RUSTON, LA - Southern Miss football needed a win over Louisiana Tech to keep its bowl hopes alive.

Instead, the Golden Eagles (3-7, 2-4 Sun Belt Conference) lost to the Bulldogs 63-31 at Joe Aillet Stadium on Nov. 14.

The 32-point loss marked Southern Miss ' largest defeat to Louisiana Tech (8-2, 6-0) in program history. The previous largest margin of defeat was in 1935, the first time the programs played each other, when the Bulldogs won 27-0.

"We've got to play better," coach Blake Anderson said. "Too many mistakes to beat anybody, but much less beat a team as sound as they are."

It was the Golden Eagles' worst performance in a season full of…

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