2011 South Florida Bulls football team

American college football season

2011 South Florida Bulls football

Conference| Big East Conference
Record| 5–7 (1–6 Big East)
Head coach|

* Skip Holtz (2nd season)

Offensive coordinator| Todd Fitch (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator| Mark Snyder (2nd season)
Captains|

* B. J. Daniels
* Chaz Hine
* Jerrell Young
* Quenton Washington

Home stadium| Raymond James Stadium (65,890, grass)

Seasons

<- 2010

2012 ->

2011 Big East Conference football standings

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No. 17 West Virginia $+  |  | 5  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 3  |
No. 25 Cincinnati \+  |  | 5  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 3  |
Louisville \+  |  | 5  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 6  |
Rutgers |  | 4  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 4  |
Pittsburgh |  | 4  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 7  |
Connecticut |  | 3  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 7  |
South Florida |  | 1  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 7  |
Syracuse |  | 1  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 7  |

* $ - BCS representative as conference champion
* \+ - Conference co-champions

As of January 11, 2012
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 South Florida Bulls football team represented the University of South Florida (USF) in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulls played their home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The 2011 college football season was the 15th season overall for the Bulls, and their seventh season as a member of the Big East Conference. This was the second season with Skip Holtz as the head coach. They finished the season 5–7, 1–6 in Big East play to finish in a tie for seventh place. USF failed to qualify for a post-season bowl ending its streak of six consecutive bowl trips dating back to 2005.

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Time| Opponent| Rank| Site| TV| Result| Attendance

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September 3| 3:30 p.m.| at No. 16 Notre Dame*| |

* Notre Dame Stadium
* Notre Dame, IN

| NBC| W 23–20| 80,795[1]
September 10| 7:00 p.m.| Ball State*| No. 22|

* Raymond James Stadium
* Tampa, FL

| BHSN| W 37–7| 45,113
September 17| 7:00 p.m.| Florida A&M*| No. 20|

* Raymond James Stadium
* Tampa, FL

| BHSN| W 70–17| 50,128
September 24| 7:00 p.m.| UTEP*| No. 18|

* Raymond James Stadium
* Tampa, FL

| ESPN3| W 52–24| 48,231
September 29| 8:00 p.m.| at Pittsburgh| No. 16|

* Heinz Field
* Pittsburgh, PA

| ESPN| L 17–44| 40,025[2]
October 15| 3:30 p.m.| at Connecticut| |

* Rentschler Field
* East Hartford, CT

| BIG EAST Network| L 10–16| 37,162[3]
October 22| 12:00 p.m.| Cincinnati| |

* Raymond James Stadium
* Tampa, FL

| BIG EAST Network| L 34–37| 39,456
November 5| 7:00 p.m.| at Rutgers| |

* High Point Solutions Stadium
* Piscataway, NJ

| ESPN3| L 17–20 OT| 36,911
November 11| 8:00 p.m.| at Syracuse| |

* Carrier Dome
* Syracuse, NY

| ESPN2| W 37–17| 41,582
November 19| 3:30 p.m.| Miami (FL)*| |

* Raymond James Stadium
* Tampa, FL

| ESPNU| L 3–6| 47,745
November 25| 11:00 a.m.| Louisville| |

* Raymond James Stadium
* Tampa, FL

| ESPN2| L 24–34| 46,666
December 1| 8:00 p.m.| No. 20 West Virginia| |

* Raymond James Stadium
* Tampa, FL

| ESPN| L 27–30| 41,743

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Eastern time

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## Rankings[edit]

See also: 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes| Week

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Poll| Pre| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| 13| 14| Final
AP| —| 22| 20| 18| 16| RV| RV| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —
Coaches| RV| RV| 22| 17| 14| RV| RV| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —
Harris| Not released| RV| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| Not released
BCS| Not released| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| Not released

## References[edit]

1. ^ "South Florida Bulls vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
2. ^ "South Florida Bulls vs. Pittsburgh Panthers Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
3. ^ "South Florida Bulls vs. Connecticut Huskies Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
4. ^ "Football – 2011 Schedule & Results". University of South Florida. Retrieved August 4, 2011.

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South Florida Bulls football

Venues|

* Tampa Stadium (1997–1998)
* Raymond James Stadium (1998–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games

Rivalries|

* UCF

Culture & lore|

* Rocky the Bull
* Golden Brahman March
* Herd of Thunder

People|

* NFL draftees
* Statistical leaders

Seasons|

* 1997
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* 2009
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