2011 FIU Panthers football team

The 2011 FIU Panthers football team represented Florida International University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Golden Panthers were led by fifth-year head coach Mario Cristobal and played their home games at FIU Stadium in 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.

2011 FIU Panthers football
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
2011 record8–5 (5–3 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorScott Satterfield (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorTodd Orlando (1st season)
Home stadiumFIU Stadium
(Capacity: 18,000)
2011 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Arkansas State $  8 –0     10 –3  
WKU  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.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 p.m.North Texas
ESPN3W 41–1617,568
September 97:00 p.m.at Louisville*
ESPNW 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*
  • FIU Stadium
  • Miami, FL
ESPNUL 27–3122,682
October 82:00 p.m.at Akron*
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 Louisiana–Monroe
W 28–1710,587
November 263:30 p.m.at Middle Tennessee
W 31–1810,227
December 208:00 p.m.vs. Marshall*
ESPNL 10–2020,072

Attendance record

The UCF game broke attendance records at FIU Stadium with a crowd of 20,205. This record was again broken two weeks later at the FIU Homecoming game versus Duke University on October 1, 2011, with a crowd of 22,628. Additionally, the Goodyear Blimp made its first appearance at FIU Stadium, flying over the stadium throughout the Duke homecoming game. The Miami Tower in 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
PlayerRoundPickPositionNFL Club
T. Y. Hilton392Wide ReceiverIndianapolis Colts

[3]

References
  1. "FIU Golden Panthers vs. Akron Zips Box Score". ESPN.com. October 8, 2011.
  2. http://news.fiu.edu/2011/09/iconic-downtown-building-to-go-blue-and-gold-for-homecoming
  3. "2012 NFL Draft". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
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