The 2023 season's largest margin: Southern Miss 40, Alcorn State 14. A 26-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2023 — The Correction
2023 is a losing-side chapter for Southern Miss. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Billy WilesQB1,916 passing yards
- Frank Gore Jr.RB1,131 rushing yards
- Rodrigues ClarkRB429 rushing yards
- Jakarius CastonWR621 receiving yards
- Latreal JonesWR498 receiving yards
- Tiaquelin MimsWR445 receiving yards
- Dylan LawrenceS72 tackles
- Jay StanleyS55 tackles
- Hayes MaplesLB51 tackles
- Jalil ClemonsEDGE5.5 sacks
- Josh RatcliffDT3.5 sacks
- Averie HabasLB2.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2023.
The season's deepest loss: Southern Miss 13, Florida State 66. A 53-point margin the season is remembered by.
"SMTTT"
2023 sits in Southern Miss's crisis ledger. The program does not moralise it. The next season begins the day this one ended and the crisis chapter closes when the ledger does.