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Florida State vs Southern Miss Timeline

Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Florida State and Southern Miss.

PROGRAM ONEFlorida State15 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD15–6–1WINS · LOSSES · TIES
PROGRAM TWOSouthern Miss6 recorded wins
22Recorded meetings
1954Earliest documented
2023Most recent season
1Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

Meetings are listed oldest first. Scores and dates reflect the available historical records.

22 games
  1. 1954
    Florida State19 — 18Southern Miss
    Nov 27, 1954Florida State won
  2. 1955
    Florida State6 — 21Southern Miss
    Nov 26, 1955Southern Miss won
  3. 1956
    Florida State20 — 19Southern Miss
    Nov 17, 1956Florida State won
  4. 1957
    Florida State0 — 20Southern Miss
    Nov 16, 1957Southern Miss won
  5. 1960
    Florida State13 — 15Southern Miss
    Oct 15, 1960Southern Miss won
  6. 1961
    Florida State0 — 12Southern Miss
    Nov 18, 1961Southern Miss won
  7. 1963
    Florida State0 — 0Southern Miss
    Oct 19, 1963Tie
  8. 1964
    Florida State34 — 0Southern Miss
    Oct 31, 1964Florida State won
  9. 1971
    Florida State24 — 9Southern Miss
    Sep 11, 1971Florida State won
  10. 1976
    Florida State30 — 27Southern Miss
    Nov 6, 1976Florida State won
  11. 1977
    Florida State35 — 6Southern Miss
    Sep 10, 1977Florida State won
  12. 1978
    Florida State38 — 16Southern Miss
    Oct 28, 1978Florida State won
  13. 1979
    Florida State17 — 14Southern Miss
    Sep 8, 1979Florida State won
  14. 1981
    Florida State14 — 58Southern Miss
    Nov 14, 1981Southern Miss won
  15. 1982
    Florida State24 — 17Southern Miss
    Sep 25, 1982Florida State won
  16. 1986
    Florida State49 — 13Southern Miss
    Nov 15, 1986Florida State won
  17. 1987
    Florida State61 — 10Southern Miss
    Oct 10, 1987Florida State won
  18. 1988
    Florida State49 — 13Southern Miss
    Sep 10, 1988Florida State won
  19. 1989
    Florida State26 — 30Southern Miss
    Sep 2, 1989Southern Miss won
  20. 1996
    Florida State54 — 14Southern Miss
    Nov 16, 1996Florida State won
  21. 2017
    Florida State42 — 13Southern Miss
    Dec 27, 2017Florida State wonIndependence Stadium
  22. 2023
    Florida State66 — 13Southern Miss
    Sep 10, 2023Florida State wonDoak Campbell Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2023Florida State vs Southern Miss66–13Florida State won
2017Florida State vs Southern Miss42–13Florida State won
1996Florida State vs Southern Miss54–14Florida State won
1989Florida State vs Southern Miss26–30Southern Miss won
1988Florida State vs Southern Miss49–13Florida State won
1987Florida State vs Southern Miss61–10Florida State won
1986Florida State vs Southern Miss49–13Florida State won
1982Florida State vs Southern Miss24–17Florida State won
1981Florida State vs Southern Miss14–58Southern Miss won
1979Florida State vs Southern Miss17–14Florida State won
1978Florida State vs Southern Miss38–16Florida State won
1977Florida State vs Southern Miss35–6Florida State won
1976Florida State vs Southern Miss30–27Florida State won
1971Florida State vs Southern Miss24–9Florida State won
1964Florida State vs Southern Miss34–0Florida State won
1963Florida State vs Southern Miss0–0Tie
1961Florida State vs Southern Miss0–12Southern Miss won
1960Florida State vs Southern Miss13–15Southern Miss won
1957Florida State vs Southern Miss0–20Southern Miss won
1956Florida State vs Southern Miss20–19Florida State won
1955Florida State vs Southern Miss6–21Southern Miss won
1954Florida State vs Southern Miss19–18Florida State won
OUR DATA STANDARD

Sources and historical coverage

These results are compiled from season-by-season records imported from CollegeFootballData. Only games with both final scores are counted. Older seasons and some lower-division records may be incomplete; the earliest documented year is not necessarily the first meeting ever played.

Page updated November 7, 2026 · Historical records are subject to correction.