2011 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 football 2011 Southern Miss Golden Eagles Southern Miss Script Logo.png 200 Conference USA East Division C-USA 19 20 12–2 6–2 Larry Fedora 4th Blake Anderson 2nd Spread Dan Disch 1st David Duggan 1st 4–3 M. M. Roberts Stadium Conference USA championC-USA East Division championHawaii Bowl champion Hawaii Bowl W 24–17 vs. Nevada C-USA Championship Game W 49–28 vs. Houston 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. 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.http://blog.philsteele.com/2011/05/17/top-30-countdown-begins Top 30 Countdown Begins! Steele, Phil Phil Steele's College Football Blog 2011-05-17 2011-11-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20110920143426/http://blog.philsteele.com/2011/05/17/top-30-countdown-begins/ 2011-09-20 dead 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.http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/feed/2011-07/preseason-rankings/story/college-football-preseason-poll-top-120-lsu-oklahoma-alabama-stanford-oregon College football preseason top 120: A closer look after a busy offseason Hayes, Matt Sporting News 2011-08-29 2011-11-13https://www.espn.com/college-football/rankings/_/poll/1 2011 NCAA Football Rankings – AP Top 25 Preseason ESPN 2011-11-13https://www.espn.com/college-football/rankings/_/poll/2 2011 NCAA Football Rankings – USA Today Coaches' Poll Preseason ESPN 2011-11-13 Schedule 2011 AP Central September 3 9:00 pm w y Louisiana Tech Rivalry in Dixie M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, Mississippi FSN 19–17 22,356 September 10 2:30 pm l y Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, West Virginia CSS 20–26 24,247 September 17 6:00 pm w y Southeastern Louisiana M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, Mississippi 52–6 27,433 September 24 3:30 pm w y y Virginia Scott Stadium Charlottesville, Virginia FS South 30–24 43,220 October 1 6:30 pm w Rice M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, Mississippi CSS 48–24 28,656 October 8 3:30 pm w y y Navy Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, Maryland CBSSN 63–35 33,462 October 22 7:00 pm w y SMU M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, Mississippi CBSSN 27–3 32,685 October 29 7:00 pm w y UTEP Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas CBSSN 31–13 24,906 November 5 3:00 pm w y East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, North Carolina CSS 48–28 50,345https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=313090151 Southern Miss Golden Eagles vs. East Carolina Pirates Box Score ESPN.com November 5, 2011 November 12 7:00 pm w 25 UCF M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, Mississippi CBSSN 30–29 32,925 November 17 7:00 pm l y 22 UAB Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama CBSSN 31–34 14,103 November 26 3:00 pm w Memphis Black and Blue Bowl M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, Mississippi CSS 44–7 26,347 December 3 11:00 am w y 24 Houston 7 C-USA Championship Robertson Stadium Houston ABC 49–28 32,413 December 24 7:00 pm w y y 22 Nevada Hawaii Bowl Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI ESPN 24–17 32,630 Poll rankings 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings 15 6 7 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV NR RV 25 RV NR RV 24 RV 25 25 23 23 22 22 20 20 20 RV RV RV NR 24 23 23 24 22 21 21 21 20 19 References Southern Miss Category:Southern Miss Golden Eagles football seasons Category:Conference USA football champion seasons Category:Hawaii Bowl champion seasons Southern Miss Golden Eagles football