2013 Football Game Notes Game No. 5 FIU (0-4, 0-0 C-USA) at Southern Miss (0-4, 0-0 C-USA) 3 pm (CT), Carlisle-Faulkner Field at Roberts Stadium (36,000) Hattiesburg, Miss. - CSS @USMGoldenEagles/@SouthernMissFB/@CoachToddMonken The Game at a Glance Noting the Golden Eagles Date............................................................Oct. 5, 2013 • After playing the last three games on the road, Southern Miss opens Conference USA Time ................................................................3 p.m. (CT) play this week against league newcomer FIU. Location .............................................Hattiesburg, Miss. • The FIU game starts eight consecutive Conference USA contests to fi nish the 2013 regular Stadium .......Carlisle-Faulkner Field at Roberts Stadium season for Southern Miss. Capacity .............................................................. 36,000 • Through four games, Southern Miss has had fi ve true freshmen start, including wide Surface ......................................................... Matrix Turf receivers Tyre’oune Holmes, James Cox and Marquise Ricard, offensive lineman Cameron TV ..............................................................................CSS Tom and defensive back Kelsey Douglas. A total of 11 true freshman have seen action Play-By-Play ....................................Richard Cross during the 2013 campaign. Analyst ................................................Chuck Oliver • The Golden Eagles tallied a season-best three sacks against Boise State. Alan Howze Sidelines .......................................Hannah Chalker started the game with one and Adam Williams and Octavius Thomas also added one Radio ..................Southern Miss IMG Sports Network each in the contest. In addition, Thomas notched his second career fumble recovery versus Play-By-Play ..................John Cox (36th season) the Broncos. Analyst ............................Vic Purvis (40th season) • Redshirt junior Nic Bekkers collected his fi rst career block on an extra point at Boise State. Sidelines ...................Dr. Bo Morgan (4th season) • As Conference USA play gets started for its 18th season, Southern Miss is one of two Stats/Spotter .................Joe Bryant (6th season) members that played football during that fi rst conference season in 1996, along with Gametracker .................................... SouthernMiss.com Tulane. Series ......................................................... First Meeting • The Golden Eagles look to snap a current seven-game home losing streak against the Streak ........................................................................N/A Panthers. Last Meeting .............................................................N/A • Southern Miss is one of two schools in the Football Bowl Subdivision that have had two Websites ............................................ SouthernMiss.com true freshmen play on the offensive line this season through the fi rst fi ve weeks of the ...........................................................FIUSports.com season, only behind three by Virginia. Both Cameron Tom and Devin Farrior have each seen time on the offensive line for the Eagles and Tom, which made his fi rst career start last ................................................ConferenceUSA.com week at Boise State, helps make Southern Miss one of 12 FBS schools to start at least one true freshman on the offensive line in 2013. • This weekend’s game will also be a part of Breast Cancer Awareness weekend for 2013 Southern Miss Schedule Golden Eagle athletics. The football team will wear pink wristbands and hand towels, while Aug. 31 Texas State .......................................L, 22-15 pink ribbons will be given out to fans as well as Southern Miss coaches and staff. Sept. 7 at Nebraska (BTN) ..........................L, 56-13 Sept. 14 at Arkansas (SEC)...............................L, 24-3 The FIU Series Sept. 28 at Boise State (ESPNU) .....................L, 60-7 • This will be the fi rst meeting between the two schools in football as the Golden Eagles Oct. 5 FIU* (CSS) ................................................3 pm welcome FIU to Conference USA. Oct. 19 at East Carolina* (FSN) ...........................TBA • The Panthers are the fi rst of four new Conference USA member schools that Southern Miss Oct. 26 North Texas* (HC/FCS) .........................6 pm will play this season and the fi rst of two, Florida Atlantic being the other, that it will meet Nov. 2 at Marshall* (CBS SN)........................11 am for the fi rst time in its history this season. Nov. 9 at Louisiana Tech* (CBS SN) ................6 pm • FIU is the third different school from the state of Florida that the Golden Eagles will play Nov. 16 Florida Atlantic* (CSS) .................11:30 am in a confrence game. Florida Atlantic will be the fourth when the two schools meet later in Nov. 23 Middle Tennessee* (CSS) ................2:30 pm November. Nov. 30 at UAB* ..............................................12 noon •Southern Miss also played in Conference USA with USF (2003-04) and UCF (2005-12). * C-USA contest; All Times Central 2013 FIU Schedule Against the State of Florida Aug. 31 at Maryland (ESPN2) .....................L, 43-10 • The Golden Eagles are 23-22-1 against teams from the state of Florida. Sept. 6 UCF (CBS SN) ......................................L, 38-0 • Southern Miss is 5-0 against Tampa, 6-2 against UCF, 3-1 against UCF, 8-13-1 against Sept. 14 Bethune-Cookman ...........................L, 34-13 Florida State, 0-5 against Florida, 1-1 versus Stetson and 0-1 against an All-Navy Service Sept. 21 at Louisville (ESPN3) ..........................L, 72-0 team, in a game which was played in 1925. Oct. 5 at Southern Miss* (CSS) ........................3 pm • Southern Miss has won four of the last fi ve games that they have played against a school Oct. 12 UAB* (CSS) ........................................6:30 pm from the state of Florida. All fi ve of those games were against UCF. The Knights took last Oct. 26 Louisiana Tech* .......................................5 pm year’s contest in Orlando, winning 38-31 in double overtime. Nov. 2 East Carolina* .........................................5 pm Nov. 9 at Middle Tennessee* (FCS) .................3 pm TV Notes Nov. 16 at UTEP* ...................................................7 pm • This will be the fourth of 10 television appearances for the Golden Eagles this season Nov. 23 Marshall* (FCS) ......................................5 pm when they meet the Panthers. Nov. 29 at Florida Atlantic (FS1) ........................2 pm • This will be the fi rst of three CSS telecasts for Southern Miss in 2013. * C-USA contest; All Times Central • The Golden Eagles are 83-76 all-time when they play on television. Golden Eagle Record Breakdown in 2013 Todd Monken 2013 Head Football Coach Record 0-4 First Season - 0-4 (.000) C-USA 0-0 Non-Conference 0-4 Todd Monken was named the 20th head football coach at The University of Big Ten 0-1 Mountan West 0-1 Southern Mississippi on Dec. 12, 2012, and brings an impressive offensive pedi- Southeastern 0-1 gree to Hattiesburg. Sun Belt 0-1 Home 0-1 Monken came to Southern Miss after serving the previous two seasons as offen- Away 0-3 sive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Oklahoma State. It was his second Neutral 0-0 stint at OSU, after serving as pass game coordinator and wide receivers coach Day Games 0-1 there from 2002-04. Night Games 0-3 TV Games 0-3 Under Monken last season, the Cowboys – which had a true freshman starting Big Ten Network 0-1 CBS SN 0-0 quarterback to start the season and a redshirt freshman as the primary back- CSS 0-0 up – finished ranked among the nation’s top 10 nationally in scoring offense ESPN U 0-1 (3rd/45.7 ppg), total offense (4th/547.0 ypg) and passing offense (7th/331.7 SEC 0-1 ypg). FSN 0-0 When Scoring First 0-0 In the last two seasons under Monken, OSU scored more than 50 points 10 When Foe Scores First 0-4 times, broke the 60-point mark in five contests, the 70-point mark twice and the When Leading at Half 0-0 80-point plateau once in just two years with Monken calling the plays. When Trailing at Half 0-4 When Tied at Half 0-0 In Overtime Games 0-0 The Cowboys also during that span set single-season records for points scored, Scoring Less than 20 points 0-4 touchdowns scored, first downs, pass attempts, pass completions, passing yards, Scoring 20+ points 0-0 completion percentage, touchdown passes, yards per play and third-down con- Scoring 30+ points 0-0 versions in 2011, in addition to posting six of the top seven single-game passing Foe Scoring Less than 20 points 0-0 marks in school history. Foe Scoring 20+ points 0-4 Foe Scoring 30+ points 0-2 In 2011, Monken served as Brandon Weeden’s position coach, who set single- Rushing for less than 100 yards 0-2 season school records for passes completed, passes attempted, passing yards, Rushing for more than 100 yards 0-2 touchdown passes, completion percentage and total offense in 2011. Weeden, Rushing for more than 200 yards 0-0 Rushing for more than 300 yards 0-0 who now plays for the Cleveland Browns, also set single-game school records Passing for less than 100 yards 0-0 for passing yards and total offense under Monken’s watch in 2011. On the Passing for more than 100 yards 0-4 national level, Weeden finished the 2011 season second in passing yards, third Passing for more than 200 yards 0-2 in total offense, fourth in touchdown passes and ninth in pass efficiency. Passing for more than 300 yards