2011 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

The 2011 Georgia Southern Eagles team represented Georgia Southern University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Eagles were led by second-year head coach Jeff Monken and played their home games at Paulson Stadium. They are a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 11–3, 7–1 in Southern Conference play, winning the conference championship outright. They received the conference's automatic bid into the FCS playoffs where they defeated Old Dominion in the second round and Maine in the quarterfinals before falling to North Dakota State in the semifinals.

2011 Georgia Southern Eagles football
SoCon champion
FCS Playoffs Semifinals, L 7–35 at North Dakota State
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 3
FCS Coaches	No. 2
Record	11–3 (7–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Jeff Monken (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Brent Davis (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Triple option
Defensive coordinator	Jack Curtis (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Paulson Stadium
Seasons ← 2010 2012 →

2011 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 3 Georgia Southern $^		7	–	1					11	–	3
No. 12 Wofford ^		6	–	2					8	–	4
No. 9 Appalachian State ^		6	–	2					8	–	4
Furman		5	–	3					6	–	5
Samford		4	–	4					6	–	5
Chattanooga		3	–	5					5	–	6
Elon		3	–	5					5	–	6
The Citadel		2	–	6					4	–	7
Western Carolina		0	–	8					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	7:00 pm	at Samford	No. 4	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL		W 31–17	8,714
September 10	6:00 pm	Tusculum*	No. 2	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA		W 62–21	21,812
September 24	6:00 pm	Western Carolina	No. 1	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA		W 52–20	19,067
October 1	1:30 pm	at Elon	No. 1	Rhodes Stadium Elon, NC		W 41–14	7,195
October 8	6:00 pm	No. 24 Chattanooga	No. 1	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	ESPN3	W 28–27	20,593
October 15	6:00 pm	Furman	No. 1	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	ESPN3	W 50–20	19,221
October 22	2:00 pm	Presbyterian*	No. 1	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA		W 48–14	16,392
October 29	3:00 pm	at No. 5 Appalachian State	No. 1	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (rivalry)	ESPN3	L 17–24	30,018
November 5	2:00 pm	The Citadel	No. 5	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA		W 14–12	18,408
November 12	1:00 pm	at No. 9 Wofford	No. 4	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC		W 31–10	10,280
November 19	12:00 pm	at No. 3 (FBS) Alabama*	No. 3	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL	ESPN3	L 21–45	101,821
December 3	1:00 pm	No. 10 Old Dominion*	No. 3	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA (NCAA Division I Second Round)	ESPN3	W 55–48	13,226
December 10	2:00 pm	No. 13 Maine*	No. 3	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)	ESPN3	W 35–23	12,886
December 17	2:00 pm	at No. 4 North Dakota State*	No. 3	Fargodome Fargo, ND (NCAA Division I Semifinal)	ESPNU	L 7–35	18,108	[1]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Rankings

On November 13, Georgia Southern received one vote in the AP poll.^[5]