The Eagles are currently members of the Sun Belt Conference and play their home games at M. M. Roberts Stadium in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Underwood compiled a 31–32–2 record in his six seasons and engineered one of the biggest wins in school history in 1970, a 30–14 upset of fourth-ranked Mississippi.

[10][11] During Carmody's tenure, the Golden Eagles defeated Alabama, 38–29, in Tuscaloosa in 1982, snapping the Crimson Tide's 56-game home winning streak at Bryant–Denny Stadium.

Carmody recruited a young Kiln, Mississippi, high school quarterback named Brett Favre to Southern Miss in 1987.

[14] [15] In 1984, Southern Miss, already under NCAA sanctions for prior infractions, admitted to improper recruiting practices pertaining to freshman linebacker Don Palmer.

Palmer alleged he was given clothing, basketball game tickets, cash, and transportation to the campus by an USM assistant coach.

[17] Hallman's .676 winning percentage at USM is the highest of any coach in Southern Miss football history.

[20] Larry Fedora was hired away from his post as offensive coordinator at Oklahoma State as the USM head football coach on December 11, 2007.

[21] Fedora's four-year contract included a $650,000 per-year base salary, but incentives brought his yearly pay close to $900,000.

[22] Fedora made a big splash early in his tenure at USM, landing a commitment from five-star wide receiver prospect DeAndre Brown, who chose the Golden Eagles over offers from SEC members LSU, Ole Miss and Auburn.

[23] In what turned out to be Fedora's final season, the Golden Eagles upset sixth-ranked and undefeated Houston in the Conference USA championship game en route to a Hawaii Bowl victory and rankings of No.

[24] Fedora left after the 2011 season to accept the head football coach position at North Carolina, leaving Southern Miss with a 34–19 overall record.

[24] Following Fedora's departure, Ellis Johnson was hired as head coach at USM away from South Carolina, where he served as defensive coordinator.

[25] A long-time and well-respected defensive coordinator of the SEC and ACC with extensive recruiting ties throughout the South, Johnson's hire was met with praise by most USM fans.

[32] Southern Miss had one of the most productive offenses in college football and finished 2015 with a 9–5 record, including a Heart of Dallas Bowl loss to Washington.

[34] In his first year at the helm, Hopson led the Golden Eagles to a 7–6 record,[35] a bowl victory,[36] and the first win over an SEC opponent since Jeff Bower's 2000 team, defeating Kentucky in the season opener.

[44] After a 24–0 shutout win over UTEP,[45] the Golden Eagles defeated Louisiana Tech in the Rivalry in Dixie game by a score of 34–27 in double overtime.

[48] Southern Miss won their last three games to close the regular season, defeating Rice by a score of 43–34,[49] Charlotte by a margin of 66–21[50] and Marshall by a nail biting 28–27.

[51] Southern Miss accepted a berth in the 2017 Independence Bowl, a game they lost to Florida State by a score of 42–13.

[53] After a surprising early season loss to South Alabama 32–21 in Hattiesburg, Jay Hopson unexpectedly resigned the following Monday.

[55] Will Hall, former offensive coordinator at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette and Tulane, was announced as the new Head Coach for the Golden Eagles in December 2020.

[57] The next season under Hall's tenure, the first in the Sun Belt Conference, the Golden Eagles went 7-6 (4-4), [58] including a 38-24 win against Rice in the LendingTree Bowl.

In 2008, Louisiana Tech AD-HC Derek Dooley and USM AD Richard Giannini signed a four-game contract to renew the rivalry with the first game being played in Ruston on September 25, 2010.

Known as the Black and Blue Bowl, the long-standing rivalry between Southern Miss and Memphis dates back to October 26, 1935.

[63] This yearly classic garnered its name from the intense competitive nature of the contest, as well as the competing schools' colors: the black of Southern Miss and the blue of Memphis.

Carlisle-Faulkner Field at M. M. Roberts Stadium is nicknamed "The Rock at Southern Miss" and boasts a seating capacity of 36,000.

Roberts Stadium in honor of entrepreneur Gene Carlisle who provided the contribution for the installation of a new playing surface, Momentum Turf by Sportexe.

Other renovations and additions include such major projects as luxury suites, club-level seating, elevators on each side of the south end zone, and a visiting team locker room.

Hand signals accompany the cheer, which are two gestures upward with the index finger, done by both the initiator and responder.

Every fall, the incoming freshmen give the walls and street a "fresh coat of paint" as they have done for half a century.