR779 receiving yards
Season leaders, 2015.
The season's deepest loss: Southern Miss 10, Marshall 31. A 21-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Southern Miss fell to Washington 31-44 in the postseason.
"SMTTT"
2015 is a middle chapter for Southern Miss — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.