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Rivalry in Dixie
Teams	Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football program represents Louisiana Tech University in Western Athletic Conference. The team currently competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. Since the Bulldogs first season in 1901, Louisiana Tech has compiled an all-time record of 554 wins, 422... Southern Miss Golden Eagles Southern Miss Golden Eagles football The Southern Miss Golden Eagles football program represents the University of Southern Mississippi in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The Eagles are members of Conference USA and player their home games at M. M. Roberts Stadium in Hattiesburg, Mississippi...
Originated	1935
Largest victory	USM 52, LA Tech 0 November 15, 1952
Highest scoring game	USM 58, LA Tech 7 November 23, 1967
Most recent game	USM 19, LA Tech 17 September 3, 2011

Rivalry in Dixie is the college football

College football

College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

rivalry game between the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football

The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football program represents Louisiana Tech University in Western Athletic Conference. The team currently competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. Since the Bulldogs first season in 1901, Louisiana Tech has compiled an all-time record of 554 wins, 422...

and the Southern Miss Golden Eagles

Southern Miss Golden Eagles football

The Southern Miss Golden Eagles football program represents the University of Southern Mississippi in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The Eagles are members of Conference USA and player their home games at M. M. Roberts Stadium in Hattiesburg, Mississippi...

. Southern Miss leads the all-time series 31–13.

History

LA Tech won the first game of the series 27–0 on November 28, 1935. LA Tech and USM were conference foes in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association

The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association was one of the first collegiate athletic conferences in the United States. Twenty-seven of the current Division I FBS football programs were members of this conference at some point, as were at least 19 other schools...

from 1935 to 1941. In addition, LA Tech and USM were both founding members of the Gulf States Conference, which began play in 1948. The two football programs competed against each other every season from 1946 to 1972.

The Bulldogs and Golden Eagles played 11 times between 1975 and 1992. The name of the rivalry was coined by Mississippi Southern alumnus and Louisiana Tech

Louisiana Tech University

Louisiana Tech University, often referred to as Louisiana Tech, LA Tech, or Tech, is a coeducational public research university located in Ruston, Louisiana. Louisiana Tech is designated as a Tier 1 school in the national universities category by the 2012 U.S. News & World Report college rankings...

head football coach Maxie Lambright

Maxie Lambright

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. Following the Bulldogs' 23–22 victory over the Golden Eagles in 1976, Lambright declared, "This is the finest rivalry in Dixie

Dixie

Dixie is a nickname for the Southern United States.- Origin of the name :According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the origins of this nickname remain obscure. According to A Dictionary of Americanisms on Historical Principles , by Mitford M...

." Thereafter, the event became known as "Rivalry in Dixie."

The word "Dixie" refers to privately issued currency from bank

Bank

A bank is a financial institution that serves as a financial intermediary. The term "bank" may refer to one of several related types of entities:...

s in Louisiana

Louisiana

Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...

. These banks issued ten-dollar notes, labeled "Dix", French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

for "ten", on the reverse side. The notes were known as "Dixies" by English-speaking southerners, and the area around New Orleans and the French-speaking parts of Louisiana came to be known as "Dixieland". Eventually, usage of the term broadened to refer to most of the Southern United States

Southern United States

The Southern United States—commonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South—constitutes a large distinctive area in the southeastern and south-central United States...

.

Southern Miss is known for the "World-Famous Dixie Darlings." The USM dance team was established in 1954 as the Dixie Maids. However, after only one week of existence, the band director Dr. Raymond Mannoni decided to change their name to the Dixie Darlings after a Mobile reporter remarked "Look at those delightful darlings of Dixie" after seeing the Dixie Darlings perform. The Dixie Darlings debuted at the Mississippi Southern vs. Alabama

Alabama Crimson Tide football

game in Montgomery

Montgomery, Alabama

Montgomery is the capital of the U.S. state of Alabama, and is the county seat of Montgomery County. It is located on the Alabama River southeast of the center of the state, in the Gulf Coastal Plain. As of the 2010 census, Montgomery had a population of 205,764 making it the second-largest city...

on September 17, 1954. Since then, the Dixie Darlings have become a fixture at Golden Eagle football games. In addition, the Pride of Mississippi Marching Band

Pride of Mississippi Marching Band

The Pride of Mississippi Marching Band is the marching band of The University of Southern Mississippi.Founded in 1920, the 20-piece brass ensemble has evolved to its current number of 300. Having performed for such events as the F.D.R...

plays “Are You from Dixie?

Are You from Dixie ('Cause I'm from Dixie Too)

"Are You From Dixie " is the title of a song written by Jack Yellen and George Cobb, and recorded by American country music artist Jerry Reed. It was released in August 1969 as the only single from his album, Jerry Reed Explores Guitar Country. The song reached a peak of #2 on the U.S. Billboard...

” following the extra point attempt following a Golden Eagle touchdown.

The historic Dixie Theatre is a landmark in the heart of downtown Ruston, Louisiana

Ruston, Louisiana

Ruston is a city in and the parish seat of Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 20,546 at the 2000 census. Ruston is near the eastern border of the Ark-La-Tex and is the home of Louisiana Tech University. Its economy caters to its college population...

. The theater was built in 1928 as the Astor Theater and showed films and presented concerts. The theater was renamed in 1932 as the Rialto and become the Dixie Theatre in the 1950s after being purchased by the Dixie Theater Corporation of New Orleans. The famous flashing star crowning the marquee was added in 1956. In 1996, the Dixie Center of the Arts was established to reinstate the Dixie Theatre as a center for entertainment and the arts in downtown Ruston as it hosts full seasons of events, parties, and concerts.

In 2008, LA Tech athletics director and head football coach Derek Dooley and USM athletics director Richard Giannini signed a four-game contract to renew the rivalry. Giannini stated, "We look forward to renewing our series with Louisiana Tech, one of our oldest rivalries in terms of games, and a quality opponent in the Western Athletic Conference

Western Athletic Conference

The Western Athletic Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference, which was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I FBS...

." In 2010, Southern Miss won the first game of the renewed series 13–12 on a rainy night in Ruston

Ruston, Louisiana

. The two teams will opened the 2011 season

2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season

The 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season, play of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level, began on Thursday, September 1, 2011...

in Hattiesburg

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Hattiesburg is a city in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 44,779 at the 2000 census . It is the county seat of Forrest County...

on a stormy Saturday night on national television. Southern Miss won a nail-bitter thanks to a last minute field goal by Danny Hrapmann. Currently, Southern Miss holds a 31–13 series lead over Louisiana Tech.

Game results

Louisiana Tech victories are shaded ██ blue. Southern Miss victories are shaded ██ gold.

Date	Site	Winning team		Losing team		Series
November 28, 1935	Ruston	Louisiana Tech	27	Southern Miss	0	Tech 1–0
October 16, 1936	Ruston	Southern Miss	12	Louisiana Tech	7	Tied 1–1
October 15, 1937	Ruston	Louisiana Tech	7	Southern Miss	0	Tech 2–1
October 3, 1941	Ruston	Southern Miss	19	Louisiana Tech	7	Tied 2–2
September 21, 1946	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	7	Louisiana Tech	6	USM 3–2
October 11, 1947	Ruston	Southern Miss	7	Louisiana Tech	6	USM 4–2
November 13, 1948	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	20	Louisiana Tech	6	USM 5–2
November 12, 1949	Ruston	Louisiana Tech	34	Southern Miss	13	USM 5–3
November 18, 1950	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	41	Louisiana Tech	20	USM 6–3
November 17, 1951	Ruston	Southern Miss	33	Louisiana Tech	7	USM 7–3
November 15, 1952	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	52	Louisiana Tech	0	USM 8–3
November 14, 1953	Ruston	Southern Miss	30	Louisiana Tech	0	USM 9–3
September 25, 1954	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	28	Louisiana Tech	0	USM 10–3
September 24, 1955	Ruston	Southern Miss	7	Louisiana Tech	6	USM 11–3
September 22, 1956	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	14	Louisiana Tech	0	USM 12–3
September 21, 1957	Ruston	Southern Miss	7	Louisiana Tech	0	USM 13–3
September 20, 1958	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	14	Louisiana Tech	0	USM 14–3
November 28, 1959	Ruston	Louisiana Tech	16	Southern Miss	0	USM 14–4
November 12, 1960	Hattiesburg	Louisiana Tech	10	Southern Miss	7	USM 14–5
November 11, 1961	Ruston	Southern Miss	7	Louisiana Tech	0	USM 15–5
November 17, 1962	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	29	Louisiana Tech	18	USM 16–5
November 16, 1963	Ruston	Louisiana Tech	10	Southern Miss	0	USM 16–6

Date	Site	Winning team		Losing team		Series
November 14, 1964	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	14	Louisiana Tech	7	USM 17–6
November 13, 1965	Ruston	Southern Miss	31	Louisiana Tech	7	USM 18–6
September 17, 1966	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	14	Louisiana Tech	0	USM 19–6
November 23, 1967	Shreveport	Southern Miss	58	Louisiana Tech	7	USM 20–6
November 2, 1968	Hattiesburg	Louisiana Tech	27	Southern Miss	20	USM 20–7
November 1, 1969	Ruston	Southern Miss	24	Louisiana Tech	23	USM 21–7
November 14, 1970	Hattiesburg	Louisiana Tech	27	Southern Miss	6	USM 21–8
November 13, 1971	Ruston	Southern Miss	24	Louisiana Tech	20	USM 22–8
September 16, 1972	Hattiesburg	Louisiana Tech	33	Southern Miss	14	USM 22–9
October 25, 1975	Ruston	Southern Miss	24	Louisiana Tech	14	USM 23–9
November 13, 1976	Ruston	Louisiana Tech	23	Southern Miss	22	USM 23–10
November 12, 1977	Hattiesburg	Louisiana Tech	28	Southern Miss	10	USM 23–11
September 20, 1980	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	38	Louisiana Tech	11	USM 24–11
November 20, 1982	Hattiesburg	Louisiana Tech	13	Southern Miss	6	USM 24–12
September 17, 1983	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	28	Louisiana Tech	10	USM 25–12
September 15, 1984	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	34	Louisiana Tech	0	USM 26–12
September 7, 1985	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	28	Louisiana Tech	0	USM 27–12
November 12, 1988	Ruston	Southern Miss	26	Louisiana Tech	19	USM 28–12
November 16, 1991	Ruston	Louisiana Tech	30	Southern Miss	14	USM 28–13
September 19, 1992	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	16	Louisiana Tech	13	USM 29–13
September 25, 2010	Ruston	Southern Miss	13	Louisiana Tech	12	USM 30–13
September 3, 2011	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	19	Louisiana Tech	17	USM 31–13

Future games

Date	Site
September 14, 2013	Ruston
September 6, 2014	Hattiesburg

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