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HATTIESBURG - Franklin D. Roosevelt was settling into his first term in office as president when the Southern Miss football team last suffered back-to-back losing seasons.

On Saturday, the Golden Eagles achieved that mark for the first time since 1933-34.

North Texas ran roughshod over Southern Miss on homecoming for a 55-14 victory at Roberts Stadium.

With the loss, Southern Miss (0-7, 0-3) had its nation's worst losing streak extend to 19 games.

"They out-played us, out-coached us tonight," USM head coach Todd Monken said. "We didn't do the things we had talked about doing early in the game.

"We had every opportunity to make plays on offense in critical situations and we didn't. We couldn't get off the field on third down (on defense)."

It marked the second straight season that USM has been blown out on homecoming after Marshall thumped the Eagles, 59-24, at Roberts Stadium last year.

"They all hurt and all I can do is keep fighting," senior linebacker Dylan Reda said. "All I'm going to do is keep thanking the Lord for having a chance to step on that field and be a part of this community."

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