| Mode: | football |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Team: | Southern Miss Golden Eagles |
| Conference: | Conference USA |
| Division: | East Division |
| Short Conf: | C-USA |
| Record: | 0–12 |
| Conf Record: | 0–8 |
| Head Coach: | Ellis Johnson |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Off Coach: | Steve Buckley |
| Oc Year: | 1st |
| Def Coach: | Tommy West |
| Dc Year: | 1st |
| Off Scheme: | Multiple |
| Def Scheme: | 4–2–5 |
| Stadium: | M. M. Roberts Stadium |
The 2012 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team represented the University of Southern Mississippi in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the East Division of Conference USA. They were led by first-year head coach Ellis Johnson and played their home games at M. M. Roberts Stadium in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The 2012 squad finished the season winless with a final record of 0–12[1] one year after finishing 12-2 and a conference championship. which is one of the biggest single season declines in NCAA history, [2] and after only one year at the helm, Johnson along with his entire staff was fired.[3]
See also: 2012 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team.
See also: 2012 East Carolina Pirates football team.
See also: 2012 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team.
See also: 2012 Louisville Cardinals football team.
Last meeting was in the 2010 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl.
See also: 2012 Boise State Broncos football team.
See also: 2012 UCF Knights football team.
See also: 2012 Marshall Thundering Herd football team.
See also: 2012 Rice Owls football team.
See also: 2012 UAB Blazers football team.
See also: 2012 SMU Mustangs football team.
See also: 2012 UTEP Miners football team.
See also: 2012 Memphis Tigers football team and Black and Blue Bowl.