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2011 Conference USA football season

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2011 Conference USA football season
LeagueNCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
SportFootball
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 byKansas City Chiefs, 11th overall
Regular season
Season MVPQB Case Keenum, Houston
East championsSouthern Miss
West championsHouston
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.

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.

Previous season

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Main article: 2010 Conference USA football season

UCF won the conference championship for the second time, defeating the SMU Mustangs 17–7.

Preseason

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Coaching changes

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Preseason polls

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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

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Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school C-USA record
East Carolina Ruffin McNeill 1 7–7 6–7 5–3
Houston Kevin Sumlin 3 23–16 23–16 16–8
Marshall Doc Holliday 1 5–7 5–7 4–4
Memphis Larry Porter 1 1–11 1–11 0–8
Rice David Bailiff 4 40–45 19–30 15–17
Southern Miss Larry Fedora 3 22–17 22–17 14–10
SMU June Jones 3 92–64 16–23 12–12
Tulane Bob Toledo 4 91–103 13–35 7–25
Tulsa Bill Blankenship – 0–0 0–0 0–0
UAB Neil Callaway 4 15–33 15–33 11–21
UCF George O'Leary 7 97–77 45–44 33–23
UTEP Mike Price 7 169–167 40–45 20–28
Statistics are through the conclusion of the 2010 NCAA Season.
  • Tulane head coach Bob Toledo resigned on October 18 after starting the season 2–5 and was replaced for the rest of the season by interim head coach Mark Hutson.[2]

Regular season

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

Week One

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Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 1 8:00 p.m. #20 Mississippi State Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee FSN L 14–59 33,990
September 3 3:30 p.m. Southeastern Louisiana Tulane Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans – W 47–33 15,912
September 3 3:30 p.m. UCLA Houston Robertson Stadium • Houston FSN W 38–34 31,114
September 3 7:00 p.m. Charleston Southern UCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida BHSN W 62–0 39,752
September 3 7:00 p.m. Rice #24 Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas Longhorn Network L 9–34 101,624
September 3 7:00 p.m. #12 South Carolina East Carolina Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, North Carolina FSN L 37–56 58,272
September 3 8:00 p.m. Tulsa #1 Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma FX L 14–47 85,260
September 3 9:05 p.m. Stony Brook UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas – W 31–24 OT 28,752
September 3 10:00 p.m. Louisiana Tech Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi FSN W 19–17 22,356
September 4 3:30 p.m. Marshall West Virginia Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, West Virginia ESPN L 13–34 60,758
September 4 7:30 p.m. SMU #9 Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, Texas FSN L 14–46 86,951

Week Two

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Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 10 3:30 p.m. Purdue Rice Rice Stadium • Houston CBS Sports Network W 24–22 25,317
September 10 3:30 p.m. Southern Miss Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia CSS MRSH 26–20 24,247
September 10 3:30 p.m. Tulsa Tulane Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans CST TLSA 31–3 19,752
September 10 3:30 p.m. #11 Virginia Tech East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina FSN L 10–17 49,404
September 10 7:00 p.m. Houston North Texas Apogee Stadium • Denton, Texas ESPN3 W 48–23 28,075
September 10 7:00 p.m. Memphis Arkansas State ASU Stadium • Jonesboro, Arkansas – L 3–47 29,872
September 10 7:00 p.m. UAB #18 Florida Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, Florida FSN L 0–39 87,473
September 10 7:00 p.m. UTEP SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, Texas FSN SMU 28–17 26,691
September 10 8:00 p.m. Boston College UCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida CBS Sports Network W 30–3 45,671

Week Three

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Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 17 4:00 p.m. Tulane UAB Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama TULN 49–10 17,658
September 17 6:00 p.m. UCF FIU FIU Stadium • Miami ESPN3 L 10–17 20,205
September 17 7:00 p.m. Houston Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, Louisiana ESPN3 W 35–34 24,628
September 17 7:00 p.m. Marshall Ohio Peden Stadium • Athens, Ohio ESPN3 L 7–44 24,244
September 17 7:00 p.m. Austin Peay Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee W 27–6 18,808
September 17 7:00 p.m. Southeastern Louisiana Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi W 52–6 27,433
September 17 8:00 p.m. Northwestern State SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, Texas W 40–7 20,083
September 17 8:00 p.m. UTEP New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, New Mexico ESPN3 W 16–10 19,751
September 17 10:00 p.m. #7 Oklahoma State Tulsa H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma FSN L 33–59 24,563

Week Four

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Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 23 8:00 p.m. UCF BYU LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, Utah ESPN L 17–24 59,874
September 24 12:00 p.m. SMU Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee FSN SMU 42–0 16,748
September 24 3:30 p.m. Tulane Duke Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, North Carolina ESPN3 L 27–48 20,138
September 24 3:30 p.m. UAB East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina ECU 28–23 50,023
September 24 3:30 p.m. Southern Miss Virginia Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, Virginia W 30–24 43,220
September 24 3:30 p.m. #11 Virginia Tech Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia CBS Sports Network L 10–30 34,424
September 24 7:00 p.m. UTEP #17 South Florida Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Florida ESPN3 L 24–52 39,628
September 24 7:00 p.m. Rice #19 Baylor Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, Texas FSN L 31–56 40,088
September 24 8:00 p.m. Tulsa #4 Boise State Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho CBS Sports Network L 21–41 34,019
September 24 8:00 p.m. Georgia State Houston Robertson Stadium • Houston, Texas CSS W 56–0 32,005

Week Five

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Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 29 8:00 p.m. Houston UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas CBS Sports Network HOU 49–42 24,111
October 1 12:00 p.m. Tulane Army Michie Stadium • West Point, New York CBS Sports Network L 6–45 31,235
October 1 3:30 p.m. SMU #20 TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas CBS Sports Network W 40–33 35,632
October 1 3:30 p.m. Marshall Louisville Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, Kentucky CBS Sports Network W 17–13 53,267
October 1 7:00 p.m. Memphis Middle Tennessee Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, Tennessee ESPN3 L 31–38 20,098
October 1 7:00 p.m. North Texas Tulsa H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma W 41–24 21,240
October 1 7:00 p.m. UAB Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, Alabama SportSouth L 23–24 18,044
October 1 8:00 p.m. North Carolina East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina CBS Sports Network L 20–35 50,610

Week Six

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Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 8 12:00 p.m. Mississippi State UAB Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama FS South L 3–21 28,351
October 8 12:30 p.m. Memphis Rice Rice Stadium • Houston CSS RICE 28–6 14,179
October 8 3:30 p.m. Southern Miss Navy Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland CBS Sports Network W 63–35 33,462
October 8 7:00 p.m. East Carolina Houston Robertson Stadium • Houston, Texas CBS Sports Network HOU 56–3 30,126
October 8 7:00 p.m. Marshall UCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida BHSN UCF 16–6 24,750
October 8 8:00 p.m. Syracuse Tulane Superdome • New Orleans L 34–37 23,188

Week Seven

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Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 15 3:00 p.m. Rice Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia MRSH 24–20 27,509
October 15 3:30 p.m. UCF SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, Texas FSN SMU 38–17 22,932
October 15 3:30 p.m. UTEP Tulane Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans FCS Central UTEP 44–7 16,690
October 15 7:00 p.m. East Carolina Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee ECU 35–17 17,975
October 15 8:00 p.m. UAB Tulsa H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma CBS Sports Network TLSA 37–20 21,494

Week Eight

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Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 20 8:00 p.m. UCF UAB Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama CSS UAB 26–24 8,872
October 22 3:30 p.m. East Carolina Navy Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland CBS Sports Network W 38–35 34,612
October 22 3:30 p.m. Memphis Tulane Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans MEM 33–17 25,158
October 22 4:30 p.m. Marshall #20 Houston Robertson Stadium • Houston CSS HOU 63–28 32,107
October 22 7:00 p.m. Tulsa Rice Rice Stadium • Houston FSN TLSA 38–20 17,314
October 22 8:00 p.m. SMU Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi CBS Sports Network USM 27–3 32,685
October 22 8:00 p.m. Colorado State UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas Time Warner El Paso W 31–17 31,797

Week Nine

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Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 27 8:00 p.m. Rice #18 Houston Robertson Stadium • Houston, Texas FSN HOU 73–34 32,112
October 29 12:00 p.m. UAB Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia CSS MRSH 59–14 20,735
October 29 3:30 p.m. Tulane East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina ECU 34–13 49,410
October 29 3:30 p.m. SMU Tulsa Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma FSN TLSA 38–7 21,261
October 29 4:00 p.m. Memphis UCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida BHSN UCF 41–0 37,683
October 29 8:00 p.m. #25 Southern Miss UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas CBS Sports Network USM 31–13 24,906

Week Ten

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Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 3 8:00 p.m. Tulsa UCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida CBS Sports Network TLSA 24–17 36,712
November 5 3:00 p.m. Tulane SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, Texas SMU 45–24 20,106
November 5 3:30 p.m. UTEP Rice Rice Stadium • Houston FSN RICE 41–37 14,372
November 5 4:00 p.m. #24 Southern Miss East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina CSS USM 48–28 50,345
November 5 8:00 p.m. #14 Houston UAB Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama CBS Sports Network HOU 56–13 13,909

Week Eleven

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Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 10 8:00 p.m. #11 Houston Tulane Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans CBS Sports Network HOU 73–17 17,657
November 12 12:00 p.m. Rice Northwestern Ryan Field • Evanston, Illinois BTN L 6–28 26,886
November 12 12:00 p.m. Marshall Tulsa Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma FSN TLSA 59–17 17,672
November 12 3:30 p.m. Navy SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, Texas FSN L 17–24 21,080
November 12 4:15 p.m. UAB Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee UAB 41–35 17,848
November 12 8:00 p.m. UCF #23 Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi CBS Sports Network USM 30–29 32,925
November 12 8:00 p.m. East Carolina UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas Time Warner El Paso UTEP 22–17 25,571

Week Twelve

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Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 17 8:00 p.m. Marshall Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee FSN MRSH 23–22 15,101
November 17 8:00 p.m. #20 Southern Miss UAB Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama CBS Sports Network UAB 34–31 14,103
November 19 3:00 p.m. Tulsa UTEP Sun Bowl • El Paso, Texas Time Warner El Paso TLSA 57–28 23,849
November 19 3:30 p.m. SMU #10 Houston Robertson Stadium • Houston, Texas FSN HOU 37–7 32,207
November 19 3:30 p.m. Tulane Rice Ryan Field • Evanston, Illinois RICE 19–7 15,461
November 19 7:00 p.m. UCF East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina FSN ECU 38–31 50,277

Week Thirteen

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Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 25 12:00 p.m. #7 Houston Tulsa Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma FSN HOU 48–16 29,015
November 25 7:00 p.m. UTEP UCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida CBS Sports Network UCF 31–14 21,127
November 26 12:00 p.m. Rice SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, Texas FSN SMU 27–24 14,442
November 26 3:30 p.m. East Carolina Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia CBS Sports Network MRSH 34–27 OT 22,456
November 26 4:00 p.m. UAB Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, Florida L 35–38 12,044
November 26 4:00 p.m. Memphis Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi CSS USM 44–7 26,347
November 26 11:00 p.m. Tulane Hawaii Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI Oceanic PPV/ESPN3 L 23–35 27,411

Week Fourteen- C-USA Championship Game

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See also: 2011 Conference USA Football Championship Game
Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
December 3 12:00 p.m. #23 Southern Miss #6 Houston Robertson Stadium • Houston ABC USM 49–28 32,413

Players of the week

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Week Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
1 – Sep. 5 Case Keenum, QB Houston Cordarro Law, DL Southern Miss Robert Kelley, KR Tulane
2 – Sep. 12 Patrick Edwards, WR Houston Ja'Gared Davis, LB
George Carpenter, LB 		SMU
Marshall 		Kase Whitehead, P Marshall
3 – Sep. 19 Case Keenum, QB
Ryan Griffin, QB 		Houston
Tulane 		Korey Williams, LB Southern Miss Nick Adams, KR UAB
4 – Sep. 26 Reggie Bullock, RB ECU Jamie Bender, S UAB Danny Hrapmann, K Southern Miss.
5 – Oct. 3 Darius Johnson, WR SMU Tyson Gale, LB Marshall Kase Whitehead, P Marshall
6 – Oct. 10 Austin Davis, QB Southern Miss. Phillip Steward, LB Houston Marques Wheaton, DB Southern Miss.
7 – Oct. 17 J.J. McDermott, QB SMU Vinny Curry, DE Marshall Richard Crawford, PR SMU

Rankings

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See also: 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Legend
    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
Ranking Movement
  Pre Wk
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2		 Wk
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4		 Wk
5		 Wk
6		 Wk
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12		 Wk
13		 Wk
14		 Final
East Carolina
Pirates 		AP – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
C – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
HAR Not released – – – – – – – – –
BCS Not released – – – – – – – –
Houston
Cougars 		AP RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 21 18 14 11 11 6 7 20 18
C RV RV RV RV RV RV 22 20 18 14 11 10 7 6 17 14
HAR Not released 24 22 18 14 11 10 7 6 17
BCS Not released 19 17 13 11 11 8 6 19
Marshall
Thundering Herd 		AP – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
C – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
HAR Not released – – – – – – – – –
BCS Not released – – – – – – – –
Memphis
Tigers 		AP – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
C – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
HAR Not released – – – – – – – – –
BCS Not released – – – – – – – –
Rice
Owls 		AP – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
C – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
HAR Not released – – – – – – – – –
BCS Not released – – – – – – – –
Southern Miss
Golden Eagles 		AP RV RV – – – – RV RV RV RV 25 22 RV 24 22 20
C RV RV – – – RV RV RV 25 24 23 20 RV 23 21 19
HAR Not released RV RV RV RV 23 20 RV 23 21
BCS Not released – – 25 22 20 – 24 21
SMU
Mustangs 		AP – – – – – RV RV RV – – – – – – – –
C – – – – – RV RV RV RV – – – – – – –
HAR Not released RV RV – – – – – – –
BCS Not released – – – – – – – –
Tulane
Green Wave 		AP – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
C – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
HAR Not released – – – – – – – – –
BCS Not released – – – – – – – –
Tulsa
Golden Hurricane 		AP RV – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
C – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
HAR Not released – – – – – – – – –
BCS Not released – – – – – – – –
UAB
Blazers 		AP – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
C – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
HAR Not released – – – – – – – – –
BCS Not released – – – – – – – –
UCF
Knights 		AP RV RV RV – – – – – – – – – – – – –
C RV RV RV – – – – – – – – – – – – –
HAR Not released – – – – – – – – –
BCS Not released – – – – – – – –
UTEP
Miners 		AP – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
C – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
HAR Not released – – – – – – – – –
BCS Not released – – – – – – – –

Records against other conferences

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Conference Wins Losses
ACC 2 4
Big 12 0 5
Big East 1 3
Big Ten 1 1
Independents 2 3
MAC 0 1
Mountain West 2 1
Pac-12 1 0
SEC 0 4
Sun Belt 2 5
WAC 3 1
All FCS 7 0
Overall 21 28

Bowl games

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Bowl Game Date Stadium City Television Matchups/Results Attendance Payout per team (US$)
2011 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl December 20, 2011 Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, Florida ESPN Marshall 20, Florida International 10 20,072 $1,000,000
2011 Hawai'i Bowl December 24, 2011 Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI ESPN #21 Southern Miss 24, Nevada 17 32,630 $750,000
2011 Armed Forces Bowl December 30, 2011 Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas ESPN BYU 24, Tulsa 21 30,258 $750,000
2012 TicketCity Bowl January 2, 2012 Cotton Bowl Dallas ESPNU #19 Houston 30, #22 Penn State 14 46,817 $1,200,000
2012 BBVA Compass Bowl January 7, 2012 Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama ESPN SMU 28, Pitt 6 29,726

Bowl Eligibility

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Bowl Eligible (5)

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  • 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)

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  • 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

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Coaches All-Conference Selections[3]

Attendance

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Team Stadium Capacity Gm 1 Gm 2 Gm 3 Gm 4 Gm 5 Gm 6 Gm 7 Total Average % of Capacity
East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium 50,000 49,404 50,023 50,610 49,410 50,345 50,277 — 300,069 50,012 100%
Houston Robertson Stadium 32,000 31,114 32,005 30,126 32,107 32,112 32,207 32,413 222,084 31,726 99.1%
Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium 38,019 24,247 34,424 27,509 20,735 22,456 — — 129,371 25,874 68.1%
Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium 62,380 33,990 18,808 16,748 17,975 17,848 15,101 — 120,470 20,078 32.2%
Rice Rice Stadium 47,000 25,317 14,179 17,314 14,372 15,461 — — 86,643 17,329 36.9%
Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium 36,000 22,356 27,433 28,656 32,685 32,925 26,347 — 170,402 28,400 78.9%
SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium 32,000 26,691 20,083 22,932 20,106 21,080 14,442 — 125,334 20,889 65.3%
Tulane Louisiana Superdome 72,968 15,912 19,752 23,188 16,690 25,158 17,657 — 118,627 19,771 27.1%
Tulsa H. A. Chapman Stadium 30,000 24,563 21,240 21,494 21,261 17,672 29,015 — 135,245 22,541 75.1%
UAB Legion Field 71,594 17,658 28,351 8,872 13,909 14,103 — — 82,893 16,579 23.2%
UCF Bright House Networks Stadium 45,301 39,752 45,671 24,750 37,683 36,712 21,127 — 205,695 34,283 75.7%
UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium 51,500 28,752 24,111 31,797 24,906 25,571 23,849 — 158,986 26,948 52.3%

References

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  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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