2011 Memphis Tigers football team

American college football season

2011 Memphis Tigers football

Conference	Conference USA
Division	East
Record	2–10 (1–7 C-USA)
Head coach	Larry Porter (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Eric Price (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Jay Hopson (2nd season)
Home stadium	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
Seasons← 2010 2012 →

2011 Conference USA football standings
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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 Memphis Tigers football team represented the University of Memphis in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers were led by second year head coach Larry Porter and played their home games at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. They are a member of the East Division of Conference USA. They finished the season 2–10, 1–7 in C-USA play to finish in last place in the East Division

Head coach Larry Porter was fired at the end of the season after going 3–21 in two seasons.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 p.m.	No. 20 Mississippi State*	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN	FSN	L 14–59	33,990
September 10	6:00 p.m.	at Arkansas State*	ASU Stadium Jonesboro, AR (Paint Bucket Bowl)	ESPN3	L 3–47	29,872
September 17	6:00 p.m.	Austin Peay*	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN		W 27–6	18,808
September 24	11:00 a.m.	SMU	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN	FSN	L 0–42	16,748
October 1	6:00 p.m.	at Middle Tennessee*	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	ESPN3	L 31–38	20,098
October 8	11:30 a.m.	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX		L 6–28	14,179
October 15	6:00 p.m.	East Carolina	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN		L 17–35	17,975
October 22	2:30 p.m.	at Tulane	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA		W 33–17	25,158
October 29	3:00 p.m.	at UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium Orlando, FL	BHSN	L 0–41	37,683
November 12	3:15 p.m.	UAB	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (Battle for the Bones)		L 35–41	17,848
November 17	7:00 p.m.	Marshall	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN	FSN	L 22–23	15,101
November 26	3:00 p.m.	at Southern Mississippi	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS (Black and Blue Bowl)	CSS	L 7–44	26,347
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

v t e Memphis Tigers football
Venues	Normal Field (1912–1916) Russwood Park (1912–1915, 1918–1920, 1922–1924) Hodges Field (1917, 1919, 1921–1923, 1926–1929) Memorial Field (1924–1936) Fairgrounds Stadium (1937) Crump Stadium (1937–1964) Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (1965–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas State: Paint Bucket Bowl Cincinnati Louisville Ole Miss Southern Miss: Black and Blue Bowl UAB: Battle for the Bones
Culture & lore	History Pouncer TOM (mascot) "Go Tigers Go" Mighty Sound of the South Miami Beach Brawl
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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