2011 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

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The 2011 Georgia Southern Eagles team represented Georgia Southern University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Eagles were led by second-year head coach Jeff Monken and played their home games at Paulson Stadium. They are a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 11–3, 7–1 in Southern Conference play, winning the conference championship outright. They received the conference's automatic bid into the FCS playoffs where they defeated Old Dominion in the second round and Maine in the quarterfinals before falling to North Dakota State in the semifinals.

Sports NetworkNo. 3
FCS CoachesNo. 2
Record11–3 (7–1 SoCon)
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2011 Georgia Southern Eagles football
SoCon champion
FCS Playoffs Semifinals, L 7–35 at North Dakota State
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 3
FCS CoachesNo. 2
Record11–3 (7–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrent Davis (2nd season)
Offensive schemeTriple option
Defensive coordinatorJack Curtis (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumPaulson Stadium
Seasons
 2010
2012 
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2011 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 3 Georgia Southern $^ 71  113 
No. 12 Wofford ^ 62  84 
No. 9 Appalachian State ^ 62  84 
Furman 53  65 
Samford 44  65 
Chattanooga 35  56 
Elon 35  56 
The Citadel 26  47 
Western Carolina 08  110 
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
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Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 37:00 pmat SamfordNo. 4W 31–178,714
September 106:00 pmTusculum*No. 2W 62–2121,812
September 246:00 pmWestern CarolinaNo. 1
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 52–2019,067
October 11:30 pmat ElonNo. 1W 41–147,195
October 86:00 pmNo. 24 ChattanoogaNo. 1
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
ESPN3W 28–2720,593
October 156:00 pmFurmanNo. 1
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
ESPN3W 50–2019,221
October 222:00 pmPresbyterian*No. 1
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 48–1416,392
October 293:00 pmat No. 5 Appalachian StateNo. 1ESPN3L 17–2430,018
November 52:00 pmThe CitadeldaggerNo. 5
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 14–1218,408
November 121:00 pmat No. 9 WoffordNo. 4W 31–1010,280
November 1912:00 pmat No. 3 (FBS) Alabama*No. 3ESPN3L 21–45101,821
December 31:00 pmNo. 10 Old Dominion*No. 3
ESPN3W 55–4813,226
December 102:00 pmNo. 13 Maine*No. 3
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)
ESPN3W 35–2312,886
December 172:00 pmat No. 4 North Dakota State*No. 3
ESPNUL 7–3518,108[1]
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Rankings

On November 13, Georgia Southern received one vote in the AP poll.[5]

References

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