2011 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

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2011 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
Mississippi State Bulldogs.svg
Music City Bowl Champions
Conference Southeastern Conference Western Division
2011 record 7–6 (2–6 SEC)
Head coach Dan Mullen (3rd year)
Offensive coordinator Les Koenning (3rd year)
Offensive scheme Multiple Spread
Defensive coordinator Chris Wilson (2nd year)
Co-defensive coordinator Geoff Collins (1st year)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Davis Wade Stadium
(Capacity: 55,082)
Seasons
« 2010 2012 »
2011 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Eastern Division
#19 Georgia x   7 – 1         10 – 4  
#9 South Carolina   6 – 2         11 – 2  
Florida   3 – 5         7 – 6  
Vanderbilt   2 – 6         6 – 7  
Kentucky   2 – 6         5 – 7  
Tennessee   1 – 7         5 – 7  
Western Division
#2 LSU x$   8 – 0         13 – 1  
#1 Alabama  %#   7 – 1         12 – 1  
#5 Arkansas   6 – 2         11 – 2  
Auburn   4 – 4         8 – 5  
Mississippi State   2 – 6         7 – 6  
Ole Miss   0 – 8         2 – 10  
Championship: LSU 42, Georgia 10
  • # – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University in the college football season of 2011–2012. The team was coached by Dan Mullen, who was in his third season with Mississippi State. The Bulldogs played their home games at Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field in Starkville, Mississippi, and compete in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They finished the 2011 season with a 7–6 overall play, 2–6 in SEC play, placing 5th in West Division, and were invited for Music City Bowl, where they defeated Wake Forest.

Personnel

Coaching staff

In the week following the Gator Bowl victory, several changes were made to the Mississippi State coaching staff. Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Manny Diaz resigned his position to serve in the same position for Texas as the replacement for Will Muschamp.[1] Co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach Chris Wilson was promoted to defensive coordinator to replace Diaz on January 10.[2] At that time, Angelo Mirando was promoted from graduate assistant to wide receivers coach to replace Mark Hudspeth who had resigned earlier to accept the head coaching position at UL Lafayette.[2][3] Geoff Collins was hired on January 12 to serve as co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach to fill the vacant position made when Wilson was promoted.[4]

Name Position Seasons at
Mississippi State		 Alma Mater
Dan Mullen Head coach 3 Ursinus (1994)
Geoff Collins Defensive Coordinator, Linebackers 1 Western Carolina (1992)
John Hevesy Offensive Line, Running Game Coordinator 3 Maine (1994)
Tony Hughes Safeties, Recruiting Coordinator 3 Southern Miss (1980)
Greg Knox Running Backs 3 Northeastern State (1986)
Les Koenning Offensive Coordinator, Quarterbacks 2 Texas (1981)
Angelo Mirando Wide Receivers 1 Case Western Reserve (2008)
Scott Sallach Tight Ends 3 Ursinus (1994)
Melvin Smith Cornerbacks, Nickelbacks 1 Millsaps College (Unknown)
Chris Wilson Defensive Line 1 University of Oklahoma (1985)
Reference:[5]

Recruiting class

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 1 7:00 PM at Memphis* #20 Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN SECRN W 59–14   33,990[6]
September 10 11:21 AM at Auburn #16 Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL SECN L 34–41   87,451[7]
September 15 7:00 PM #3 LSU #25 Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS (Rivalry) ESPN L 6–19   56,924[8]
September 24 6:00 PM Louisiana Tech* Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS ESPNU W 26–20 OT  55,116[9]
October 1 11:00 AM at Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA SECRN L 10–24   92,746[10]
October 8 11:00 AM at UAB* Legion Field • Birmingham, AL SECRN W 21–3   28,351[11]
October 15 11:21 AM #15 South Carolina Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS SECN L 12–14   55,418[12]
October 29 6:00 PM at Kentucky Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY (Rivalry) SECRN W 28–16   57,891[13]
November 5 6:30 PM Tennessee–Martin*dagger Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS CSS W 55–17   55,096[14]
November 12 6:45 PM #4 Alabama Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS (Rivalry) ESPN L 7–24   57,871[15]
November 19 2:30 PM at #6 Arkansas War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR CBS L 17–44   55,761[16]
November 26 6:00 PM Ole Miss Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS (Egg Bowl) ESPNU W 31–3   55,270[17]
December 30 5:40 PM vs. Wake Forest* LP Field • Nashville, TN (Music City Bowl) ESPN W 23–17   55,208[18]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.
Schedule Source:[19]

Rankings

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See also: 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP 20 16 25 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
Coaches' 20 17 25 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
Harris Not released NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Not released 
BCS Not released NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Not released


Game notes

Ole Miss

1 2 3 4 Total
Ole Miss 0 0 3 0 3
• Mississippi State 14 7 7 3 31

Mississippi State wore new uniforms for the game that featured gold numbers, gold shoes and "Hail State" replacing each of the player's last names on the back of the jersey.[20]

References

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