The 2017 season's largest margin: Southern Miss 45, Southern 0. A 45-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2017 — The Winning Chapter
Southern Miss's 2017 season (8-5) 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
- Kwadra GriggsQB1,879 passing yards
- Keon HowardQB1,199 passing yards
- Ito SmithRB1,413 rushing yards
- Tez ParksRB272 rushing yards
- Korey RobertsonWR1,106 receiving yards
- Allenzae StaggersWR471 receiving yards
- Quez WatkinsWR337 receiving yards
- Tarvarius MooreDB87 tackles
- Racheem BootheLB79 tackles
- Jomez ApplewhiteDB65 tackles
- Paxton SchrimsherLB5.5 sacks
- Xavier ThigpenDL5 sacks
- Jacques TurnerDL4 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: Southern Miss 13, Florida State 42. A 29-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Southern Miss fell to Florida State 13-42 in the postseason.
"SMTTT"
2017 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.