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2011 Georgia Southern

10–⁠2 (7–⁠1 Southern Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 11–⁠3, over 14 games to the 12 on file here.

Schedule and results

Georgia Southern in 2011, game by game: won at Samford 31–17; won vs. Tusculum 62–21; won vs. Western Carolina 52–20; won at Elon 41–14; won vs. Chattanooga 28–27; won vs. Furman 50–20; won vs. Presbyterian 48–14; lost at App State 17–24; won vs. The Citadel 14–12; won at Wofford 31–10; lost at No. 3 Alabama 21–45; won vs. Old Dominion 55–48+41−24Won 31–17 at Samford+14SamfordWon 62–21 vs. Tusculum+41TusculumWon 52–20 vs. Western Carolina+32Western CarolinaWon 41–14 at Elon+27ElonWon 28–27 vs. Chattanooga+1ChattanoogaWon 50–20 vs. Furman+30FurmanWon 48–14 vs. Presbyterian+34PresbyterianLost 17–24 at App State-7App StateWon 14–12 vs. The Citadel+2The CitadelWon 31–10 at Wofford+21WoffordLost 21–45 at No. 3 Alabama-24No. 3 AlabamaWon 55–48 vs. Old Dominion+7Old Dominion
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3atSamfordW 31–⁠1762%
Sep 10vsTusculumW 62–⁠2182%
Sep 24vsWestern CarolinaW 52–⁠2084%
Oct 1atElonW 41–⁠1454%
Oct 8vsChattanoogaW 28–⁠2774%
Oct 15vsFurmanW 50–⁠2076%
Oct 22vsPresbyterianW 48–⁠1492%
Oct 29atApp StateL 17–⁠2448%
Nov 5vsThe CitadelW 14–⁠1284%
Nov 12atWoffordW 31–⁠1046%
Nov 19at3AlabamaL 21–⁠4513%
Dec 3vsOld DominionNCAA Division I Football Championship – Second RoundW 55–⁠4853%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Old Dominion 55–⁠48 in the NCAA Division I Football Championship – Second Round; unranked in the final AP poll; Southern Conference champions.

In program history: The 3rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 38 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list two games of Georgia Southern’s 2011 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here. Where two sources give a game alike (both teams’ articles or records, or an article and the guide), both are named.

DateOpponentResultSource
Dec 10vsMaineW 35–⁠23Georgia Southern’s article, Maine’s article
Dec 17atNorth Dakota StateL 7–⁠35North Dakota State’s article, Georgia Southern’s article

Southern Conference champions7–⁠1 in the conference

Record
10–⁠2
Conference
7–⁠1 first in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
450–⁠272
Coach
—
Elo
1544 +125 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−6.1 No. 2 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Brent Davis
Defensive coordinator
Jack Curtis
Offense
Triple option
Defense
4–⁠3

Player leaders are hidden for this season: our source’s player stats for Georgia Southern are missing players (they add up to less than 85% of the team’s passing or rushing yards).

2011 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia Southern7–⁠110–⁠2
Wofford6–⁠28–⁠4
App State6–⁠28–⁠4
Furman5–⁠36–⁠5
Samford4–⁠46–⁠5
Elon3–⁠55–⁠6
Chattanooga3–⁠55–⁠6
The Citadel2–⁠64–⁠7
Western Carolina0–⁠81–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.