Battle for the Bell
First contested October 13, 1979 Number of meetings 30 Most recent meeting November 6, 2010 Next meeting September 12, 2022 All-time series Southern Miss leads 23–7 Largest victory Southern Miss 59, Tulane 6 Longest win streak Southern Miss 6 Current streak Southern Miss 6
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 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.
The two teams played annually beginning in 1979, until the reconfiguration of Conference USA in 2006 caused it to be played two out of four years as a cross-divisional conference match-up. The series became a trophy game in 1999 with the addition of the Bell.[1] [2] American Athletic Conference (AAC) in July 2014. On April 13, 2017, the schools announced a return of the rivalry—a four-game football series between 2022 and 2027, the first being held at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans.[3] [4] [5]
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Southern Miss victories Tulane victories
No. Date Location Winner Score 1 October 13, 1979 Hattiesburg Tulane 20–19 2 September 6, 1980 New Orleans Southern Miss 17–14 3 September 19, 1981 Hattiesburg Southern Miss 21–3 4 October 16, 1982 New Orleans Southern Miss 22–10 5 October 22, 1983 Hattiesburg Tulane 14–7 6 October 13, 1984 New Orleans Tulane 35–7 7 November 23, 1985 Hattiesburg Southern Miss 24–6 8 October 25, 1986 New Orleans Tulane 35–20 9 September 19, 1987 Hattiesburg Southern Miss 31–24 10 October 8, 1988 New Orleans Southern Miss 38–13 11 October 7, 1989 Hattiesburg Southern Miss 30–21 12 October 13, 1990 New Orleans Southern Miss 20–14 13 October 19, 1991 Hattiesburg Southern Miss 47–14 14 October 15, 1992 New Orleans Southern Miss 17–7 15 November 6, 1993 Hattiesburg Tulane 17–15 16 September 3, 1994 New Orleans Southern Miss 25–10
No. Date Location Winner Score 17 September 30, 1995 Hattiesburg Southern Miss 45–0 18 October 26, 1996 New Orleans # 24 31–28 19 October 25, 1997 Hattiesburg Southern Miss 34–13 20 October 3, 1998 New Orleans # 25 21–7 21 September 6, 1999 Hattiesburg Southern Miss 48–14 22 October 14, 2000 New Orleans # 16 56–24 23 November 17, 2001 Hattiesburg Southern Miss 59–6 24 November 23, 2002 New Orleans Tulane 31–10 25 November 15, 2003 Hattiesburg Southern Miss 28–14 26 September 25, 2004 New Orleans Southern Miss 32–14 27 November 26, 2005 Hattiesburg Southern Miss 26–7 28 November 11, 2006 New Orleans Southern Miss 31–3 29 October 24, 2009 Hattiesburg Southern Miss 43–6 30 November 6, 2010 New Orleans Southern Miss 46–30 31 September 12, 2022 New Orleans Series: Southern Miss leads 23–7
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