2011 Conference USA football season

Sports season

2011 Conference USA football season

League| NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport| Football
Duration| September 1, 2011
through January 7, 2012
Number of teams| 12
TV partner(s)| ABC, Fox Sports, CBS Sports Network, CSS, CST
2012 NFL Draft
Top draft pick| DT Dontari Poe, Memphis
Picked by| Kansas City Chiefs, 11th overall
Regular season
Season MVP| QB Case Keenum, Houston
East champions| Southern Miss
West champions| Houston
Championship Game
Champions| Southern Miss
Runners-up| Houston
Finals MVP| RB Tracy Lampley, USM
Football seasons

← 2010

2012 →

2011 Conference USA football standings

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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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* Bill Blankenship replaced Todd Graham at Tulsa.[1]

### 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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

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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

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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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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

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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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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

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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  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –
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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

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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$)

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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]

| Position  | Player  | Class  | Team

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First Team Offense (Coaches)
QB  | Case Keenum | SR  | Houston
RB  | Zach Line | SR  | SMU
RB  | Charles Sims | SO  | Houston
OL  | Clint Anderson  | SR  | Tulsa
OL  | Kelvin Beachum | SR  | SMU
OL  | Lamar Holmes | SR  | Southern Miss
OL  | Matt McCants | SR  | UAB
OL  | Chris Thompson  | SR  | Houston
TE  | Justin Johnson  | SR  | Houston
WR  | Cole Beasley | SR  | SMU
WR  | Patrick Edwards | SR  | Houston
WR  | Darius Johnson | JR  | SMU
First Team Defense (Coaches)
DL  | Vinny Curry | SR  | Marshall
DL  | Tyrunn Walker | SR  | Tulsa
DL  | Cordarro Law | SR  | Southern Miss
DL  | Taylor Thompson | SR  | SMU
LB  | Cornelius Arnick  | SR  | Tulsa
LB  | Sammy Brown  | SR  | Houston
LB  | Trent Mackey  | JR  | Tulane
DB  | Omar Brown | SR  | Marshall
DB  | Richard Crawford | SR  | SMU
DB  | Marquese Wheaton  | SR  | Southern Miss
DB  | Josh Robinson | JR  | UCF
First Team Special Teams (Coaches)
K  | Kevin Fitzpatrick  | SR  | Tulsa
P  | Kyle Martens  | SR  | Rice
KR  | Rannell Hall | FR  | UCF
PR  | Tracy Lampley  | SR  | Southern Miss
LS  | Matt Camilli  | SR  | UTEP
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Second Team Offense (Coaches)
QB  | Austin Davis | SR  | Southern Miss
QB  | G. J. Kinne | SR  | Tulsa
RB  | Orleans Darkwa | SO  | Tulane
RB  | Ja'Terian Douglas  | SO  | Tulsa
OL  | Jacoby Ashworth  | JR  | Houston
OL  | Joe Duhon  | JR  | Southern Miss
OL  | Ronald Leary | SR  | Memphis
OL  | Nick Pieschel  | SR  | UCF
OL  | Jason Weaver  | SR  | Southern Miss
TE  | Clay Sears  | SR  | Tulsa
WR  | Tyron Carrier | SR  | Houston
WR  | Willie Carter  | JR  | Tulsa
WR  | Lance Lewis | SR  | East Carolina
Second Team Defense (Coaches)
DL  | Marquis Frazier  | SR  | SMU
DL  | Dezman Moses | SR  | Tulane
DL  | Dontari Poe | JR  | Memphis
DL  | Scott Solomon | SR  | Rice
LB  | Ja'Gared Davis | SR  | SMU
LB  | Marcus McGraw | SR  | Houston
LB  | Taylor Reed | JR  | SMU
DB  | Jamie Bender | SR  | UAB
DB  | Emanuel Davis | JR  | East Carolina
DB  | D. J. Hayden | JR  | Houston
DB  | Dexter McCoil | JR  | Tulsa
Second Team Special Teams (Coaches)
K  | Daniel Hrapmann | SR  | Southern Miss
P  | Ian Campbell  | JR  | UTEP
KR  | Tyron Carrier  | SR  | Houston
PR  | Patrick Edwards  | SR  | Houston
LS  | Charley Hughlett | SR  | UCF

## 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

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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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