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2011 Southern Illinois

4–⁠7 (2–⁠6 Missouri Valley Football Conference).

Schedule and results

Southern Illinois in 2011, game by game: won vs. Southeast Missouri State 38–10; lost at Ole Miss 24–42; won vs. Missouri State 20–18; lost at Western Illinois 21–27; lost vs. North Dakota State 3–9; lost vs. Youngstown State 23–35; lost at Northern Iowa 10–17; lost vs. Illinois State 30–38; lost vs. South Dakota State 34–45; won vs. Eastern Illinois 45–28; won at Indiana State 35–28+28−18Won 38–10 vs. Southeast Missouri State+28Southeast Misso…Lost 24–42 at Ole Miss-18Ole MissWon 20–18 vs. Missouri State+2Missouri StateLost 21–27 at Western Illinois-6Western IllinoisLost 3–9 vs. North Dakota State-6North Dakota St…Lost 23–35 vs. Youngstown State-12Youngstown StateLost 10–17 at Northern Iowa-7Northern IowaLost 30–38 vs. Illinois State-8Illinois StateLost 34–45 vs. South Dakota State-11South Dakota St…Won 45–28 vs. Eastern Illinois+17Eastern IllinoisWon 35–28 at Indiana State+7Indiana State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsSoutheast Missouri StateW 38–⁠1051%
Sep 10atOle MissL 24–⁠4230%
Sep 24vsMissouri StateW 20–⁠1871%
Oct 1atWestern IllinoisL 21–⁠2752%
Oct 8vsNorth Dakota StateL 3–⁠943%
Oct 15vsYoungstown StateL 23–⁠3568%
Oct 22atNorthern IowaL 10–⁠1721%
Oct 29vsIllinois StateL 30–⁠3849%
Nov 5vsSouth Dakota StateL 34–⁠4547%
Nov 12vsEastern IllinoisW 45–⁠2869%
Nov 19atIndiana StateW 35–⁠2831%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Indiana State 35–⁠28; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

In program history: The tied 26th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 62 on file).

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠6 tied for 7th in Missouri Valley Football Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
283–⁠297
Coach
—
Elo
1301 −57 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−20.7 No. 34 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Kalen DeBoer
Defensive coordinator
Bubba Schweigert

2011 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
North Dakota State7–⁠111–⁠1
Northern Iowa7–⁠110–⁠2
Illinois State5–⁠37–⁠4
Indiana State4–⁠46–⁠5
Youngstown State4–⁠46–⁠5
South Dakota State4–⁠45–⁠6
Southern Illinois2–⁠64–⁠7
Missouri State2–⁠62–⁠9
Western Illinois1–⁠72–⁠9

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