TROY, Alabama – Troy and Southern Miss have agreed to a new four-year football deal for their regional rivalry that will see two games played in Troy and two in Hattiesburg over the next 11 years, both schools announced Tuesday morning.Prior to the home-and-home series the schools are currently playing, Troy and Southern Miss met just once since 1977 when they played in the 2008 New Orleans Bowl. The Trojans defeated the Golden Eagles, 37-31, in Hattiesburg back in 2016 to kickstart a seven-game winning streak that landed the Trojans in the AP Top 25. Southern Miss returns the trip to Troy this season on Sept. 14 to close out the current contract.The new four-year deal has Southern Miss traveling to Troy on Sept. 14, 2024, and Sept. 16, 2028, while Troy will visit Hattiesburg on Sept. 18, 2021 and Sept. 1, 2029.Troy's 2021 schedule also features a home game against Liberty and a road contest at South Carolina. The Trojans travel to Memphis in 2024 while the games in 2028 and 2029 are the first on the books for those years.NC StateArkansas-Pine Bluffat Tennesseeat UMassLibertyat South Carolinaat Southern Missat Ole Missat Western KentuckyWestern KentuckySouthern Missat MemphisMemphisat Clemsonat Mississippi StateMississippi StateSouthern Missat Southern Miss