2011 FIU Panthers football team

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2011 FIU Panthers football
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Record8–5 (5–3 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorScott Satterfield (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorTodd Orlando (1st season)
Home stadiumFIU Stadium
Seasons
← 2010
2012 →
2011 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Arkansas State $   8 – 0     10 – 3  
Western Kentucky   7 – 1     7 – 5  
FIU   5 – 3     8 – 5  
North Texas   4 – 4     5 – 7  
Louisiana–Monroe   3 – 5     4 – 8  
Troy   2 – 6     3 – 9  
Louisiana–Lafayette *   1 – 2     1 – 4  
Middle Tennessee   1 – 7     2 – 10  
Florida Atlantic   0 – 8     1 – 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – Louisiana–Lafayette vacated 8 wins including 5 in conference due to NCAA violations.

The 2011 FIU Panthers football team represented

Miami, Florida. They are members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in Sun Belt play to finish in fourth place. They were invited to the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl where they were defeated by Marshall
10–20.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 p.m.North Texas
ESPN3W 41–1617,568
September 97:00 p.m.at
ESPN
W 24–1747,228
September 176:00 p.m.UCF*
  • FIU Stadium
  • Miami, FL
ESPN3W 17–1020,205
September 246:00 p.m.
Louisiana–Lafayette
  • FIU Stadium
  • Miami, FL
ESPN3L 31–3616,780
October 17:00 p.m.Duke*dagger
  • FIU Stadium
  • Miami, FL
ESPNUL 27–3122,682
October 82:00 p.m.at
InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field
  • Akron, OH
    		• W 27–1716,016[1]
    October 188:00 p.m.at Arkansas State
    		ESPN2L 16–3415,573
    October 258:00 p.m.Troy
    • FIU Stadium
    • Miami, FL
    		ESPN2W 23–20 OT15,852
    November 54:00 p.m.at Western Kentucky
    		L 9–1015,293
    November 126:00 p.m.Florida Atlantic
    		W 41–717,378
    November 194:00 p.m.at
    Malone Stadium
  • Monroe, LA
    		• W 28–1710,587
    November 263:30 p.m.at Middle Tennessee
    		W 31–1810,227
    December 208:00 p.m.vs.
    Saint Petersburg, FL (Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl
    )    		ESPNL 10–2020,072

    Attendance record

    The UCF game broke attendance records at

    Downtown Miami was lit in blue and gold throughout the week of September 26, 2011 to October 1, 2011 in honor of FIU's homecoming.[2]

    Game summaries

    Duke University

    FIU played against Duke University on October 1, 2011 at the FIU Homecoming at FIU Stadium. FIU lost 27–31 in a game where FIU had 589 total yards compared to Duke's 323.

    Marshall (Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl)

    1 2 3 4 Total
    FIU 7 3 0 0 10
    Marshall 3 7 0 10 20
    See also: 2011 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl and 2011 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

    The Golden Panthers, going bowling for the second year in a row, are led by sophomore running back Kedrick Rhodes with 1,121 rushing yards in a season, ranks second in school history. Rhodes has also caught 26 passes for 248 yards in the passing game.

    2012 NFL draftees

    Player Round Pick Position NFL Club
    T. Y. Hilton 3 92 Wide receiver Indianapolis Colts

    [3]

    References

    1. ^ "FIU Golden Panthers vs. Akron Zips Box Score". ESPN.com. October 8, 2011.
    2. ^ "Iconic downtown building to go blue and gold for Homecoming". September 30, 2011.
    3. ^ "2012 NFL Draft". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 28, 2016.


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