2011 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team

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2011 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football
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Conference USA champion
C-USA East Division champion
Hawaii Bowl champion
Hawaii Bowl, W 24–17 vs. Nevada
Conference Conference USA
DivisionEast Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
APNo. 20
2011 record12–2 (6–2 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Blake Anderson (2nd as OC, 4th overall season)
Co-defensive coordinatorDan Disch (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator David Duggan (1st as DC, 4th overall season)
Home stadium M. M. Roberts Stadium
(Capacity: 36,000)
Seasons
  2010
2012  
2011 Conference USA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
No. 20 Southern Miss x$ 62    122 
Marshall  53    76 
East Carolina  44    57 
UAB  35    39 
UCF  35    57 
Memphis  17    210 
West Division
No. 18 Houston x 80    131 
Tulsa  71    85 
SMU  53    85 
Rice  35    48 
UTEP  26    57 
Tulane  17    211 
Championship: Southern Miss 49, Houston 28
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
As of January 10, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team represented the University of Southern Mississippi in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Golden Eagles were led by fourth-year head coach Larry Fedora and played their home games at M. M. Roberts Stadium. They are a member of the East Division of Conference USA. They finished the season 12–2, 7–2 in C-USA play. They were champions of the East Division and defeated undefeated Houston, 49–28, in the C-USA Championship Game to become conference champions. They were invited to the Hawaii Bowl, where they defeated Nevada, 24–17.

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Fedora resigned at the end of the regular season to become the head coach at North Carolina. He stayed on and coached the Golden Eagles in the Hawaii Bowl and finished at Southern Miss with a four-year record of 34–19. South Carolina assistant head coach Ellis Johnson took over as head coach in 2012.

Pre-season

Top 25 rankings

During the pre-season, Southern Miss was ranked in several notable top 25 polls. Phil Steele ranked the team as No. 20. [1] Outside the Top 25, Southern Miss was ranked as No. 55 by Sporting News, No. 31 in the AP Poll, and No. 42 in the Coaches' Poll. [2] [3] [4]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 39:00 pm Louisiana Tech * FSN W 19–1722,356
September 102:30 pmat Marshall CSS L 20–2624,247
September 176:00 pm Southeastern Louisiana *
  • M. M. Roberts Stadium
  • Hattiesburg, Mississippi
W 52–627,433
September 243:30 pmat Virginia * FS South W 30–2443,220
October 16:30 pm Rice
  • M. M. Roberts Stadium
  • Hattiesburg, Mississippi
CSSW 48–2428,656
October 83:30 pmat Navy * CBSSN W 63–3533,462
October 227:00 pm SMU Dagger-14-plain.png
  • M. M. Roberts Stadium
  • Hattiesburg, Mississippi
CBSSNW 27–332,685
October 297:00 pmat UTEP CBSSNW 31–1324,906
November 53:00 pmat East Carolina CSSW 48–2850,345 [5]
November 127:00 pm UCF No. 25
  • M. M. Roberts Stadium
  • Hattiesburg, Mississippi
CBSSNW 30–2932,925
November 177:00 pmat UAB No. 22CBSSNL 31–3414,103
November 263:00 pm Memphis
CSSW 44–726,347
December 311:00 amvs. No. 7 Houston No. 24 ABC W 49–2832,413
December 247:00 pmvs. Nevada *No. 22 ESPN W 24–1732,630
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Poll rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final 
AP RVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRV2522RV242220 
Coaches RVRVRVRVRVRVRVRV25242320RV232119 
Harris Not releasedRVRVRVRV2320RV2321Not released 
BCS Not releasedNRNR252220NR2421Not released

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