2011 Conference USA football season

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2011 Conference USA football season
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League NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport Football
DurationSeptember 1, 2011
through January 7, 2012
Number of teams12
TV partner(s) ABC, Fox Sports, CBS Sports Network, CSS, CST
2012 NFL Draft
Top draft pickDT Dontari Poe, Memphis
Picked by Kansas City Chiefs, 11th overall
Regular season
Season MVPQB Case Keenum, Houston
East champions Southern Miss
West champions Houston
Championship Game
ChampionsSouthern Miss
  Runners-upHouston
Finals MVPRB Tracy Lampley, USM
Football seasons
←  2010
2012  →
2011 Conference USA football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
No. 20 Southern Miss x$  6 –2   12 –2  
Marshall  5 –3   7 –6  
East Carolina  4 –4   5 –7  
UAB  3 –5   3 –9  
UCF  3 –5   5 –7  
Memphis  1 –7   2 –10  
West Division
No. 18 Houston x  8 –0   13 –1  
Tulsa  7 –1   8 –5  
SMU  5 –3   8 –5  
Rice  3 –5   4 –8  
UTEP  2 –6   5 –7  
Tulane  1 –7   2 –11  
Championship: Southern Miss 49, Houston 28
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
As of January 10, 2012
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Conference USA football season was an NCAA football season that was played from September 1, 2011, through January 2012. Conference USA consists of 12 football members separated into two divisions: East Carolina, Marshall, Memphis, Southern Miss, UAB, and UCF make up the East Division, while Houston, Rice, SMU, Tulane, Tulsa, and UTEP comprise the West Division.

Contents

The 2011 football season marked the 17th season of the conference's existence and 16th of football competition; although C-USA was established in 1995, it did not begin football competition until 1996.

Preseason

Coaching changes

Preseason polls

No Conference USA teams were ranked though Houston, Southern Miss and UCF each received votes in the Coaches Poll, and Houston, Southern Miss, Tulsa and UCF received votes in the AP poll.

Coaches

TeamHead coachYears at schoolOverall recordRecord at schoolC-USA record
East Carolina Ruffin McNeill 17–76–75–3
Houston Kevin Sumlin 323–1623–1616–8
Marshall Doc Holliday 15–75–74–4
Memphis Larry Porter 11–111–110–8
Rice David Bailiff 440–4519–3015–17
Southern Miss Larry Fedora 322–1722–1714–10
SMU June Jones 392–6416–2312–12
Tulane Bob Toledo 491–10313–357–25
Tulsa Bill Blankenship –0–00–00–0
UAB Neil Callaway 415–3315–3311–21
UCF George O'Leary 797–7745–4433–23
UTEP Mike Price 7169–16740–4520–28
Statistics are through the conclusion of the 2010 NCAA Season.

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Conference USA member won
Conference USA member lost
Conference USA teams in bold
Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Week One

DateTime (EDT)Visiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
September 18:00 p.m.#20 Mississippi State Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee FSN L 14–5933,990
September 33:30 p.m. Southeastern Louisiana Tulane Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans –W 47–3315,912
September 33:30 p.m. UCLA Houston Robertson Stadium • Houston FSN W 38–3431,114
September 37:00 p.m. Charleston Southern UCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida BHSN W 62–039,752
September 37:00 p.m.Rice#24 Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas Longhorn Network L 9–34101,624
September 37:00 p.m.#12 South Carolina East Carolina Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, North Carolina FSN L 37–5658,272
September 38:00 p.m.Tulsa#1 Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma FX L 14–4785,260
September 39:05 p.m. Stony Brook UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas –W 31–24 OT28,752
September 310:00 p.m. Louisiana Tech Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi FSN W 19–1722,356
September 43:30 p.m.Marshall West Virginia Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, West Virginia ESPN L 13–3460,758
September 47:30 p.m.SMU#9 Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, Texas FSN L 14–4686,951

Week Two

DateTime (EDT)Visiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
September 103:30 p.m. Purdue Rice Rice Stadium • Houston CBS Sports Network W 24–2225,317
September 103:30 p.m.Southern MissMarshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia CSS MRSH 26–2024,247
September 103:30 p.m.TulsaTulane Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans CST TLSA 31–319,752
September 103:30 p.m.#11 Virginia Tech East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina FSN L 10–1749,404
September 107:00 p.m.Houston North Texas Apogee Stadium • Denton, Texas ESPN3 W 48–2328,075
September 107:00 p.m.Memphis Arkansas State ASU Stadium • Jonesboro, Arkansas –L 3–4729,872
September 107:00 p.m.UAB#18 Florida Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, Florida FSN L 0–3987,473
September 107:00 p.m.UTEPSMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, Texas FSN SMU 28–1726,691
September 108:00 p.m. Boston College UCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida CBS Sports Network W 30–345,671

Week Three

DateTime (EDT)Visiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
September 174:00 p.m.TulaneUAB Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama TULN 49–1017,658
September 176:00 p.m.UCF FIU FIU Stadium • Miami ESPN3 L 10–1720,205
September 177:00 p.m.Houston Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, Louisiana ESPN3 W 35–3424,628
September 177:00 p.m.Marshall Ohio Peden Stadium • Athens, Ohio ESPN3 L 7–4424,244
September 177:00 p.m. Austin Peay Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee W 27–618,808
September 177:00 p.m. Southeastern Louisiana Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi W 52–627,433
September 178:00 p.m. Northwestern State SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, Texas W 40–720,083
September 178:00 p.m.UTEP New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, New Mexico ESPN3 W 16–1019,751
September 1710:00 p.m.#7 Oklahoma State Tulsa H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma FSN L 33–5924,563

Week Four

DateTime (EDT)Visiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
September 238:00 p.m.UCF BYU LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, Utah ESPN L 17–2459,874
September 2412:00 p.m.SMUMemphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee FSN SMU 42–016,748
September 243:30 p.m.Tulane Duke Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, North Carolina ESPN3 L 27–4820,138
September 243:30 p.m.UABEast Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina ECU 28–2350,023
September 243:30 p.m.Southern Miss Virginia Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, Virginia W 30–2443,220
September 243:30 p.m.#11 Virginia Tech Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia CBS Sports Network L 10–3034,424
September 247:00 p.m.UTEP#17 South Florida Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Florida ESPN3 L 24–5239,628
September 247:00 p.m.Rice#19 Baylor Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, Texas FSN L 31–5640,088
September 248:00 p.m.Tulsa#4 Boise State Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho CBS Sports Network L 21–4134,019
September 248:00 p.m. Georgia State Houston Robertson Stadium • Houston, Texas CSS W 56–032,005

Week Five

DateTime (EDT)Visiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
September 298:00 p.m.HoustonUTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas CBS Sports Network HOU 49–4224,111
October 112:00 p.m.Tulane Army Michie Stadium • West Point, New York CBS Sports Network L 6–4531,235
October 13:30 p.m.SMU#20 TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas CBS Sports Network W 40–3335,632
October 13:30 p.m.Marshall Louisville Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, Kentucky CBS Sports Network W 17–1353,267
October 17:00 p.m.Memphis Middle Tennessee Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, Tennessee ESPN3 L 31–3820,098
October 17:00 p.m. North Texas Tulsa H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma W 41–2421,240
October 17:00 p.m.UAB Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, Alabama SportSouth L 23–2418,044
October 18:00 p.m. North Carolina East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina CBS Sports Network L 20–3550,610

Week Six

DateTime (EDT)Visiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 812:00 p.m. Mississippi State UAB Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama FS South L 3–2128,351
October 812:30 p.m.MemphisRice Rice Stadium • Houston CSS RICE 28–614,179
October 83:30 p.m.Southern Miss Navy Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland CBS Sports Network W 63–3533,462
October 87:00 p.m.East CarolinaHouston Robertson Stadium • Houston, Texas CBS Sports Network HOU 56–330,126
October 87:00 p.m.MarshallUCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida BHSN UCF 16–624,750
October 88:00 p.m. Syracuse Tulane Superdome • New Orleans L 34–3723,188

Week Seven

DateTime (EDT)Visiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 153:00 p.m.RiceMarshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia MRSH 24–2027,509
October 153:30 p.m.UCFSMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, Texas FSN SMU 38–1722,932
October 153:30 p.m.UTEPTulane Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans FCS Central UTEP 44–716,690
October 157:00 p.m.East CarolinaMemphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee ECU 35–1717,975
October 158:00 p.m.UABTulsa H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma CBS Sports Network TLSA 37–2021,494

Week Eight

DateTime (EDT)Visiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 208:00 p.m.UCFUAB Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama CSS UAB 26–248,872
October 223:30 p.m.East Carolina Navy Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland CBS Sports Network W 38–3534,612
October 223:30 p.m.MemphisTulane Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans MEM 33–1725,158
October 224:30 p.m.Marshall#20 Houston Robertson Stadium • Houston CSS HOU 63–2832,107
October 227:00 p.m.TulsaRice Rice Stadium • Houston FSN TLSA 38–2017,314
October 228:00 p.m.SMUSouthern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi CBS Sports Network USM 27–332,685
October 228:00 p.m. Colorado State UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas Time Warner El PasoW 31–1731,797

Week Nine

DateTime (EDT)Visiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 278:00 p.m.Rice#18 Houston Robertson Stadium • Houston, Texas FSN HOU 73–3432,112
October 2912:00 p.m.UABMarshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia CSS MRSH 59–1420,735
October 293:30 p.m.TulaneEast Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina ECU 34–1349,410
October 293:30 p.m.SMUTulsa Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma FSN TLSA 38–721,261
October 294:00 p.m.MemphisUCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida BHSN UCF 41–037,683
October 298:00 p.m.#25 Southern MissUTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas CBS Sports Network USM 31–1324,906

Week Ten

DateTime (EDT)Visiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
November 38:00 p.m.TulsaUCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida CBS Sports Network TLSA 24–1736,712
November 53:00 p.m.TulaneSMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, Texas SMU 45–2420,106
November 53:30 p.m.UTEPRice Rice Stadium • Houston FSN RICE 41–3714,372
November 54:00 p.m.#24 Southern MissEast Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina CSS USM 48–2850,345
November 58:00 p.m.#14 HoustonUAB Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama CBS Sports Network HOU 56–1313,909

Week Eleven

DateTime (EDT)Visiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
November 108:00 p.m.#11 HoustonTulane Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans CBS Sports Network HOU 73–1717,657
November 1212:00 p.m.Rice Northwestern Ryan Field • Evanston, Illinois BTN L 6–2826,886
November 1212:00 p.m.MarshallTulsa Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma FSN TLSA 59–1717,672
November 123:30 p.m. Navy SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, Texas FSN L 17–2421,080
November 124:15 p.m.UABMemphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee UAB 41–3517,848
November 128:00 p.m.UCF#23 Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi CBS Sports Network USM 30–2932,925
November 128:00 p.m.East CarolinaUTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas Time Warner El PasoUTEP 22–1725,571

Week Twelve

DateTime (EDT)Visiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
November 178:00 p.m.MarshallMemphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee FSN MRSH 23–2215,101
November 178:00 p.m.#20 Southern MissUAB Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama CBS Sports Network UAB 34–3114,103
November 193:00 p.m.TulsaUTEP Sun Bowl • El Paso, Texas Time Warner El Paso TLSA 57–2823,849
November 193:30 p.m.SMU#10 Houston Robertson Stadium • Houston, Texas FSN HOU 37–732,207
November 193:30 p.m.TulaneRice Ryan Field • Evanston, Illinois RICE 19–715,461
November 197:00 p.m.UCFEast Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina FSN ECU 38–3150,277

Week Thirteen

DateTime (EDT)Visiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
November 2512:00 p.m.#7 HoustonTulsa Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma FSN HOU 48–1629,015
November 257:00 p.m.UTEPUCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida CBS Sports Network UCF 31–1421,127
November 2612:00 p.m.RiceSMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, Texas FSN SMU 27–2414,442
November 263:30 p.m.East CarolinaMarshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia CBS Sports Network MRSH 34–27 OT22,456
November 264:00 p.m.UAB Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, Florida L 35–3812,044
November 264:00 p.m.MemphisSouthern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi CSS USM 44–726,347
November 2611:00 p.m.Tulane Hawaii Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI Oceanic PPV/ESPN3L 23–3527,411

Week Fourteen- C-USA Championship Game

DateTime (EDT)Visiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
December 312:00 p.m.#23 Southern Miss#6 Houston Robertson Stadium • Houston ABC USM 49–2832,413

Players of the week

WeekOffensiveDefensiveSpecial teams
PlayerTeamPlayerTeamPlayerTeam
1 – Sep. 5Case Keenum, QBHouston Cordarro Law, DLSouthern MissRobert Kelley, KRTulane
2 – Sep. 12Patrick Edwards, WRHouston Ja'Gared Davis, LB
George Carpenter, LB		SMU
Marshall		Kase Whitehead, PMarshall
3 – Sep. 19Case Keenum, QB
Ryan Griffin, QB		Houston
Tulane		Korey Williams, LBSouthern MissNick Adams, KRUAB
4 – Sep. 26Reggie Bullock, RBECUJamie Bender, SUAB Danny Hrapmann, KSouthern Miss.
5 – Oct. 3Darius Johnson, WRSMUTyson Gale, LBMarshallKase Whitehead, PMarshall
6 – Oct. 10Austin Davis, QBSouthern Miss.Phillip Steward, LBHoustonMarques Wheaton, DBSouthern Miss.
7 – Oct. 17J.J. McDermott, QBSMUVinny Curry, DEMarshallRichard Crawford, PRSMU

Rankings

Legend
  Improvement in ranking
 Drop in ranking
 Not ranked previous week
RVReceived votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
Ranking Movement
 PreWk
1		Wk
2		Wk
3		Wk
4		Wk
5		Wk
6		Wk
7		Wk
8		Wk
9		Wk
10		Wk
11		Wk
12		Wk
13		Wk
14		Final
East Carolina
Pirates		AP––––––––––––––––
C––––––––––––––––
HARNot released–––––––––
BCSNot released––––––––
Houston
Cougars		APRVRVRVRVRVRV252118141111672018
CRVRVRVRVRVRV222018141110761714
HARNot released2422181411107617
BCSNot released19171311118619
Marshall
Thundering Herd		AP––––––––––––––––
C––––––––––––––––
HARNot released–––––––––
BCSNot released––––––––
Memphis
Tigers		AP––––––––––––––––
C––––––––––––––––
HARNot released–––––––––
BCSNot released––––––––
Rice
Owls		AP––––––––––––––––
C––––––––––––––––
HARNot released–––––––––
BCSNot released––––––––
Southern Miss
Golden Eagles		APRVRV––––RVRVRVRV2522RV242220
CRVRV–––RVRVRV25242320RV232119
HARNot releasedRVRVRVRV2320RV2321
BCSNot released––252220–2421
SMU
Mustangs		AP–––––RVRVRV––––––––
C–––––RVRVRVRV–––––––
HARNot releasedRVRV–––––––
BCSNot released––––––––
Tulane
Green Wave		AP––––––––––––––––
C––––––––––––––––
HARNot released–––––––––
BCSNot released––––––––
Tulsa
Golden Hurricane		APRV–––––––––––––––
C––––––––––––––––
HARNot released–––––––––
BCSNot released––––––––
UAB
Blazers		AP––––––––––––––––
C––––––––––––––––
HARNot released–––––––––
BCSNot released––––––––
UCF
Knights		APRVRVRV–––––––––––––
CRVRVRV–––––––––––––
HARNot released–––––––––
BCSNot released––––––––
UTEP
Miners		AP––––––––––––––––
C––––––––––––––––
HARNot released–––––––––
BCSNot released––––––––

Records against other conferences

ConferenceWinsLosses
ACC 24
Big 12 05
Big East 13
Big Ten 11
Independents 23
MAC 01
Mountain West 21
Pac-12 10
SEC 04
Sun Belt 25
WAC 31
All FCS 70
Overall2128

Bowl games

Bowl GameDateStadiumCityTelevisionMatchups/ResultsAttendancePayout per team (US$)
2011 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl December 20, 2011 Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, Florida ESPN Marshall 20, Florida International 1020,072$1,000,000
2011 Hawai'i Bowl December 24, 2011 Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI ESPN #21 Southern Miss 24, Nevada 1732,630$750,000
2011 Armed Forces Bowl December 30, 2011 Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas ESPN BYU 24, Tulsa 2130,258$750,000
2012 TicketCity Bowl January 2, 2012 Cotton Bowl Dallas ESPNU #19 Houston 30, #22 Penn State 1446,817$1,200,000
2012 BBVA Compass Bowl January 7, 2012 Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama ESPN SMU 28, Pitt 629,726

Bowl Eligibility

Bowl Eligible (5)

  • Houston (12–1) became bowl eligible on October 8 after defeating East Carolina.
  • Southern Miss (11–2) became bowl eligible on October 22 after defeating SMU.
  • Tulsa (8–4) became bowl eligible on November 3 after defeating UCF.
  • SMU (7–5) became bowl eligible on November 5 after defeating Tulane.
  • Marshall (6–6) became bowl eligible on November 26 after defeating East Carolina

Bowl Ineligible (7)

  • UAB (3–9) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on October 29 after losing to Marshall.
  • Tulane (2–10) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on October 29 after losing to East Carolina.
  • Memphis (2–10) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on October 29 after losing to UCF.
  • Rice (4–8) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on November 13 after losing to Northwestern.
  • UCF (5–7) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on November 19 after losing to East Carolina.
  • UTEP (5–7) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on November 25 after losing to UCF.
  • East Carolina (5–7) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on November 26 after losing to Marshall.

All-Conference players

Coaches All-Conference Selections [3]

Attendance

TeamStadiumCapacityGm 1Gm 2Gm 3Gm 4Gm 5Gm 6Gm 7TotalAverage% of Capacity
East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium 50,00049,40450,02350,61049,41050,34550,277—300,06950,012100%
Houston Robertson Stadium 32,00031,11432,00530,12632,10732,11232,20732,413222,08431,72699.1%
Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium 38,01924,24734,42427,50920,73522,456——129,37125,87468.1%
Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium 62,38033,99018,80816,74817,97517,84815,101—120,47020,07832.2%
Rice Rice Stadium 47,00025,31714,17917,31414,37215,461——86,64317,32936.9%
Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium 36,00022,35627,43328,65632,68532,92526,347—170,40228,40078.9%
SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium 32,00026,69120,08322,93220,10621,08014,442—125,33420,88965.3%
Tulane Louisiana Superdome 72,96815,91219,75223,18816,69025,15817,657—118,62719,77127.1%
Tulsa H. A. Chapman Stadium 30,00024,56321,24021,49421,26117,67229,015—135,24522,54175.1%
UAB Legion Field 71,59417,65828,3518,87213,90914,103——82,89316,57923.2%
UCF Bright House Networks Stadium 45,30139,75245,67124,75037,68336,71221,127—205,69534,28375.7%
UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium 51,50028,75224,11131,79724,90625,57123,849—158,98626,94852.3%

References

  1. ↑ Bill Blankenship named Tulsa coach – ESPN
  2. ↑ "Tulane Head Football Coach Bob Toledo Resigns Post". Tulane University Athletics Department. October 18, 2011.
  3. ↑ "C-USA Announces Football All-Conference Teams" . Retrieved December 2, 2024.
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