2011 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football | |
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Conference USA champion C-USA East Division champion Hawaii Bowl champion | |
C-USA Championship Game, W 49–28 vs. Houston | |
Hawaii Bowl, W 24–17 vs. Nevada | |
Conference | Conference USA |
East Division | |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 19 |
AP | No. 20 |
2011 record | 12–2 (6–2 C-USA) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Blake Anderson (2nd as OC, 4th overall season) |
Co-defensive coordinator | Dan Disch (1st season) |
Co-defensive coordinator | David Duggan (1st as DC, 4th overall season) |
Home stadium | M. M. Roberts Stadium (Capacity: 36,000) |
2011 Conference USA football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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.
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]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 9:00 pm | Louisiana Tech * | FSN | W 19–17 | 22,356 | ||
September 10 | 2:30 pm | at Marshall | CSS | L 20–26 | 24,247 | ||
September 17 | 6:00 pm | Southeastern Louisiana * |
| W 52–6 | 27,433 | ||
September 24 | 3:30 pm | at Virginia * | FS South | W 30–24 | 43,220 | ||
October 1 | 6:30 pm | Rice |
| CSS | W 48–24 | 28,656 | |
October 8 | 3:30 pm | at Navy * | CBSSN | W 63–35 | 33,462 | ||
October 22 | 7:00 pm | SMU |
| CBSSN | W 27–3 | 32,685 | |
October 29 | 7:00 pm | at UTEP | CBSSN | W 31–13 | 24,906 | ||
November 5 | 3:00 pm | at East Carolina | CSS | W 48–28 | 50,345 [5] | ||
November 12 | 7:00 pm | UCF | No. 25 |
| CBSSN | W 30–29 | 32,925 |
November 17 | 7:00 pm | at UAB | No. 22 | CBSSN | L 31–34 | 14,103 | |
November 26 | 3:00 pm | Memphis |
| CSS | W 44–7 | 26,347 | |
December 3 | 11:00 am | vs. No. 7 Houston | No. 24 | ABC | W 49–28 | 32,413 | |
December 24 | 7:00 pm | vs. Nevada * | No. 22 | ESPN | W 24–17 | 32,630 | |
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