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2011 Western Carolina

1–⁠10 (0–⁠8 Southern Conference).

Schedule and results

Western Carolina in 2011, game by game: lost at Georgia Tech 21–63; won vs. Mars Hill 52–31; lost at Georgia Southern 20–52; lost vs. Furman 21–47; lost vs. Elon 31–38; lost at Chattanooga 7–51; lost vs. The Citadel 7–35; lost at Samford 24–52; lost vs. Wofford 24–42; lost at App State 14–46; lost vs. Coastal Carolina 21–45+21−44Lost 21–63 at Georgia Tech-42Georgia TechWon 52–31 vs. Mars Hill+21Mars HillLost 20–52 at Georgia Southern-32Georgia SouthernLost 21–47 vs. Furman-26FurmanLost 31–38 vs. Elon-7ElonLost 7–51 at Chattanooga-44ChattanoogaLost 7–35 vs. The Citadel-28The CitadelLost 24–52 at Samford-28SamfordLost 24–42 vs. Wofford-18WoffordLost 14–46 at App State-32App StateLost 21–45 vs. Coastal Carolina-24Coastal Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1atGeorgia TechL 21–⁠6310%
Sep 10vsMars HillW 52–⁠3160%
Sep 24atGeorgia SouthernL 20–⁠5216%
Oct 1vsFurmanL 21–⁠4737%
Oct 8vsElonL 31–⁠3835%
Oct 15atChattanoogaL 7–⁠5119%
Oct 22vsThe CitadelL 7–⁠3549%
Oct 29atSamfordL 24–⁠5218%
Nov 5vsWoffordL 24–⁠4215%
Nov 12atApp StateL 14–⁠468%
Nov 19vsCoastal CarolinaL 21–⁠4526%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Coastal Carolina 45–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The worst season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 54 on file).

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠8 9th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
242–⁠502
Coach
—
Elo
1081 −115 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−42.8 No. 110 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 134
Defensive coordinator
Matt Pawlowski

Top recruits in the 2011 class

Isaiah Johnson S★★No. 2650

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2011 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Defensive backs12.00.700

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

2011 Southern Conference standings

Conference page
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.