2011 Conference USA football season

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.

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

2011 Conference USA football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
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 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

Main article: 2010 Conference USA football season

UCF won the conference championship for the second time, defeating the SMU Mustangs 17–7.

Preseason

Coaching changes

• Bill Blankenship replaced Todd Graham at Tulsa.^[1]

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 record
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

Index to colors and formatting
Conference USA member won
Conference USA member lost
Conference USA teams in bold
Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Week One

Date	Time (EDT)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	8:00PM	#20 Mississippi State	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee	FSN	L 14–59	33,990
September 3	3:30PM	Southeastern Louisiana	Tulane	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans	–	W 47–33	15,912
September 3	3:30PM	UCLA	Houston	Robertson Stadium • Houston	FSN	W 38–34	31,114
September 3	7:00PM	Charleston Southern	UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida	BHSN	W 62–0	39,752
September 3	7:00PM	Rice	#24 Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas	Longhorn Network	L 9–34	101,624
September 3	7:00PM	#12 South Carolina	East Carolina	Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, North Carolina	FSN	L 37–56	58,272
September 3	8:00PM	Tulsa	#1 Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma	FX	L 14–47	85,260
September 3	9:05PM	Stony Brook	UTEP	Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas	–	W 31–24 OT	28,752
September 3	10:00PM	Louisiana Tech	Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi	FSN	W 19–17	22,356
September 4	3:30PM	Marshall	West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, West Virginia	ESPN	L 13–34	60,758
September 4	7:30PM	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	3:30PM	Purdue	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston	CBS Sports Network	W 24–22	25,317
September 10	3:30PM	Southern Miss	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia	CSS	MRSH 26–20	24,247
September 10	3:30PM	Tulsa	Tulane	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans	CST	TLSA 31–3	19,752
September 10	3:30PM	#11 Virginia Tech	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina	FSN	L 10–17	49,404
September 10	7:00PM	Houston	North Texas	Apogee Stadium • Denton, Texas	ESPN3	W 48–23	28,075
September 10	7:00PM	Memphis	Arkansas State	ASU Stadium • Jonesboro, Arkansas	–	L 3–47	29,872
September 10	7:00PM	UAB	#18 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, Florida	FSN	L 0–39	87,473
September 10	7:00PM	UTEP	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, Texas	FSN	SMU 28–17	26,691
September 10	8:00PM	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	4:00PM	Tulane	UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama		TULN 49–10	17,658
September 17	6:00PM	UCF	FIU	FIU Stadium • Miami	ESPN3	L 10–17	20,205
September 17	7:00PM	Houston	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, Louisiana	ESPN3	W 35–34	24,628
September 17	7:00PM	Marshall	Ohio	Peden Stadium • Athens, Ohio	ESPN3	L 7–44	24,244
September 17	7:00PM	Austin Peay	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee		W 27–6	18,808
September 17	7:00PM	Southeastern Louisiana	Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi		W 52–6	27,433
September 17	8:00PM	Northwestern State	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, Texas		W 40–7	20,083
September 17	8:00PM	UTEP	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, New Mexico	ESPN3	W 16–10	19,751
September 17	10:00PM	#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	8:00PM	UCF	BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, Utah	ESPN	L 17–24	59,874
September 24	12:00PM	SMU	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee	FSN	SMU 42–0	16,748
September 24	3:30PM	Tulane	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, North Carolina	ESPN3	L 27–48	20,138
September 24	3:30PM	UAB	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina		ECU 28–23	50,023
September 24	3:30PM	Southern Miss	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, Virginia		W 30–24	43,220
September 24	3:30PM	#11 Virginia Tech	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia	CBS Sports Network	L 10–30	34,424
September 24	7:00PM	UTEP	#17 South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Florida	ESPN3	L 24–52	39,628
September 24	7:00PM	Rice	#19 Baylor	Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, Texas	FSN	L 31–56	40,088
September 24	8:00PM	Tulsa	#4 Boise State	Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho	CBS Sports Network	L 21–41	34,019
September 24	8:00PM	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	8:00PM	Houston	UTEP	Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas	CBS Sports Network	HOU 49–42	24,111
October 1	12:00PM	Tulane	Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, New York	CBS Sports Network	L 6–45	31,235
October 1	3:30PM	SMU	#20 TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas	CBS Sports Network	W 40–33	35,632
October 1	3:30PM	Marshall	Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, Kentucky	CBS Sports Network	W 17–13	53,267
October 1	7:00PM	Memphis	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, Tennessee	ESPN3	L 31–38	20,098
October 1	7:00PM	North Texas	Tulsa	H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma		W 41–24	21,240
October 1	7:00PM	UAB	Troy	Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, Alabama	SportSouth	L 23–24	18,044
October 1	8:00PM	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	12:00PM	Mississippi State	UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama	FS South	L 3–21	28,351
October 8	12:30PM	Memphis	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston	CSS	RICE 28–6	14,179
October 8	3:30PM	Southern Miss	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland	CBS Sports Network	W 63–35	33,462
October 8	7:00PM	East Carolina	Houston	Robertson Stadium • Houston, Texas	CBS Sports Network	HOU 56–3	30,126
October 8	7:00PM	Marshall	UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida	BHSN	UCF 16–6	24,750
October 8	8:00PM	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	3:00PM	Rice	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia		MRSH 24–20	27,509
October 15	3:30PM	UCF	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, Texas	FSN	SMU 38–17	22,932
October 15	3:30PM	UTEP	Tulane	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans	FCS Central	UTEP 44–7	16,690
October 15	7:00PM	East Carolina	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee		ECU 35–17	17,975
October 15	8:00PM	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	8:00PM	UCF	UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama	CSS	UAB 26–24	8,872
October 22	3:30PM	East Carolina	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland	CBS Sports Network	W 38–35	34,612
October 22	3:30PM	Memphis	Tulane	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans		MEM 33–17	25,158
October 22	4:30PM	Marshall	#20 Houston	Robertson Stadium • Houston	CSS	HOU 63–28	32,107
October 22	7:00PM	Tulsa	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston	FSN	TLSA 38–20	17,314
October 22	8:00PM	SMU	Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi	CBS Sports Network	USM 27–3	32,685
October 22	8:00PM	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	8:00PM	Rice	#18 Houston	Robertson Stadium • Houston, Texas	FSN	HOU 73–34	32,112
October 29	12:00PM	UAB	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia	CSS	MRSH 59–14	20,735
October 29	3:30PM	Tulane	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina		ECU 34–13	49,410
October 29	3:30PM	SMU	Tulsa	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma	FSN	TLSA 38–7	21,261
October 29	4:00PM	Memphis	UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida	BHSN	UCF 41–0	37,683
October 29	8:00PM	#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	8:00PM	Tulsa	UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida	CBS Sports Network	TLSA 24–17	36,712
November 5	3:00PM	Tulane	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, Texas		SMU 45–24	20,106
November 5	3:30PM	UTEP	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston	FSN	RICE 41–37	14,372
November 5	4:00PM	#24 Southern Miss	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina	CSS	USM 48–28	50,345
November 5	8:00PM	#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	8:00PM	#11 Houston	Tulane	Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans	CBS Sports Network	HOU 73–17	17,657
November 12	12:00PM	Rice	Northwestern	Ryan Field • Evanston, Illinois	BTN	L 6–28	26,886
November 12	12:00PM	Marshall	Tulsa	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma	FSN	TLSA 59–17	17,672
November 12	3:30PM	Navy	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, Texas	FSN	L 17–24	21,080
November 12	4:15PM	UAB	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee		UAB 41–35	17,848
November 12	8:00PM	UCF	#23 Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi	CBS Sports Network	USM 30–29	32,925
November 12	8:00PM	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	8:00PM	Marshall	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee	FSN	MRSH 23–22	15,101
November 17	8:00PM	#20 Southern Miss	UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama	CBS Sports Network	UAB 34–31	14,103
November 19	3:00PM	Tulsa	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, Texas	Time Warner El Paso	TLSA 57–28	23,849
November 19	3:30PM	SMU	#10 Houston	Robertson Stadium • Houston, Texas	FSN	HOU 37–7	32,207
November 19	3:30PM	Tulane	Rice	Ryan Field • Evanston, Illinois		RICE 19–7	15,461
November 19	7:00PM	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	12:00PM	#7 Houston	Tulsa	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma	FSN	HOU 48–16	29,015
November 25	7:00PM	UTEP	UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida	CBS Sports Network	UCF 31–14	21,127
November 26	12:00PM	Rice	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, Texas	FSN	SMU 27–24	14,442
November 26	3:30PM	East Carolina	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia	CBS Sports Network	MRSH 34–27 OT	22,456
November 26	4:00PM	UAB	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, Florida		L 35–38	12,044
November 26	4:00PM	Memphis	Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi	CSS	USM 44–7	26,347
November 26	11:00PM	Tulane	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	Oceanic PPV/ESPN3	L 23–35	27,411

Week Fourteen- C-USA Championship Game

See also: 2011 Conference USA Football Championship Game

Date	Time (EDT)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
December 3	12:00PM	#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, 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

See also: 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	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Final
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	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	C	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	HAR	Not released						–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	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

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 Game	Date	Stadium	City	Television	Matchups/Results	Attendance	Payout per team (US$)
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

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.

Attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Gm 1	Gm 2	Gm 3	Gm 4	Gm 5	Gm 6	Gm 7	Total	Average	% of Capacity
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

1. Bill Blankenship named Tulsa coach – ESPN
2. "Tulane Head Football Coach Bob Toledo Resigns Post". Tulane University Athletics Department. October 18, 2011.