2011 East Carolina Pirates football team

2011 East Carolina Pirates football

Conference	Conference USA
Division	East
Record	5–7 (4–4 C-USA)
Head coach	Ruffin McNeill (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Lincoln Riley (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Brian Mitchell (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Dowdy–Ficklen 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 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Pirates were led by second year head coach Ruffin McNeill and played their home games at Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium. They were a member of the East Division of Conference USA. The Pirates finished 4–4 in Conference USA and 5–7 overall. For the first time since 2005, the Pirates were not eligible to play in a bowl game.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 pm	vs. No. 12 South Carolina*	Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC	FSN	L 37–56	58,272^[1]
September 10	3:30 pm	No. 11 Virginia Tech*	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	FSN	L 10–17	49,404
September 24	3:30 pm	UAB	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	WITN	W 28–23	50,023
October 1	8:00 pm	North Carolina*	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	CBSSN	L 20–35	50,610
October 8	7:00 pm	at Houston	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX	CBSSN	L 3–56	30,126
October 15	7:00 pm	at Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN	WITN	W 35–17	17,975
October 22	3:30 pm	at Navy*	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	W 38–35	34,612
October 29	3:30 pm	Tulane	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	WITN	W 34–13	49,410
November 5	4:00 pm	Southern Miss	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	CSS	L 28–48	50,345^[2]
November 12	8:00 pm	at UTEP	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	TWEP	L 17–22	25,571
November 19	7:00 pm	UCF	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	FSN	W 38–31	50,277
November 26	3:30 pm	at Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV (rivalry)	CBSSN	L 27–34 ^OT	22,456
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Lance Lewis WR - Second Team All-Conference USA Offense
Emmanuel Davis CB - Second Team All-Conference USA Defense
Jeremy Grove LB - Honorable Mention All-Conference USA, C-USA Freshman-of-the-Year, C-USA All-Freshman Team, Freshman All-American
Justin Hardy WR - C-USA All-Freshman Team

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Venues	Guy Smith Stadium (1939–1948) College Stadium (1949–1962) Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium (1963–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Marshall NC State
Culture & lore	PeeDee the Pirate The Marching Pirates
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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