Battle for the Bell (Southern Miss vs Tulane)

The Battle for the Bell is an American college football rivalry game between the University of Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles and Tulane University Green Wave football teams. The two schools are located only about 110 miles from each other (Southern Miss in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and Tulane in New Orleans, Louisiana) via Interstate 10 and Interstate 59, making for a heated game.

Beginning in 1979, The game was played annually until the reconfiguration of Conference USA in 2006 and is now played two out of four years as a cross-divisional conference match-up. The most recent game, a 46–30 victory by the Golden Eagles, was played in New Orleans in 2010. Southern Miss holds a 23–7 lead in the series.

The series' status after 2013 is in limbo due to Tulane's pending move to what will be known through June 30, 2013 as the Big East Conference. The Green Wave is scheduled to depart Conference USA on July 1, 2014 for the American Athletic Conference. The Big East name will revert to the seven Catholic universities which do not sponsor FBS football effective July 1, 2013.

Game results
''Southern Miss victories are shaded ██ black. Tulane victories are shaded ██ green.