2011 Conference USA football season

August 2023 2011 Conference USA football season #193980 #FFFFFF NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Football CUSAlogoPNG.png 250px September 1, 2011through January 7, 2012 12 ABC, Fox Sports, CBS Sports Network, CSS, CST 2012 NFL Draft 2012 NFL Draft DT Dontari Poe, Memphis Kansas City Chiefs, 11th overall Regular season Champions QB Case Keenum, Houston East Southern Miss West Houston Championship Game 2011 Conference USA Football Championship Game Southern Miss Houston RB Tracy Lampley, USM Football 2010 2012 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. Preseason Coaching changes Bill Blankenship replaced Todd Graham at Tulsa.Bill Blankenship named Tulsa coach – ESPN Preseason polls 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 Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school C-USA recordEast Carolina Ruffin McNeill 1 7–7 6–7 5–3Houston Kevin Sumlin 3 23–16 23–16 16–8Marshall Doc Holliday 1 5–7 5–7 4–4Memphis Larry Porter 1 1–11 1–11 0–8Rice David Bailiff 4 40–45 19–30 15–17Southern Miss Larry Fedora 3 22–17 22–17 14–10SMU June Jones 3 92–64 16–23 12–12Tulane Bob Toledo 4 91–103 13–35 7–25Tulsa Bill Blankenship – 0–0 0–0 0–0UAB Neil Callaway 4 15–33 15–33 11–21UCF George O'Leary 7 97–77 45–44 33–23UTEP 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.http://www.tulanegreenwave.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/101811aaa.html Tulane Head Football Coach Bob Toledo Resigns Post Tulane University Athletics Department October 18, 2011 Regular season Index to colors and formattingConference USA member wonConference USA member lostConference USA teams in boldRankings from Coaches' Poll Week One 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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, LBGeorge Carpenter, LB SMUMarshall 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 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 Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 FinalEast CarolinaPirates AP – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –C – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –HARNot released – – – – – – – – –BCS Not released – – – – – – – –HoustonCougars AP RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 21 18 14 11 11 6 7 20 18C RV RV RV RV RV RV 22 20 18 14 11 10 7 6 17 14HARNot released 24 22 18 14 11 10 7 6 17BCS Not released 19 17 13 11 11 8 6 19MarshallThundering Herd AP – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –C – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –HARNot released – – – – – – – – –BCS Not released – – – – – – – –MemphisTigers AP – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –C – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –HARNot released – – – – – – – – –BCS Not released – – – – – – – –RiceOwls AP – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –C – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –HARNot released – – – – – – – – –BCS Not released – – – – – – – –Southern MissGolden Eagles AP RV RV – – – – RV RV RV RV 25 22 RV 24 22 20C RV RV – – – RV RV RV 25 24 23 20 RV 23 21 19HARNot released RV RV RV RV 23 20 RV 23 21BCS Not released – – 25 22 20 – 24 21SMUMustangs AP – – – – – RV RV RV – – – – – – – –C – – – – – RV RV RV RV – – – – – – –HARNot released RV RV – – – – – – –BCS Not released – – – – – – – –TulaneGreen Wave AP – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –C – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –HARNot released – – – – – – – – –BCS Not released – – – – – – – –TulsaGolden Hurricane AP RV – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –C – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –HARNot released – – – – – – – – –BCS Not released – – – – – – – –UABBlazers AP – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –C – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –HARNot released – – – – – – – – –BCS Not released – – – – – – – –UCFKnights AP RV RV RV – – – – – – – – – – – – –C RV RV RV – – – – – – – – – – – – –HARNot released – – – – – – – – –BCS Not released – – – – – – – –UTEPMiners AP – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –C – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –HARNot released – – – – – – – – –BCS Not released – – – – – – – – Records against other conferences 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 Bowl GameDateStadiumCityTelevisionMatchups/ResultsAttendancePayout per team (US$)2011 Beef 'O' Brady's BowlDecember 20, 2011Tropicana FieldSt. Petersburg, FloridaESPNMarshall 20, Florida International 1020,072$1,000,0002011 Hawai'i BowlDecember 24, 2011Aloha StadiumHonolulu, HIESPN#21 Southern Miss 24, Nevada 1732,630$750,0002011 Armed Forces BowlDecember 30, 2011Gerald J. Ford StadiumUniversity Park, TexasESPNBYU 24, Tulsa 2130,258$750,0002012 TicketCity BowlJanuary 2, 2012Cotton BowlDallasESPNU#19 Houston 30, #22 Penn State 1446,817$1,200,0002012 BBVA Compass BowlJanuary 7, 2012Legion FieldBirmingham, AlabamaESPNSMU 28, Pitt 629,726 Bowl Eligibility Bowl Eligible (5) 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) 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 Coaches All-Conference Selectionshttps://conferenceusa.com/news/2011/12/6/C_USA_Announces_Football_All_Conference_Teams.aspx C-USA Announces Football All-Conference Teams 2024-12-02 Position Player Class Team 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 Position Player Class Team 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 TeamStadiumCapacityGm 1Gm 2Gm 3Gm 4Gm 5Gm 6Gm 7Total Average% of CapacityEast CarolinaDowdy–Ficklen Stadium 50,000 49,404 50,023 50,610 49,410 50,345 50,277 — 300,069 50,012 100%HoustonRobertson Stadium 32,000 31,114 32,005 30,126 32,107 32,112 32,207 32,413 222,084 31,726 99.1%MarshallJoan C. Edwards Stadium 38,019 24,247 34,424 27,509 20,735 22,456 — — 129,371 25,874 68.1%MemphisLiberty Bowl Memorial Stadium 62,380 33,990 18,808 16,748 17,975 17,848 15,101 — 120,470 20,078 32.2%RiceRice Stadium 47,000 25,317 14,179 17,314 14,372 15,461 — — 86,643 17,329 36.9%Southern MissM. M. Roberts Stadium 36,000 22,356 27,433 28,656 32,685 32,925 26,347 — 170,402 28,400 78.9%SMUGerald J. Ford Stadium 32,000 26,691 20,083 22,932 20,106 21,080 14,442 — 125,334 20,889 65.3%TulaneLouisiana Superdome 72,968 15,912 19,752 23,188 16,690 25,158 17,657 — 118,627 19,771 27.1%TulsaH. A. Chapman Stadium 30,000 24,563 21,240 21,494 21,261 17,672 29,015 — 135,245 22,541 75.1%UABLegion Field 71,594 17,658 28,351 8,872 13,909 14,103 — — 82,893 16,579 23.2%UCFBright House Networks Stadium 45,301 39,752 45,671 24,750 37,683 36,712 21,127 — 205,695 34,283 75.7%UTEPSun Bowl Stadium 51,500 28,752 24,111 31,797 24,906 25,571 23,849 — 158,986 26,948 52.3% References