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2011 Stony Brook

8–⁠4 (6–⁠0 Big South). The season’s Wikipedia article records 9–⁠4, over 13 games to the 12 on file here.

Schedule and results

Stony Brook in 2011, game by game: lost at UTEP 24–31; lost at Buffalo 7–35; lost vs. Brown 20–21; won vs. Lafayette 37–20; won vs. Presbyterian 42–24; won at VMI 42–14; won vs. Coastal Carolina 42–0; won at Charleston Southern 50–31; won at Gardner-Webb 76–28; won vs. Liberty 41–31; won vs. UAlbany 31–28; lost vs. Sam Houston 27–34+48−28Lost 24–31 at UTEP-7UTEPLost 7–35 at Buffalo-28BuffaloLost 20–21 vs. Brown-1BrownWon 37–20 vs. Lafayette+17LafayetteWon 42–24 vs. Presbyterian+18PresbyterianWon 42–14 at VMI+28VMIWon 42–0 vs. Coastal Carolina+42Coastal CarolinaWon 50–31 at Charleston Southern+19Charleston Sout…Won 76–28 at Gardner-Webb+48Gardner-WebbWon 41–31 vs. Liberty+10LibertyWon 31–28 vs. UAlbany+3UAlbanyLost 27–34 vs. Sam Houston-7Sam Houston
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3atUTEPL 24–⁠3129%
Sep 10atBuffaloL 7–⁠3541%
Sep 17vsBrownL 20–⁠2151%
Sep 24vsLafayetteW 37–⁠2057%
Oct 8vsPresbyterianW 42–⁠2477%
Oct 22atVMIW 42–⁠1468%
Oct 29vsCoastal CarolinaW 42–⁠058%
Nov 5atCharleston SouthernW 50–⁠3176%
Nov 12atGardner-WebbW 76–⁠2863%
Nov 19vsLibertyW 41–⁠3156%
Nov 26vsUAlbanyNCAA Division I Football Championship – First RoundW 31–⁠2851%
Dec 3vsSam HoustonNCAA Division I Football Championship – Second RoundL 27–⁠3440%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Sam Houston 34–⁠27 in the NCAA Division I Football Championship – Second Round; unranked in the final AP poll; Big South champions.

In program history: The 2nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 24 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists one game of Stony Brook’s 2011 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Oct 15vsSaint AnselmW 55–⁠6Stony Brook’s article

Big South champions6–⁠0 in the conference

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
6–⁠0 first in Big South
AP final
Unranked
Points
439–⁠297
Coach
—
Elo
1435 +102 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−18.1 No. 23 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jeff Behrman
Defensive coordinator
Rob Nevaiser

2011 Big South standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stony Brook6–⁠08–⁠4
Liberty4–⁠16–⁠4
Coastal Carolina3–⁠27–⁠3
Gardner-Webb2–⁠34–⁠6
Presbyterian2–⁠33–⁠7
VMI1–⁠41–⁠9
Charleston Southern0–⁠50–⁠10

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