Black and Blue Bowl

The Black and Blue Bowl is the name given to the Memphis–Southern Miss football rivalry between the Tigers of the University of Memphis and the Golden Eagles of the University of Southern Mississippi.[2][3][4]

Black and Blue Bowl

Memphis Tigers Southern Miss Golden Eagles
Sport	Football
First meeting	October 26, 1935 Mississippi State Teachers, 12–0
Latest meeting	November 24, 2012 Memphis, 42–24
Next meeting	–
Trophy	None
Statistics
Meetings total	63
All-time series	Southern Miss, 40–22–1[1]
Largest victory	Southern Miss, 45–3 (1998)
Longest win streak	Southern Miss, 7 (1994–2000)
Current win streak	Memphis, 1 (2012–present)

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Locations of Southern Miss and Memphis

History

The rivalry dates back to October 26, 1935.[5] 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.[6][7] From 1995 to 2012, both teams were members of Conference USA in the Eastern Division.[6] The series has been dormant since Memphis accepted an invitation to join the American Athletic Conference.[8][9]

Game results

Memphis victories

Southern Miss victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 October 26, 1935 Memphis, TN Mississippi State Teachers 12–0 2 October 23, 1936 Hattiesburg, MS Mississippi State Teachers 25–0 3 September 27, 1952 Hattiesburg, MS Mississippi Southern 27–20 4 October 31, 1953 Memphis, TN Memphis State 27–13 5 November 20, 1954 Hattiesburg, MS Mississippi Southern 34–21 6 October 21, 1955 Memphis, TN Mississippi Southern 34–14 7 October 20, 1956 Hattiesburg, MS Mississippi Southern 27–0 8 October 19, 1957 Memphis, TN Mississippi Southern 14–6 9 October 4, 1958 Hattiesburg, MS Mississippi Southern 24–22 10 October 31, 1959 Memphis, TN Memphis State 21–6 11 November 18, 1960 Hattiesburg, MS Memphis State 7–6 12 October 14, 1961 Memphis, TN Memphis State 21–7 13 October 13, 1962 Memphis, TN Memphis State 8–6 14 September 14, 1963 Jackson, MS Memphis State 28–7 15 October 10, 1964 Memphis, TN Southern Miss 20–14 16 November 21, 1964 Jackson, MS Southern Miss 20–18 17 September 25, 1965 Jackson, MS Southern Miss 21–16 18 October 1, 1966 Memphis, TN Memphis State 6–0 19 October 28, 1967 Jackson, MS Memphis State 24–8 20 October 26, 1968 Memphis, TN Memphis State 29–7 21 November 8, 1969 Memphis, TN Memphis State 37–7 22 October 31, 1970 Memphis, TN Memphis State 33–0 23 October 23, 1971 Memphis, TN Memphis State 27–12 24 December 2, 1972 Jackson, MS Tie 14–14 25 November 10, 1973 Memphis, TN Southern Miss 13–10 26 September 14, 1974 Memphis, TN Southern Miss 6–0 27 October 11, 1975 Memphis, TN Southern Miss 21–7 28 November 20, 1976 Hattiesburg, MS Southern Miss 14–12 29 October 29, 1977 Memphis, TN Memphis State 42–14 30 October 21, 1978 Memphis, TN Southern Miss 13–10 31 October 20, 1979 Hattiesburg, MS Southern Miss 22–0 32 October 17, 1981 Memphis, TN Southern Miss 10–0 No. Date Location Winner Score 33 October 2, 1982 Hattiesburg, MS Southern Miss 34–14 34 October 15, 1983 Memphis, TN Southern Miss 27–20 35 September 29, 1984 Hattiesburg, MS Memphis State 23–13 36 October 19, 1985 Memphis, TN Southern Miss 14–7 37 October 18, 1986 Hattiesburg, MS Southern Miss 14–9 38 October 24, 1987 Memphis, TN Southern Miss 17–14 39 October 29, 1988 Hattiesburg, MS Southern Miss 34–27 40 October 28, 1989 Memphis, TN Southern Miss 31–7 41 October 20, 1990 Hattiesburg, MS Southern Miss 23–7 42 October 12, 1991 Memphis, TN Memphis State 17–12 43 September 4, 1992 Hattiesburg, MS Southern Miss 23–21 44 November 13, 1993 Memphis, TN Memphis State 20–9 45 September 17, 1994 Hattiesburg, MS Southern Miss 20–3 46 November 11, 1995 Memphis, TN Southern Miss 17–9 47 October 19, 1996 Hattiesburg, MS Southern Miss 16–0 48 November 22, 1997 Memphis, TN Southern Miss 42–18 49 November 14, 1998 Hattiesburg, MS Southern Miss 45–3 50 November 6, 1999 Memphis, TN #25 Southern Miss 20–5 51 September 30, 2000 Hattiesburg, MS #21 Southern Miss 24–3 52 October 6, 2001 Memphis, TN Memphis 22–17 53 September 14, 2002 Hattiesburg, MS Southern Miss 33–14 54 September 13, 2003 Hattiesburg, MS Southern Miss 23–6 55 November 12, 2004 Memphis, TN Memphis 30–26 56 November 19, 2005 Hattiesburg, MS Memphis 24–22 57 November 5, 2006 Memphis, TN Southern Miss 42–21 58 November 10, 2007 Hattiesburg, MS Memphis 29–26 59 October 25, 2008 Memphis, TN Memphis 36–30 60 October 17, 2009 Hattiesburg, MS Southern Miss 36–16 61 October 16, 2010 Memphis, TN Southern Miss 41–19 62 November 26, 2011 Hattiesburg, MS Southern Miss 44–7 63 November 24, 2012 Memphis, TN Memphis 42–24 Series: Southern Miss leads 40–22–1[1]

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games

References

1. "Winsipedia - Memphis Tigers vs. Southern Miss Golden Eagles football series history". Winsipedia.
2. Beck, Stan; Wilkinson, Jack (19 September 2013). College Sports Traditions: Picking Up Butch, Silent Night, and Hundreds of Others. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810891210 – via Google Books.
3. "USM has one more chance". Chicago Tribune.
4. "Top 5 non-BCS in-conference rivalries". ESPN.
5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-14. Retrieved 2009-08-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
6. "Lost Rivalries We Want Back". underdogdynasty.com.
7. "Southern Miss Hosts Memphis In Annual 'Black And Blue' Battle - University of Southern Mississippi". University of Southern Mississippi.
8. "Memphis joining Big East for 2013-14 season". ESPN.
9. "Winsipedia – Memphis Tigers vs. Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles football series history". August 25, 2018. Retrieved August 25, 2018.