2011 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

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2011 Georgia Southern Eagles football
Georgia Southern Eagles wordmark.svg
SoCon champion
FCS Playoffs Semifinals, L 7–35 at North Dakota State
Conference Southern Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 3
FCS CoachesNo. 2
Record11–3 (7–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrent Davis (2nd season)
Offensive scheme Triple option
Defensive coordinatorJack Curtis (1st season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Paulson Stadium
Seasons
  2010
2012  
2011 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 3 Georgia Southern $^  7 1   11 3  
No. 12 Wofford ^  6 2   8 4  
No. 9 Appalachian State ^  6 2   8 4  
Furman  5 3   6 5  
Samford  4 4   6 5  
Chattanooga  3 5   5 6  
Elon  3 5   5 6  
The Citadel  2 6   4 7  
Western Carolina  0 8   1 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network Poll

The 2011 Georgia Southern Eagles team represented Georgia Southern University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Eagles were led by second-year head coach Jeff Monken and played their home games at Paulson Stadium. They are a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 11–3, 7–1 in Southern Conference play, winning the conference championship outright. They received the conference's automatic bid into the FCS playoffs where they defeated Old Dominion in the second round and Maine in the quarterfinals before falling to North Dakota State in the semifinals.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 37:00 pmat Samford No. 4W 31–178,714
September 106:00 pm Tusculum *No. 2W 62–2121,812
September 246:00 pm Western Carolina No. 1
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 52–2019,067
October 11:30 pmat Elon No. 1W 41–147,195
October 86:00 pmNo. 24 Chattanooga No. 1
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
ESPN3 W 28–2720,593
October 156:00 pm Furman No. 1
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
ESPN3W 50–2019,221
October 222:00 pm Presbyterian *No. 1
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 48–1416,392
October 293:00 pmat No. 5 Appalachian State No. 1ESPN3L 17–2430,018
November 52:00 pm The Citadel Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 5
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 14–1218,408
November 121:00 pmat No. 9 Wofford No. 4W 31–1010,280
November 1912:00 pmat No. 3 (FBS) Alabama *No. 3ESPN3L 21–45101,821
December 31:00 pmNo. 10 Old Dominion *No. 3
ESPN3W 55–4813,226
December 102:00 pmNo. 13 Maine *No. 3
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)
ESPN3W 35–2312,886
December 172:00 pmat No. 4 North Dakota State *No. 3
ESPNU L 7–3518,108 [1]

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Rankings

On November 13, Georgia Southern received one vote in the AP poll. [5]

References

  1. "Eagles trip in semis again". Ledger-Enquirer. December 18, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Georgia Southern Eagles Schedule 2011". ESPN . Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  3. "2011 Football Schedule". Georgia Southern University . Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  4. "2024 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Georgia Southern University. p. 128. Retrieved July 11, 2025.
  5. "Eagles Receive AP Vote, Ranked 2nd in FCS Poll - Georgia Southern University Eagles Athletics". Archived from the original on November 19, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2011.